"What?!" Ren Chenghao's face paled in shock. "What did you say?!"
Their neighbor, Uncle Shangguan, repeated in worry. "I didn't know what happened clearly either. But just now, the Song's little girl was being brought away by some Imperial Knights and her parents followed shortly after too."
"W—What happened to Xingyi?"
"Uncle doesn't know ah!" Shangguan Wen sighed, his eyes filled with sympathy. "Maybe you should go and ask around."
Ren Chenghao didn't even change out of his official robes and directly turned his heels around. He barged into the main office of the Ministry of Revenue but didn't find Song Xiumin anywhere, everyone he asked said that Head Minister Song had gone home long ago.
His mind was buzzing, and it took an ample amount of effort for him not to break down in panic.
