Dugu Zixuan's eyes turned, and she suddenly said, "Eldest son, who is that young lady over there?"
Her voice was neither loud nor soft, yet it carried clearly into Dugu Yueli's ears.
Lin Heng looked in the direction she was looking and said, "Mother, that is the Fifth Miss of Ke Manor I mentioned, from a local clan of the former Dragon Sea City. After they were slaughtered and driven out by the people of Nine Dust Hall, she was the only one left in her clan."
"Oh? So that is Miss Miaoling. At a glance, she indeed has the bearing of a young lady from a great household, but why does she cover her face with a veil?"
"Ah! Isn't it because her looks were ruined? She was disfigured in the womb, so she has always hidden herself from others' eyes and ears."
"Mother, why are you asking about this?" Lin Heng asked, puzzled.
"(╯^╰*) Hmph! What young lady from a great household? She's merely the daughter of a fallen clan." Meng Yutong could not help muttering.
"Eh! Master, you can't put it that way. We were able to seize Dragon Sea City from Nine Dust Hall, and Miss Miaoling's contribution cannot be ignored. At the very least, she accounted for half the credit. If she hadn't provided the teleportation array map, I wouldn't have been able to beat them at their own game..."
"Using Anqiu Immortal City as bait to fish up a far-flung heavy city!"
Hearing this, Dugu Zixuan understood in her heart, and her gaze gradually deepened.
In other words, Ke Miaoling's appearance had given her eldest son the chance to beat them at their own game. Could it have been a deliberately engineered coincidence?
She had already learned the whole course of events from Lin