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"Bright... King?" Ji Lan's body stiffened, and her voice dropped.
That legendary Bright King had been a mountain she had admired since childhood, but her stubbornness remained. "Even... even if she is the Bright King... Tian Tian hasn't awakened the Swan Martial Soul, so why would Her Grace personally concern herself with this?"
Ji Hongming closed his eyes, weariness pressing down on him like some invisible weight. "...Who knows?"
He had some guesses, but that royal guardian, who had always lived in seclusion at Goddess Lake in the west of the city, loomed over the imperial capital and looked down on the Ji Clan. They had no choice but to bow their heads.
Ji Xing's ice-cold voice cut into the brief silence. "Seventh Brother, how has the Chen Clan treated Tian Tian? Have they... forced her to change her surname?"
His gaze was like an awl. "You have been back in Heaven Dou for a full month, yet you have not... stepped through the family gates."
His fingertips applied the slightest pressure, and the huanghuali tabletop beneath the teacup quietly sank, forming several fine cracks.
"They did not change her surname," Ji Xiang said in a low but clear voice. "The Chen Clan chose another name for her—'Chen Duling.' Both names coexist."
"That can... work?" Ji Lan blurted in astonishment.
The four words "both names coexist" were like a stone falling into a deep pool, stirring silent ripples through the quiet hall.
The teacup in Ji An's hand stopped by his lips, Ji Rui's fingers froze around his jade beads, and even the hard, cold ends of Ji Xing's brows shifted almost imperceptibly.
"That can be considered..." Ji Xing spoke after a moment of thought. He