Shen Weiwan raised her chin proudly, but saw Xiao Yu pick up the "Chili Powder Lockeye Technique" tutorial on the table and raised his eyebrows and said: "This method... Have you tried it in my study?"

She stuck out her tongue and turned to run, her lilac skirt sweeping across the blue bricks. "Your Highness, I was wrong! Next time I'll definitely use the upgraded version with Sichuan peppercorns!"

Xiao Yu chased after her with a smile, stretched out his long arms and took her into his arms: "What's wrong?"

"I made a mistake in not telling you," Shen Weiwan looked up at him, a cunning look in her eyes, "I used the 'spicy soul-breaking pepper' imported from the Western Regions. I guarantee that after you sneeze, you'll get sparks!"

Xiao Yu sighed helplessly, lowered his head and kissed the top of her head: "You are such a money-grubber and a little scoundrel."

"It's all because of your Highness's pampering!" She nudged his chest, her eyes suddenly lighting up. "By the way, Your Highness, tomorrow I want to teach you the 'Toilet Squatting Technique', specifically for dealing with scoundrels who don't pay their debts. Do you want to add the 'Rotten Egg Assistance Technique'?"

"It's up to you," Xiao Yu pinched her cheek, "but you have to make it up to me tonight—don't make me any more croton and lotus seed soup. I'm afraid I won't even be able to ride a horse tomorrow morning."

"Got it!" Shen Weiwan stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the chin, "I'll make you some steamed cheese with sugar and add three times more honey!"

The two of them walked into the inner courtyard, laughing and joking. The golden glow of the setting sun stretched their shadows very long. Shen Weiwan leaned on Xiao Yu's shoulder, looking at the pomegranate flowers blooming in the corner of the courtyard. Suddenly, she felt that the days of this life were more vivid than she had dared to imagine before her rebirth.

Within three days, the "Weiwan Cheating Academy" became the most sought-after "girls' academy" in the capital. The Grand Tutor's wife used a "fishing tactic" to not only recover her monthly salary but also swindled ten taels of silver out of the Grand Tutor for a jade bracelet. The Prime Minister's wife sprinkled chili powder into the keyhole of her husband's study, frightening him into handing over his hidden funds hidden behind a rockery overnight. Even the Empress Dowager sent a palace maid to the palace, holding a gold-encrusted account book and practicing the "torture tactics" to punish the eunuchs who had been embezzling their allowances.

Of course, there were also some troubles caused by the lack of vision. Wang Er, a rogue from the west of the city, brought three or five thugs to mess things up, with his hands on his hips, shouting that he wanted to test his "real ability to cheat people." Without saying a word, Shen Weiwan blocked them into the toilet with half a bucket of slop, and placed a basin of "special spices" at the door - in fact, it was rotten fish and shrimp mixed with croton powder. Half an hour later, Wang Er crawled out with a sad face, his trouser legs were covered with unknown stains, and he hugged Shen Weiwan's legs and cried and asked to sign up: "Dean, please accept me! This 'toilet squatting technique' is amazing!"

Some people even posted anonymously questioning whether the school was "corrupting public morals." Shen Weiwan brought the entire class to block the other party's door, crying collectively that "they couldn't survive being rejected by the college." They cried so hard that the family had to hang a banner that read "Support the cheating college," which turned out to be a free advertisement.

Under a sparse moon, Chen Weiwan crouched before her dressing table, counting banknotes. Chuntao ground ink beside her, while Xiao Yu leaned against the bedside, reading a military strategy. "Three hundred taels... five hundred taels... one thousand taels!" She suddenly leaped up, scattering banknotes across the table. "Your Highness! We've earned enough to open a branch!"

Xiao Yu put down the book, walked up behind her and put his arm around her waist: "Where are you going?"

"Drive to Lingnan first!" Shen Weiwan's eyes lit up, "Let Liu Shi also learn the 'anti-scam course' in the croton fields! Then drive to the laundry bureau and teach Shen Ruorou how to change the 'itch song' into a 'scam song'!"

Xiao Yu laughed, his fingertips brushing against her red fingertips from counting money: "What a little money-grubber."

"That's right!" She raised her chin, grabbed a silver ingot and stuffed it into his hand. "Buy candy for His Highness! And with the rest, we'll build the 'Scam Academy' headquarters. We'll have a three-meter-tall memorial archway at the entrance, inscribed with my 'scam quotes'!"

Xiao Yu pinched her cheek and said gently, "Okay, I'll do as you say." He paused, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "However, as the chief sponsor of the 'Scam Academy', I request to invest in it."

"What shares do you want to invest in?" Shen Weiwan tilted her head to look at him.

"Invest in the rest of your life," Xiao Yu said, lowering his head and kissing her lips, his voice tinged with laughter. "You dig the hole, I fill it in; you make the money, I manage the accounts. We'll work together as husband and wife to expand this 'Silly Sculpture and Scam Academy' to the ends of the earth."

Shen Weiwan smiled with her eyebrows curved. The moonlight outside the window shone on her face, brighter than the silver in the account book. She knew that in this life, she had not only avenged her blood feud and taken back everything in the general's mansion, but also found a lover who could accompany her to make a fool of herself and make her life a joke.

And that crooked "Weiwan School of Tricks" would eventually become the most legendary institution in the Dasheng Dynasty—teaching not intrigue and scheming, but rather the art of tackling the world's troubles with a shrewd heart and living a fulfilling life with the wisdom of deception. As for Dean Shen Weiwan and her Seventh Prince? Their story has only just begun.