In the Inner Study.
Ling Changqing sat upright and composed, in no hurry to speak.
He already had a firm grasp of the Zhao Family's situation. Therefore, he knew the Female Patriarch's intention in summoning him was simply to persuade him to stay with the family.
On the way over, Zhao Wanqing had hesitated several times before secretly telling Ling Changqing that the Female Patriarch's name was Shangguan Qingying. Originally, she and their father—the former Patriarch of the Zhao Family—had been senior and junior disciples under the same master.
However, Shangguan Qingying was not the biological mother of the Zhao Wanyi sisters. Their mother had been Shangguan Qingying's junior disciple.
Decades ago, during a war with the Qin Family, the former Zhao Family Patriarch and his wife were both mortally wounded. Before dying, they entrusted the family and their two daughters to Shangguan Qingying.
