The housekeeper in charge of the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion is surnamed Tong, with pang eyebrows and crane sideburns, and a white beard, he is exactly sixty years old this year, but he is still in good spirits and has a bright eye.

Steward Tong met the Nineteenth Prince back then, and it was also very fateful.

That year coincided with the year of the catastrophe, in order to prevent his parents and young siblings from starving to death, the Tong housekeeper ran to Shangjing, sold himself into the palace, exchanged silver taels, and bought food for his parents and young siblings at home to survive.

At that time, the Tong housekeeper had already passed the age of establishment, because the family was poor and had not yet married a wife and had children, and he thought that from now on, he would be a rough eunuch, and live a lonely and sad life in the palace.

After the nineteenth prince heard about the matter of the housekeeper Tong, he remembered his filial piety and virtue, so he accepted him to work in the palace that had just been built.

At that time, the steward Tong, who had experienced great sorrow and joy, immediately "pounced" and knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the nineteenth prince, saying that he would stay by the side of the nineteenth prince for the rest of his life, and he would never have two hearts.

Steward Tong also does what he says, and in the past ten years, he has kept the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion in good order, and he is one of the most trusted people of the Nineteenth Prince.

Seeing that the eldest prince and the eldest princess entered hand in hand, Steward Tong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and after saying goodbye, he didn't wait for the eldest prince and others to enter the hall and sit down, so he couldn't help but ask about the whereabouts of the nineteenth prince in a little rudeness.

Previously, the Nineteenth Prince suddenly disappeared from the stage and waited for a long time and did not return, and the eldest concubine Ma Anyuan suspected that the Nineteenth Prince had secretly returned to the palace alone in order to play them, and hung a group of them here.

So he sent someone back to the palace and asked if the nineteenth prince had returned home?

At that time, the nineteenth prince did not return home, the doorman told the truth, and the messenger said, if the nineteenth prince has returned, please tell the truth if the trouble is that the eldest prince and his wife and the eldest horse are waiting on the other side of the stage, and they must not hide it.

The doorman did not know what was happening, but when he heard the name of the eldest prince, he immediately asked the messenger to wait a while, and invited the old butler out.

Butler Tong, who also didn't know what was going on, told the truth that the Nineteenth Prince had indeed not returned to the house, and then asked if there was something going on on the stage?

The messenger did not hide that when the nineteenth prince of Dao came to the stage to perform illusions, he suddenly disappeared without a trace, and now the eldest prince and others are anxiously looking for and waiting on the stage.

Steward Tong, who shook his head repeatedly, said that the Nineteenth Prince had not returned home, but he would send someone to find the place where the Nineteenth Prince frequented nearby, and if he found it, he would immediately go to the station to inform the eldest prince and others.

After speaking, he apologized again and again, saying that the prince of his family likes to joke, and the tired prince and others are worried.

After that, after the messenger left, Steward Tong immediately sent the people of the royal palace out to find the nineteenth prince.

As a result, dozens of people went out, and almost all the flower streets, willow alleys, taverns and gambling houses in the capital were all visited, and no trace of the nineteenth prince was found.

And there are many girls in Huanxianglou, all of whom know that the Nineteenth Prince is going to watch a play today. Because the noble prince and the princess were invited, and they also brought the maids of the palace to attend and admire, they were not invited to accompany them.

Hearing that the nineteenth prince of Tong Steward Dao had not returned to the house, the eldest prince and others who had reached the door of the hall all stopped suddenly, the smile on their faces suddenly disappeared, and they all looked at each other, and did not react for a while.

"Why didn't Steward Tong say that the Nineteenth Prince didn't return to the house?"

Mu Yirong, who took a step forward, asked everyone's thoughts.

Some of the overwhelmed housekeepers Tong were also confused, saying that the nineteenth prince did not return to the house because the nineteenth prince had not returned to the house since he went out to watch the play, what was wrong with this?

When everyone heard this, it was like falling into a cloud for five miles, and the big concubine Ma Anyuan squeezed forward, saying Didn't Steward Tong send someone to inform them that the eldest prince had returned to the house. Why did he change his tone after a while, and said that the nineteenth prince did not come back?

Butler Tong, who looked confused, turned his head and asked everyone in the house, but anyone had seen the nineteenth prince return to the mansion and sent someone to the stage to inform the eldest prince?

The aunt of the steward in the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion is called Aunt Xi, a middle-aged woman with a big mouth and a somewhat impatient and pungent temperament.

She had been in the palace for a while, and the Nineteenth Prince liked her temperament, and when she was old enough to leave the palace, he asked her if she wanted to be an aunt in his house?

At that time, Xigu agreed very happily, saying that she didn't want to get married yet, and asked with a smile if the nineteenth prince could support her old?

At that time, Xigu was not too old, and the nineteenth prince said that if she wanted to marry someone and leave the palace, he would prepare a rich dowry. If Aunt Xi wants to stay in the house all the time, he will support her for the elderly.

So, Xigu came to the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion with the old housekeeper and served the Nineteenth Prince to this day.

She firmly said that the nineteenth prince has not returned to the house since he went out to watch the play today, and the entourage with him, the servant Xiao Qiaozi, has not returned.

After speaking, he couldn't help but ask with a worried face, did something happen to the Nineteenth Prince?

This thing is really strange, the nineteenth prince did not return to the house, but there are people who went to the stage to inform the eldest prince and others that the nineteenth prince has returned, why is this?

The attentive Xigu asked the eldest prince and others to describe the appearance of the royal palace who passed the word.

The eldest prince said that it was dark, and the man bowed his head and saluted, his voice was not loud, and he did not see the specific appearance clearly.

Ma Anyuan said that because everyone had been waiting for the nineteenth prince for a long time, when they were anxious, they suddenly heard the news that the nineteenth prince had returned to the house, and they all hurried over, not paying attention to the appearance of the subordinate at all.

The others shook their heads and said they didn't see the man's appearance.

"The man was about thirty years old, of medium height, with a beardless face, a dark complexion like paint, and a very drooping eye. ”

Seocho, whose memory and observation are different from ordinary people, described the appearance of the person she saw in detail and truthfully.

Steward Tong and Aunt Xi immediately began to sketch and paint the image of that person in their minds, and sat down with the people in the house, but they were completely impressed.

And at this moment, one of the six maids who went out of the palace with the nineteenth prince to watch the play stood up, and his face was slightly solemn.

"That person doesn't seem to be from the house. ”

The maid who spoke was named Qingqing, her eyebrows were like Xiaoyue, her eyes were like double stars, she looked clear and cold, and her voice was not too warm.

As soon as she said this, there was immediately another high-pitched nineteenth prince's maid in a turquoise skirt stepped forward and nodded: "The concubine only glanced at that person, but now that I think about it, he does look very faced, and I haven't seen him in the palace before." ”

A man pretended to be a subordinate of the Nineteen Princes' Mansion and lured them away from the stage, Mu Yirong, who had been investigating the case for many years, couldn't help but have a thought in his mind, and turned the tiger away from the mountain!