"How is it?" Su Lixia looked at Xiaolian with anticipation.

Xiao Lian frowned, smacked her lips, and carefully savored the taste. She then looked up at Su Lixia and said, "Xiao Lian doesn't think there's anything surprising about it."

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia was taken aback: "Can't you taste anything delicious about it?"

Xiaolian shook her head: "There's really nothing special about it. It's just like crushed meat, it tastes soft and mushy, nothing special."

Su Lixia stepped forward, picked up her chopsticks, and tasted the crab. She then realized the reason: "It's been sitting out for too long and it's gotten cold. They don't know how to cook it properly, so the crab didn't retain any juices. It's no longer fresh, and the meat is tough."

After saying that, Su Lixia put away her chopsticks, clapped her hands and said, "It's alright, I'll cook for you myself tonight and let you try the deliciousness of crab."

Lian'er raised an eyebrow: "Princess, you've never seen this before. Are you sure it's okay?"

"What are you saying? Are you underestimating your princess?"

"No... no." Xiaolian hesitated. Although she had cooked once before, it hadn't been very well received, so...

"Then I might as well take a gamble. I don't care if she takes two crabs. I just want to know what tricks the princess can pull."

Lin Ziwen crossed his arms in front of him and said, "Actually, I am a little worried and heartbroken about these crabs, but since the princess has spoken, I can't refuse. But it doesn't matter, I can just have someone go and retrieve them again."

Yuan Ru chuckled: "This thing can be considered a rare item. Since the princess is so interested in it, do you think the emperor and the others might also be interested in it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziwen raised an eyebrow and nodded, saying, "You two are truly good brothers, thinking of the same thing. However, I also mentioned this idea to the princess. The princess's point was that the Central Plains is a vast and resource-rich land, and this thing may have already appeared before, but people just don't know about it. Once they do, it won't be so surprising."

Yuan Ru scoffed and said, "Although I think what she said makes some sense, everyone says that people from the Central Plains love to eat, but if they've already discovered it, how could the princess not know? Didn't she used to love eating at all the famous restaurants?"

Lin Ziwen shrugged: "I don't know about that. Let's send something really rare or a local specialty. This is really unnecessary."

Yuan Ruo hummed in agreement: "But speaking of this matter, it has brought back my curiosity about what exactly the Prince and the Emperor were discussing in terms of countermeasures."

"Let's just wait and see. We won't get any answers by asking anyway. Let's go and see for ourselves."

"We haven't eaten the crabs yet, have we?"

"We can eat after we come back from checking out the venue." After saying that, he put his arm around Yuan Ruo's shoulder and left.

The two men each rode a horse over, dismounted, tied their horses to the side, and then began to climb the mountain.

"The hill I had my eye on last time isn't very high, and the roads on it are fairly smooth. We just need to close the roads off."

"How should the route be planned?" Yuan Ruo asked.

Lin Ziwen sighed softly: "We'll have to wade through this ourselves, and while we're doing that, we also need to decide on the location of the tents."

"This is a huge project. Can we really manage it all by ourselves?"

"I won't do that. I'll only be responsible for the planning; the rest is up to your Regent's Palace."

"Then let the rest be left to Your Highness."

Lin Ziwen burst out laughing: "I can escape, but you can't escape."