Xiao Liulang was completely ignorant about the token, let alone knowing that Cen Bianxiu had taken the token to Xianle Inn.
That was a den of pleasure-seeking where the officials of the Hanlin Academy could not enter without permission.
Who could have expected that, at his core, Cen Bianxiu could be so audacious?
However, for the following two days, Cen Bianxiu did not show up for his duties at the Hanlin Academy nor did he send anyone to request leave.
On the first day, people questioned his absence, but did not think much of it. They simply assumed that he was ill, or that something urgent had come up at home that prevented him from informing the Hanlin Academy.
The second day was the same. Out of respect for a subordinate, Yang, the director of studies at the academy, sent someone to Cen Bianxiu's home.