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"The... Ming King?" Ji Lan stiffened, her voice dropping.
The legendary Ming King was a towering peak she had admired since childhood, but her stubbornness remained. "Even... even if it was the Ming King... Tiantian hasn't awakened the Swan Martial Soul. Why would someone of his stature concern himself with her personally?"
Ji Hongming closed his eyes, worn down beneath some invisible weight. "...Who knows?"
He had his suspicions, but this guardian of the Imperial Family, who had long lived in seclusion at Goddess Lake west of the city, crouched like a tiger over the imperial capital and looked down upon the Ji Family. They had no choice but to bow their heads.
Ji Xing's icy voice cut through the brief silence. "Seventh Brother, how has the Chen Clan treated Tiantian? Have they... forced her to change her surname?"
His gaze was sharp as an awl. "You've been back in Heaven Dou for a full month, yet you haven't... set foot in our home."
His fingertips pressed slightly harder, and several fine cracks quietly sank into the Chinese rosewood tabletop beneath his teacup.
"She hasn't changed her surname," Jixiang said, his voice low but clear. "The Chen Clan chose another name for her-Chen Du Ling. Both names coexist."
"They can... do that?" Ji Lan blurted in astonishment.
The words "both names coexist" fell like a stone into a deep pool, stirring silent ripples through the hushed hall.
Ji An's teacup stopped at his lips. Ji Rui's fingers froze over the jade beads he was turning, and even Ji Xing's cold, rigid brow twitched almost imperceptibly.
"That does count as..." Ji Xing spoke after a moment's consideration, still cold, though something unfamiliar seeped into