"Steward, can I see our eldest lady first?" Yu Xiu wiped her tears and interrupted the East Palace steward, "Our princess will definitely come to see her when she knows she is here."
The steward of the Eastern Palace didn't expect that a casual excuse would lead to such a consequence. He was speechless for a moment.
Manager Zhuang coughed to help him out, and said in a low voice: "Yuxiu, let's find two maids today. Let's talk about Madam Qu's matter after the princess is a little better. Telling her now will only make her condition worse."
Manager Zhuang spoke, and Yuxiu didn't dare to say anything more. She could only agree while wiping her tears.
During the whole process, the steward of the East Palace was not given the opportunity to explain more. When he wanted to explain, Steward Zhuang had already retreated with his men. This meant that they would not investigate the matter here.
Since they were not here to investigate, the person in charge breathed a sigh of relief and just hoped that they would leave quickly. He didn't even think about explaining this nonsense to them.
The Princess of England was bedridden, and her promise to come back to see him after she recovered might just be empty talk. He heard that the concubine named Qu had a very bad relationship with the Princess of England.
Next, the steward of the East Palace took Steward Zhuang to check one place after another, even the master's courtyard, but in the end, they found nothing.
"The people are definitely not with us. It must be that the two maids did not follow the rules and left secretly before. As for where they went, we have no idea." The steward of the East Palace finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the people were not found here. Even if the King of England reprimanded them, it was the fault of these two maids.
Along the way, the steward of the Eastern Palace also thought it through. The Queen Mother would not blame the Eastern Palace for the missing two maids. The Prince was the Queen Mother's biological son. Even for the sake of the Prince, the Queen Mother would not publicize the matter and would suppress it if possible.
It is the King of England who should be worried.
The King of England is not a man with a good temper. Now that people have been looking for them, and they can't be found, they have an explanation. The steward has decided that he will send someone to the East Palace to report the matter to the Crown Prince tomorrow. The maid given by the Queen is no longer something that a steward like him can handle.
Fortunately... Fortunately, no one is found here.
"Why did they leave?" Manager Zhuang said to himself.
"It's hard to say. Maybe someone took advantage of our Eastern Palace's loopholes and knew that Prince Ying's Mansion sent a maid here today, so they tricked her out." The steward of the Eastern Palace said unhappily. This was really an unprovoked disaster for him. He originally wanted to make friends with Steward Zhuang, but he didn't expect to cause such a big disaster.
"What should we do now?" Manager Zhuang also looked at a loss. Since he couldn't find the person, he must be responsible.
"How should I know? This was originally your family's business, but it came to our house, and our house was really involved. I have to report to our prince tomorrow to prevent someone from using this matter to harm our prince." said the steward of the East Palace.
"Is there anyone who would do something bad to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Manager Zhuang was shocked.
"Why not? Who knows about this kind of thing? It's better for the master of the mansion to know it early! Otherwise, why do you think your maid came to our mansion to dig bamboo shoots and disappeared? It's our two mansions that are in trouble, but if it gets out of hand, this maid is the Queen's person, then the two of us will..."
The steward of the Eastern Palace became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it, as this matter had nothing to do with him.
"What should we do now?" Manager Zhuang was really scared. He was no longer as smart as before and he must have never encountered such a thing before.
"Everyone should look for it and find out the situation, then report to the master. What else can we do? If someone else wants to deal with our master, we servants will have no way to stop him."
The steward of the Eastern Palace spread his hands.
"That's true. Maybe someone wants to deal with our prince." Steward Zhuang was convinced. He was in no mood to stay any longer. He bowed to the steward of the East Palace, turned around and left with the guards and Yuxiu.
After watching Manager Zhuang leave, the Manager of the East Palace waved his hand, signaling the guards to disperse, and then he walked back alone, carrying a lantern.
He walked all the way back to the yard where the sundries were previously placed. The manager looked around and saw that no one was coming except him, so he walked in.
The lanterns were hung in the corridor of the main house. The manager went into the house and went to the inner room. He knocked rhythmically at a place in the inner room.
"Click" a secret door opened, and a eunuch with a gloomy face holding a lantern stood at the secret door, his eyes revealing a bit of dead fish eyes coldness: "What's going on?"
"Find two maids. They are given by the Queen." The steward bowed his head hurriedly, very respectful.
"How is it now?"
"It's nothing now. It's possible that the two maids ran out by themselves. The guards sometimes didn't keep watch. His Highness is not in the manor, and the guards in the manor are not particularly strict." The steward whispered.
The eunuch snorted coldly: "This is the prince's manor, how can it be so lax."
"It will be stricter in the future." The manager promised.
