"All of us dare not show ourselves in broad daylight, and we only ever come out at night. We were extremely worried that His Highness might have been murdered and we were looking forward to his return. We were so troubled and conflicted. However, he never came back in the end."
"…"
An Xiaoning and Jin Qingyan listened attentively, feeling a sudden sense of moroseness and sympathy.
"You mean you never saw him again after he went missing without a reason?"
Ling Yu answered with a lopsided smile, "Yes. I don't regret dying, however. My family sold me to the palace when I was a young child and His Highness was kind enough to grant me the privilege of getting married. He even allowed me to return to the palace after my parents-in-law chased me out of the family. His Highness was very kind and nice to me. I just take pity on the rest who died. At least a few hundreds of lives were taken, and more than ten newborns were killed too…"