The Xue Family spoke again, "Your son is the village chief, he has quite a bit of authority, right? It shouldn't be a problem to ask a household to vacate a few rooms for us to stay in, right?"
This statement was so unreasonable, even Prince Luling couldn't bear to listen any further.
He immediately frowned deeply and coughed heavily, reminding the Xue Family to not speak too excessively.
But the Xue Family seemed not to hear.
Fortunately, Old Qin spoke again, "Well... how could that be? Where would that leave people to live? Besides, the village chief is just a messenger for the Pavilion Chief, passing words along, not an official."
The Xue Family was disappointed, snorted, and turned her head away.
"Alright, let's talk about it tomorrow." Prince Luling spoke in a deep voice.
At this time, Old Qin spoke again, "There's another way, don't know if you'd be willing."
Prince Luling hurriedly said, "Please speak, old sir."
Old Qin then said, "That mountain we just visited, called Niu Tou Mountain, has a cave midway up the northern side. The cave is not small; it's about three times the size of this hall in my house. If you really can't find a place to stay, you could temporarily live there."
The Xue Family immediately shouted, "How can people live in a cave? What if a wild animal barges in?"
"I think it's feasible, let's go have a look tomorrow." Princess Consort Luling said.
It's surely better than staying out in the wild, right?
Not only are there wild animals, but also the risk of freezing to death.
"It's settled then, we'll disturb the old sir's family for one night today." Prince Luling made the decision.
The Xue Family was unwilling in her heart, so she went outside to complain to her husband.
Unexpectedly, the Princely Heir said, "Having a cave to live in? That's not bad either."
The Xue Family was so annoyed she twisted her body and went back into the house.
In the backyard, Li Yuzhu and Li Xing'an had finished cleaning and dressing the wild rabbit, cutting it into pieces and putting it in a pot on a small stove to stew.
Half an hour later, the scent of stewed meat gradually filled the air.
It clawed hungrily at everyone's stomachs.
As people smelled the meat, their morale improved significantly.
The Great Princess and Second Princess craned their necks frequently to look toward the backyard.
The Xue Family, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up from her sleep and quickly ran toward the backyard.
"Is the meat ready yet?" Her eyes shone as she stared at the pot on the stove.
"Not ready!" Li Yuzhu said blandly.
The wild rabbit was picked up by her, cleaned and dressed by her, and stewed by her.
Therefore, how the wild rabbit meat would be divided was up to her to decide.
The more urgently you ask, the less you'll get to eat.
The Xue Family pointed at the pot containing the meat, "There's steam coming out, and the aroma is already there, how is it not cooked?"
Li Xing'an, who was helping on the side, liked the Xue Family the least and coldly rolled his eyes at her.
In the past, when in the Prince Mansion, due to her being the Heir's wife and managing the household, his food, drink, and use depended on distribution from the Heir's wife, Li Xing'an, even though he was dissatisfied in his heart, never dared to confront her openly.
But now exiled outside, everyone's situation was the same, Li Xing'an was not afraid of the Xue Family at all.
"Who said that just because there's steam and aroma, it's cooked? If it were that easy to make something delicious, why would chefs start stewing meat late at night? Every time dishes were served, they said it had been stewed for two hours, how long has this rabbit been stewing for?"
He rendered the Xue Family speechless.
Indeed that's how it was; in the past, the Prince Mansion's chefs started cooking the next day's meals from midnight.
"Then... how much longer will it take?" She was extremely hungry.
Li Yuzhu glanced at her little niece Li Guoguo in her arms, and said blandly, "When it's done, naturally I'll call you to eat, sister-in-law. It's smoky and windy here, sister-in-law should take Guoguo back inside."