How Will the Xie Family Clean Up This Mess?

Zhou Wanwan could only continue playing Pai Gow, but Xie Cheng'en switched to dice.

Zhou Wanwan sneered, "What does this change?"

Xie Cheng'en personally rolled the dice and asked, "Is this a big or a small number?"

Zhou Wanwan guessed. "Big?"

Xie Cheng'en's men all bet on "big," leaving Zhou Wanwan with no choice but to bet on "small."

The result came out as a small one, Zhou Wanwan chuckled, "Oh dear! Good luck, good luck..."

Having lost only two out of ten hands, Zhou Wanwan looked at the table Manman chips and said, "Young Master Xie, let's call it a day! I need to go back to sleep! My family will worry if I get home late."

Xie Cheng'en shouted, "Let's have one last round! Is this one big or small?"

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "Big big big..."

She bet 10 million taels of silver, and the wealthy merchants quickly followed suit.

Xie Cheng'en opened it and saw three sixes.

Zhou Wanwan laughed loudly, "I already said I wanted to go back and rest, but you wouldn't let me. Now look what happened!"

The dealer, his voice trembling with fear, shouted, "Six, six, six! A triple kill! The player loses everything!"

The entire room fell into a deathly silence.

The wealthy merchant from Jiangnan turned deathly pale, his legs buckling and he nearly collapsed. "No... impossible!"

The Shanxi merchants, Anhui merchants, Guangdong merchants, and Zhejiang merchants were all dumbfounded, their faces ashen, their lips trembling as they couldn't utter a word.

Xie Cheng'en sat there dumbfounded, saying, "No... impossible! How could they have done that? It's simply unbelievable."

"Cheating! This is definitely cheating! This is most of my fortune, how could I possibly lose?" the wealthy merchant from Jiangnan roared.

Zhou Wanwan looked at these wealthy businessmen and said:

"Oh dear! Keep thinking of ways to earn more!"

I earned this through sheer hard work and risking my life, so don't touch these chips on the table! I worked my ass off to earn all of this.

Having earned so little in one night, Zhou Wanwan felt quite tired.

Cheng Chao was very familiar with the process and quickly exchanged all the chips for gold.

The gambling den owner looked at him and said, "Young Master Xie, we don't have enough gold. We only have enough to exchange for this much. What do you suggest we do?"

Cheng Chao smiled and said, "It's alright, it's alright. Use the properties under your names as collateral. I'll have someone come and appraise them."

All of Xie Cheng'en's estates and shops were mortgaged.

Many of the properties owned by those wealthy businessmen were also used as collateral.

Those wealthy businessmen were utterly disheartened.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and hummed softly, "Listen to me, thank you. Because of you, all four seasons are warm..."

Xie Cheng'en Chengen's estates are really nice; they're all very close to the imperial estates, with fertile land, and some even bordering mountains.

Xie Cheng'en nearly vomited blood; the estate he had painstakingly bought was all gone.

Zhou Wanwan returned home with a car full of gold, she was just too, too tired.

She casually took a few silver notes and gave them to Shen Wanjun, Cheng Chao, and Chen Ankang.

50,000 taels each.

Shen Wanjun stuffed the 50,000 taels of silver into his pocket. His night's work hadn't been in vain!

Zhou Wanwan was happy, but the gambling den was filled with desolation and misery.

"This can't be! Zhou Wanwan is too amazing! I've lost most of my savings."

"My horse farm is gone."

"I've also lost a port; I don't know how I'm going to explain this when I get back."

The group of people looked dejected, Xie Cheng'en looked as wilted as a frostbitten eggplant.

Everything he had was given to him by the Xie Family, as well as by his parents, maternal grandparents, and some rewards from Noble Consort Ning. Now it's all gone.

What was he supposed to do?

He didn't dare go home today; he'd already fallen into Zhou Wanwan's trap several times.

Zhou Wanwan went home, and all these things were moved back to the mountain village.

She couldn't leave it here without feeling safe.

This matter caused quite a stir in the city.

The next morning, everyone in the capital knew.

As soon as Xie Cheng'en got home, he saw Third Master Xie waiting for him at the door with a rattan cane.

"Xie Cheng'en, you think you can run? Where do you think you're going? Grab him!"

Xie Cheng'en was quickly brought back, and Third Master Xie slapped him hard, saying:

I'll beat you to death, you unfilial son!

How many times have you done this already? Tell me, how many times have you gambled this time?

You're deliberately trying to drive me crazy, aren't you?

Xie Cheng'en sobbed, "Father, it really has nothing to do with me. It's all Zhou Wanwan's fault. If it weren't for her, I would never have gambled."

Third Master Xie cursed angrily, "It's Zhou Wanwan again! Didn't your grandfather tell you not to mess with her?"

Xie Cheng'en was extremely aggrieved. "I don't know where she got such great abilities from, sigh!"

Third Master Xie said angrily, "Then why didn't you go to the front lines to get some experience? You refused. Now look what's happened, you've lost so much, how is the Xie Family supposed to clean up this mess?"

Xie Cheng'en hadn't even had a chance to rest when Noble Consort Ning summoned him to the palace.

Noble Consort Ning looked at Xie Cheng'en and asked, "Did your father hit you?"

Xie Cheng'en nodded and said, "Aunt, it's really not my fault. This Zhou Wanwan is truly strange."

Noble Consort Ning frowned and said, "You knew she was strange, yet you still dared to gamble with her? Now look what happened!"

Xie Cheng'en Chengen said pitifully, "Auntie... what are we going to do now? I've lost several estates and several shops."

Noble Consort Ning sighed and said:

"Forget it, forget it, it's just a few estates and a few shops."

"They're all worthless junk; I'll have her return them to you tomorrow."

Xie Cheng'en looked at Noble Consort Ning and said, "Would she be willing?"

Noble Consort Ning scoffed coldly:

"The imperial examinations are coming up soon, and she doesn't want to take them, so I've stopped her brothers from participating."

Or she could report them for having problems and see what she does then.

Xie Cheng'en then smiled slightly and said, "Then let her return everything she had yesterday."

Noble Consort Ning nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

Zhou Wanwan didn't expect to be woken up by Eunuch Hai so early in the morning.

Eunuch Hai looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to get up, time to wash up, time to go to the palace..."

Zhou Wanwan said angrily, "It's so noisy, so incredibly noisy."

She didn't get back until late last night, and she only slept for a few hours!

Zheng Xing'an, who was standing nearby, said, "Father-in-law, why don't you wait here? Miss is grumpy when she wakes up."

Eunuch Hai nodded and said, "Then let's wait!"

They waited until lunchtime, Eunuch Hai was sweating profusely. "If this young lady doesn't go to the palace soon, I'm afraid my head will be chopped off."

Zheng Xing'an said helplessly, "I'll go call her."

After a while, Zhou Wanwan was finally woken up. She stretched and asked, "Eunuch Hai, what brings you here?"

Eunuch Hai sighed and said, "My Little Ancestor, come with me quickly! Noble Consort Ning wants you to enter the palace!"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "I'll eat something before going to the palace! Otherwise, there won't be any food if I go to the palace, which would be too much trouble."

Eunuch Hai assured him, "You'll definitely have food to eat, don't worry about that, because they want the estates and shops you own!"