The doors of True Dragon Hall were gently pushed open.
The slightly worn wooden doors made their usual dull scraping sound, startling the person outside into freezing. Seeing that no one had noticed, he hurriedly opened the doors and slipped inside.
Only after his eyes adjusted to the light within did he make out the hall's arrangement.
There were flowers and plants everywhere. Nearly the entire hall was crammed with lush, colorful vegetation and blossoms, resembling the legendary forests of the southern wilderness. The rich floral fragrance was intoxicating.
Most conspicuous of all were a circular pool in the middle and several differently shaped water vats around it.
The lotuses in the pool and vats were beautiful. It was unexpected that all the plants and flowers filling the room could grow so luxuriantly on the light from only a few skylights above. Nothing like this had appeared in the biographies of emperors throughout the ages.
He walked through the winding passage between the flower racks.
Suddenly, an enchanting figure seen from behind caught Li Zhang's attention.
Sunlight slanted through the skylights onto the floor. Beneath emerald vines, a woman in white was busily at work. Her long hair fell to her waist, and her figure was slender. Li Zhang would have wagered that such attire did not belong to any woman of the palace.
"Who are you?"
The woman paused, but without turning around, continued with what she was doing.
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart? Why ask such a superfluous question?" Bai Yujun said blandly.
"Y-you... you're a dragon?"
"If you mean the dragon your Li imperial clan has called upon for two hundred years, then that should be me."
Panic, excitement, struggle, and several other emotions continually shifted across Li Zhang's face. He had seen