Chapter 101 Princess, you are so rude!
A hundred years ago, Blackwater City did not exist. This area was a no-man's land. Forces of all sizes were stationed in this land, intertwined and chaotic. There were endless bloodshed and casualties. It was called the evil zone. People did not dare to approach it easily, otherwise, you might not know how you died.
During this period, some people had thought about conquering this place, but they all ended in failure.
Those who make a living on this land are either mountain bandits, people who have been forced into desperation in other countries, or some vicious criminals.
How could such a person truly submit to someone and willingly be ordered around and treated as inferior to him?
So during those years, the most common thing on this land was fighting and murder.
Until later, a man suddenly appeared, who was Rong Chen's grandfather.
His origins are unknown, but he is very capable. In the shortest possible time, he used both soft and hard tactics, and combined kindness and force. He unified this land with iron-blooded means and named it Blackwater City!
It is said that the reason for this name is that there is a treasure hidden here that is enough to drive people all over the world crazy - a huge black water mine.
This Black Water Mine is actually what we call petroleum today, but people at that time did not know its name. They only knew that it was brown-black and looked like water, so it was named Black Water.
Although everyone had heard the news, no matter how hard they looked, they couldn't find the location of the Blackwater Mine.
It is said that only the city lord at that time knew about it, and some people even turned the ground under the city lord's house, but no one has ever found any information about the Blackwater Mine.
Over time, this incident has faded from people's minds, and they think it is just an illusory legend.
There is also a legend that only the city lords of the Rong family knew where the mine was. This was also the reason why they had an endless supply of wealth and could govern and manage Blackwater City in such an orderly manner.
Shu Wan felt that this matter was totally unbelievable.
If there really is such a Black Water Mine, it is impossible that it has not been found until today. The Rong family knew about it, but they didn't see what they did. They guarded such a huge fortune, but didn't dig it out for use. Instead, they passed it down from generation to generation?
However, Shu Wan did get an important message from this.
People say that only the successive city lords of the Rong family know where this mine is!
This might be the reason why Chi Yan went to great lengths to kidnap Rong Chen, yet created the illusion that Rong Chen was dead.
If Rong Chen is controlled, he will have no offspring or brothers to inherit the position of city lord, and Black Water City will inevitably be in chaos. Chi Yan will then take the opportunity to seize it, and then use Rong Chen to find the specific location of the Black Water Mine! Shu Wan finally figured out Chi Yan's intentions.
"How big is this legendary Black Water Mine, and how much silver can it be exchanged for?" Shu Wan asked after listening.
Something that can make people all over the world fight for it must be really valuable. If you get this treasure, you can become rich overnight and become rich enough to rival a country? Or do you not even need to take the country into consideration?
There is too much money and nowhere to spend it. When we see a poor country, can we just use horse-drawn carriages to pull a dozen or twenty carts of gold to provide relief?
"I don't know either!" Yu Jianning shook his head. "I just heard my father mention it once when I was a child, and then I completely forgot about it. It was only when you asked me just now that I suddenly remembered it." This happened more than ten years ago, and he had long since forgotten it. If Shu Wan hadn't mentioned it just now, he might have forgotten about it for the rest of his life.
"You've been with Rong Chen, but you've never heard him mention it?" He had only heard it once when he was a child, but he and Rong Chen had such a good relationship. If the treasure really existed, there was no way he wouldn't know about it.
"No, we never mentioned a word!" Yu Jianning answered truthfully.
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Midnight dream.
Rong Chen lay on the bed with his eyes closed and sweating profusely.
He was trapped in a dream and couldn't get out.
In his dream, he saw a person, but no matter how close he got, he couldn't see the person's face clearly.
Finally, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up panting! ...
At dawn the next day, Yuwen Zhu left the palace, two hours earlier than usual.
Normally she wouldn't come out so early, but today, she couldn't wait. Seeing Rong Chen was secondary. The most important thing was that she wanted to know first hand whether Shu Wan had secretly gone to see Rong Chen when she was away at night.
So today, she actually heard the people she hired report that Shu Wan had indeed climbed over the wall into the Imperial Master's Mansion at night and left in the middle of the night.
This time, she almost died of anger. If there was a mirror for her to look at, she would definitely see that her facial features were distorted!
