How Dare She Move Aunt's Courtyard Here?
Little did she know that once she entered the palace, she would discover that the Emperor of Great Qi had far too many concubines, and that the Empress was still alive.
Although she is now a Noble Consort, a Noble Consort is still just a concubine.
She wanted to climb the ranks, but her attempts to set up schemes all failed.
Now that she has given birth to a prince, she has gained power and status, and she is now plotting to kill all the princes.
Then her son would be the crown prince.
Unexpectedly, the Empress also gave birth to a son, and now she panicked.
The empress had quite powerful backing; she tried several times, but failed each time.
So he did something crazy: he switched the two princes.
The Empress's child has a very high chance of becoming the Crown Prince.
The current crown prince is definitely going to be deposed.
Consort Li's scheme to switch the Empress's children was flawless, but unfortunately, there were two powerful figures in the palace, whose cultivation levels were now similar to the Old Scholar Tree.
There were indeed experts in the palace, but they had also devised a way to break the code.
The two forces are now evenly matched.
The two trees switched the children back together.
Inside the palace, Consort Li coldly looked at the child and said, "Crying again. This child is so annoying. Guards, take this child out and let him go hungry for a few meals."
A palace maid simply took the child out.
Consort Li asked, "What has Zhou Wanwan been doing lately?"
Someone replied, "Your Highness, that little girl is living a very comfortable life at the Cui Family recently. I heard she's earned 2 million taels of silver."
Consort Li frowned and said, "What? Two million taels of silver? Which Cui Family Cui Family is this?"
The guard said, "It's the Cui Family from Xin'an County. They are a prominent and wealthy family."
Consort Li snorted coldly and said, "This little girl knows how to get ahead; she's actually made so much money."
The guard continued:
"This little girl is very rich now."
I heard that Treasure-Gathering Bank belongs to her, and she also owns many other businesses. Anyway, I think this kid is pretty abnormal.
Zhao Lili stood up and said, "Treasure-Gathering Bank?"
"Yes, she owns many restaurants, shops, and security escort agencies, and there are many things we can't find out about."
Zhao Lili frowned and said:
"Interesting, this little girl has quite a long reach!"
Why not stay in the perfectly good Great Xia Kingdom, instead of staying in our Great Qi?
"Find some people, take care of that little girl, and while you're at it, take over everything she controls."
Zhao Lili was really envious of what Zhou Wanwan had.
I don't know what happened to Zhou Wanwan, but her business kept getting bigger and bigger.
She always felt that she couldn't see through Zhou Wanwan.
Logically speaking, the Zhao Family all liked Zhou Wanwan very much, and Master Zhao directly recognized Zhou Wanwan as his younger sister.
However, Zhao Lili loathed Zhou Wanwan.
It's an innate intuition.
The pine tree outside said, "What mischief is Zhao Lili up to now? She actually wants to kill our precious Wanwan, how despicable!"
Didn't Zhao Lili recently get an iron mine?
She also recently acquired many novelties, all imported from foreign lands, including many fine jade stones.
"Perfect timing to give this to our precious Wanwan we get back."
"Yes, yes, I've been thinking that way for Wanwan while, but Wanwan said we can't make the first move; we have to wait until others can't hold back anymore."
"Then we can make our move tonight, right?"
"Alright! We'll talk about it after Zhao Lili falls asleep."
Zhao Lili fell asleep quickly, and the two big trees simply moved everything that could be moved from the warehouse.
The warehouse now has several layers of locks, but unfortunately, they are practically useless to them.
Nanyang tourmaline rough, Persia ruby Blue Treasure raw stones, icy jadeite rough, lapis lazuli, deep-sea pearl strands, Siam coral, cat's eye stones...
Several large boxes were also found, along with boxes of pearl jewelry, kingfisher feather headdresses, mutton fat jade vessels, boxes of pure gold ingots, and imperial porcelain...
