Jiang Jingyi and Mu Li's appearance came as something of a surprise.
Lin Heng instinctively moved a little farther away from Little Cabbage and looked toward the Female Emperor.
Their gazes clearly met in midair for a moment.
For some reason, in that instant, Lin Heng actually felt a faint chill run through his balls—Ding Chill, for short!
Whenever this happened, something bad usually followed, so Little Xiao Heng had to stay somewhere warm and recover.
Jiang Jingyi walked slowly, yet she remained poised and elegant.
Dugu Qingyang rose to his feet, both hands resting on his wooden cane. Looking at the Female Emperor, he asked with slight confusion,
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you vanished for many days. Why have you suddenly appeared?"
The moment those words left his mouth, Lin Heng froze.
Jiang Jingyi walked straight to the chair opposite Lin Heng and the others, settling down steadily. Her beautiful eyes casually swept over Lin Heng as she said flatly,
"As for why I vanished for so long, you should ask this Show-off from your Dugu Clan. Fellow Daoist Qingyang, are you pretending to be confused when you know perfectly well?"
Sorry...
Ancestor Qingyang truly had no idea what Lin Heng had been doing during those ten-odd days he disappeared.
After all, as an Ancestor, how could he keep watch over everyone at every moment?
"What do you mean?" the Ancestor asked, somewhat puzzled.
Seeing this, Dugu Zixuan hurriedly spoke up to smooth things over.
"( ˙ε ˙ ) Oh, Ancestor, don't ask so much. Since the Female Emperor has come today, she must have something important to discuss, right?"
Others might have been muddleheaded, but Meng Yutong and the others present were exceptions. Dugu Zixuan, this mother-in-law, understood perfectly well.
"It's actually nothing major."
Jiang Jingyi crossed her hands