Your Majesty, Something Terrible Has Happened

Xie Cheng'en walked blankly down the street, never expecting things to turn out this way.

Several of his close friends came over and asked, "Young Master Xie, what's wrong? You look like a wilted eggplant."

Xie Cheng'en gave a wry smile and said, "It's nothing, nothing, I'm just a little tired."

How can I not be tired?

He's terrified, afraid that Zhou Wanwan will come after him later.

Princess Jianing asked, "Has the steward not found out yet?"

The butler smiled and said, "We've found out. Let me serve you the dishes first! Please try these dishes that cost 10 taels of silver."

"Roasted Snowflake Beef, Braised Sea Cucumber with Abalone, Steamed Wild Yellow Croaker, Braised Crab with Roe, Boiled Prawns, Braised Deer Tendon, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Stuffed Fish Maw with Eight Treasures, Stewed Snow Frog with Tremella, and Liuli Fruit Honey Dish."

Princess Jianing looked at the dishes and said, "Wow, this is really good! Ten taels of silver can buy so many dishes?"

Looking at the dishes, Shangguan Wan'er said, "It seems the service here is really good; we can enjoy so many delicious meals without leaving the premises."

Princess Jianing nodded and said, "It's indeed similar to what you get in the palace, and the taste is quite good too."

After finishing her meal, Princess Jianing said, "Alright, now can you tell me where my maids went?"

"At the city lord's mansion."

Princess Jianing jumped up and said:

"What? The City Lord's Mansion? Zhou Wanwan?"

That wretched girl dared to kidnap my maid! I'm going to kill her!

Princess Jianing led a group of people and stormed straight into the city lord's mansion.

Zhou Wanwan was drinking tea when she saw Princess Jianing arrive. She smiled slightly and said, "Oh! Isn't this Princess Jianing? What brings you here?"

Princess Jianing roared, "Zhou Wanwan, what have you done to my maids? Hand them over at once!"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said:

"You mean those girls around you? I happened to be short-staffed, so I kept them?"

However, I think these maids are quite good; they are efficient and hardworking, and I don't want to let them go.

Princess Jianing was nearly driven mad with anger. "You! Release them right now, or I'll never forgive you!"

Zhou Wanwan waved her hand, and Zhichun, Zhiqiu, Zhixia, and Zhidong came out from inside.

Zhiyue and Zhili also slowly came out.

They looked at Princess Jianing, Princess Jianing looked at them and said, "Aren't you going to get over here?"

Zhichun sneered, "Princess Jianing, we are now Zhou Wanwan's maids, and our indentures are with her. Don't even think about ordering us around anymore."

Princess Jianing pointed at Zhichun and said, "How dare you! I am a princess! Do you know who you are talking to?"

Zhichun nodded and said, "Of course I know you are Princess Jianing, so what?"

"Fine, fine, so you've all staged a rebellion? Your indentures are with her, but what about your families?"

Zhichun Chun chuckled and said, "You're threatening us with our family again? Is that really necessary? If you want to arrest them, then go ahead and do it!"

Zhichun and his family members have all been settled and are all in the village near the border.

As for Zhiyue, those people can hardly be considered family.

Princess Jianing trembled with rage. "Just you wait and see, I'll make you regret this!"

She left with Shangguan Wan'er.

When Shangguan Wan'er returned home, she kept stirring up trouble, saying, "Oh dear! Princess Jianing, she completely disregards you! She even stole your maid! Can you really tolerate this?"

"Of course I can't stand it. Now that I'm here, go and bring those wretched girls' families over."

I won't let them get away with this. As for Zhou Wanwan, I'll tell Mother about the situation here right now.

"I'd like to see how long she can keep up her arrogance," Princess Jianing said coldly.

But before she could even send her message by carrier pigeon, it had already reached Zhou Wanwan's desk.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the message sent by carrier pigeon and said, "Telling a story? Ugh! How boring. If you can't beat them, you tell their parents. How childish!"

Zhou Wanwan didn't have time to argue with her; she had more important things to do.

Zhou Wanwan arrived at the estate and observed the growth of the crops there.

"The soil here is indeed slowly improving. It used to be sandy, but now it's gradually turning into black soil. Not bad, not bad."

Actually, the soil conditions here were very poor at first.

Grain cannot be grown in the border areas. Although it is not barren, only some drought-resistant crops can be grown.

But things are different now; the soil is gradually improving, and the future looks promising.

Zhou Wanwan channeled spiritual energy into the manor, causing the crops to grow rapidly.

Zhou Wanwan said:

The vegetables in this village will be ready to eat tomorrow.

And the fruit over there will be ripe soon too.

The Old Scholar Tree said, "It's just enough to keep up; otherwise, with so many people rushing in all at once, there simply wouldn't be enough to eat."

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"Yes! We now own more than 100 estates. I feel so pathetic!"

In the morning, I must infuse these estates with spiritual energy; in the afternoon, I attend court; and in the evening, I must handle government affairs.

We also need to learn the art of governing a country. Eight hours of rest a day is simply not enough!

The Old Ancestor sighed and said, "Why don't we just quit being emperors? Let whoever wants to do this job do it; it's exhausting."

Zhou Wanwan really didn't want to do it, she sighed and said:

"Keep sending in spiritual energy, sigh! Watermelon, grapes, strawberries, lychees, mangoes, durians, jackfruits, mangosteens..."

We can really grow any kind of fruit here.

She can grow any fruit here, no matter where it comes from, because it's irrigated with spiritual energy, so the quality is absolutely top-notch.

After watering the entire area, the task was finally completed.

She stretched, yawned, and said, "I'm so sleepy! Let's go back to sleep!"

She's going to take a nap.

I had just woken up from my afternoon nap when I saw Eunuch Hai standing outside, saying, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened."

Zhou Wanwan rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's the big deal?"

Eunuch Hai said:

News came from the Great Qi that the Great Qi Emperor had dispatched a general Qin Yuan with 300,000 elite troops to provide support.

We'll be at the border in a few days.

Zhou Wanwan frowned and said, "Didn't they say that several countries had stopped fighting because of the War God of the Northern Frontier?"

The Old Ancestor said calmly, "Oh dear! So they've gone back on their word! They must have received news from Yanmen Pass."

The Emperor of Great Qi looked at Zhao Lili and said:

"My beloved concubine, I have already dispatched troops to attack Yanmen Pass."

"But Yanmen Pass is just a small pass, it could be easily taken, why send 300,000 elite troops?"

Zhao Lili smiled slightly and said:

"Your Majesty, you wouldn't know, would you?"

The city walls of Yanmen Pass today are all made from bricks taken from your Great Qi Kingdom.

The one guarding Yanmen Pass was a six-year-old child, but this child was no ordinary person; he had many trump cards up his sleeve.

Those troops you have stationed at the border, she's probably turned them all away!