Ye Ziāan thought something had happened to Yang Chuxia, and suddenly everything went black before his eyes, a metallic taste rising in his throat.
"What, whatās going on?"
Qingqing turned her head and saw her father, suddenly feeling she had a backbone, "Dad, sister is missing, mother fainted."
Hearing that she just fainted, Ye Ziāan breathed a sigh of relief, went ahead and carried Yang Chuxia into the house, and asked someone to call Mu Shaoling.
Just as Mu Shaoling arrived, Yang Chuxia woke up on her own.
Grabbing Ye Ziāan, she said, "Yueyue is missing, how could she just disappear?"
"Mom, sister just vanished suddenly." Qingqing, having calmed herself by now, continued, "I was with sister and the guards rushing along the way. When we reached Yunāan Prefecture, a strange wind came from nowhere, lasting for a full quarter of an hour. We all dismounted and took shelter in the woods, but once the wind passed, sister was gone."
"Werenāt you two always together?" Yang Chuxia asked urgently, "Didnāt she go into the woods?"
"We did go, and we were standing together, but I just donāt know when she disappeared." Qingqing scratched his head, still confused, not knowing how or when she disappeared.
"Where are the guards who were with you?"
"I sent them back to the capital to send news to big brother and second brother."
Ye Ziāan nodded, "Iāll send people to look for her now."
"No, I must search for her myself."
"Iāll go with you."
Upon hearing this, Ye Ziāan immediately instructed someone to prepare the horses.
Mu Shaoling, seeing this, also sent his people out to help in the search.
For a while, the entire Great Zhou was secretly looking for the eldest daughter of Marquis Changningās Mansion.
However, after two full months of searching, there was not a single piece of news, as if she had evaporated from the earth.
"Mom, itās all my fault. If I hadnāt urged them to return to the capital, Yueyue might not have encountered such a thing."
Having searched for two months in Yunāan without any news, Yang Chuxia fell ill, and Ye Ziāan had no choice but to leave a team behind and take Yang Chuxia back to Funan.
Upon hearing that Yang Chuxia was ill, both Lele and Yangyang returned.
"Mom, itās my fault, not big brotherās. I was with sister, if I had watched over her more closely, perhaps she wouldnāt have been lost." Qingqing lowered his head, wiping his tears, "Mom, Iām sorry, why wasnāt I the one who got lost?"
"Nonsense!" Yang Chuxia leaned against the headboard, beckoning her sons closer, grabbing Lele with one hand and Qingqing with the other, "Donāt say such things. Each of you is precious to me, losing one would carve out a piece of my heart."
"No one could have anticipated Yueyueās situation. If someone must be held accountable, your dad and I are also responsible for not keeping you all by our side."
"Mom... sob..."
Yang Chuxia wiped Qingqingās eyes with a handkerchief, "Alright, stop crying, youāre all grown-ups now, itās embarrassing to still shed tears, isnāt it?"
"All sit down, mom wants to tell you something."
Yang Chuxiaās expression was somewhat serious, while Ye Ziāan roughly guessed what she wanted to say.
In fact, during the few days back in Funan, Ye Ziāan had considered such a scenario as well, otherwise, it couldnāt explain the sudden disappearance without any signs.
Ye Ziāan went outside, instructed people to surround the small building completely, and forbade anyone from approaching before returning inside.
Nodding at Yang Chuxia, Yang Chuxia slowly began, "I, your mother, am not from this dynasty, rather a wandering soul that suddenly came into this world..."