There were too many, and they didn't have time to count them all, so they sent them all out.
There were many people waiting outside, and in one night, they turned Consort Li's warehouse upside down.
When Zhou Wanwan woke up in the morning, she found that there were many more things in her room.
The Old Scholar Tree laughed and said:
"They brought it to you from the palace last night. That Zhao Lili is really asking for it; she hired more than a dozen people to try and assassinate you."
Before they even arrived, they were taken care of on the way.
Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "When will Zhao Lili finally learn her lesson?"
The Old Scholar Tree laughed and said:
"Who knows! These people don't learn their lesson so easily."
It's really just greed at play; they know you have money, so they want all of it.
Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:
"You're right, these jade stones are quite nice, keep them all."
These things are beneath your notice, just throw them into the War God's Tomb!
The current War God's Tomb is like a dungeon in a game.
The dungeons are updated daily.
To make things more challenging for the players, Zhou Wanwan also added some horror elements.
For example, haunted houses, zombies, skeletons, ghosts, mummies, and the like.
It's both terrifying and exciting; basically, she'll include anything the players like.
The War God's Tomb has now been transformed into a large amusement park.
The players were having a blast and were making progress every day.
Some people find that after defeating those monsters, they get loot.
As soon as the equipment drops, everyone over there knows quickly and flocks to the location.
They're raking in so much money from ticket sales alone.
A tree came over and reported:
"Luckily, we dug a large War God's Tomb. Wanwan, you really had foresight. Now the War God's Tomb is full of people."
Fortunately, the first floor can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people, and our trees and animals are having a great time playing with them.
Yesterday's ticket sales already amounted to over 3,000 taels of silver.
However, ticket revenue is not actually our main source of income.
Zhou Wanwan took a sip of tea and said, "That's right! We don't earn money from the ticket sales; we earn money mainly from the consumption."
Zhou Wanwan actually designed the War God's Tomb as a large-scale game.
The first level of the dungeon is actually not difficult at all, and it often drops equipment.
That way, a lot of people will come.
The tree continued its report:
"Your grandmother went to look for you at the city lord's mansion, but unfortunately, no one paid her any attention."
She made a scene at the city lord's mansion for ages, until her voice was hoarse from shouting.
Zhou Wanwan said speechlessly, "Let her be! Don't worry about her. I have an exam tomorrow, I don't have time to deal with her."
Cui Wenyuan entered the room and asked, "Master, do you think I'll pass the preliminary examination tomorrow?"
Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Don't worry! As long as you memorize everything I gave you, there won't be any problems."
The imperial examinations of the Great Qi and the Great Xia were actually quite different.
However, the differences in the preliminary examinations were not significant; both tested the Four Books and Five Classics.
For Zhou Wanwan, it was very simple.
Cui Wenyuan nodded and said, "That's good."
That evening, Zhou Wanwan prepared paper, ink, brush, and inkstone. The Old Scholar Tree also checked them over and over to ensure everything was perfect.
At night, just as Zhou Wanwan lay down to sleep, Sun Tai led several of his cousins over the wall into the side courtyard.
Sun Tai said softly, "We must put the cheat sheet in her writing materials tonight, so she won't pass the first test tomorrow."
Several young masters nodded, and one of them lowered his voice and said, "That brat is really something, she actually plans to take the imperial examination. With just a little kid like her, there's no way she can pass."
Sun Tai snorted coldly and said, "Even if she can pass the exam, I won't let her go. She doesn't deserve it."
The main problem was that the bet was too big.
If they lose, their family's money exchange and security escort agency will have to be handed over to her.
Sun Tai couldn't bear to part with it.
The group jumped into the side courtyard. Sun Tai looked at the scene and exclaimed in surprise, "She actually lives in such a nice courtyard in the side courtyard? Why does this courtyard look so familiar?"
One of the young cousins exclaimed, "Oh dear! Isn't this my aunt's courtyard? How dare she move my aunt's courtyard here?"