Lake Xuanwu, Jiangning. To its east was Mount Jing and to its west was the Ming City Wall.
The largest royal gardens of ancient China was also called the Mulberry Lake or the Empress Lake. It was a cultural heritage with a long history that could be traced back to the pre-Qin era.
Ouyang Xiu once praised, "Nanjing isn't more beautiful than Empress Lake. Qiantang River isn't more beautiful than the West Lake."
The Empress Lake, at present, was as luminous as jade with strands of auspicious purple mists rising into the air and suffused with astonishing energy fluctuations.
Chu Feng and the old grandmaster approached the lake and sensed the dense vitality. There were golden carps leaping out from the lake from time to time. They were several meters long and sparkling with multicolored lights.
