Compared to Lin Bao's recklessness, Song Liang seemed much calmer.
"No hurries?"
"Isn't she just a palace maid?"
"Besides, didn't she already report to you this morning?"
"I remember, this king, she shouldn't be on duty in front of the emperor this afternoon, right?"
Lin Bao was extremely anxious: "Qiu Rong has indeed reported to her subordinates today!"
"but……"
Having said this, Lin Bao lowered his head with a somewhat submissive expression.
Seeing Lin Bao's hesitant expression, Song Liang had roughly guessed something.
Suddenly, Song Liang stared at Lin Bao with sharp eyes.
"Why, you went to the Ocha Si secretly to find Qiu Rong again?"
Lin Bao had some embarrassment on his face: "Your Highness, I have been with you for so long. I have been loyal to you all these years. I have nothing to ask for!"
"This slave really likes Qiu Rong, and just wants to live together with her, so that we can take care of each other in the future!"
"Please, please help me!"
A touch of disgust appeared on Song Liang's face.
“It’s not me who can help you, but I can’t help you!”
"You know that eunuchs and maids are not allowed to eat together in the palace, right?"
"I only have Qiu Rong as my spy in front of the emperor. If you two are caught cheating on each other, wouldn't I lose such a key spy?"
"no!"
Lin Bao cried sadly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will be very careful and will never let anyone find out!"
"Besides, Qiu Rong has been at Ochasi for a year, and she will be transferred to another place by next year at most."
"By then, the slave should have a chance, right?"
Looking at Lin Bao's furious look, Song Liang cursed in his heart that he had no future.
"I have worked so hard to train such a maid of the Ocha Si, how could I let her leave the Ocha Si so easily?"
"From now on, Qiu Rong will stay in the Ocha Department until she becomes the maid in charge of the Ocha Department."
"So, don't worry about her!"
Seeing Lin Bao's eyes full of loss and annoyance, Song Liang comforted her lightly: "She's just a little palace maid, what's there to be reluctant to part with?"
"You are the first eunuch beside me. When I inherit the throne in the future, you will be someone like Xue Hai."
"When the time comes, let alone just a palace maid, you will be the young lady from a certain family, and I will also find a way to help you make it happen!"
"Why do you have to be so narrow-minded?"
"But..." Lin Bao wanted to continue explaining, but suddenly thought of the key point of what he just said, "That's right!"
"Your Highness, this is not the most urgent thing right now!"
"Qiu Rong is really missing!"
"I heard from the other maids of the Imperial Tea Department that Qiu Rong disappeared after her duty in front of the Imperial Palace this morning."
"No one knows where she went!"
"A palace maid cannot leave the palace without permission. How can she, a little tea-serving palace maid, run away in broad daylight?"
After hearing this, Song Liang's expression gradually became serious, and he seemed to have begun to realize the seriousness of the problem.
"Did Qiu Rong and the others have any interactions with each other on weekdays?"
Since he was thirteen years old, Song Liang has been deliberately cultivating his own informants in the Huanyi Bureau and the Shenxing Department...
If there is any disturbance in the palace, he can almost get the news immediately.
After years of continuous planning and hard work, Song Liang finally planted his first informant in the Imperial Tea Department.
Having an informant in the Imperial Tea Department means that he can control the movements of Emperor Liang most of the time.
If you can grasp Emperor Liang's dynamics and preferences, wouldn't that mean you have a head start on the road to seizing the throne?
Therefore, Song Liang also paid special attention to Qiu Rong, the maid of the Imperial Tea Department.
When he heard that Qiu Rong was missing, Song Liang felt a little anxious.
Lin Bao was very anxious: "Qiu Rong is very cautious on weekdays. Except for slaves, she never walks around with anyone else!"
"This girl is very smart. Logically speaking, she would not be able to do such a reckless thing!"
Song Liang's expression was a little serious: "I don't think so!"
"What time is it outside now?"
"Your Highness, it's past Haishi."
Song Liang thought for a moment: "It's still too early."
"In another hour, ask other people to see who has seen Qiu Rong!"
"Remember, don't let anyone find out, let alone the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a department that specializes in managing eunuchs and maids. There are so many people in this place that it is really inconvenient to place spies.
Besides, a little palace maid was lost. As a prince, Song Liang couldn't possibly send someone to look for her.
If someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs discovers the clue and then reveals it to Emperor Liang, it won't look good!
Lin Bao paused: "Yes!"
"Slave understands!"
"Your Highness, I will wait for you to rest first."
"When it gets later, I will go find someone else!"
…
For a while, the palace looked like a huge sleeping beast.
The undulating outline hidden in the night, from a distance, seems to be swallowing people alive, which is daunting and frightening.
Ugly moments.
Almost everyone in the palace has fallen asleep. Except for the guards who patrol regularly, there is no one in the empty corridor.
Lin Bao held a palace lantern as small as a bean in his hand. Seeing that there was no one around, he quickly walked through the corridor and skillfully arrived at the place where he usually met other people.
Song Liang was very careful in his work and would not leave any flaws easily.
Unless there is something urgent that needs to be reported immediately to Lin Bao, the rest of the people reporting the situation will choose to avoid patrolling in the dead of night and meet quickly in an inconspicuous place in the Royal Garden.
If nothing else goes wrong, the second moment of Chou Shi is the time when Lin Baoyu meets Lin Baoyu in person for the first time.
However, Lin Bao waited in the Imperial Garden for a long time and no one came to join him.
An hour later.
Lin Bao stamped his feet, which were numb from the cold, feeling that his body was about to freeze.
"strangeness!"
"You have escaped three patrols of guards here, why are there still no traces of these people?"
"Did all these people oversleep?"
"impossible!"
These people have been working for the Third Prince for so many years, and this has never happened before!
What's going on today? Each one is weirder than the last!
"Who's over there?"
"who?"
Lin Bao was startled when he heard the guard's voice in the distance. He quickly drew his neck down and hid behind the rockery.
Although Lin Bao is fat, he is not tall.
He shrank suddenly and hid himself under a rock beside a rockery.
"No one, probably a wild cat!"
"It's so cold, haven't the wild cats frozen to death yet?"
"How can a wild cat freeze to death? You're kidding! People can freeze to death, but wild cats may not freeze to death..."
Lin Bao was frightened. Hearing the footsteps of the guards gradually retreating, he became limp and sat on the ground.
It seems that tonight, I am determined not to wait any longer.
This abnormal situation must be reported to His Highness immediately, otherwise, big problems will occur!
