Two maids from the British palace disappeared.
Why did it disappear
The old woman felt cold all over when she looked at the three maids around her. She had only gone back to report to the steward, but two good people were gone.
"Mammy, although Qinghuan and Huaye are just two maids, they are still members of our Prince Ying's Palace. Please help us find them." Yuchun said anxiously. There was a very small bamboo shoot in the bamboo basket in her hand. There were really very few of them. She had searched so many places, but only found this one.
The other maids were in a similar situation. No wonder they had to be brought over one by one. Even so, there were only so many of them. The three maids together were enough for one stew.
"This... maybe we took the wrong road." The old woman explained.
"Wrong way? There is only one bamboo forest, how could we have gone wrong? Is there any other place in this bamboo forest? We have already looked for it just now, but there is really no place." Yu Chun said, turning around and pointing to the large bamboo forest.
"Three girls, wait a moment. Let me go over and look for him. He must be unfamiliar with the road and doesn't know where he went." The nanny suppressed her anxiety and said with a smile.
She was also panicked when these two people suddenly disappeared.
"Yuchun, we have been away for long enough. The master will look for us when he wakes up." Yuxiu pulled Yuchun's sleeve and whispered, her eyes full of anxiety.
"But now Qinghuan and the others are missing..." Yuchun was very uneasy and her face was pale. Even though she was the personal maid of Princess Ying, she could not handle such a thing. This was the prince's hot spring villa. It was not just a matter of missing people, there could be other things as well. No one dared to take a peek.
"But there's no one to serve the princess." Another maid also said in a low voice, looking also panicked.
"The master will be angry if he can't find us when he wakes up. We will have to serve him." Yuxiu said again.
Hearing what they said, Yuchun panicked even more and looked up at the maid: "Mammy, what should we do now? Our two maids are missing, but we can't stay here any longer. If our princess wakes up and doesn't see us, she will definitely be angry. This... What should we do?"
"How about... the three girls go back first, and we'll look for them here, and then send the other two girls over after we find them?" the old woman asked tentatively.
This happened too suddenly, so she had to talk to the steward. The departure of several people from the British palace would also give her some buffer time.
"No, we are missing two people when we go back. If the princess knew..." Yuxiu objected but couldn't explain why. Seeing that she was no longer as smart as before, it was obvious that she was really scared.
"The princess shouldn't know, right? The two of them... the princess can't see them." Another maid said tremblingly, looking frightened.
Several maids in the British palace seemed very capable and smart before, but they became like this after this incident. They are really useless.
Seeing them like this, the anxiety in the woman's heart was somewhat relieved. She smiled and said repeatedly, "What the young lady said is that two ordinary maids disappeared for a while, which is not a big deal. The princess was not in good health to begin with, and she woke up at this time to find a few girls to serve her. Those irrelevant ones will go back later, which is not a big deal."
"Will it be sent back soon?" Yuchun frowned and asked.
"Send it back once we find it." The old woman didn't dare to say anything definite.
The three maids actually didn't hear it. They pulled their sleeves and went to the side to discuss for a while. Yuchun came over and said, "Well, please trouble Madam to look for Qinghuan and Huaye. Once you find them, have them return home quickly. Although the princess has brought a lot of people, without them, there will be no one to do some of the work."
So, they were really just two ordinary maids. The old woman nodded as she listened. At this time, she wanted to calm them down first. The two ordinary maids didn't know what was going on.
How could such a wonderful person suddenly disappear
After sending Yuchun and the others away with a smile, the old woman hurriedly went to report the matter to the steward.
"Gone?" After hearing her exact account, the steward's face darkened. "How could it be gone? Have you searched the bamboo forest?"
"We've looked for it. There's really no one there. This old servant took them to look for it, but we didn't see the two of them. It was as if they had suddenly disappeared. Now those people have returned home, but the two of them are missing, which is a big deal after all." The old woman was very anxious. The people disappeared in her hands. If the investigation was to start, she would be the one to bear the greatest responsibility.
"Two ordinary maids?" the steward asked again.
"Yes, they are two ordinary maids, both of whom do menial work and cannot come in front of the Princess of England. Now the only ones who know about this matter are the three maids who came here. These three should be the Princess of England's personal maids." The old woman said affirmatively. When the three maids were talking, she was beside them and after observing their words, she figured out something.
"Are these two maids suspicious?" The steward was still worried. His Highness asked him to guard this hot spring, and he would not allow outsiders to come in.
"I can't explain it clearly either." This time the old woman didn't dare to make a guarantee.
"Investigate, have someone search carefully to see where the people are. If they're alive, we must find them; if they're dead, we must find their bodies." The steward said sternly. No matter what kind of people these two maids were, no matter what their purpose was, they suddenly disappeared here, so he had to bear the heavy responsibility.
