Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

Su An had a cold face, gritted his teeth, and went to meet the Queen Mother with the nanny.

Seeing her slightly red and swollen eyes, the Queen Mother knew what had happened. She stood up from the chair, walked slowly to Su An, and wanted to hold her hand, but she dodged it without a trace.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother's eyes flashed and she sighed regretfully.

"Today's incident is due to your Majesty's excessive misconduct, and it's also my fault for not teaching him well. However, the Northern Barbarians are rampant, and the court is full of good-for-nothings who are not worthy of important positions. Only the King of Zhenbei can protect the peace of Great Chu!"

"Your Majesty did this for the sake of the country and the people. Please don't bear a grudge against him."

Listening to her advice, Su An felt only irony.

She snorted lightly, frowned, and looked at the empress dowager with a sneer on her face.

"Fu Zhun's heart is with the Great Chu, and he has long considered defending the country his responsibility. If he had asked, Fu Zhun would not have refused, even for the sake of the common people. But he chose to use such despicable means."

"Furthermore, he colluded with the Northern Hu and attempted to kill Fu Zhun. How could I not hate him?"

"Your Highness the Queen Mother sounds so easy. If you hadn't dodged that arrow just now, would you still be advising me like this?"

With just a few words, the empress dowager was speechless.

Su An was right. She herself couldn't even be free of resentment and hatred, so how could she ask Su An to do so?

A hint of guilt flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes and she apologized to her.

"Yes, my words are biased, but no matter what, the King of Zhenbei and the Northern Hu will eventually fight. He saved my life, and I should repay him for saving my life."

She rubbed her nails, smiled wryly and continued.

"However, I am just a woman. I am afraid I can't help the King of Zhenbei in the war."

"But the King of Zhenbei must be most concerned about you. I can protect you and regard it as repaying his life-saving grace."

Su An pursed his lips and did not answer. He glanced out the window, as if trying to catch a glimpse of Fu Zhun's figure through the city walls.

Who wants his concern?

She just wants him to return safely!

In the following days, with the protection of the empress dowager, Chu Yi no longer mentioned the matter of making Su An a noble lady, and rarely came to the Cining Palace to disturb her life.

In addition to working hard in the kitchen every day, Su An would copy Buddhist scriptures in his room and pray for Fu Zhun.

Time flies and three months have passed.

For three months, there has been no news from the border, which makes people both happy and worried.

The good news is that there is no bad news, which means that Fu Zhun has not encountered any accident and should still be alive; the worrying thing is that the war is not over and everything is still uncertain.

Perhaps because he had been alone for too long, Su An became much quieter than before.

Suddenly, snowflakes began to float in the sky and fell all over the sky.

She slowly raised her hand, watching the snowflakes fall into her palm, then slowly melt and turn into a drop of colorless water.

"A letter has arrived from the border!"

A voice came from behind him.

Su Anxin raised it up, turned around suddenly and looked at the person who spoke.

Li Wanyue had a plain white hairpin on her head, one hand on her waist and the other on her belly, and stood in front of her with a complicated expression. At this time, Li Wanyue's lower abdomen was slightly bulging, and she looked much more clumsy.

Without waiting for Su An to ask, she patted her belly and smiled bitterly.

"The King of Zhenbei died on the battlefield, and his body is gone."

Every word penetrated Su An's ears, causing her heart to beat faster and her eyes to turn red.

"Impossible! He's a skilled martial artist and a master of calculations. How could he possibly die in battle? Li Wanyue, you always like to go against me. Do you really think I'd believe you?"

After giving her a fierce glare, Su An trotted away.

The moment they passed each other, two lines of tears could not help but slide down from the corners of her eyes, and she murmured helplessly.

"Impossible, he won't die. I want to find him..."

Li Wanyue was knocked and almost fell down. Fortunately, the palace maid next to her helped her and she was able to stabilize her body.

Looking at Su An's receding back, the palace maid frowned and muttered unhappily.

"Your Majesty kindly told her this news, and it would have been fine if she didn't believe it, but she actually turned against you and tried to murder the child in your belly. She's truly vicious."

"Alright, whether she believes it or not is her own business. Anyway, I've already brought it to you."

Li Wanyue frowned and whispered to the palace maid, rubbed her stomach nervously, and left.

At this time, Su An ran all the way out of the Cining Palace and headed straight for the palace gate.

The Queen Mother's palace.

The nanny rushed in and said anxiously.

"Empress Dowager, this is bad. Miss Su is heading towards the palace gate. From the looks of it, she must have known about the King of Zhenbei."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's hand holding the hot water bottle trembled and her brows furrowed.

It seems that I still can't hide it from her.

Having been together for so long, she naturally knew Su An's character, and she was afraid that she couldn't stop her now.

She sighed, took off her token from her waist, handed it to the nanny, and gave her instructions.

"Your Majesty and I already owe them enough. Now that she has made up her mind to leave the palace, you should take this token and help her!"

Mammy hesitated, clutching the token tightly in her hand, and advised.

"But if His Majesty knew about this, I'm afraid he would become estranged from you!"

Centrifugal?

If Your Majesty really had her in his heart, he would not have shot her with his own hands.

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, sighed, and gave orders in a deep voice.

"Just do as I say. I know the consequences."

Seeing this, the nanny did not delay any longer and hurriedly chased towards the palace gate.

At the same time, when Su An was a few steps away from the palace gate, the guards at the palace gate crossed the spears in their hands and blocked her way.

"Who are you? Do you have a token to leave the palace?"

Su An ignored the consequences and tried to force his way in.

"I am the princess of the Zhenbei King. Who dares to stop me from leaving the palace now?"

As she spoke, she placed her hands directly on their spears, trying to force them apart and squeeze them out.

"No one can leave the palace without His Majesty's order! Miss, please go back, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."

The palace gate guard pushed her back with great force, and then pointed the spear in his hand at Su An.

Just as they were confronting each other, Mammy arrived in a hurry.

She held up the token in her hand and spoke breathlessly.

"I, the old servant, am here on the orders of the Empress Dowager to escort Miss Su out of the palace. Why don't you let her go?"

But despite this, the tone of her voice was full of majesty.

Glancing over the token, the guards at the palace gate looked at each other and spoke hesitantly.

"This, but His Majesty has instructed that without his order, Miss Su must not be released from the palace without permission, otherwise..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the nanny.