Meanwhile, at the Princess's Estate, the Princess Consort had been putting on a show of utter devastation since the Princess's death. Yet, behind closed doors at night, he remained deeply unsettled.
Ever since Yingniang had been exposed and executed, he had sent men to the site where he had discarded the Eldest Princess's body, hoping to recover her remains. He found nothing.
That the body was missing could perhaps be explained by stray dogs scavenging it, but the fact that not even a scrap of her clothing remained deeply worried him. He couldn't help but wonder: had the Eldest Princess somehow survived?
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