They didn't refuse and accepted it while wiping away their tears.
Even so, they would only eat a few bites, and cover the rest with a bowl and hide it in the cupboard.
Just as everyone was celebrating, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly rang out from outside the door:
"Your Highness, please help!"
Qin Yue Zhao led her deputy to the door, opened it, and found that it was the little girl she had rescued the night before.
The little girl, her head bleeding profusely and her body covered in wounds, crawled to the princess's residence, clutching a small, blood-stained bun in her hand, and with her last ounce of strength, begged for help.
Chen Wan'er rushed over anxiously, asking, "What happened? Who beat you up like this?"
The little girl shook her head helplessly and pointed towards the alley in the distance, pleading, "Please, please save my brother! His steamed buns have been stolen, and they're going to eat him..."
After saying this, the little girl fainted completely.
Qin Yue Zhao hurriedly ordered someone to carry her into the princess's residence, and personally led a group of people to rush to the alley where she had saved the person the night before.
A cold wind blew, and from afar, Qin Yue Zhao could smell the faint aroma of meat mixed with the strong sandstorm.
How could there be such a rich aroma of meat in this border region where food and supplies are extremely scarce?
A sense of foreboding washed over her, and she quickened her pace.
But the next second, he froze on the spot.
At the end of the narrow alley, in a dilapidated farmhouse, stood seven or eight burly men with ferocious faces.
They were dressed in tattered clothes, holding bowls and chopsticks in their hands. Not far from them, a huge steamer was burning on a bonfire. The firewood underneath the steamer was blazing, and the aroma from inside filled their nostrils.
What are you doing?
Qin Yue Zhao kicked over the dilapidated wooden door.
The bearded leader, upon seeing the princess, not only showed no fear but instead sneered:
"Ha, I thought it was someone important, but it turns out to be a useless princess sent by the imperial court. What brings you here?"
Qin Yue Zhao hadn't expected these people to be so audacious, and immediately shouted, "Guards! Arrest them all!"
"Swish, swish, swish~"
The blades gleamed coldly as the burly men drew their weapons in unison.
Qin Yue Zhao looked at the large swords they wore at their waists and realized that they were actually the guards of the former city lord.
Besides the common people, Liangcheng also housed many guards of local officials, and even bandits and robbers who had fled into the city.
In order to survive, this group of people secretly committed arson, murder, robbery, and all sorts of evil deeds.
Qin Yue Zhao was preoccupied with dealing with external enemies and didn't have time to deal with them, which emboldened them.
"Outrageous! You've brought harm to the people, what is your punishment?"
"What crime?" The bearded leader pulled half a dried-out steamed bun from his pocket and threw it on the ground.
"Your Highness would rather give the grain to those two brats than give it to us! You're clearly hiding the grain!"
"If that's the case, then let's figure out how to survive on our own. What's wrong with that?"
As soon as the words were spoken, all the burly men shouted in unison, "That's right, we're not wrong!"
Qin Yue Zhao was so angry that she trembled all over.
She did have food, but she sent all the food given by the gods to the army camp.
Otherwise, the sick in the military camp would die, the soldiers defending the city would starve to death, and even the warhorses would be slaughtered!
She will never tell anyone about this!
Seeing that Qin Yue Zhao remained unmoved, the bearded man suddenly lifted the steamer basket on the fire.
"Whoosh~"
The bamboo steamer lid was blown off, revealing a human corpse that was steamed to about 70-80% done.
It was none other than the little boy who was brutally murdered.
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