"Did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"Some say—"
"—Crown Prince—"
"—nowhere to be—"
"—speculated that His Highness—"
"—Missing."
Over the course of three months of winter, rumours ran rampant, raging through the lowly teahouses, flowing in the veiled whispers of the wealthy.
From the Forbidden City to the JiangHu wilderness, not a single person was unaware of the most curious yet troublesome news in years.
The heir apparent to the throne of the kingdom of DaHuo had disappeared. What initially seemed like a ridiculous proposition to entertain seemed to have become a reality.
Almost as if overnight, His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince had vanished into thin air, nowhere to be found.
Not even the best trackers employed by the Imperial Family or those sent after him by the clans of JiangHu found a single trace.
No one could catch a glimpse of so much as even his shadow. Trackers knew not where to look. More than once they were left scratching their heads in bewilderment.
