"Grand Empress Dowager, didn't my mother just enjoy some honey? She had sugar lotus root this morning. She even specially brought some for you to taste."
Little Xinzhuo seized the opportunity to speak.
Smiling, Shi Pin presented a small food box.
Inside the food box were a few small plates, each with neatly sliced sugar lotus root.
The Empress Dowager had lived a long life and had seen all kinds of delicacies and amusements.
But she had not quite seen such sugar lotus root before.
"Empress Dowager, you praised my good complexion lately. There isn't any secret, really; I've just been eating this specially-made sugar lotus root. The honey nourishes, the glutinous rice detoxifies, and the lotus root itself is nurturing. I've indulged and eaten quite a lot, even gained some weight, so the Emperor teased me about it."
Shi Pin laughed, covering her mouth.
