The lotus flowers in the water vat of True Dragon Hall bloomed just as fully as those in the yin-yang taiji pool...
Li Zhang had come to True Dragon Hall to ask Bai Yujun for help, but Bai Yujun merely said that the time had not yet come and she could not act, that he needed to wait patiently. Left with no choice, Li Zhang could only endure for now.
His brothers had turned against him, his imperial father disdained him, and he still had to suffer Consort Hu's taunts.
Depressed, Li Zhang did not dare confide in his imperial mother, lest she be unable to bear the shock and fall ill. He could only come to True Dragon Hall, where others did not dare enter at will.
He had no improper thoughts toward the True Dragon.
If he had once entertained thoughts while looking at her back, then the instant he saw those eyes, every such notion had vanished. Too terrifying.
From then on, Li Zhang often came to True Dragon Hall to pour out his heart, and he and Bai Yujun became friends who could speak of anything.
Only before the extraordinary being within the hall did he reveal everything, speaking of the exhaustion of being Crown Prince and the schemes lurking everywhere. He complained that a single sentence or gesture from him invited a flood of accusations and slander. What he did not know was that the reason no one knew he had entered True Dragon Hall without permission was because Bai Yujun had deliberately shielded him.
Here, Li Zhang did not need to worry about being plotted against or exchanging hollow courtesies.
On the dragon throne, Bai Yujun picked up a lotus flower, tore off a petal, placed it in her mouth, and gently chewed it