A Clash of Two Scourges

Shen Zhiyu looked at him and said:

"You mean your grandma is a fortune teller, which is why Zhou Wanwan is so good at telling fortunes?"

"Then isn't your grandma even more formidable than her?"

Zhou Qingzhou quickly nodded and said:

"That's for sure. My grandmother was a famous sorceress in the surrounding area."

She had said before that our county was going to have a drought; everyone knows that!

"I know about this. I heard that the sorceress predicted a drought, and then a drought really did happen. That sorceress was truly effective."

"When our family heard about it, we even stocked up on some food. The fortune teller was quite amazing."

Zhou Qingzhou chuckled and said, "That's for sure."

Shen Zhiyu looked at him and said, "Since the sorceress is so powerful, why don't we go and take a look?"

The others also cheered, and Zhou Qingzhou said calmly:

"Zhou Wanwan, isn't that amazing?"

Actually, all those skills she acquired were taught to her by my grandmother, but my grandmother is quite low-key and doesn't like to show off.

Zhou Wanwan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Zhou Qingzhou, your grandma taught you quite a lot, didn't she?"

Didn't I teach you not to lie? I didn't teach you not to use my name to lie.

Zhou Qingzhou was startled; he never expected Zhou Wanwan to be in the next private room.

He coughed and said, "Zhou Wanwan, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Wanwan calmly looked up and said, "What are you doing here? I'm doing the same thing here. What are you feeling guilty about?"

Zhou Qingzhou looked at her and said:

"What do I have to be ashamed of? Our grandmother is a well-known shaman in the surrounding villages; everyone knows that."

Didn't you later acquire the same ability?

Zhou Wanwan quickly shook her head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I have nothing to do with you. Don't use me as a front to deceive people."

Zhou Qingzhou snorted coldly and said, "What swindling? You think you're so great? Didn't your grandmother teach you all that skill?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

Don't talk nonsense. Everyone knows that our family and your family broke off relations a long time ago.

Your grandma would teach me those things? What a joke.

Xie Cheng'en said calmly, "Zhou Wanwan, how can you talk to your elders like that? I think there's something wrong with your character."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "You have good character, okay?"

Xie Cheng'en suddenly spotted Eunuch Hai next to Zhou Wanwan and exclaimed in surprise, "Eunuch Hai? What are you doing here? Why are you with Zhou Wanwan?"

Eunuch Hai was engrossed in reading "The Romance of the Western Chamber," and he waved his hand, saying:

"You mean Zhou Wanwan? Zhou Wanwan will be going to the palace to be Princess Jianing's study companion."

I have to take her with me every day. What if she runs away?

Xie Cheng'en's eyes lit up. "You mean Princess Jianing wants Zhou Wanwan to be her study companion? Hahaha! That's hilarious, that sounds really funny."

Commandery Princess Jianing was born into a noble family and was spoiled rotten from a young age, making her a nemesis that everyone in the capital avoided.

She was arrogant and violent, narrow-minded and fond of provoking trouble. She treated the palace maids and eunuchs with arbitrarily humiliation, beating and scolding them at will, all based on her momentary mood.

No one in the entire palace dared to provoke this infamous princess.

Shen Zhiyu smiled and said, "That's really Zhou Wanwan's good fortune!"

Who knows what will happen when these two ominous stars clash?

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly. How could she not know how terrifying Princess Jianing was?

But she wasn't afraid, because she felt that the one who should be truly afraid was Commandery Princess Jianing in the palace.

Other trees couldn't get into the palace, but the Old Ancestor and the Old Scholar Tree certainly could.

With their protection, Zhou Wanwan will be quite safe.

The Old Scholar Tree beside it said:

"Recently, I went to the Jianghu Alliance with my Old Ancestor."

We encountered some more garbage, which my Old Ancestor and I devoured.

Several of them are experts ranked around seventy in the Jianghu Alliance.

Zhou Wanwan was somewhat surprised and whispered, "Wow! You two are quite impressive. Your rankings should be comparable to many experts in the Jianghu Alliance?"

The Old Scholar Tree thought for a moment and said, "I think we'd rank around 40th or 50th! We shouldn't be that far behind that person in the palace."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "As long as you can get into the palace, that's fine."

The Old Ancestor said from a short distance away, "Wanwan, are you really going to enter the palace?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "Oh, I've heard that the imperial chefs in the palace cook incredibly delicious food. I want to go and see for myself."

The Old Ancestor nodded and said:

"It's a pity we can't digest that, otherwise I'd like to try it too."

However, those things taste better to you humans, but they're really hard to eat for us. We'd rather just eat people!

Zhou Wanwan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The Eunuch Hai, said with tears in his eyes, "Zhou Wanwan, are you sick? This Zhang Sheng is about to die, and you can still laugh? Don't you have a heart?"

Zhou Wanwan's lips twitched. "Eunuch Hai, don't you think you're getting a little too involved? You're a eunuch, do you even know what feelings are?"

Eunuch Hai cried even harder:

"Waaaaah... You heartless bastard, how come I don't know what feelings are?"

I also have a girl I like, okay?

Zhou Wanwan propped her head up and looked at Eunuch Hai, saying, "Alright! Alright! Tell me about your daughter! She's not prettier than Cui Yingying, is she?"

Eunuch Hai thought of the past:

She used to be my neighbor. We were childhood sweethearts, inseparable since we were little.

What a pity! My family fell on hard times, and she was forced into marriage by her parents to marry someone far away. She never came back.

I watched her leave like that back then, and I wonder how she's doing now.

Eunuch Hai took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped away his tears.

Zhou Wanwan sighed and looked at him, saying, "Actually, why don't you go find her?"

Eunuch Hai looked at her and said, "Find her? Even if you find her, what then? I'm physically disabled now, I'm not good enough for her."

Zhou Wanwan was speechless:

"You're quite the romantic, huh! You've found her, so why do you need to be good enough for her?"

You're just making up for your own regrets, and incidentally, you can see how she's doing. What if she's not doing well?

How about this? I'll help you find her.

Eunuch Hai looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Are you really that kind?"

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said:

"Eunuch Hai, we're friends now, right? Why are you slandering me like this?"

I think you've had a tough time, always working under Consort Ning. Noble Consort Ning must be incredibly difficult to serve!

It's truly not easy for you to get this far.

Eunuch Hai looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"You little brat, you have a sharp tongue! How dare you speak ill of Noble Consort Ning?"

If you were to say something like that in the capital and it got heard, you'd probably have to have all your teeth pulled out.