Myoboku's face froze, and he frantically reached out his hand, but he could no longer sense any breath coming in.
"Master, you're here again!" Miaomu said, trying to appear calm.
Five breaths, ten breaths, one hundred breaths, or even longer.
Miaomu sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the old Taoist priest, and then tears gradually streamed down her face.
Finally, he hugged the old Taoist priest tightly and burst into tears.
——
"Waaaaah."
Hearing the faint cries coming from outside, Prince Qing, who was sitting in the sedan chair, felt a sudden unease.
At that time, the sedan chair had just arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion when the crying came from inside the mansion.
Panicked, Prince Qing flung open the curtains and rushed into the mansion, shouting at the servant at the door:
"What happened? Why are the people inside crying?"
The servants dared not answer; they all stammered, their faces filled with fear.
Prince Qing glared at them fiercely, and without thinking twice, strode inside, only to see several maids walking towards him, wiping away tears.
"What are you crying for?!" Prince Qing shouted.
A maid looked up, her hand trembling as she pointed to a side room inside, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, the Second Prince...he..."
Prince Qing's pupils contracted, and an uneasy thought instantly gripped his mind. He hurriedly ran towards the side room.
Before he even reached the door, he saw that the area outside was already crowded with people, including stewards, maids, servants, and guards with knives. When they saw Prince Qing running over, they quickly made way for him.
Upon seeing their expressions, Prince Qing knew that something serious must have happened.
Although he was only a few steps away from the room, he didn't dare to go in at that moment, looking at the wide-open door.
A night breeze swirled around the room, and though the moon had disappeared, the night sky was filled with countless stars. The starlight shone indiscriminately on everything, making the outside of the room brightly lit, while the inside remained shrouded in darkness.
With a heart full of trepidation, Prince Qing finally mustered his strength and took a difficult step towards the door with trembling legs.
Then.
A heart-wrenching wail rang out:
"My son!"
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