"No poppy? Are you sure?" The Queen Mother asked again in disbelief.
The crowd also didn't believe it.
Imperial Physician Lu nodded, "I am certain that not a single drop of opium was used in this."
"Then why does it smell so good?" The Queen Mother asked the question everyone wanted to ask.
Imperial Physician Lu looked at Su Lijin and praised her, "The Empress is a woman of great talent and wisdom. She has combined a variety of spices to create a high-quality seasoning."
Su Lijin smiled and said, "The Imperial Physician is overly kind. It's just an ordinary seasoning."
The Queen Mother couldn't help but walk forward, picked up the barbecue and tasted it, and her eyes suddenly lit up with amazement.
The taste was more delicious than she had ever tasted before.
Putting down the stick, she felt a little unsatisfied, but her words were full of disgust: "This kind of thing is so rough that it is hard to eat."
Looking at the bare skewer that had been eaten, Su Lijin smiled and didn't care at all: "Then I will eat it myself."
The concubines stood beside the Queen Mother, their eyes scornful as they glanced at the pile of barbecued meat. They snorted, "The Queen Mother gave us a task to cook, and the Queen actually made something like this! Even pigs and dogs wouldn't eat such coarse food. This is simply a humiliation to the Queen Mother!"
Su Lijin retorted, "Ordinary people like to eat this simple food, but you say that even pigs and dogs wouldn't eat it. So, aren't you saying that the emperor doesn't understand the people's feelings and is forcing them to eat something that even pigs and dogs wouldn't eat?"
This charge is simply heartbreaking!
The concubines were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they waved their hands in panic: "No, the Queen Mother will understand!"
"Your Highness, we are not allowed to speak like this. It is unfair..."
"Come to think of it, everyone is back, why hasn't the emperor come back yet?"
These words instantly made everyone wake up. Indeed, the emperor was nowhere to be seen.
Su Lijin was also stunned: "I almost forgot, why didn't he come back?"
The Queen Mother was also a little worried and frowned: "Send the signal flare quickly. If the Emperor sees it, he will come this way."
The flare was sent out and everyone waited eagerly.
But there was no trace of Xiao Shengxing.
Su Lijin stared at the dense forest, her heart pounding with uneasiness. Suddenly, she shouted, "Guards, follow me!"
After saying this, he jumped on his horse and led his guards into the dense forest and disappeared without a trace.
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