Capítulo 1073: Chapter 873: The Arrival of Her Majesty the Empress

The Crown Prince watched Nangong Nini savor the cured meat and found it delightful how she could pair a piece of meat with two bites of rice. He couldn't help but tease her, "How come you never get tired of eating cured meat?"

Nangong Nini smiled and responded, "How could I get tired of it? It was the thing I ate most as a kid. When the autumn winds blew, the cured meat came. The place I lived as a child wasn't very rich in resources, so we rarely got to eat things in their original flavor. My mother would cure the meat and dry it outside in the sun, so that's how I had cured meat to eat. I and my..."

She almost mentioned her brother who grew up in the wilds, but she quickly corrected herself: "I and my mother both love it."

The Crown Prince couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you grow up in the Capital City of Dajin? How come you couldn't get fresh food?"