"Your Majesty?" Consort De called out sweetly, not understanding why.

Emperor Cangwen glanced back at her, then summoned palace servants to clean up the mess. After she finished cleaning up, she was taken back to her palace by the palace attendants.

Emperor Cangwen, who looked quite respectable in his clothes, sat down behind his desk, thinking that the voice he had just heard was his hallucination.

He opened the memorial to review it, but suddenly his eyes widened and he stared blankly at the hall.

Pale golden light, appearing from nowhere, spun and coalesced rapidly, gradually forming a human figure. It was a woman with a flowing, elegant hairstyle, long, beautiful eyes, and a face that was both exquisitely beautiful and dignified, exuding an air of cold authority. Her hair and eye colors were unlike those of ordinary people, making her seem unlike any mortal.

Emperor Cangwen's shock lasted only a few seconds before subsiding, replaced by a look of utter infatuation. He stood up from behind his desk and exclaimed, "A beauty... truly a beauty..."

Xi Yuan glanced at him indifferently, ignoring the emperor's feigned manner, took out a bundle, and placed it on his desk. She opened it and said, "That man said, you'll know once you read the letter."

Emperor Cangwen saw that the woman had been there for half a day and he had called her "beauty" but no one came. He knew that the woman must have used some kind of sorcery to make the palace servants and guards unreliable.

Emperor Cangwen showed no sign of panic. He calmly lowered his eyes to look at the jade token in the opened package. After a moment, he suddenly paused, picked up the token, and carefully examined it. Suppressing his excitement, he slowly asked, "Where is the person who gave you these?"

"Already deceased."

"What?!" Emperor Cangwen's expression changed drastically: "Master... how could he possibly be? You mustn't be deceiving or lying to me!"

Xi Yuan slowly narrowed her eyes, coldly staring at Emperor Cangwen.

The faint, pervasive sense of danger calmed the enraged Emperor Cangwen. Unwilling to back down, he lowered his head, picked up the thick letter, and began to read it slowly.

Although Xi Yuan didn't say it, she was somewhat close to the old man. She wouldn't peek at the letters he handed to others, so she didn't know what the old man said in the letters or whether he had told Cangwen Emperor, who had a very bad first impression of her.

She lowered her eyes, avoiding looking at Emperor Cangwen. Only after he finished reading the letter and sat motionless at the desk for a long while did she say softly, "The letter has been delivered, so I will take my leave."

"Wait!" Emperor Cangwen stood up. After reading the letter, he miraculously stopped being wary of Xiyuan and quickly walked to her side. His expression even showed a strange kind of doting affection from an older brother looking at his younger sister.

"Don't you want to see what your master wrote in the letter?" Emperor Cangwen asked with a smile.

It has to be said that Emperor Cangwen is the kind of man who gets more charming with age. This sudden, genuinely affectionate smile is enough to make any girl who likes older men lose her composure.

Unfortunately, Xi Yuan's coldness was exactly like that of her straightforward father; she shook her head bluntly and said, "No interest."

Emperor Cangwen paused, then pretended not to hear and continued, "My master was a reclusive master, the national advisor to me... to my father. When I was young, I studied under him, and he taught me all kinds of skills, including literature, martial arts, and self-defense. He saved me from many dangers. But later, he suddenly left, leaving only a letter, and then disappeared without a trace."

Xiyuan: Oh.

Emperor Cangwen pretended not to notice Xi Yuan's lack of interest and continued, "Your master said in his letter that he has been teaching you for more than three years. In that case, you and I are also fellow disciples."

Xi Yuan suddenly turned around and glanced at him. Her pale yellow vertical pupils revealed no emotion, but one could hear her clear, cold voice slowly saying, "Your Majesty has changed so much."

Emperor Cangwen smiled and said, "I previously thought my junior sister was a bad person. If I have offended her, please forgive me."

Xi Yuan didn't speak, she just looked at him calmly.

Emperor Cangwen then said, "Junior Sister, you don't have a place to stay since you entered the mortal world, do you? Why don't you stay in the palace so that I can take care of you?"

Xi Yuan said calmly, "It would be impolite to refuse."

Emperor Cangwen smiled and ordered his bedchamber to be arranged before being led away from the West Garden. Only then did the smile on his face slowly fade.

His expression was deep and unfathomable. He slowly opened his hands, and his palms were already covered in cold sweat.

'...This woman descended from the heavens, possessing the countenance of a true dragon; I, your disciple, dare not be negligent...'

The true dragon's appearance comes from heaven.

Does that mean she's a dragon girl, or a princess among immortals?

Emperor Cangwen was unaware of this; all he knew was that his teacher, after so many years, had gifted him a national treasure.

Unfortunately, this thing is a bit scary.