Guan Zhiyue and her companion pounced on the stinky tofu in the bowl like hungry wolves. The bowl contained over thirty yuan worth of stinky tofu, and the two of them ate about twenty pieces, leaving about ten pieces remaining.

"belch..."

"I can't take it anymore, I'm too full."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is so delicious! If my stomach wasn't already full, I would have eaten it all."

"Hmm, it's late! Let's go to sleep."

As soon as Guan Zhiyue stood up, she let out a very loud burp.

"belch!!!!!!"

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, you're exaggerating too much."

Guan Zhiyue tilted her head to the right with an air of arrogance and said somewhat displeasedly, "Hmph, I'm going to sleep. You find something to cover the stinky tofu and we'll eat it tomorrow morning."

"Alright, Your Highness, you should go to sleep now. The bed is already made." Bilian said to Guan Zhiyue while carrying the basin of stinky tofu.

Guan Zhiyue raised her hand to cover her yawning mouth and said with a smile, "I know."

The five people in the shadows swallowed hard when they saw Bilian bring the stinky tofu to the open-air kitchen stove.

After seeing the two of them enter the house, she gently jumped into the courtyard of the Cold Palace.

As soon as Guan Zhiyue lay down on the bed, she contacted Xiao Tuantuan to request an upgrade to her space.

"Little Tuantuan, upgrade my space!"

"Host, you have lost 30 pounds this time, which allows you to upgrade 6 levels at once. Therefore, this upgrade will take a long time and will be completed before midnight tonight."

Guan Zhiyue nodded immediately, indicating that she understood.

She lost contact with the space immediately afterward, and went to sleep peacefully, without any further thoughts.

However, the people outside stared at the pot containing more than ten pieces of black, filthy, and foul-smelling garbage, examining it repeatedly.

"suck..."

Li Qiji bent down and fanned the smell of the stinky tofu in the basin with his right hand. The smell was indeed stinky, and he frowned in disgust, taking a step back.

"This thing is so disgusting, how can it possibly taste good?"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to give it a try," Ji Wu said, pinching his nose and pointing at the stinky tofu in the wooden basin.

Li Qiji stood to the side, looking at the dark substance in the basin, and nodded generously.

"Approved."

Ji Wu couldn't help but swallow again. He pinched his nose with his right hand and stretched out his left hand very carefully, as if it were a bomb that would explode at the slightest touch.

With a death-defying spirit, Ji Wu picked up a piece of stinky tofu from the basin and carefully, with a slight tremor, put it into his mouth. It smelled terrible, so bad that he wanted to vomit, but because of the emperor's stern expression, he pinched his nose and chewed it gently. Instantly, the aroma of scallions and coriander filled his mouth.

He had been pinching his nose tightly, but he let go of it. His big eyes widened as he stared at Li Qiji in disbelief. Before he could even swallow the tofu in his mouth, he grabbed another piece and stuffed it into his mouth. He said with great satisfaction, "Your Majesty, this stuff is really delicious! You all have to try it!"

Ji Shang looked at the somewhat exaggerated Ji Wu and said with some disdain, "As people close to the Emperor, what good things haven't we eaten? Look at your cowardly appearance."

He then picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. His eyes lit up instantly, and he looked at the emperor in disbelief, saying, "Your Majesty, this is really delicious."

The other two guards also squinted their eyes as they watched their master eat so deliciously. They exchanged a glance, reached into the bowl, each picked up a piece, put it in their mouths, looked at each other incredulously, and then began to chew slowly.

Seeing his four subordinates eating so heartily, Li Qiji couldn't help but swallow hard. He stood in front of the wooden basin, looked at them, and asked, "Is it really that delicious?"

The four subordinates, licking their fingers, nodded in unison and said, "Absolutely delicious!"

Li Qiji looked at the bowl and saw that there were about seven or eight pieces left. He glanced at the four people around him, then picked up a piece of stinky tofu, pinched his nose, and put it in his mouth with great disgust. At first, he thought it was too smelly and wanted to spit it out.

Seeing this, Ji Wu quickly said, "Your Majesty, please chew."

