Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately realized what was going on.

After all that, it turns out I was just too hasty in my speech.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Zhou Wentong laughed so hard he bent over backwards, and his laughter filled the entire courtyard.

Wang Wu couldn't help but burst out laughing, saying between laughs, "Seriously, you two shouldn't be in such a hurry! I can't take it anymore, this is hilarious!"

Even Sun Mu in the middle couldn't help but smile.

Zheng Quan and Song Leye: "..."

In the end, it's still just the two of them as the Jokers.

"Laugh, laugh! Let me tell you, this bamboo tube bursting mochi is incredibly delicious, especially when it sticks to your mouth, it tastes even better!!" Zheng Quan said, tilting his head back.

Upon hearing this, Song Leye immediately chimed in, "That's right, the splash of that splatter on your face has a unique flavor that ordinary people can't even imagine experiencing."

They've given up entirely.

Never mind, as long as I can eat Shen Niangzi's delicious food, that's good enough.

Zheng Quan was the first to be hit, and he was the second; in any case, he was more powerful than Zhou Wentong and the others.

Wang Wu smiled and said, "Anything that is Lady Shen's food is bound to be delicious, but I think it's unnecessary to have that unique taste on your mouth and face."

As he spoke, he took a bamboo tube filled with popping mochi and a small bamboo spoon, and slowly scooped it out.

Zhou Wentong and Sun Mu each took one.

Zhou Wentong wasn't that particular; if it splashed, so be it. He used to eat braised pork ribs with his mouth and face all over them, so he didn't care about eating this bursting mochi.

But Sun Mu had been dignified and self-disciplined his whole life, and now that he was old, he naturally didn't want to make a fool of himself like that.

So they became even more careful, scooping it up little by little with a spoon, afraid that the bursting filling inside would splatter out.

Driven by intense curiosity, he put a small spoonful of mochi into his mouth.

Instantly, my tongue felt a soft, enveloping sensation, the warm aroma of glutinous rice mixed with a very faint milky fragrance, soft and fragrant, becoming more and more tender and fragrant the more I chewed.

Sun Mu was stunned on the spot.

No, he thought it might taste good, but he didn't expect it to be this good!

The taste is absolutely amazing!

This time he was no longer careful. He scooped it out with a bamboo spoon and put the mochi mixed with the golden bursting filling into his mouth.

The mochi was still fragrant and soft, but the filling was sandy, oily, and a little hot.

"Okay, okay!"

"This food smells delicious!"

Sun Mu quickened his pace, spooning spoon after spoonful.

At that moment, he didn't care about whether his eating manners were dignified or not; he only had one thought in his mind: "eat!"

"So delicious! So delicious! So delicious! So delicious!"

"It smells so good, so good, so incredibly fragrant!"

The voices of Zhou Wentong and others rang out one after another from the side.

Shen Qing was already used to it; for ancient people who had never eaten mochi before, the taste was indeed amazing.

She took one too, scooped out a spoonful, and slowly savored it.

Mmm, soft, sticky, and sweet.

While eating the mochi, she suddenly wanted to drink milk tea.

In modern times, her favorite milk tea was a certain brand of soy milk rice mochi.

That was delicious!

"Madam Shen, is this bamboo tube edible?"

A voice interrupted Shen Qing's reverie about soy milk rice mochi.

She looked up and saw that the person who had asked her the question was none other than the dignified and composed old city lord, Sun Mu.

"Yeah, I wanted to ask too, is this bamboo tube edible? It smells so good!" Zheng Quan, who was standing next to him, had already put his teeth on the bamboo tube.

That posture clearly indicated that he was waiting for Shen Qing to nod.

Shen Qing replied, "The bamboo tube absorbed a lot of sugar syrup, and the outer wall softened from steaming..."

"That means it's edible!" Zheng Quan took a big bite of the bamboo tube.

"I haven't finished yet. This bamboo tube, if you chew it, does have a bamboo fragrance, but you definitely can't swallow the bamboo residue," Shen Qing said with a smile.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"

Zheng Quan quickly spat out the bamboo shavings from his mouth.

"Bamboo dregs don't taste good, they don't taste good."

"It's all because you were too hasty. Why were you in such a hurry? Look, the old city lord asked first, and he didn't eat any bamboo dregs." Zhou Wentong couldn't help but say from the side.

"What a pity, what a pity, this bamboo tube is inedible. There's a layer of mochi stuck to the inside of the tube. I'll have to scrape it off properly, not a single bit can be wasted."

Sun Mu had no time to pay attention to Zhou Wentong. He buried his head and diligently scraped the remaining mochi off the bamboo tube.

It smelled so good! He had lived most of his life and had never tasted anything so delicious.

Upon seeing this, the others quickly started scraping with bamboo spoons as well.

Shen Qing smiled and said, "I've made a lot. You can take more if you want, but there's no need for that."

"Here's what we'll do. I'll leave two more tubes for each of you, and I'll take the rest to the Liao camp to set up a stall later."

Upon hearing this, everyone present who was diligently working on the bamboo tubes was stunned.

"What? Set up a stall? Go to the Liao Kingdom's camp?" Sun Mu couldn't help but stare wide-eyed.

No, is it because he's old and his hearing is failing?

How could he hear that this Lady Shen was going to set up a stall at the Liao Kingdom's camp?

Are you crazy?

He must be crazy.

The others were also shocked and for a moment forgot to react.

"Yes, I'm going to the Liao Kingdom's camp. I'll be back after I sell these bamboo tubes, so don't worry," Shen Qing said calmly.

Snapped--

The empty bamboo tube in Sun Mu's hand instantly fell to the ground.

He didn't care about anything else and rushed to Shen Qing's side, frowning as he said, "Madam Shen, don't be foolish! The Liao people are our enemies. We're at war right now, this is no joke."

"Just listen to what I have to say. If you want to set up a stall, you can do so in the city. Or, I'll buy all your bamboo tube mochi, no matter how much you sell it for."

"I certainly don't need a penny from you, but you absolutely mustn't leave the city!"

Sun Mu looked serious.

These words were not only about the war, but also because the bamboo tube-filled mochi was so delicious that he couldn't just watch Madam Shen go to her death.

Shen Qing: "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'm very skilled in martial arts. I'll go back to the city after I sell the mochi."

To convince Sun Mu, she even said that she was very skilled in martial arts.

"But......"

"Madam Shen!" Zheng Quan rushed over, interrupting Sun Mu with a goofy grin. "Are you planning to win over the Liao soldiers without bloodshed, using only delicious food?"

As he said this, his eyes were filled with deep respect.

Shen Qing: "..."

This time, it's not the soldiers we're targeting that we're actually trying to take down.

"Madam Shen, I understand. Do you want to attract the Liao people to surrender with delicious food, just like Pingkou City did?" Song Leye rushed over, his eyes sparkling with excitement and his words full of anticipation.