"We live on land, eating wheat and rice. You dragon people live underwater, you surely can't eat those. What do you usually eat?"
"In reply to the Empress, we mostly eat lotus root."
"Lotus root? I remember that lotus roots are only available in autumn, right? What about spring, summer, and winter? Do you harvest and store them? Won't they spoil?"
In the Lanzhou Prefect's garden, at the beginning of June, the weather was slightly hot, and various flowers bloomed brightly.
Impatiens drooped and bloomed, a faint floral fragrance lingered in the courtyard. A maid lifted her skirt and followed slowly, occasionally, the figures of the Empress and Long Eying could be seen through the gaps of the overlapping orange-red pomegranate flowers, even the blooming flowers seemed to dim in their presence.
