Where's My Imperial Estate?

Zhou Wanwan had no idea what was going on; she was just too tired.

But the Old Scholar Tree was furious. "What kind of damned prince is this? He locks us in the woodshed Wanwan and even sends people to hunt us down. It's outrageous!"

The trees nearby chimed in indignation, "That's right! Why don't we move this imperial estate?"

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said:

"This imperial estate looks pretty good. It seems like our family really needs one like this!"

Move it, move it, don't take those fruit trees with you, they don't taste good.

However, the contents of that warehouse were quite good; the crown prince must have packed up all his valuables and taken them to the imperial estate.

It looks like they're hiding from enemies.

The Old Ancestor said, "That's right, pack them all up and take them with you."

As soon as they gave the order, the surrounding trees rushed into the imperial estate with great joy, and in just one night, the entire estate was emptied out.

The next morning, when the prince woke up, he heard a cricket chirping incessantly beside him.

He frowned and said, "It's so noisy! How can there be crickets so early in the morning?"

He opened his eyes and was startled. "Ah! How come there are so many crickets? Where am I sleeping?"

He looked around and saw Eunuch Xu leading a group of eunuchs looking for him. "Your Highness, where are you?"

After quite a while, they finally saw the prince on the edge of the field.

The prince scrambled to his feet, covered in cow dung. "How did I get here? Where am I?"

Eunuch Xu sobbed uncontrollably, "Your Highness! You've finally woken up! We're on the edge of a field on the imperial estate!"

The crown prince was completely bewildered. "Imperial estate? What about my estate?"

Eunuch Xu wiped away his tears and said:

"I don't know either! When I woke up this morning, all my clothes and all my valuables were gone."

"These clothes I'm wearing are borrowed."

The crown prince frowned and said, "How could this be? It's impossible! What about my imperial estates? What about my silver? What about my antiques and paintings?"

Eunuch Xu shook his head and said, "This servant truly knows nothing. The entire estate has been moved, even the warehouses are gone."

The prince collapsed to the ground, weeping bitterly, "I've saved this up for so many years! What am I going to do?"

The second princess ran over from nearby and said, "What happened? I woke up to find everything gone!"

The third princess was even more dramatic, fainting from crying, "Waaah... All my gold and silver jewelry is gone! Who the hell stole my things?"

The seventh princess was so aggrieved that she kept wiping away tears.

Zhou Wanwan climbed out of the woodpile and said, "Hey! Why are you all crying so early in the morning? Did something happen to your Qi Kingdom?"

The third princess glared at her and said, "You're the one who got into trouble!"

The crown prince glared at Zhou Wanwan, pointed at her, and asked, "Are you a human or a ghost?"

Zhou Wanwan laughed in exasperation, "Of course I'm human! Why does the Crown Prince think I'm a ghost? Did he do something wrong?"

The second princess coughed and said:

"Alright, everyone, let's keep quiet. The imperial estate has been emptied."

"We must get this investigated and find out exactly what happened."

The third princess asked, "So where are we living now?"

The second princess thought for a moment and said, "How about we stay at an inn? I remember there's one around here called something like that? The environment is really nice."

Zhou Wanwan said, "Home Inn."

"Oh! Right, right, let's stay at an inn first, and then we'll see what happens next."

Zhou Wanwan said, "Maybe I should leave! It might be inconvenient for me to stay with you."

The Crown Prince, his eyes red, said:

"You're not allowed to leave. You're not going anywhere until the matter is investigated."

Zhou Wanwan, you did this, right? How did you manage to do it?

"It's simply impossible for an ordinary person to move an entire imperial estate overnight."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Your Highness, you can't accuse me just because some of my things are missing. What could a six-year-old child like me know?"

The crown prince snorted coldly and said, "Don't let my men find out."

He called out again and again:

Where did those people go?

Zhou Wanwan, where did all the people around me go? Did you kill them?

Zhou Wanwan calmly looked at him and said:

"Your Highness, your subordinates, you dare to question me?"

How could I know? I know nothing. I went to bed very early last night.

The crown prince felt like he was going crazy.

What exactly happened?

In one night, all his men were wiped out, and the imperial estate was gone too.

The group could only go to the Home Inn. When Home Inn arrived, the innkeeper saw Zhou Wanwan and paused for a moment before asking, "How many of you are staying here? What kind of rooms are you looking for?"

The prince said, "Four superior rooms, the rest will be inferior rooms."

The innkeeper replied, "Alright! 200 taels of silver a night."

The prince exclaimed in surprise, "Are you robbing this inn? 200 taels of silver? Are you crazy?"

The innkeeper smiled faintly and said, "Take it or leave it. Our service is the best in the entire inn, and the environment is the best too."

The prince reluctantly reached into his wallet, but found nothing.

The second princess had no choice but to take out a gold hairpin and say, "Shopkeeper, I'll pawn this hairpin to pay for the room!"

The innkeeper took the hairpin and said, "This will last for two days. After that, you'll need to pay the room fee again. Waiter, arrange four superior rooms and four inferior rooms."

The waiter responded and quickly led them to the upper room.

The crown prince grumbled, "It's outrageous that there are such expensive inns within the Great Qi territory!"

The second princess nodded and said, "However Home Inn is the best of all the inns, and its security is also the best. There's no need to worry about danger while staying here."

The crown prince rolled his eyes and said:

"Good security? Even the best security can't compare to my royal estate."

"My imperial estate could be gone overnight, how good can security be elsewhere?"

The second princess said in a low voice, "Was this done by those people? Are they trying to force you back to the palace?"

The crown prince sighed helplessly, "I'm not sure either, but it's quite possible."

The Crown Prince looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "You lot, keep an eye on her, don't let her get away."

The two men under the Crown Prince were both staring at Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "I'm not used to your inferior room. I'd rather stay in a superior room!"

The Crown Prince snorted coldly and said, "If you want to stay in a superior room, then pay for it yourself. It's 50 taels a day. I'm not going to pay for you."

Zhou Wanwan pouted and said, "What a stingy guy! The crown prince of a country isn't even willing to pay 50 taels. I'm stunned, buddy."

What kind of iron?

Zhou Wanwan ignored him and went straight to the luxury suite. She wasn't used to staying in such a high-class room.

The luxury suite is equivalent to the presidential suite in my previous life.

The level of luxury was simply astonishing.