Guan Zhiyue had no idea what Bilian was thinking, especially when Bilian saw Shentu Mingzhi.
"Have you gone to see that person from the imperial kitchen?"
Bilian shook her head and said, "This servant did not go to the Imperial Kitchen; I only sent someone to inform them."
Guan Zhiyue nodded, and Bilian touched her nose awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, let's find a way to go back!"
Guan Zhiyue nodded. How could she not know?
He then said, "I know, I know, but there's nothing I can do!"
"Your Majesty, we are truly terrified here!"
Just as Guan Zhiyue was about to say something, a young eunuch knocked on the door.
"Empress Guan, this servant has brought you food."
Guan Zhiyue gestured towards Bilian with her chin, signaling her to hurry up and open the door!
Bilian opened the door, and soon a dozen or so people filed in. Guan Zhiyue looked at the various foods that were brought in, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.
"So this is all meat?"
"Your Majesty, our country is inhabited by nomadic peoples from the grasslands, and we mainly eat beef and mutton," the young eunuch replied respectfully.
Guan Zhiyue looked at the dozen or so plates of various meats, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times.
Bilian said, "Your Highness, let's just make do with this!"
Guan Zhiyue waved her hand, and the eunuch left with the words, "Please enjoy your meal." Then he turned and left with a group of maids.
"Your Majesty, you must say, it actually smells quite delicious!"
Bilian bent down and approached the plate of food on the table, smelling it with great satisfaction. It tasted quite good.
"Sit down and start eating! Otherwise it will get cold. This is what winter dishes are like," Guan Zhiyue said.
Bilian excitedly picked up a pair of chopsticks, hugged a bowl, and looked very happy.
Bilian quickly reached for a plate of braised beef, picked up a piece with great enthusiasm, put it in her mouth, and then, unable to spit it out, turned her head under the table and vomited violently.
This is absolutely awful! What kind of braised beef is this? This isn't supposed to taste like this at all!
Guan Zhiyue was somewhat startled by Bilian's actions. What was going on?
"Bilian, are you alright?"
Bilian quickly poured herself a cup of tea and rinsed her mouth; it was absolutely awful.
"Your Majesty, what is this? It's absolutely awful! This is inedible!"
Guan Zhiyue blinked in disbelief as she looked at Bilian. This shouldn't be happening!
Logically speaking, the food prepared by the people of the grasslands should be the freshest! After all, fresh beef and mutton are the best to eat.
How could it taste bad?
Guan Zhiyue poked at the plate of braised beef and casually picked up a piece of beef.
"Ugh~"
A sound of vomiting prompted Bilian, who was standing nearby, to quickly pour Guan Zhiyue a cup of tea for her to rinse her mouth.
"Holy crap, what is this? The beef smells so strong!"
“I remember, Your Majesty, the beef you made didn’t taste like this. Why is this beef so unpalatable?” Bilian explained.
The two then randomly selected some other items, all of which were rather disappointing; in short, they were all quite unappetizing.
The master and servant ate something extremely unpalatable here, while on the other side of Nanding Kingdom...
Multiple factions already know that Guan Zhiyue has arrived at the border, and this currently popular woman is in the country of Turks.
The Imperial Palace of the Southern Kingdom, the Imperial Study.
"What? Are you absolutely telling the truth?" Li Qiji asked, looking at Ji Shang kneeling on the ground.
Ji Shang respectfully replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, please issue an order as soon as possible to rescue the Empress!"
Li Qiji's handsome brows were almost furrowed into a deep frown. He reached out and crushed a teacup beside him, saying irritably, "General Guan, what's going on? Didn't you say you were going to protect the Empress's safety?"
"How did Yue'er get captured by those Turkic bandits? What's her condition now? Has anyone been sent to check on her?"
Ji Shang said, "Your Majesty, I have received the news and have already sent my secret guards to investigate."
"Do you think we should send people from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion?"
Li Qiji abruptly stood up from the dragon throne, pacing back and forth, seemingly lost in thought, but his face was solemn.
Ji Shang, Ji Wu, and Hua Quan watched Li Qiji pacing back and forth, wondering what their emperor was thinking. They only knew that their emperor was extremely anxious.
Before Li Qiji could come up with a good solution, the idle prince on the border of the barbarian tribe, who was also Li Qiji's seventh uncle, started to become active again.
A border county.
"Your Highness, I have just received important intelligence!" the man in black reported with a smile.
Sitting to the side, eating the fruit offered by the beautiful woman, the man smiled contentedly and said, "Oh, what's the matter that makes you so happy?"
The man in black said, "Your subordinate, I just heard that our empress has been captured by the Turkic bandits."
The man addressed as "Prince" jumped to his feet in excitement, his eyes wide with shock and disbelief.
"Is that really true?"
"Is that really true!"
"Hahahaha, great, great! It's like finding a needle in a haystack!"
Li An immediately laughed excitedly. This was wonderful, fantastic!
Since so many countries want this woman, let them all fight over her, and I'll reap the benefits in the end. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Li An then said, "Give the order to dispatch a team to protect our Empress. I only want her to live well; it doesn't matter which country she lives in."
The man in black was puzzled. What was going on?
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? Why don't we just kill the Empress directly..." The man in black said, raising his hand and making a throat-slitting gesture, very cleanly and neatly.
Li An said, "No, no, no, if we want the world to be ours, then we must win the hearts of the people. This woman is clearly the embodiment of those hearts!"
"She's able to research so many amazing crops, shouldn't we make good use of them?"
"Just send people to protect them!"
Li An sent people to protect him, good heavens! However, after receiving the news, Crown Prince Yuan Ningsu of Ningjian Kingdom had a faint smile on his lips.
Moreover, it was a smile that didn't reach the eyes; it was a truly chilling smile.
"Fine! Since the people of the Turkic steppes dare to kidnap people, why can't we, a great nation, do the same?"
"Listen to my order, send a small team to check out the situation first, and then make a plan!" Yuan Ningsu didn't have a chance to see Guan Zhiyue when he went to Nan Dingguo. This time, he wanted to see for himself what kind of formidable person she was.
However, Guan Zhiyue and Bilian were in the house, drinking some kind of salty milk tea, completely unaware that because of her, many forces were beginning to stir.
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