The Imperial Palace served as Baiyi’s private residence.

Aelilias had poured immense resources and labor into crafting this lavish mansion for him during his childhood.

The palace layout centered on a luxurious sleeping quarters. This was where Baiyi and his future consorts rested and worked.

To the left stood the maids’ dormitory. Maids rotated shifts there, handling daily cleaning and tidying for Baiyi’s entire palace.

To the right was a temporary rest house for patrol guards.

Baiyi had secretly tampered with its construction, slashing costs. This left it tiny, with minimal capacity.

Aelilias had built it ostensibly for Baiyi’s safety—though truthfully, she only wanted his movements constantly monitored and reported to her.

She knew Baiyi had meddled but didn’t care. Only a handful of guards could be stationed there.

Behind the palace lay a vast garden. Aelilias had spent a fortune building it when Baiyi was young, so he and other rowdy kids could play happily.

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The palace was Aelilias’s dedicated office for state affairs.

Designed by a Heavenly Lotus architect alongside Great Empire peers, its style closely mirrored Heavenly Lotus architecture.

It housed sensitive political and military secrets, plus confidential state information unfit for public disclosure.

As a high-security site, Aelilias assigned three hundred elite guards. They were top-tier martial artists and sorcerers, graduates of the Great Empire’s Arcane Academy and Martial Academy.

Additionally, nearly twenty Saint Rank Novice sorcerers guarded the confidential documents inside.

Every guard had signed a life-binding magical contract with Aelilias under the Great Empire’s Guard Treaty.

Any dereliction of duty, theft, or actions harming royal dignity would let Aelilias activate the contract—instantly killing the offender.

Further special measures countered anyone attempting to steal palace documents.

By assessment, the New Empire palace’s defenses neared the strongest on the Dreamland Continent.