She Urgently Needed This Batch of Ore

Zhou Wanwan frowned and said, "Is Xie Cheng'en going to the palace to complain?"

Eunuch Hai nodded.

Zhou Wanwan said speechlessly, "What a despicable person! He lost money and still has the nerve to talk about it."

Eunuch Hai looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "So what do we do now? You have to pay back those estates and shops, whether you like it or not."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"I'll definitely pay him back. Let him plant it for me!"

Once the crops are grown, I'll harvest them all for him, making him work for nothing every year and infuriating him."

Zhou Wanwan was genuinely angry. What kind of man is this? He can't beat someone, so he goes to complain.

When Zhou Wanwan entered the palace, Noble Consort Ning looked at her and said, "I heard you went to the gambling den last night?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and looked at her, saying, "That's right! What does Noble Consort Ning want to say?"

Noble Consort Ning sneered:

"You're so young, yet you've got quite the nerve. Is that a place you frequent?"

I heard you won a lot of money yesterday?

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes, quite a lot. They were sent back to our hometown overnight."

Noble Consort Ning's lips twitched as she said:

"I wouldn't need your money."

"But you won Xie Cheng'en's estate and shops; those things were all given to him by me."

Zhou Wanwan said "Oh" and then said:

"That Xie Cheng'en is a real scoundrel."

He even dared to lose what you gave him; I think you should teach him a lesson.

Xie Cheng'en came out of the inner room and said, "Zhou Wanwan, do I still need you to teach me how to do things?"

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"Of course you don't need me to teach you."

You're really shameless. You lose money gambling and then come to complain. How can that be reasonable?

Noble Consort Ning coughed and said:

"Zhou Wanwan, don't go too far. You're just a child, do you really think you can turn the world upside down?"

I heard that your three older brothers are all going to take the imperial examinations.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Noble Consort Ning and said, "Yes! What's wrong?"

Noble Consort Ning said calmly, "Do you think your brother can pass the exam?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said:

"I don't know for sure; it also depends on whether the imperial examination system was fair or not."

If the imperial examination system is unfair, there's no point in passing it.

Noble Consort Ning snorted coldly:

"You're quite the talker; the imperial examination system has always been fair."

But your older brothers all came from that remote corner of the country; it's no wonder they couldn't pass the exam.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes, Xie Cheng'en also came from that remote corner, so he studied particularly poorly."

Noble Consort Ning choked, Xie Cheng'en looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Stop talking nonsense, return what you owe right now, or I'll have to take action."

Zhou Wanwan was too lazy to do anything. "It's just a few shops and a few estates, right? I can give them to you, but I want something of equal value in exchange."

Xie Cheng'en snorted coldly and said, "What do you want?"

Zhou Wanwan glanced at Noble Consort Ning and said, "I heard there's a batch of garbage in the palace that needs to be disposed of, and I want some of that garbage."

Noble Consort Ning frowned and said, "Your information network is quite impressive. What do you need that rubbish for?"

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"It's worth at least some money!"

I've returned the estate and shops to you, and you're not even willing to give me this trash?"

Noble Consort Ning looked at Eunuch Hai and asked, "Is there any garbage in the palace that needs to be disposed of recently?"

Eunuch Hai nodded and said, "These are all old, outdated items that should have been disposed of long ago; they take up too much space in the palace."

"Then give it all to her! I thought it was something valuable!" Noble Consort Ning said casually.

Zhou Wanwan took out the contract and said, "Noble Consort Ning, please sign here. We dare not take those things if you don't sign."

Noble Consort Ning rolled her eyes and said, "You really have a lot of nerve."

She signed her name and wrote, "Don't take anything from the palace that you're not allowed to, or you'll lose your head."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will absolutely not break the rules."

After they all left, Zhou Wanwan looked at Eunuch Hai and asked, "Have all those things been put away?"

Eunuch Hai nodded and said, "Young master, those things aren't worth much. What do you want them for?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "You don't understand. Those things are worthless to you, but they are extremely valuable to me."

Eunuch Hai frowned and said, "But those are just stones! They're worthless."

Yes! What's just a stone to others is very useful to Zhou Wanwan.

The unwanted scrap materials in the warehouse were all kinds of ores.

Talc, gypsum, muscovite, fluorite, kaolinite, natural sulfur, Iceland spar, hematite, alunite, quartz, calcite, serpentine, barite, natural obsidian, pyrophyllite...

Eunuch Hai sighed and said:

"I don't know who brought these stones as tribute. There are too many of them, and they're taking up space in the yard."

This time they were all thrown out of the palace. I think these things are completely useless. You should think about it carefully!

What does Zhou Wanwan need to think about?

These things are useless to others.

But for her, it was incredibly useful!

Talc, when ground into a fine powder, can be made into useful talcum powder and moisturizing products.

Raw gypsum can be boiled down to make a topical ointment.

Muscovite, when torn into thin slices and crushed, becomes a beautiful pearlescent powder.

After being processed, fluorite can be used to make both clear lenses and objects that glow in the dark.

Kaolin stone ground into white powder is a good material for making beauty mud masks.

Sulfur can be refined into an anti-itch and anti-inflammatory ointment, which sells very well.

Zhou Wanwan can directly convert other stones into spiritual energy.

Then all of it was used to prolong the life of the estates under her control.

Other people's farms produce fruit two or three times a year, while hers produces fruit two or three times a month.

She had run out of ore, so she urgently needed this batch.

The key point is that there are a lot of these stones in the palace.

Eunuch Hai had people haul her away in cartloads.

More than 300 cars—this was something Zhou Wanwan hadn't expected.

Zhou Wanwan asked speechlessly, "Why are there so many stones here?"

Eunuch Hai laughed and said:

"There was a previous emperor who really liked these stones, so he kept bringing in these raw stones from outside and piling them up here."

Nobody likes it now. Noble Consort Ning said she wants to build a palace here, so all these stones have to be cleared out, which benefits you."

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "You really don't know what's good for you. I got a bargain."

Only after transporting the stones back did Zhou Wanwan happily return home.

Just as I reached the door, I saw Old Madam Zhou arriving with a group of people.

Old Madam Zhou stood at the door and said, "Oh my! Wanwan! You're back from the palace?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them cautiously and said:

"How did you manage to track us all the way here? Are you planning to take back our house?"

Then you'd better hurry to the palace, or it will be too late."

Looking at Zhou Wanwan's house, Old Madam Zhou said, "Oh dear! How could I possibly want your house? I just came to see how you're doing."