Outside the door, Xiao Luzi shouted, "Your Highness—Your Highness, Master Qi has hunted a big guy."

Wu Qing pushed Helian Han and said, "Go quickly, don't wait for anyone to come in." She had just gotten up, and not only had she not put on her outer clothes, but she had not even lowered the curtain between her inner and outer clothes. If someone came in, she would be extremely embarrassed.

This was absolutely something Helian Han could not allow. He could not let his woman be exposed, so he walked out in two steps at a time, and let go of the curtain when passing by. At the same time, he felt someone entering, and his steps slowed down a little, but he still walked out without stopping.

As Wu Qing was getting dressed, she looked up and saw Helian Han lowering the curtain, shaking his head and laughing. This man was really possessive of her and treated her as his private property.

I didn't know where to find Yongsi, and since I couldn't find him anywhere, I could only ask, "Do you know what Lord Qi hunted?"

Yong Si went out to seek refuge and happened to meet Qi Renzi and his men. She looked at her palace maid's clothes and turned around from behind a tent, "Master Qi——"

The sharp-eyed Qi Renzi also saw the person coming, "Auntie——" She could call herself "Master", but now, she quickly changed the subject: "Auntie, what's the matter?"

Yongsi looked at the mountain of prey and asked, "Master, are you hunting a bear?"

Qi Renzi's eyes seemed to be about to jump. He puffed out his chest and said proudly, "That's right. I met him on the mountain and brought him here specially to give to Your Highness." So what? You've never hunted anything before, right? Even though you beat me once, I have to call you aunt. You still have to look up to me when it comes to hunting.

But Qi Renzi hadn't considered that Yongsi, as a secret guard, had few opportunities to go hunting and could only protect the prince from the shadows. If she really went hunting, how could she lose?

However, Yongsi didn't care about Qi Renzi's pride. Instead, he looked at the prey. Not bad! This was a good way to divert His Highness's attention. He could go back now. He asked, "I just came out to deliver the message and want to go back. Can you take me with you?"

"Of course, of course." Qi Renzi would not refuse, mainly because he didn't have the courage to do so, unless he was in a tight spot.

When Qi Renzi brought the bear to the outside of the king's tent, Yongsi had just sneaked in. He saw that the prince had slowed down slightly. Did he notice him? He was looking for him to settle the score.

But nothing happened, His Highness walked straight out.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Wu Qing's question. Yong Si replied, "I hunted a bear. It looks to be two people tall. Do you want to go take a look?"

Oh my god! Wu Qing had only seen this thing from afar in the zoo, and from a high vantage point.

The height of two people is higher than that of a floor. You have to go and see it with your own eyes to see it.

She called He Cui over and hurriedly washed and combed her hair. She even ate her breakfast in small bites while He Cui was combing her hair.

As soon as she had packed up, Wu Qing hurried out of the tent, not knowing where to go to see the big bear.

Yong Si appeared beside Wu Qing and said, "He's not at the slaughterhouse. He's parked in the woods waiting for the Imperial Medical Bureau. He was still breathing when they pulled him over. The Imperial Medical Bureau said they wanted to take his gallbladder."

Wu Qing suddenly came to her senses and stopped, "I just want to see how big it is." She didn't know whether the gallbladder was taken from the living or dead, and she felt that she couldn't see it.

Yong Si led the way, "That's easy. I'll take you to the slaughterhouse."

Not long after Wu Qing and Yongsi arrived at the place, Xiong came over.

Yong Si whispered in Wu Qing's ear, "We should be able to eat braised bear paws tonight."

Bear paw? Wu Qing was stunned for a moment. That's not good!

As a good young man of the new era who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, Wu Qing felt vaguely that he shouldn't eat bear and felt uneasy. He couldn't explain why.

But when the others saw the huge prey entering the field, they burst into cheers, and several hunters led by Qi Renzi were thrown into the air.

Seeing everyone start to cheer, Wu Qing took a step back and did not go forward to see.

From a distance, she saw someone expertly handling the bear's massive body, skinning and carving its flesh. Their movements were practiced and ruthless. The bear's blood dyed the surrounding ground red, and the air was filled with the smell of warm blood.

Suddenly, an indescribable complex emotion surged in Wu Qing's heart.

This bear once ran freely in this forest, hunted, grew and reproduced, but now its life has been ruthlessly taken away.

Its closed eyes could no longer see any details of its life in this forest.

Wu Qing was trapped in an inexplicable sadness when she suddenly heard the sound of a horn.

Looking up, he wondered what was happening on the other side. He turned to ask Yongsi, "What happened?"

Yong Si stretched his head to take a look. "Celebrating victory, paying tribute to the heroes, and thanking the heavens for the gift of food. Offering sacrifices to the heavens, the mountains, and the forests."

Wu Qing slapped her forehead. What had happened to her? The idea of ​​not eating wild animals was truly ingrained in her mind.

She suddenly understood and laughed.

I grew up in an era of material abundance, especially abundant food. It is basic practice not to eat the meat of wild animals. That's because there are other meats as substitutes. Didn't people in ancient times start their survival by hunting?

What are you complaining about? Without ancestors who hunted wild animals, there would be no living descendants.

Times have changed. Now is not the time to protect wild animals. Being grateful to God for the food he has given us, knowing that food is hard to come by, and knowing how to respect it are all part of people's gratitude to nature.

Not to mention the common people, even I, who am in the palace, know how little meat people can eat nowadays.

In the absence of available protein, all hunting activities by hunters and hunters are meritorious and not faulty.

Now that you are here, you should get used to the status quo of this era.

Wu Qing talked herself into submission, all her sadness gone. "Hey, when will that braised bear paw be ready and served? Can I have a taste?" This was something that people could only hear about after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Why not try it once?

Yong Si calculated the time and said, "It's time for dinner."

Wu Qing's mouth dropped open. "Huh?" "I have to wait until dinner to eat. Is there some kind of ceremony?"

Yong Si replied as a matter of course: "No, but it's too much trouble to prepare the bear paws. Now it's too late to prepare them until we can use them for dinner."

Wu Qing really didn't know this. She had only heard the name of steamed bear paw in crosstalk and had never known how it was made.

This is not the domain of a small food blogger.

At dinner time, braised bear paw was indeed served, but this was a big event, so Helian Han invited several civil and military officials to join in the meal.

Helian Han cut a piece with a knife and gestured to Xiaoluzi, "Send it inside."

Wu Qing stared at the bright red spot on the delivered plate. Then she peered through the curtains at the larger plate, still in its bear-paw shape, and suddenly felt the urge to take a photo, share it with her friends, and then post it on TikTok.

Well, even in today’s society with mobile phones, this dish is too cruel and cannot be posted.

Then turn regret into appetite!

Ah--put it in your mouth...

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