The servants, upon hearing this, were so frightened that they quickly put the freshly picked lotus root back into the water.
Lotus root regenerates easily, and can survive if put back.
"Princess Consort, please forgive us, we truly didn't know."
"Ignorance is no sin, I will not blame you. Come on out, but bring up that lotus root you picked, it looks quite nice." Qu Tan'er really acted like a proper Lady, and besides Mo Liancheng, she was the most influential person at Eighth Prince Manor. Yet, when she saw the lotus root, pink and tender-looking, she felt a bit greedy.
It seemed the people of Dongyue Country didn't know to eat this, even after being in the ancient times for two years, she hadn't seen anyone eat it.
But, in modern times, her mother would often buy it to make soup… Thinking of her mother, she couldn't help but become absent-minded.
