Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu took over an hour to send them off. If not for the palace staff repeatedly urging them, hinting that it was lunchtime and the emperor, empress, and crown prince were waiting for them to dine, they wouldn't have wanted to part with Manbao and the others.
Mingda was very envious of their trip to the Western Regions, wondering when she could also make such a journey.
Changyu was only interested in the gems and spices of the Western Regions, as well as the delicious lamb soup and flatbread Manbao described, but had no desire to go there to sunbathe and endure the sandstorms.
She said, "When I establish my residence in the future, I will send someone to find a chef from the Western Regions and buy lamb from there. I will also try the lamb soup and flatbread from there."
