Bad News

When Yin Song heard that Fang An and Xiao Chen had arrived at his residence, Yin Song was so happy and ordered to prepare a festive dinner for the two guests that he had been waiting for a long time.

All of that excitement evaporated when a eunuch came to Yin Song's room not long after.

"Crown Prince! Crown Prince! It's bad!" an old eunuch knelt in front of Yin Song with a pale face.

"Eunuch Lu, calm down. What happened? What do you want to tell my husband?" Mu Rong who was sitting in the same room comforted the old eunuch.

"Mrs! It is about the first and second young masters!" Old eunuch still couldn't calm down.

"What?! What happened to my two children?!" This time it was Mu Rong who lost her composure, Mu Rong grabbed the old eunuch's robe by the collar.

Yin Song immediately intervened between the old eunuch and Mu Rong. Of course Yin Song felt anxious when he learned the news that the old eunuch brought regarding his two sons, moreover it didn't seem like good news.

The old eunuch caught his breath before starting to speak, "Crown Prince, First and Second Young Masters disappeared while on their way from the Mu family residence to Luoyang."

"What?!" Yin Song and Mu Rong shouted together.

Yin Song's eldest and second son were indeed meeting their maternal grandfather from the Mu family. Each of the five great noble families has one private city which serves as the residence of the main family.

The Mu family has a town not far from Luoyang, Yin Song's two sons were indeed there three months ago.

"What really happened?!" Yin Song knew that it was not his time to return to his two sons yet. After all, Yin Song had already warned his two sons and the Mu family to notify them in a few days if the two of them wanted to go home so that Yin Song could send warriors and soldiers to escort them back to Luoyang.

The old eunuch explained that Yin Song's two sons wanted to surprise him by returning home without news. According to the news from the Mu family, Yin Song's two sons should have arrived in Luoyang a few hours ago, even if they encountered something on the road that was unexpected even then they should have informed them of their delay.

"Husband, you must not let anything happen to our two sons!" Mu Rong squeezed Yin Song's hand hard, her face was so pale as if it had no blood.

Mu Rong only had three children namely her two sons and Yin Xuehua. Mu Rong kept her distance from Xuehua because of her daughter's condition which scared her so Mu Rong was very close to her two sons.

"Of course honey, I won't let anything happen to them." Yin Song tried to calm Mu Rong before looking at the old eunuch, "Where are Sect Master Jiang and Sect Master Feng? Ask their help to find the whereabouts of my two sons."

The old eunuch explained that Jiang Kun had just received a call from the Han Emperor and had left the Yin Song residence. Sect Master Feng that Yin Song was referring to was one of the Sect Master of the four sects that Emperor Han had invited to support Yin Song, after the two sects withdrew only Jiang Kun and it was Sect Master Feng who provided protection to the Crown Prince.

"Sect Master Feng has already been notified of this, he has already dispatched several expert warriors from his sect to search for the whereabouts of the first and second young masters. The Valley of the Hundred Swords also sent several of its skilled warriors to help." The old eunuch explained.

Yin Song nodded slowly, if indeed the two sects backing him had sent their members to help then all he could do now was wait for the results.

Mu Rong didn't feel better even though the warriors had already gone looking for her two sons. Yin Song hugged his wife tightly, trying to calm her down. Yin Song had forgotten that Fang An and Xiao Chen were coming, he didn't think about having dinner because he had no appetite, Mu Rong was the same too.

"Father, Mother, what happened?"

About an hour later Yin Xuehua entered Yin Song's room, she was confused because neither of her parents were present at the dining table. When Xuehua asked the eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting for reasons, none of them could answer.

Xuehua became flustered when she noticed that both Yin Song and Mu Rong looked worried and unwell. Yin Song didn't give any explanation, he called Xuehua closer then hugged his daughter tightly.

Mu Rong tried her best not to shed tears but still she started to cry because it had been so long since there was no news.

Xuehua didn't understand the situation that was going on so she could only stay silent until she finally fell asleep in Yin Song's arms.

Seconds turned into minutes and then became hours, time passed and without feeling the sun began to show its light.

"Crown Prince…"

The old eunuch who had previously left Yin Song's room when Yin Xuehua came had now returned. His face was as white as paper and walked with a limp.

Yin Song's body trembled violently when he saw the old eunuch's arrival accompanied by a warrior from the Valley of the Hundred Swords and another warrior from Sect Master Feng's sect. Yin Song could see the expressions on the faces of the old eunuch and the two warriors showing that they brought bad news.

Mu Rong felt the same way, her body went limp and fear began to envelop her heart.

"Father, Mother…" the arrival of the old eunuch woke Xuehua from her sleep, she could see the expression on her parents' faces did not improve or even worsened.

The old eunuch didn't say much, he only asked Yin Song and Mu Rong to come with him to the main hall of the Crown Prince's residence.

Yin Song asked Xuehua to return to her room first but the little girl refused. Xuehua insisted on following the two of them, Yin Song couldn't stop his daughter more precisely no one could stop Xuehua in his residence.

"No!" Mu Rong screamed loudly when she saw the two coffins in the main hall. Mu Rong immediately ran over to the two coffins while hoping that the person lying inside was not the same as she thought.

Yin Xuehua was confused because she had never seen a coffin before while Yin Song felt that his legs were losing strength.

"Impossible! No!" Mu Rong became even more hysterical when she saw that the contents of one of the coffins was her first son, she didn't need to look at the contents of the second coffin anymore. Mu Rong's vision darkened, in front of everyone, the poor woman collapsed to the ground having lost her consciousness.

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