My Fingers Are Broken!

It would be different if we stayed at Yanmen Pass.

The old ministers were watching her every move, and it was incredibly oppressive.

Therefore, being an emperor is not as glamorous as one might imagine.

Just imagine, you're being watched 24 hours a day.

It's like having tons of cameras installed above your head—how can anyone live like that?

But it's different here. Nobody cares, nobody asks, you're completely free.

Anyway, she's only 6 years old. Previously, Grand Tutor Zhao Muyuan had planned to let Zhou Wanwan ascend the throne directly.

But now he understands that even if Zhou Wanwan were to ascend the throne directly, who would truly submit to a six-year-old child from the bottom of their heart?

But things are different now. Don't be fooled by Zhou Wanwan's constant wandering around outside.

The people they managed to take back were all genuinely skilled, and they could even bring back some troops from time to time. Now their troops were practically a ragtag bunch.

They come from all over the world.

Once all the incorporated troops from various countries have been integrated, will Zhou Wanwan then have complete control over the entire situation?

Grand Tutor Zhao is overjoyed every time he thinks about this.

His vision was far ahead of its time, much better than those old guys.

Who can compare to Zhou Wanwan?

Zhou Wanwan has to be their founding emperor.

So Zhao Muyuan had been keeping an eye on Zhou Wanwan before, but now he's just letting her be.

After Zhou Wanwan had eaten and drunk her fill, she leisurely brought the dishes to the table.

Shen Zhao looked at the table full of dishes and said, "Zhou Wanwan, did you cook all of this?"

Zhou Wanwan frowned and said:

"Otherwise what? Of course I did it!"

Since you've given me a gold Yuanbao, I'll naturally cook you a nice meal to reward you.

Shen Zhao took a bite of the crab meat lion's head and exclaimed, "Wow, this tastes absolutely delicious! I never knew you could actually cook!"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "Of course I can cook! Otherwise, do you think I'm joking? Try the braised chicken breast with shiitake mushrooms."

"Delicious, so delicious! This is much better than the food my chef makes!"

Zhou Wanwan, did you used to be a cook?

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I've made it before! Anyway, if you want to eat it, just give me the money, and I'll make it for you every day."

Shen Zhao sneered, "One gold Yuanbao isn't enough? You want me to give you silver every day? Aren't you being too greedy?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him with a half-smile and said:

"Your household hires a royal chef, costing over 100 taels of silver per month. Don't you think that's expensive?"

You yourself said that what I make tastes better than what the imperial chef makes.

Give it if you want, don't give it if you don't.

Shen Zhao immediately lost his temper:

"You're here to be a maid, not a master. Don't go too far."

I'm doing you a favor by asking you to cook for me. If you don't, I'll lock you up with those dogs outside."

Zhou Wanwan said calmly, "Are you sure?"

Shen Zhao laughed loudly, "You don't know, do you? I'm the infamous troublemaker of Xin'an County."

The Old Scholar Tree beside it nodded and said:

"He's really quite a troublemaker, quite a devil; he actually dares to lock up dogs together."

Several people had offended him before, and he simply threw them into a dog cage.

One person was bitten to death.

Zhou Wanwan frowned and said, "So bloody? So violent?"

The Old Scholar Tree said, "More than that! When he gets angry, he doesn't care about anyone, not even his own family; he's a complete violent maniac."

Shen Zhao grabbed Zhou Wanwan by the neck and was about to speak when suddenly, his fingers were broken off one by one.

Shen Zhao cried out in pain, "Ouch! My finger! My finger is broken!"

Shen Zhao's servant quickly went to fetch the family physician, who rushed over and examined his fingers, saying, "Young master, all of these fingers are broken; I'm afraid they're unusable."

Old Master Shen trembled with anger. "What exactly happened? The young master was in his own room, why did his fingers become like this?"

The person next to him trembled, "Master, we really don't know! The young master and Zhou Wanwan were in the room just now, we don't know what they were doing!"

Old Master Shen looked at Zhou Wanwan and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Zhou Wanwan said:

"The young master grabbed my neck, and suddenly I saw him cracking his own fingers."

Then he broke his own finger, it scared me to death, waaaaah...

I want to go home! I want to go home!

Shen Zhao was writhing in pain:

"Something's wrong with Zhou Wanwan. I was going to pinch her, but I couldn't control my right hand. It hurts."

"Dad, lock her in that dog cage. I'm going to have my dogs kill her."

Old Master Shen shouted, "Guards! Lock her up, put her in a dog cage!"

Zhou Wanwan was dragged out.

Shen Zhao screamed in pain, and Madam Shen rushed over and said:

"Damn it! Who did this? My Zhao'er!"

What happened to your hand? How will you take the imperial examinations in the future?

Shen Zhao was writhing in pain. Madam Shen looked at Old Master Shen and said, "Old man, think of something quickly! This hand is ruined, what are we going to do?"

Old Master Shen stamped his feet anxiously, "What can I do? Even if we summon the imperial physician, it won't help!"

"Who did it? Tell me who did it!"

Old Master Shen said:

Everyone saw that your son broke his own hand.

He just grabbed a little girl by the neck, and unexpectedly, his hand broke.

"Where is that little girl? I want to kill her, waaaaah..."

She dared to hurt my son! I'm going to fight her to the death!

Old Master Shen said, "Shen Zhao locked her in a dog cage; she's probably been eaten now."

Madam Shen rushed out, muttering to herself, "I want to see it! I want to watch those dogs eat her! I want them to tear her to pieces!"

As soon as Madam Shen rushed into the yard, she saw more than a dozen dogs rushing towards her.

Madam Shen screamed and turned to run.

But these dozen or so dogs had been starving for days; they weren't about to let her go.

Suddenly, the dogs bit her and tore at her clothes.

"Ah! Help! Sir, please save me!"

By the time Old Master Shen arrived, Madam Shen was already on her deathbed.

Her face was scratched raw and bloody.

Old Master Shen knelt down in the tunnel:

"What kind of karma did they have to commit? One hand is broken, another's face is disfigured, and their body is covered in bite wounds."

How are we supposed to live like this?

Zhou Wanwan sat on the trunk of the Old Scholar Tree and said, "Shen Zhao originally gave me a gold ingot, and I was willing to let him go, but I didn't expect him to try to strangle me."

The Old Scholar Tree sneered, "This whole family is unreasonable; they deserve it."

Shen Zhao slowly walked out of the house, and upon seeing Madam Shen, she burst into tears in fright.

"Mom, what happened? Don't scare me!"

How did you become like this in just a short while?

Madam Shen roared, "Kill that little girl! These dogs must have been released by her!"

Shen Zhao rushed into the courtyard and saw Zhou Wanwan sitting on the wall.

Shen Zhao said, "Zhou Wanwan, get down here."

Zhou Wanwan said, "No, I'm scared, those dogs will bite me."

Shen Zhao looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "If you don't come down, I'll let those stones crush you to death, do you believe me?"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head again and said, "I'm really scared, I don't dare to come down, waaaah..."

Enraged, Shen Zhao shouted, "You lot, bring some stones and smash her! Let's see if she comes down. If she dies, it's on me!"

Several servants grabbed some large stones and threw them at Zhou Wanwan.

Just as the stones were about to hit Zhou Wanwan, they suddenly seemed to have eyes and all bounced back.

The stones were traveling very fast and all of them hit the heads of the servants.

In an instant, the heads of those servants were smashed open, and blood flowed freely.

"Bang bang bang..." The servants lay stiffly on the ground.