Consort Yuan, seated beside him, had changed into ordinary clothes and still wore a Gauze Hat on her head. She reached out slightly, parted a crack in the curtain, and peered outside.
Guards surrounded the carriage, while the other accompanying guards had already barged into Thatched Cottage Estate.
Letting the curtain fall, Consort Yuan turned back. "Why did you suddenly decide to stop here?"
After the Six Saints had gone their separate ways, Yuan Se had chosen to remain in Yan Kingdom. Yet while passing through Southern Prefecture, he had suddenly ordered them to come here, leaving her baffled.
Yuan Se said, "We're within Yan Kingdom either way. There's no need to mistreat ourselves."
Consort Yuan was even more puzzled. She found that this man, so heavily guarded against everything, still refused to reveal the truth even now. She gave a cold laugh. "Forget it if you don't want to say."
Seeing that she was unhappy, Yuan Se chuckled. "I heard the food at Thatched Cottage Manor is unrivaled under heaven. Since we're here, it would be a pity to miss it. Hearing is false, seeing is true—I want to see just how unparalleled it really is."
"..." Consort Yuan was instantly choked speechless. At last, she understood. So he had come for the food.
On second thought, wasn't that perfectly normal? Eating was one of this man's pleasures. Coming here for that reason made complete sense.
"I'll go take a look, lest word leaks out," Consort Yuan said.
Yuan Se nodded slightly and waved a hand, signaling her to go.
Consort Yuan bent low and stepped out through the carriage door...
Seeing intruders barge in, how could Guan Fangyi simply stand by? She shouted, "Who are you people?"
Xu Laoliu quickly retreated to her side and said in a