"What!?" Grand Duchess' eyes widened when she heard the report from one of her spy, "Aster's carriage got sieged by Crown Prince?"
"Yes, Milady," the spy hesitated a bit, but he continued, "We wanted to help Young Lord's men, but Crown Prince's soldiers and assassins were too many. We were severely outnumbered."
"What did he do to my son?" Grand Duchess asked. Her hand tightly gripping the armrest, her face looked like a mother genuinely worried about her son.