Hearing Ji Wu's words, Li Qiji began to chew. In an instant, the aroma filled his entire mouth, giving him an unprecedented experience. It was simply delicious! He often ate tofu, but he had never tasted it so crispy and flavorful. Li Qiji closed his eyes in enjoyment.

With only seven pieces left in the basin, and seeing that the Emperor still had his eyes closed, the four of them wanted to secretly reach out and take another piece, but Li Qiji opened his eyes at that moment.

"Um?"

Li Qiji looked coldly at the four outstretched hands and said with displeasure, "The rest are all mine."

"emperor...."

"What? Do you have a problem with that? You've already eaten so much."

Li Qiji said nothing more. After glancing at the four people, he began to unceremoniously roll up his right sleeve with his left hand and stuff the remaining seven pieces of stinky tofu in the bowl into his mouth. His mouth was stuffed full, and his lips were covered with black oil stains. He chewed them in big mouthfuls, making sounds of praise as he ate.

Seeing that there were still bits and pieces of food in the basin, the four of them started fighting over the basin, trying to clean it all out.

Watching the four of them scrambling for the bowl, Li Qiji, his mouth greasy, showed a disgusted expression and said righteously, "Cowardly! It's just tofu!"

"Look at the state of your fighting!"

He had clearly forgotten how ravenously he had just wolfed down his food.

Ji Wu, being straightforward, boldly remarked, "Your Majesty, there's still evidence of the food snatching on your lips."

Upon hearing this, Li Qiji turned away, stuck out his tongue and licked it, then raised his hand to wipe the contents of his mouth. Seeing that his hand was covered in oil, he wiped it with a rag on the stove with some disgust.

Seeing the four people still fighting over the bowl, he said, "Aren't you leaving? Are you going to eat the bowl too?"

The four quickly placed the basin on the stove, and then Li Qiji got up and leaped into the darkness.

Guan Zhiyue heard chattering sounds coming from the yard while she was inside the house, but she was too sleepy to pay attention and let them make a fuss.

"Sigh, looks like I'll have to get a cat?"

After thinking for a moment, she rolled over again and muttered to herself, "Never mind, I'll ask Xiao Tuantuan tomorrow night if she knows anything that can repel mice!"

I slept soundly through the night without any dreams, until dawn.

"ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Who is this? Who came to this kitchen last night?"

Guan Zhiyue was awakened by Bilian's loud shout. She jumped out of bed in shock. Hearing something about the kitchen, she jumped out of bed nervously and headed towards the yard.

"Bilian, what happened?"

Bilian stared in shock at Guan Zhiyue, who was dressed in a white undergarment, and quickly ran over to urge her, "Your Highness, why did you come out without wearing any clothes?"

"Let's go, let's go in quickly, let's go in quickly."

Guan Zhiyue was still dazed and unaware of what was happening when Bilian pushed her into the room.

Bilian pushed Guan Zhiyue back into the room, quickly closed the door, and helped Guan Zhiyue sit on the edge of the bed.

"Your Majesty, how can you run outside in your undergarments? If someone sees you, they'll complain to the Emperor again."

Guan Zhiyue was speechless, and said somewhat calmly, "What were you yelling about? I thought something serious had happened, so I rushed over to check."

At the mention of this, Bi Lian's temper flared up again. She took a piece of clothing from the wardrobe for Guan Zhiyue, plopped down next to Guan Zhiyue, and started chattering away.

"Your Majesty, you have no idea that the stinky tofu we ate last night was stolen and eaten! And what's more, the bowl was even cleaned up."

"Hmph, tell me, isn't this infuriating? It's just too much."

"That's too much."

Upon hearing this, Guan Zhiyue recalled what happened last night, yawned, and said, "Yes, I know about that. When I was half asleep last night, I felt like there were mice outside, so it must have been the mice that ate it."

"Fine, let's just eat it! If we want more, we can fry some more later. There's still some left in that stone jar anyway."

Bilian was relieved to hear this and helped Guan Zhiyue get dressed. She happily waited for Guan Zhiyue to fry stinky tofu for her again.