In the early morning, the sounds of birds merrily singing woke up the deeply asleep Xiaocao. She popped out her arms from her sleeping bag and stretched lazily before rubbing her groggy eyes gently. 

Suddenly, she felt the side of her cheek tickle. She used her hand to feel the area and discovered that the little divine stone had come back at an unknown time. Its butt was against her face and it was currently snoring peacefully. She rubbed its soft head and wriggled out of her sleeping bag. 

After using the clean mountain water to brush her teeth and wash her face, she applied a layer of skin care. Only when she was done did she realize that her husband wasn’t by her side. 

“His Highness left early this morning and said that he wanted to find some wild fruits for you to eat. These past few days, we’ve only been eating roasted meats and he was afraid that you might end up with excessive heat in your body.” Wutong had finished assisting her mistress in her morning ablutions and was currently packing away their luggage and sleeping bags. When Hou Xiaoliang came back, he would be in charge of transporting these items. 

The first to come back was Su Ran, who was dressed entirely in white. In his hands were some banana leaves and nestled inside of them were some wax apples about the size of a person’s fist. They were bright red and looked very appetizing. Wutong hurriedly took them from him and washed them...