After all, Wood Silver Robe had seen You Sisi's corpse. Now the "corpse" was not only alive, but standing right beside him, vivid and lifelike. If he hadn't been absolutely certain that You Sisi was a normal person, he would have thought she'd been possessed by an anomaly or something.
The discussion went on for about half an hour. It didn't finally adjourn, at least temporarily, until Jing Yan returned from outside.
There was no helping it. The death of the Fourth Prince had far too great an impact.
The fall of a prince meant that the struggle for the throne, brewing for so many years, was about to begin in earnest—the bloody battle was just around the corner!
Caught in a maelstrom like this, even the You Family, one of the Four Great Families, had to proceed with caution. One careless misstep could send them plunging into ruin.
When You Sisi and the others finished their discussion and left the main hall, a subordinate who had been waiting outside hurried over to report.
"Report! We've received the latest news from the front. After the Black Green Mountain Range was destroyed, the Anomaly Disaster there began spreading in all directions.
"It has now reached the Chaoyang Avenue region. Anomalies are running rampant throughout the entire region, leaving people destitute, cities destroyed, and countless dead. Vast numbers of disaster victims and refugees are fleeing toward the Capital.
"People from other regions are also heading here in droves—civilians and officials alike. The Qing Division branches in several regions have sent word and requests, hoping the Capital will order the evacuation of their cities so they can escape and flee."
The news was so explosive that You Sisi and the others, who had just come out, all froze. Lin Ling, who had just