Zhan Yanhui got up and went straight to the contestants' courtyards while asking the female palace official who came along with her entourage. "When did this happen?"
The female palace official was so anxious she could hardly keep up with Zhan Yanhui's pace. "We don't know. We are about to wake them up for training when we found out that three ladies weren't in their rooms. At first, we suspected they had returned home so we sent someone to secretly inquire if they had gone there but no one has seen them since they entered the palace. Their roommates all testified that they saw them just before they went to bed.."