"That's the best. This place is not a place where anyone can come casually, not even the King of England's Palace." The eunuch didn't know about what happened before, and he would definitely not agree if he knew.
"Yes... yes, yes, I won't do that again in the future." The manager didn't dare to talk back and said repeatedly.
Although they are both confidants, the manager knows that the one in front of him is the Crown Prince's true confidant, much more powerful than himself. If you offend him, you will die without knowing how.
Seeing him like this, the eunuch snorted coldly and was about to leave.
"Eunuch... what should we do now?" The steward was sweating profusely.
"What do you want to do?" The eunuch stopped.
"Two people are missing, and they were sent by the Queen Mother. If the Prince of England insists that they are from our palace, then... if they insist on investigating again, what should we do?" the steward said in panic.
Although he had just shifted the blame to the east and tricked Manager Zhuang back, he could not guarantee that Manager Zhuang would insist that he was from the Yingwang Palace, and he did not dare to offend him too much.
"Did you say anything while you were here?" asked the eunuch.
"Someone... said there was a smell here, as if a woman had lived here. After I smelled it, I found there was indeed some smell, so I said... I said..."
At this point the manager suddenly remembered his previous explanation and began to sweat on his vest.
"What did you say?" the eunuch asked in a low voice. He knew something bad was going to happen just by looking at his appearance.
"Just as the father-in-law said before, a concubine named Qu came and stayed for a few days." The steward stuttered and finally spoke.
"What's the big deal? I've said it..." The eunuch relaxed and said nonchalantly, but suddenly stopped. His originally relaxed expression immediately tensed up, and he spoke almost word by word, "What did you say?"
"Tell me about the demoted concubine named... Qu..." The steward was sweating too. The weather was too hot, but he was even hotter.
The eunuch raised his foot and kicked the steward, causing him to stumble back a few steps, fall heavily to the ground, and sit down directly.
"You actually mentioned the concubine named Qu in front of the people in the Prince of England's palace?"
This sentence can be said in front of anyone, but not in front of people in the King of England's palace, because the King of England's princess's surname is Qu, and she is a cousin of the concubine in the East Palace who also has the surname Qu.
"Eunuch, eunuch, I don't know... I just said this because of your previous instructions." The steward didn't dare to get up from the ground. He crawled a few steps on his knees, hugged the eunuch's legs, and said anxiously.
"Are you blaming our family?" the eunuch laughed sinisterly.
"I dare not, I dare not, I just did what you said, but I didn't expect that it was someone from the Prince of England's Palace who asked me that."
The manager shook his head hurriedly. He just said it casually at the time.
"Eunuch... didn't you say that the Princess of England and that... have a bad relationship, so she shouldn't come, and... and the Princess of England is in poor health, so she won't see anyone?"
"Now... don't do anything, don't say anything. If the British palace comes to ask, just say that the person has gone back and is not here." The eunuch said coldly. This was the only way now. The two points made by the steward made sense. It was a good thing to do so, otherwise this matter would be difficult to resolve.
"Yes... yes, I understand, I understand." The steward nodded repeatedly, not daring to say no. However, he remembered with fear that he seemed to have said the same thing just now, but the maidservant beside Princess Ying seemed not to have heard it at all...
"Qu Xuexin?" Qu Moying raised his eyebrows, his heart moved, and the previous suspicion came up again.
"From what he meant, that's right. If there are no other concubines with the surname Qu in the Eastern Palace, that would be it." Yuxiu thought about it and nodded affirmatively.
She interrupted the manager at that time with the purpose of preventing him from explaining. The same went for Manager Zhuang. In the end, the manager couldn't say much because he just meant what he said.
"There is no one else." Qu Moying said.
There has never been anyone else, the so-called Qu Xue Xin, she didn't believe in it. Qu Xue Xin was just a person who could breathe in the East Palace, worse than the average servant, and she could never see Pei Luoan, so how could she be demoted again and again? The current Liu Jingyu would not do such a thankless task.
Since Qu Xuexin posed no threat to her, it was impossible for her to bump into her.
As long as she didn't offend Pei Luoan or Liu Jingyu, Qu Xuexin wouldn't be demoted again. She blinked her watery eyes slowly, with a hint of sinisterness in her long eyelashes. Pei Luoan really tried his best to keep... her life.
Ji Youran’s life is of great importance, and it is far more than what you know.
Ji Youran was actually here, which was a pleasant surprise. She originally just wanted to see what was special about this place, and now it seemed really special. Ji Youran was actually here? Then she really had to find a chance to go and take a look...
"Master, what should we do now?" Yu Xiu saw that she was silent and asked anxiously, "This matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later. If it is too late, they will not admit it."
I’m afraid that the two girls I “sent” out in the end won’t have any effect…