Who on Earth Stole My Home?

Zhou Wanwan didn't actually want to do this, but Xie Cheng'en insisted on saying it.

Besides, Xie Cheng'en working as a food deliveryman? Isn't that just asking for trouble?

If you want to do takeout, then do it yourself. Why do you have to steal her business?

Zhou Wanwan felt terrible and took everything she could from the warehouse back with her.

Including Xie Cheng'en's courtyard, to be honest, Xie Cheng'en's courtyard is really quite nice, with exotic flowers and rare plants, and a small bridge and flowing water. If it were moved to the Cold Palace, how wonderful that would be!

Without hesitation, she moved all the flowers, plants, and trees from the yard back to her home.

Zhou Wanwan loves this courtyard.

She returned to the Cold Palace, looked at Xie Cheng'en's courtyard, and nodded repeatedly, saying:

"That's right, this must have been made by a craftsman from Jiangnan."

A small bridge, flowing water, and a humble dwelling; an ancient road, a west wind, and a lean horse—I love this feeling.

Zhou Wanwan went back to her room and had a good night's sleep.

Xie Cheng'en nearly went crazy when he woke up in the morning; he found himself lying on the ground.

Upon looking again, he screamed, "Where's my house? Where's my house?"

The servants nearby rubbed their eyes, woke up, and asked, "Young master, what's wrong?"

Where is our home?

Xie Cheng'en gritted his teeth in anger. "Who stole my house? Who was it? Find out, and I'll dig up their entire family history!"

The Old Scholar Tree snorted coldly and said, "He wants to dig up your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

Zhou Wanwan's situation is complicated; her ancestors for eighteen generations could almost be considered royalty, right?

Xie Cheng'en is really awesome.

Life in the Cold Palace was quite boring. She slept until she naturally woke up, only to see Eunuch Hai leading his men in and saying, "Your Highness, Noble Consort Ning requests your presence."

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What does she want from me?"

Eunuch Hai stared blankly at the flowers and plants filling the courtyard.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Eunuch Hai and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Eunuch Hai coughed and said:

"They said there are foreign envoys visiting today, so they want you to go and serve them."

I have a feeling it's definitely not good news; you'd better be careful.

Zhou Wanwan's eyes lit up. "Foreign envoys? Foreigners? Do they have blue eyes?"

"Yes, yes, their eyes are blue, and they're said to have come from the Western Regions, and not just the Western Regions."

Several other countries were also mentioned; these people came prepared.

Zhou Wanwan perked up, quickly changed her clothes, and followed Eunuch Hai to the main hall.

Upon arriving at the main hall, Zhou Wanwan saw many ladies from prominent families sitting at the tables with their children.

Some of the ladies saw Zhou Wanwan and whispered, "This is Zhou Wanwan, do you know her? The one who was banished to the Cold Palace."

"What exactly did she do wrong? Why was she relegated to the sidelines?"

"Anyway, he offended Noble Consort Ning! Now he's pitifully locked up in the Cold Palace, not getting enough to eat or sleep."

Of all people to offend, why did she have to offend Noble Consort Ning?

Princess Jianing and Shangguan Wan'er walked in. Shangguan Wan'er looked at Zhou Wanwan and scoffed, "Zhou Wanwan, long time no see. I didn't expect you to be out of the Cold Palace. How was it there?"

Zhou Wanwan glanced at her indifferently and said, "Not bad, right?"

Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth and chuckled, looking at her clothes. "You can't afford nice clothes anymore, can you? You're actually wearing clothes like this."

Zhou Wanwan originally intended to go to the fields, so she dressed casually.

The eldest princess walked in, looked at Zhou Wanwan, and said, "Wanwan, come with Grandma."

Zhou Wanwan ignored them and sat down at the head of the table with the eldest princess.

Princess Jianing scoffed, "Tch! Country bumpkin, what's so great about him?"

Noble Consort Ning sat on the throne, looking at Zhou Wanwan and asked, "Zhou Wanwan, how have you been in the Cold Palace?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "Thanks to Noble Consort Ning, I'm doing quite well."

Noble Consort Ning smiled and said, "This child is really stubborn. If you like staying in the Cold Palace, then continue to stay."

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly, and then heard Noble Consort Ning say, "Today the palace is using takeout from the Xie Family. Let's see what the Xie Family's takeout is like in a bit."

Xie Cheng'en walked into the main hall with his head held high, and many people praised him, saying, "Isn't this the young master of the Xie Family? I heard he's been working in food delivery lately! Such ambition at such a young age."

"The Xie Family is truly extraordinary; the young master they've raised is incredibly promising. He's only a teenager, yet he already knows how to do business."

Xie Cheng'en was overjoyed. He looked at Zhou Wanwan smugly and said:

"Alas! It's a pity that some people's shops have to go out of business!"

Zhou Wanwan, your takeout is really terrible, it can't even compare to mine.

Soon, the envoys entered the hall and sat opposite Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan glanced at the group opposite her, raising an eyebrow slightly: the Snow Khanate, the Mobei Uyghur, the Khotan of the Western Regions, the Great Qi, and Kingdom of Persia...

Zhou Wanwan looked at the second prince of Khotan and smiled faintly.

The second prince had just sat down to drink when he saw Zhou Wanwan, and was startled, quickly lowering his head.

The person next to him looked at him and said, "What are you looking at?"

The second prince shook his head and said, "I didn't see anything, let's drink, let's drink..."

Hey! This second prince is so rude! He just pretended not to see anything.

The second prince's heart trembled. How could this jinx be in the palace? Shouldn't she be a bandit in the mountains?

Soon Xie Cheng'en started having people order takeout.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the takeout orders, her lips twitching. What on earth was this?

Steamed scallops, braised bear paw, crispy fried deer tendon, crystal pigeon breast, braised golden carp, sweet and sour silver fish, imperial-style chicken feet, diced deer meat with pine nuts, jade vegetables from the Jade Pool, honey-glazed golden dates, coconut milk pastry, bird's nest and lotus seed soup, snow lotus and jade dew soup, Furong mille-feuille cake...

Zhou Wanwan took a bite of the flavor and exclaimed, "Pah! It tastes exactly like the food from the palace!"

This wasn't takeout at all; it was a banquet from the palace.

Noble Consort Ning is truly shameless; she's going to great lengths for this nephew.

The people below whispered among themselves, "I think this banquet is pretty ordinary. Look, there isn't a single seafood dish on the table."

"I also think it's pretty ordinary. Compared to Zhou Wanwan's takeout, it's like comparing heaven and earth."

"If I were ordering takeout, I would definitely not order this kind; it's too shabby."

The last time we had takeout from the Princess's place, it even had king crab in it!

Honestly, I've never seen such a big crab.

"This wine is awful too, I think the taste is off, and this so-called beverage is absolutely disgusting."

"These dishes seem almost identical to those made by the imperial chefs in the palace, and they're completely unoriginal. Don't we eat these same things every year?"

I still think Zhou Wanwan's takeout is better.

"I think so too. I'll ask Zhou Wanwan if she's still doing takeout."