Although Nanxing agreed to Mudan and accepted the new dish of poisonous incense, she was still a little uneasy in her heart. She was not sure that this was not a new round of tests from Concubine Li, but she was also unwilling to test Su Minglang's body.

"What are you standing there for? Come in!"

Su Minglang heard footsteps pausing outside the door. After waiting for a long time, no one knocked on the door, so he opened the door himself, but saw Nanxing standing outside the door, staring at the box in his hand with his head down, as if he had lost his mind.

"Mother, mother?" Nan Xing was startled by Su Minglang's sudden appearance. Turning back, she realized that she had walked to her bedroom without realizing it. "Did I disturb your rest?"

Su Minglang didn't say anything, but signaled her with his eyes to go in first. As soon as Nan Xing entered the room, she threw the wooden box in her hand onto the table, as if it was some unbearable hot potato.

"Did they look for you?" Although it was a question, Su Minglang's tone was very certain.

Nan Xing nodded, pointed to the wooden box on the table and said to her: "Master, this is the new incense. You must not take any risks this time!"

"Oh? Is she using the same old trick again, or is she testing me on purpose?" Su Minglang muttered, and opened the wooden box without waiting for Nanxing to answer. Inside was the same incense dish as before. "Although Concubine Li is cautious, doesn't she know the principle of not employing people if you doubt them, and not doubting people if you employ them?"

"Nanxing, who gave you this incense? The one hidden in the palace?"

"No, it's not my master. The one hiding in the palace is the maid named Jasmine. She was originally in the palace of Concubine Li. The one who gave the incense to me was Peony, the first-class maid beside Concubine Li."

"Peony, Jasmine, Begonia? Oh, I wonder if this Concubine Li really likes flowers and plants, or if she is too lazy to name her subordinates and just uses whatever comes to her."

"What about Jasmine? Where is she now?"

"I don't know either," Nan Xing shook her head and frowned. "It seems to me that the incense burner is fake and no one told her about it. When she saw that you were not sick, she went back to Concubine Li's palace to ask, but she never came back."

"Master, do you think that Concubine Li intentionally kept her here, fearing that if something happens to you, she will be implicated?"

"Not necessarily." Su Minglang raised his eyebrows. "She doesn't even know how to test him. I guess Concubine Li doesn't trust her that much. But..."

Su Minglang pondered for a moment, "I'm about to fall into her trap. I don't think she wants to cause any trouble. The maid will definitely come back tonight."

"Nanxing, take a few guards to guard outside the door. If you find any trace of Jasmine, arrest her immediately. Remember to keep your mouth shut and don't make any noise."

"Yes, I understand!" Nan Xing nodded, turned around and left with a few guards.

"Concubine Li?" Su Minglang stroked the wooden box containing the incense, trying to recall the memories in his mind, hoping to find some clues about Concubine Li. "I don't remember having such a concubine in my previous life."

"In my previous life, I never had any conflicts with her, and we hadn't even met each other many times. Why did she want to kill me in this life?"

Su Minglang suddenly raised his head and glanced at the flickering candlelight. The confusion in his eyes quietly dissipated, and the murderous intent hidden in them gradually became stronger, as if it wanted to devour everything.

"If you want to blame someone, you can only blame yourself. Poisoning, huh!" Su Minglang sneered and shook his head, "What a useful and despicable method."

Nanxing greeted the guards and hid in an inconspicuous place to guard the door. It was not until dawn that he saw Moli bending over and trying hard to hide her voice.

"Jasmine, Jasmine!" Nanxing called out a few times in a low voice.

When the person over there heard someone calling his name, his body trembled violently. When he saw who was coming, he slowly relaxed, grabbed Nanxing and hid in the dark, "Keep your voice down, keep your voice down!"

"Hey, I've been waiting for you all night, why are you back at this time?"

Jasmine's nervousness instantly dissipated after hearing this, and she smiled at her proudly, "Your Majesty sympathizes with my hard work outside and prepared good wine and food to reward me."

"But after eating, I felt a little sleepy and fell asleep somehow. As soon as I woke up, I rushed back without stopping."

"By the way, Haitang, did anyone ask about me last night? What about Su Minglang? How is she?"

"It's okay, it's okay. No one asked about it last night. By the way, Sister Jasmine, you must not have slept well last night. It's still early now, so you might as well go back and rest for a while. If there is any work to do in the morning, I will do it for you."

"Why should I trouble my sister?" Jasmine said politely but walked towards her room without hesitation.

"Hey wait!" Nan Xing called her, "Sister Jasmine, you can't go back now. If your roommate sees you, how are you going to explain why you didn't come back for the whole night? Why don't you go to my place first? My place is where Sister Ye lives. But you also know that Sister Ye lives because she is favored by Empress Zhaoyi. She never has to live in the same room with the palace maids. My place is empty and there is no one else. You can go to my place and rest for a while."

"If anyone asks you, just say that you talked with me last night and slept at my place."

"Okay, okay!" Jasmine agreed happily and followed Nanxing all the way to her dormitory.

Nanxing's bedroom was very close to Su Minglang's palace, so there were more guards guarding the door. Jasmine watched the guards coming and going without noticing anything.

"Then Sister, you can rest here first." Seeing Jasmine nod, Nan Xing smiled and left, gently closing the door, and turned to the guards standing by and said, "The Queen's order is to keep an eye on her. If she runs away, I'll hold you responsible!"

"Yes, Miss Nanxing, please rest assured, Madam."

The smile on Nanxing's face disappeared in an instant, and he turned and left in a hurry.

"Nanxing?" Xiao Ye was just about to help Su Minglang get up when he saw Nanxing coming towards him in a hurry.

"The master hasn't gotten up yet at this hour. Is there something urgent that you need?"

"Sister Xiaoye?" Nanxing was stunned for a moment. According to Su Minglang's previous style, he didn't want Ye Zi to know about this kind of thing. She was not sure at this moment, so she just kept it a secret if possible.

"It's nothing important. Sister, are you here to help the master get up?"

"Yeah," Ye Zi nodded, "Do you want to come in with me?"

"But sometimes the queen is a little grumpy when she wakes up, especially when she doesn't sleep well."

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