When the royal mansion's people and the constables saw Huangfu Yue carrying a giant wolf back, they were all stunned. After the shock, most were terrified, especially the women, particularly Xu Yuqing and Yang Wanqian...
"A wolf!" Xu Yuqing screamed in fright.
"Oh my god, it's a wolf, and such a huge one... so scary! Help!" The most timid Yang Wanqian trembled in fear, tears streaming down her face, crying for help.
Huangfu Yue frowned. Weren't they being a bit too dramatic?
Her beautiful eyes darted towards her two other sisters-in-law. She saw Zhu Jiayi and Zhong Liangshu also looking fearful, their faces pale, but they didn't scream loudly in fright like Xu Yuqing and Yang Wanqian.
Huangfu Yue then looked at her grandmother. Her grandmother remained relatively calm, though her expression was a little grim. However, the nephews and nieces gathered in front of her were all terrified, trembling like Yang Wanqian, cowering in a ball, looking as if they were too scared to even scream, wanting to call out but unable to.
Huangfu Yue shook her head helplessly in her mind and said comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, this wolf has already been killed by me, it won't bite you."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions easing slightly.
"So it's a dead wolf. Why didn't you say so earlier? If I had known it was a dead wolf, I wouldn't have been scared!" Xu Yuqing's face showed a hint of reproach.
Huangfu Yue suppressed the urge to roll her eyes. Anyone could see the bloody hole in the wolf's head and know it was dead, posing no threat. They were scared by the sight of the wolf and hadn't noticed the blood hole in its head, yet she was blaming her now.
"Yue'er, since the wolf is dead, why did you carry it back?" Zhu Jiayi asked her sister-in-law, looking at the giant wolf on her shoulder. Although she knew it was dead, she was still very afraid.
"To eat! Wolf meat is very delicious." After Huangfu Yue answered, fearing that everyone would wonder how she knew wolf meat was delicious, she added, "When I was at the border, Father took me to hunt wolves and eat wolf meat."
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Huangfu Yue carried the wolf to Chef Xu and dropped the giant wolf from her shoulder in front of her.
"Chef Xu, have someone skin the wolf, clean out its insides, then cut off the head and all the meat. Braise the fatty meat. I want to eat braised wolf meat."
Wolves, like pigs, have fatty meat, and braised fatty meat is the most fragrant.
Although Chef Xu was frightened by the dead giant wolf, which still looked terrifying, she nodded and immediately agreed.
"County Princess, you must be tired from carrying such a heavy giant wolf back. Please go sit and rest, and let this servant give you a massage," said Ying'er, who had been busy in the kitchen, stepping forward and bowing to Huangfu Yue with a concerned expression.
Huangfu Yue waved her fair hand gently, "I'm fine, I don't need a massage."
"Then County Princess, are you thirsty? Would you like some water? The kitchen just boiled a pot of water and cooled it down. You can drink it if you're thirsty," Ying'er asked again.
There was a small river not far ahead, and the river water was very clear and clean, drinkable. Chef Xu had them fetch several buckets of water earlier.
"Ying'er is thirsty! But Ying'er doesn't want water. Ying'er wants iced honey water. The iced honey water delivered by the kitchen yesterday was so delicious."
Before Huangfu Yue could speak, Huangfu Ying raised her small hand and called out.
"Ling'er also wants to drink iced honey water! That water is delicious!"
"Jing'er also wants to drink iced honey water!"
"Xuan'er also wants to drink iced honey water!"
Hearing Huangfu Ying's call, the other little tots also raised their hands one after another.
"My little masters, I am truly sorry, but there is no honey or ice here, so we cannot make iced honey water. You will have to make do with plain boiled water," Chef Xu said with a distressed expression.
Hearing that they couldn't have iced honey water, the little tots were quite disappointed, each frowning and puckering their lips.
"Look at you all! I happen to have honey and ice in my Qiankun bag. I'll take them out for the kitchen to make iced honey water." Huangfu Yue smiled as she looked at the little ones, her lips curling up, and said.
Upon hearing this, the little tots immediately beamed and cheered happily.
"Great, we can have iced honey water. Thank you, little aunt!"
"Thank you, little aunt, you are so kind!"
"Little aunt, you are so amazing and wonderful. You have everything. Whatever we want to eat, you can conjure it up for us, like an immortal!"
"Little aunt, you really are like an immortal. Can I call you Immortal Aunt from now on? Immortal Aunt!"
Seeing Huangfu Ling call Huangfu Yue "Immortal Aunt," the other little tots also followed suit, calling Huangfu Yue "Immortal Aunt," which made Huangfu Yue burst into laughter.
What a bunch of adorable little things!
Huangfu Yue had her space retrieve a wooden bucket of ice and a small wooden bucket of honey from the supermarket and handed them over to Chef Xu.
"This should be enough to make plenty of iced honey water. Make more iced honey water in your kitchen for everyone, and then save some to take along on the road this afternoon."
"Yes." Chef Xu quickly agreed. "County Princess, do you need Ying'er to do anything? If not, please lend her to the kitchen temporarily. I want her to make iced honey water, as this girl makes the best iced honey water."
Huangfu Yue glanced at Ying'er and shook her head. "I don't need Ying'er to do anything here at the moment. Ying'er, go make iced honey water first, and then come back to me."
"Yes." Ying'er agreed and immediately went to fetch the ice and honey Huangfu Yue had just produced to find water and make iced honey water.
Ying'er soon discovered that the river water fetched earlier had only one bucket left as the kitchen had used most of it. Since Huangfu Yue had asked to make more iced honey water, one bucket of water was not enough, so she asked two young servants to go to the river and fetch two more buckets.
The two young servants immediately agreed and went to the river with buckets. No one noticed that a crow in the sky had flown to the riverbank before the servants arrived and shed a few black feathers into the river...