Chapter 633 - Ambush
Ning Donghuan wolfed down his food as he let out compliments from his mouth, "Who would have thought that in such crude surroundings there was actually a hidden tiger here? How could a mere cook maid from a village official's residence end up making food that tastes just as good as the food from Zhenxiu Restaurant? Do you think if I bring this cook maid back to our estate that I'd be able to eat delicious foods all the time?"
How could Yu Xiaocao actually correct him and let him know that this table of food had actually been personally made by her? Wouldn't that be blowing her cover? She didn't want this stupid idiot to rush over and ask Village Official Wu to transfer his servant over and hurriedly interjected, "In actuality, the food is just so-so. It must be that you are too hungry, which is why you think the food is that good! By stating that the food here is even better than the food from Zhenxiu Restaurant is too much of an exaggeration! As for the cook maid, it's better you not ask for her. Otherwise, the people here will mock us for being so unsophisticated despite living in the capital!"
After he stuffed his belly full, Ning Donghuan paced around the courtyard a few times and couldn't help but ask his older brother, Ning Donglan, in the end, "Second Older Brother, do you think the food we ate today, which looked very ordinary, tasted even better than the food made by the head chef at our family's estate?"
Ning Donglan secretly glanced over at Yu Xiaocao and slowly shook his head, "I didn't think so. This Wu Family's cook maid's skill could only be considered average. Perhaps it really is as Royal Prince Guo said. You were probably ravenous after spending the entire day on the road and then taking care of the horses. Thus, anything you ate would taste incredibly delicious."
"Is there something wrong with my taste buds? That can't be true ah. I've always been a picky eater, so how could I possibly mistaken good food for average?" Ning Donghuan muttered to himself as he tried to figure out just where he had gone wrong.
The next morning, at breakfast, Ning Donghuan frowned the entire time as he ate. The food he had today seemed to have been made by an entirely different person. It truly was as his second older brother said. The food here was incredibly average. Perhaps he had been delusional last night from hunger?
The group of people traveled merrily, enjoying the thrilling sights of untamed nature the entire way as they basked under the warm spring sun. The entourage escorting 'Royal Princess Jinan' was sometimes in front of them and sometimes behind them. All in all, the two groups were only about ten to fifteen kilometers apart the entire time.
"In front of us is a desert mountain and there is no sign of human habitation there. After passing the mountain, I believe there is a small town about five kilometers away. Tonight, we could spend the night there. However, judging by the time right now, we'll need to ride hard in order to get there in time." Once again, Yu Xiaocao's map came in handy. The sun was already in the western part of the sky. They needed to go past a mountain and then had a few more kilometers to go to get to the town. If they wanted to settle down before it got dark, they needed to speed up their current leisurely pace.
It had already been eight days since they left the capital, which meant that other than eating and sleeping, they spent most of these days on horseback traveling. After the novelty of the journey had passed, the rigors and fatigues of their trip had long caught up onto the delicate bodies of these noble misses and masters.
"Eh? We need to speed up again ah?? My legs are about to fall off and my waist is about to snap in half. Didn't we go out to have fun ah? Why do we need to hurry up so much?" He Wanning listlessly lay across her horse and swayed with each step. She looked like a soldier who had been solidly defeated.