Not just anyone can enter this place.
If he did not want to maintain a good relationship with Manager Zhuang on the surface, he would not have allowed several maids from the Prince of England's Palace to come in without permission.
But now the person is missing. Thinking of the possible consequences of this matter, the manager now regrets it very much. If he had known it earlier, he would never have let those maids in.
There are guards from the Eastern Palace here, but not many. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes, he will bring many guards with him, and that is when the guards are very tight. It is not the case now, and there are not many guards left, just a few.
Now there are as many as there are. The steward ordered the guards to find two maids, two maids from the Prince of England's palace, saying that they accidentally got lost while digging bamboo shoots. It is not known whether they left the farm first or for other reasons.
The guards guarding the gate among the several guards were also shocked when they heard about this. The two of them were guarding the gate of the manor when the maid from the Prince of England's Palace entered. On weekdays, it seemed that the gate of the manor did not need guards to guard it. Therefore, after the maid from the Prince of England's Palace entered, the two guards left temporarily for a while.
Could it be that when they went back to rest, the two maids had already gone back? And they didn't even know
Regardless of the suspicion, several guards started looking for people in the manor, but they couldn't find them after searching for a long time. It was as if the two maids had disappeared out of thin air.
The manager had a terrible headache and couldn't even eat dinner. He had a vague bad feeling and was restless.
I don't dare to trouble His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with this matter. They are just two ordinary maids and are nothing. But if I really can't find them, should I contact Manager Zhuang and handle the matter directly
"Master, these two people are quite capable, yet there is still no news about them." Yuxiu brought in the medicinal food and placed it in front of Qu Moying.
There is a light fragrance under the strong medicinal smell. The bamboo shoots are really good and are great for stewing soup. Even the smell of the medicinal food doesn't smell so unpleasant.
Qu Moying took a sip with a spoon, tasted it and nodded: "Very good."
"If the master likes it, we will look for it next time." Yuxiu just felt that what she found today was a little less. Although some bamboo shoots had sprouted overnight after being dug yesterday, why were there only so few today? It was only enough for one stew, which was really a little less.
"Let's talk about it next time!" Qu Moying shook his head and looked at the bamboo shoots inside. "It's just that I thought it was good when I first used it. If I stew it again next time, I'll just keep the flavor."
"Master, you don't like bamboo shoots?" Yuxiu asked in surprise. She thought they smelled good.
"If you don't want the bamboo shoots inside, just keep the flavor." Qu Moying said with a smile.
"I understand." Yuxiu nodded and looked out the window. "Master, is it about time now?"
It's getting a little dark outside the window, but it's not the darkest yet. We can turn on the lights after a while.
"Let's go and take a look. We can't let the two maids really disappear, especially those sent by the Queen." Qu Moying said lightly and took another sip. The soup was rich and tasted really good.
"Master, I will go and Yuchun will stay." Yuxiu said.
"Okay." Qu Moying nodded.
Before Yuxiu went out, she gave Yuchun a few words of advice, and then went to find Manager Zhuang. Manager Zhuang took a few people to the hot spring villa in the East Palace.
When we got there, the steward from the East Palace had already received the news and came out to greet us.
After the two sides exchanged greetings, Manager Zhuang got straight to the point and said, "Two maids from our princess's side suddenly disappeared today. The other maids came back and asked if you guys were looking for them. Have you found them now?"
"Not yet... The two maids disappeared suddenly." The steward of the Prince's Mansion frowned and said anxiously.
"How come it disappeared all of a sudden? Is there something... wrong here?" Manager Zhuang pointed inside the village.
"This... How is it possible? There is nothing wrong in our manor. Maybe the two maids left early, and the guards at the gate were away for a while." said the steward of the East Palace.
"Has he been away for a while?" Manager Zhuang said, "Is there any other place around here where someone could suddenly disappear?"
The steward of the East Palace laughed dryly, "Brother, this is really hard to say... The people around here are all princes of the royal family, and we are all servants. There are some things we dare not say."
The surrounding manors include not only the Prince of Ying's Palace and the Crown Prince's Palace, but also the Prince of Jing's Palace, the Prince of Wei's Palace, and the Prince of Yan's Palace.
The most discordant ones are those in the Crown Prince's Mansion and the Prince Jing's Mansion. Although the managers of the two mansions maintain superficial peace, who knows if they will do something in private to hinder the other one.
Are they trying to shift the blame eastward
"Since you can't find them, our people will have to investigate. It's impossible for two living people to suddenly disappear." After looking around, Manager Zhuang suddenly said to the manager of the East Palace with a serious face.