Ye Jingtang blinked. He felt that Dumdum probably wasn't here to ask him to serve the empress, so he didn't say much.
The two of them walked for a long time and circled around the corridor on the side of the main hall. They arrived at the lake at the back of the Peaceful Hall and dismissed the attendants.
The lake had been artificially excavated. It was circular in shape and surrounded by white jade guardrails. In the center was a waterside pavilion built on a stone platform. There were lotus leaf-like stones on the surface of the lake that were arranged gracefully and led to the waterside pavilion. The scenery was extremely elegant and looked like an ink painting.
The waterside pavilion didn't look too old, but the white stone foundation underneath had already turned yellow and had some traces of damage. It was unknown how many years it had been there.
Ye Jingtang stopped by the lake and looked at it for a while before asking, "What is this place?"