Pfft...
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziqing looked as though he had been struck by lightning.
Dao companions? And fucking proper dao companions at that? Were there improper ones too?
Seeing this, Lin Heng hurriedly raised a hand and cast a spell, guiding a wisp of yin energy into Lin Ziqing's manifested consciousness.
Only then did he barely stabilize that wavering shadow on the verge of collapse.
"You two really are dao companions?"
"Of course we are. Didn't you know, Teacher?" Jiang Jingyi was slightly puzzled.
Logically speaking, Lin Ziqing had been following Lin Heng all this time. There was no way he could not have known.
And wasn't their relationship obviously apparent no matter how one looked at it?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Jingyi, did this brat threaten you? Does he have some leverage over you?!"
"Do you know who he is?" At that moment, Lin Ziqing felt as if the sky itself had fallen. It was like the cabbage he had painstakingly tended until it grew, the daughter he had raised, had been rooted up by a wild boar.
"He's Lin Heng. What's the problem?"
"Yes, he is indeed Lin Heng, but if you count his age, he's only in his twenties this year, isn't he?"
"And there are countless immortal wives and beautiful concubines in his Inner Court, yet you became dao companions with him?"
After hearing this, Jiang Jingyi pondered for a moment before stroking her chin. "It's fine. At worst, I'll use my status as the Female Emperor to help him manage the Inner Court. That way, certain restless and jealous people won't run wild, and no unstable factors will arise."
Pfft...
Lin Ziqing nearly coughed up blood at those words. Was that what he meant?
Who said anything about her managing the Inner Court?
He was