Escape after crossing

At this time, the Second Prince's Mansion was not so harmonious, but rather very lively. At dawn, a servant came to report to the housekeeper that things in the kitchen of the mansion had been stolen.

At first, the housekeeper didn't care, thinking that he couldn't delay the masters' meals, so he just told the servants to go to the storehouse immediately to get what was needed, and if the storehouse didn't have it, he should go out and buy it immediately.

After hearing this, everyone went about their own business, but not long after, the servants came in panic to report again.

"Butler Liu, something terrible has happened! Go check it out! The storeroom has been robbed!" The one who came to report hastily was the son of the kitchen manager, Chunshan. He came running over, panting.

When Butler Liu heard this, his heart suddenly sank, and his originally calm face instantly became solemn. He could no longer sit in the chair peacefully, so he stood up and hurried towards the warehouse.

When they arrived at the door of the warehouse, Butler Liu was stunned by the scene in front of him. The door of the warehouse was wide open, as if mocking their negligence and incompetence. The place in the warehouse that should have been filled with various precious items and treasures was now empty.

Butler Liu stared at all this with his eyes wide open, looking at it in disbelief, and even couldn't help but rub his eyes, thinking that he was hallucinating. However, when he looked again, the cruel reality was still in front of him, forcing him to accept this shocking fact.

"Go and bring me the person who was in charge of patrolling last night! Also, I need to report this matter to my master right away."

Butler Liu realized the seriousness of the matter and knew that it was beyond his ability to handle. So he took big strides and left quickly while speaking.

But after walking a few steps, Butler Liu suddenly stopped, as if he suddenly remembered something. He turned around and gave serious instructions to the people following him.

"You guys should split up and check carefully other places in the mansion to see if there is anything else missing. If you find anything, come back and report to me immediately!"

After hearing the order, the stewards following Butler Liu nodded in agreement, then quickly dispersed and hurried to the areas under their jurisdiction.

For a moment, the entire Second Prince's Mansion fell into an extremely tense atmosphere. Everyone was in danger, fearing that something worse would happen.

Butler Liu is no pushover! He is able to manage this huge palace in perfect order, and his meticulousness is naturally incomparable to that of ordinary people.

At this moment, although he was in a hurry and looked anxious, his mind was like a high-speed machine, quickly analyzing the various possibilities of what was happening before his eyes.

You know, in order to empty the entire warehouse, it would require a lot of manpower.

However, what is incredible is that it can be done so secretly without arousing anyone's vigilance or suspicion. This is really difficult!

Unless... Butler Liu thought to himself, unless there is a traitor in the mansion, it would be impossible to achieve the goal so easily.

But the problem is, the palace has not added any new personnel recently! So who could this traitor be? Could it be that there is a traitor among those seemingly loyal old servants?

Or was someone bribed and betrayed the palace? Countless questions came to mind, causing Butler Liu to frown deeper and deeper.

Although Butler Liu was known for his quick mind, faced with such a short distance and limited clues, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he still found it difficult to figure out the situation.

Not long after, Butler Liu hurried to the courtyard where the Second Prince lived. At this moment, the whole courtyard was shrouded in tranquility, and the Second Prince was still immersed in a sweet dream and had not yet awakened.

Butler Liu walked to the door of the Second Prince's room with heavy steps, and his heart suddenly tightened, as if an invisible hand was grasping his heart tightly.

The two servants who should have been standing upright and in high spirits guarding the door were now sitting on the cold ground as limp as mud, like two unconscious dead pigs, lifeless.

Thinking of the earth-shattering event that happened in the mansion that morning, Butler Liu felt that his heart sank into a bottomless abyss in an instant. The cold and fear surged like a tide, almost drowning him completely.

However, at this moment he could not afford to hesitate or retreat. He took a deep breath, suppressed his inner uneasiness and panic, stepped forward quickly, stretched out his slightly trembling right hand, knocked on the door without hesitation, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Second Prince! Second Prince! Are you in there?"

There were many smart people among those who came with Butler Liu. Upon seeing this, one of them rushed to the two guards who had fallen to the ground, squatted down, and eagerly reached out his hand to feel their breath, wanting to confirm whether the two were alive or dead.

Butler Liu continued to shout at the top of his lungs and banged on the door with his fists. However, no matter how he called out, there was no response from inside the house.

Seeing this, Butler Liu was extremely anxious and no longer cared about anything else. He pushed hard with both hands, and the door opened with a "creak".

He rushed into the room, and after a quick glance around, his eyes finally fell on the large bed - there seemed to be a figure lying on the bed.

Butler Liu felt a little relieved and secretly rejoiced: "Thank God, the Second Prince should be safe and sound!"

However, this sense of relief only lasted for a moment. As he walked towards the bed with hope, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger with every step he took.

As the distance got closer, the scene before his eyes was like a bolt from the blue, instantly making his heart, which had just been slightly relieved, rise to his throat again...

The second prince, lying on the bed, was like a lifeless sculpture, lying motionless, without any reaction. What was even more frightening was that the second prince's originally black and shiny hair was now scattered around the pillow like a tangled mess, looking particularly messy and weird.

Butler Liu suppressed his inner fear and walked forward cautiously, as if he was afraid of awakening the sleeping devil.

He stretched out his right hand tremblingly and slowly placed his fingers under the nose of the Second Prince, trying to feel if he was still breathing.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. The whole room was so quiet that the only sound that could be heard was the rapid heartbeat of Butler Liu.

Just as Butler Liu tremblingly stretched out his hand, which was as thin as a dry branch, carefully towards the high nose bridge of the Second Prince, the Second Prince, who had been sleeping quietly with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes without any warning, and his star-like eyes met the frightened face of Butler Liu so close.

In an instant, both of them trembled as if they were struck by lightning, and each let out a scream.

Butler Liu was so frightened that he froze in place. He even forgot to retract his outstretched hand, which just hung awkwardly in the air, trembling slightly.

As for the Second Prince, he was so startled by Butler Liu's sudden action that he almost jumped up from his soft and comfortable big bed.