Chapter 61 – Imminent Danger The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife The Sly Lady (1/2)

“Sour milk!” Murong Xue smiled.

Sour milk? What’s that?

They have heard of cow milk, goat milk and know that cow milk were from cows while goat milk were from goats but sour milk…..could it be possible that there is an animal name Sour?

Xun Feng and Wu Heng looked at each other then turned to look at Murong Xue with a puzzled stare.

Murong Xue smiled, “Sour milk isn’t produced from an animal. I used cow milk to make it. It can ease digestion and it’s good for your stomach. It’s best consumed after eating oily or cold food. I knew we wouldn’t be able to eat any properly prepared food in the mountain so I brought some. Come try it!”

“Thank you very much, Miss Murong!”

Xun Feng and Wu Heng never really liked milk all that much but they were especially interested in it. So they each took a cup to have a taste. The thick liquid flowed from their throats into their stomachs and they instantly felt the warmth course through them. Their eyes brightened and they each gave their praise, “Not bad! Not bad! This is really something!”

Looking at the two gulping down her concoction, Murong Xue smiled. She then held it out before OuYang Shaochen and said, “Come try it too!”

“Sure!” OuYang Shaochen nodded and took a sip.

“Don’t you dare tell me it isn’t good!” Murong Xue glared at him with a threatening gleam in her eyes.

OuYang Shaochen’s eyes lit up with humour and said, “Not bad!”

OuYang Shaochen never liked milk because it held a strong aroma in it. However, the milk Murong Xue had made was rid of the aroma and had a sour taste in it, it made him feel warm inside…..

“That’s more like it!” the corner of Murong Xue’s mouth curled into a small smile.

She then continued to take slow sips from her cup. At that moment, the hot sweet and sour taste of the milk coursed through her. She jolted and looked down at her steaming milk. When she had first opened her bottle, it had already cooled down considerably. How did it become hot?

She looked at OuYang Shaochen. He was holding his cup while gracefully tasting the sour milk. It was such a simple action yet, the way he did it was very elegant.

Steam also rose from his cup of sour milk. Murong Xue’s brow raised, OuYang Shaochen indeed had been the one behind this! But how did he do it? Nonetheless, she admitted to herself that drinking hot sour milk was way better than drinking the cold one.

The Qing Yan Palace had only three guards left. They sat by the fire and casually ate the dried up fish grilled by the fire. Secretly, they admired the people sitting at the other side: Xun Feng and Wu Heng were also guards like them but they were far better off. They sat in front of the fire eating the grilled fish which smelled wonderful and drinking the sour milk. Their lives obviously were more comfortable than theirs.

The ingredient used to make the grilled fish more scrumptious and the sour milk were both from Murong Xue. She had initially been Prince Jing’s first wife-to-be, if he hadn’t fallen in love with Qin Yuyuan, then the person beside him would have been Murong Xue. Her grilled fish, sour milk would have been offered to them instead….

They secretly stole a glance at Qin Yu Yuan. She didn’t know how to defend herself. Whenever their excursion had met danger, she had to rely on them for protection. Even if she didn’t get in their way during those dangers, she had immensely slowed down the pace of this excursion.

She didn’t know how to cook either. They would normally have dried grilled fish and cold water as their meal. Even though they were accustomed to this but that didn’t mean it didn’t do any damage to their stomachs in the long term……..