In the warm room of the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was cradling a snow-white Persian cat, her face wrinkled with smile as she watched the lively children, Kengkeng and Wawa, leaping before her. A palace maid beside her carried a gilded tray upon which lay freshly baked croton cakes, their fragrance filling the room.

"I heard that you two clever little devils have set up a 'laxative empire' in the Prince's Palace?" The Queen Mother pinched a piece of cake and teased the cat in her arms.

Henkeng puffed out his chest and said proudly, "Replying to the Empress, we are planning to drive to Beidi!"

"That's right," Wa Wa echoed, "Buy laxatives and get cheese for free. After ripping off Da Sheng, they're ripping off the grassland!"

The Queen Mother laughed so hard that the cat in her arms jumped. She put down the cake and said mysteriously, "I've found you a 'foreign teacher who can teach you some advanced tricks!"

Shen Weiwan just walked in and heard this. She couldn't help but hold her forehead: "Mother, where did you find this person?"

"Never mind where he found it," the Queen Mother waved her hand. "That man is a well-known 'old fox' among the people, and his skills in deceiving people are top-notch!"

As he was speaking, an old man in a tattered gown was led in by a eunuch. He had a goatee and his eyes were rolling around, and he looked like he was not a serious person.

"I am Wang Laowu, a commoner, paying my respects to the Empress Dowager and the Seventh Prince's Consort." The old man bowed in a fake manner, with half of the worn lining showing at his cuffs.

The Queen Mother pointed at Kengkeng and Wawa and said, "Mr. Wang, these two are my good grandchildren. You must teach them well."

Wang Laowu rubbed his hands together and looked at Kengkeng and Wawa: "No problem, no problem! Back then, I, Wang, traveled all over the country and saw all kinds of scams and frauds..."

"Wait," Kengkeng suddenly interrupted him, "Would you use fake gold to cheat for dentures?"

Wang Laowu was stunned: "What did the young master say?"

"I mean," Wow, blinking his eyes, "would you put a toad in someone's hat?"

Wang Laowu's face changed, and he forced a smile and said, "What do you know, little kid? These are just some low-level tricks. What I'm going to teach you is the 'advanced trick'!"

"Then show us what you can do first." Shen Weiwan crossed her arms and watched with interest.

Wang Laowu cleared his throat, took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, and opened it mysteriously: "Look, this is a pure gold ingot!"

Kenkeng and Wawa took a closer look and saw a bright yellow ingot lying in the cloth bag. It really looked like a real thing.

"Wow! Real gold ingots!" Wawa pretended to be surprised.

Wang Laowu smiled proudly: "How is it? This is fake gold made by me using a special technique. Ordinary people can't tell it's real!"

He suddenly reached out, grabbed the ingot, and stuffed it into his mouth: "Let me try it and see if it's real!"

"Hey! Don't bite!" Wang Laowu wanted to snatch it, but Wawa hugged his legs.

With a "crack", Hekeng spat out the ingot, revealing the black lead core inside: "Bah! What a broken gold, it's black inside!"

Wang Laowu's face turned green: "You...how could you bite!"

"How do you know it's fake if you don't bite it?" He curled his lips. "My mom said, 'Real gold fears no fire, but fake gold will be exposed as soon as you bite it!'"

Shen Weiwan nodded aside: "Well, that's right."

Wang Laowu was so angry that he was shaking. He took out an exquisite snuff bottle from his other pocket and said, "You are really amazing! Look at this, a blue and white porcelain snuff bottle from the previous dynasty, priceless!"

Wow, Wow's eyes lit up: "Let me see!"

She took the snuff bottle, looked at it pretentiously, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, why is there a crack at the bottom of this bottle?"

Wang Laowu grabbed the snuff bottle and saw a tiny crack on the bottom. He was stunned: "Impossible! I paid a huge price for this!"

"You must have been cheated when you collected it." Kenkeng shrugged.

Wang Laowu was so angry that he couldn't speak. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his head, as if something had fallen in. He subconsciously touched his hat and felt something slippery. He was so scared that he pulled his hat off - a green toad fell to the ground with a "plop" and croaked twice.

"Ah! Toad!" Wang Laowu jumped up in fright, and his goatee stood up.

Wow, wow, clapped his hands and laughed, "How funny! Grandma, look, there's a toad in his hat!"

The Queen Mother laughed so hard that she slapped her thigh: "Good job, you two. When did you stuff the toad in there?"

"Just when he was taking out the gold ingots." Kengkeng said proudly.

Wang Laowu looked at the two little devils in front of him, then at Shen Weiwan and the Queen Mother who were grinning from ear to ear, and suddenly realized that he might have hit a wall. He picked up the toad on the ground and said with a sad face: "Queen Mother, I can't teach you. How can this be a student? It's clearly the reincarnation of a swindler!"

After saying this, he didn't even bother to salute, turned around and ran out, without even picking up the fake ingots and snuff bottle that fell on the ground.

"Hey! Don't go!" The Queen Mother wanted to call him, but Wang Laowu ran faster than a rabbit and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

A burst of laughter erupted in the warm room. The Queen Mother wiped her tears and said, "I never thought that this old fox would be tricked by two little kids!"

Shen Weiwan looked at the children helplessly: "You guys are becoming more and more unreasonable."

"Mom," Kengkeng raised his little face, "He was the one who tried to trick us first!"

"That's right," Wawa also said, "to deal with a liar, you have to use the liar's methods!"

The Queen Mother patted the children's heads and smiled widely. "You're right! I love your cleverness!"

At this time, Xiao Yu walked in and saw the toad and fake gold ingots on the ground. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Which liar did you scare away again?"

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