"You are such a good guy, Fu Shuyin!" Yu Wenzhu's eyes widened. "Since you dared to seduce the imperial teacher when this princess is away, today I will show you how I will deal with you!" She angrily led her men to the royal villa, and today she was determined to make Shu Wan kneel down and beg for mercy.
When she arrived at the royal villa in a rage, she was told that Shu Wan was not there. She said that she had gone to attend the poetry meeting held by King Li not long ago.
Yuwenzhu didn't believe that Shu Wan went to the party so early. She thought that Shu Wan was scared when he heard her coming, so he hid.
So she took people to search the villa inside and out, but they really didn't find anyone.
Then, in a rage, she smashed everything in the villa.
At that time, Shu Wan and Yu Jianning had just come back from going out. They went to see a doctor, pretending that they had hit their heads and lost their memory, and asked the doctor if there was any way to restore their memory.
Before I even entered the door, I heard the sound of ping-pong and Yu Wenzhu's cursing.
Yu Jianning couldn't help it and was about to rush in to argue with her.
"Don't go!" Shu Wan grabbed him.
"Not going?" Yu Jianning looked at Shu Wan in disbelief. "Are we just going to sit back and watch her slander and abuse you like this? No, I can't stand this!" As he said this, he tried to break free from Shu Wan and run inside.
"Who said we're just going to sit back and do nothing?" Shu Wan laughed, then waved his hand and whispered in Yu Jianning's ear, telling him his plan.
After hearing her plan, Yu Jianning looked at him with a complicated expression. He sincerely felt that whoever dared to mess with Shu Wan was simply courting death. Ten of them would not be enough for Shu Wan to play with.
The two went their separate ways. Yu Jianning slipped into the villa, while Shu Wan turned around and left, going to the teahouse to have breakfast.
Soon, a cloud of green smoke rose from the villa, and by the time people noticed it, it was too late.
"Someone, there's a fire! There's a fire!"
I don’t know who was running and shouting, scaring everyone into panic!
The servants came here to look for buckets and pots to fetch water to put out the fire, but sadly, they found that everything they could use had been smashed by Yu Wenzhu, and they were now helpless! Even the water tank in the yard was now a pile of debris on the ground! The only well left was the one well, and they had to draw water from it, and there was only this one bucket, so they could only watch the fire spread and engulf the entire villa!
Yu Wenzhu was so scared that she couldn't even walk. She just wanted to vent her anger. How could such a thing happen? It wasn't her, it really wasn't her.
Now she wanted to explain to everyone she saw, but no one paid any attention to her.
The fire was so big that the cause of the incident was reported to the palace within a quarter of an hour.
Emperor Chi Yan was furious and immediately sent out the imperial guards to take Yuwen Zhu back.
Shu Wan was also brought into the palace.
After such a big incident happened today, all the court officials were unable to leave the court on time. Some ministers who came to the court without breakfast in the morning were now starving and their eyes were blurry, but they could only endure it and dared not complain at all.
Otherwise, given the situation today, can they still keep their heads? Yu Wenzhu knelt trembling in the hall, while Shu Wan, who was beside him, was treated very well and sat on a chair with tea.
She was not convinced. Why could someone like Shu Wan, who had such a bad work style, be treated so well?
But she didn't dare to speak, because the Chi Yan Emperor sitting up there was already extremely angry, and now he was just waiting for the commander of the imperial guards to get to the bottom of the matter.
Although he said so, he already knew what Yuwenzhu had done.
He was just waiting, waiting for a result.
Soon, the imperial guards of the same age returned to the palace.
"Your Majesty." The commander of the imperial guards knelt down tremblingly.
"Have you found out the cause of the fire in the villa today?" Emperor Chi Yan asked straight to the point.
"Your Majesty," the commander of the imperial guards raised his voice, "I have interrogated the palace maids and eunuchs in the villa one by one, and obtained confessions. This morning, Her Royal Highness the Second Princess brought a group of people to the villa, saying that she was looking for Princess Beishuo. After learning that Princess Beishuo was not there, she brought her servants and smashed and destroyed all the items in the villa. Then, she set fire to the villa! In addition, several passers-by heard the Second Princess say with their own ears that she wanted to kill Princess Beishuo." The commander of the imperial guards told everything he had found out.
"It's not like that, it's not like that, father!" Yu Wenzhu was so scared that she was shaking all over and crawling forward on her knees. "Father, I didn't burn down the villa. The fire was not set by me. It was Fu Shuyin who framed me, father!" She didn't set the fire at all, nor did she order the people around her to set the fire. So, she couldn't find any other reason for this incident except that Shu Wan wronged her.
"Princess, please be careful with your words!" Shu Wan, who was sitting aside, spoke coldly, "When the incident happened today, I was having breakfast outside. The shopkeeper, the waiter, and the people sitting next to me can testify for me. You should stop talking nonsense and making random accusations!" Shu Wan didn't have much time to play out the drama of children fighting for a husband with her, so it was better to make a quick decision and get rid of this person.
"You are talking nonsense. I didn't set fire to the villa at all." Yu Wenzhu immediately retorted, "It's you. Because I destroyed your yard, you hold a grudge against me, so you use this method to retaliate against me!" She pointed at Shu Wan and accused him.
Shu Wan thought to herself, you guessed it right, this is how I want to take revenge on you.
"Why should I feel resentful because you broke some things?" Shu Wan asked with a sneer, "If you break something, the worst thing that can happen is that I can go to the palace and ask His Majesty for a batch. I don't have to pay for it anyway!" Her nonchalant and matter-of-fact look made everyone drop their jaws.
"Cough... cough..." Even Emperor Chi Yan coughed twice awkwardly.
"Your Majesty, do you think this makes sense?" Shu Wan simply asked Emperor Chi Yan, "Anyway, my dowry was lost along the way, and my pockets are cleaner than my face now. If I don't ask Your Majesty, who else can I ask?" She glanced at everyone frankly.
"Princess Shuyin, I have indeed neglected this matter. Later, I will send someone to give you some silver and keep it with you for emergency use!" If he hadn't said this, Shu Wan would probably have to talk about her lack of money for another two hours!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shu Wan said with a smile, "By the way, the important matter has not been resolved yet. Now Shuyin's residence was burned down by the princess. Regardless of whether he is guilty or not, let's put it on hold for now. Your Majesty, can you find a place for Shuyin to stay first, otherwise Shuyin will not be able to sleep at night." She looked worried because she couldn't find a place to sleep tonight.
At that moment, everyone was speechless, and some even cursed Shu Wan in their hearts. Is this the point? Is this the point she should care about now?
"You are slandering me. I already said I didn't start the fire!" Yu Wenzhu, the only one who didn't care where Shu Wan should focus, pointed at Shu Wan and cursed, "If you dare to slander me again, I will not be polite to you!"
"You dare to call for killing at this princess in front of His Majesty, so you must be killing people and setting fires in private!" Shu Wan exclaimed, "Not much, you have already set the fire, and I was lucky enough not to be burned to death!" She simply ignored Yu Wenzhu's explanation, her face full of fear.
"It's not me. I've already said it's not me!" Yu Wenzhu was about to collapse.
"If you dare to do it, you must dare to take responsibility for it. If it were me, I would admit it after I did it. Why are you so cowardly? I should have known the consequences when I did it." Shu Wan rolled her eyes and continued to speak in an infuriating tone. After saying this, she changed the subject and said, "Princess Pig, you said you didn't do it, but you led people to the villa in a mighty manner, and it is well known to everyone. If you didn't want to kill me, why did you look so murderous so early in the morning? Don't tell me that you came to see me for tea and chat?" The name is well chosen, Princess Pig, and the person lives up to her name.
"You are shameless!" When it comes to this, Yu Wenzhu finally remembered, "Fu Shuyin, you shameless woman, broke into the residence of the National Master in the middle of the night and seduced the National Master. You are so corrupt, I must teach you a lesson!" She was so confident now because Shu Wan was the one who made the mistake first, so she taught Shu Wan a lesson.
"I have my own face, so if the princess offers me her stone face, I don't want it!" Shu Wan said very calmly, "Also, princess, please pay attention to your image. You are a princess, don't keep saying seduction or something, it's rude!"
Spring will come again after it goes, flowers will fade and bloom again.
(End of this chapter)
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