Zhiqi smiled slightly, asked Lingzhi to bring a bowl, filled half a spoonful of porridge, and tasted it first in front of everyone.

Testing poison for the master is a common thing in the palace, and when she served the queen Jiang Ziyin before, she often took a bite of it first, and Jiang Ziyin would continue to eat it after making sure it was okay.

It's just that I occasionally encountered a high-level poison in the palace, and I couldn't try it at the time, and there were cases where both the master and servant died violently, but it was rare, and it could only be said to be unlucky when I encountered that kind of situation.

However, this time Zhiqi didn't feel scared when she tried to test the drug, after all, she made it herself, and she didn't have any thoughts. Yang Chen asked her to eat first, and she ate first.

"Lord Wang, Steward Yang, it's okay." Zhiqi handed the bowl in his hand to Lingzhi and took it down.

Ximen Jingxuan nodded lightly.

Zhiqi took an empty bowl, filled it with porridge, and served it with a spoon.

Ximen Jingxuan took the bowl and stirred it gently with a spoon in his hand, as if he felt a lot more relieved with the circle of halos in the porridge.

Maybe it's because I've been working too hard lately, and it's almost noon, and I haven't even eaten breakfast, so I feel distraught because of my physical and mental fatigue.

"Lingzhi, give this bowl of porridge to Mrs. Mei." Zhiqi handed the second bowl to Lingzhi, "In the morning, I promised to invite her to eat porridge, but unfortunately she didn't come, and she doesn't like to join in the fun, you can send it to her." ”

Lingzhi took the bowl and was ordered to leave.

Next, Zhiqi served Yang Chen another bowl.

"Zhiqi, why did you suddenly think of making porridge today? The king remembered that you couldn't sleep at night, so you slept until late during the day. Ximen Jingxuan seemed to ask casually.

Zhiqi's hand holding her porridge bowl was a little stiff, if she hadn't held it hard, she was afraid that she would have missed the ground.

Zhiqi lowered his head, slowly swallowed the porridge he had just sent to his mouth, followed to stabilize his expression, raised his head and said, "The concubine happened to go to bed earlier last night, so she got up early this morning, and she beckoned Lingzhi to do these things when she had nothing to do." ”

"Wasn't you still asleep when someone asked you last night?"

Ximen Jingxuan, who returned to the palace, had already inquired about the things of the night.

"Yes, the concubine slept later." Zhiqi replied, holding a spoon in her hand, and kept stirring the already cold porridge to cover her panic.

Ximen Jingxuan lowered his eyes and stared at Zhiqi's slightly trembling hand.

She also hid it well, and she couldn't see the slight shaking if she didn't look closely.

"What? Did you go to bed early after talking to Mrs. May last night? It seems that you sisters will have to move around more in the future. Ximen Jingxuan said.

When she heard that King Xuan was at Zhiqi's place from Lingzhi, who delivered the porridge, Mrs. Mei followed Lingzhi, who left first, to find Zhiqi's residence.

As soon as he stopped at the gate of the courtyard, he heard Ximen Jingxuan's question, and suddenly stopped.

Through the backs of several people, Mrs. Mei quietly looked at Zhiqi.

She lied to the guards last night, and now Zhiqi dares to deny her words?

Zhiqi didn't dare, Mrs. Mei was sure, staring at Zhiqi intently, people with ghosts in their hearts would not dare to easily deny another lie.

Mrs. Mei raised her eyelids and just saw Mrs. Mei standing at the gate of the courtyard, she didn't know where King Xuan heard such news, when did she talk to Mrs. Mei?

However, King Xuan's tone is certain, that is, I don't know what happened to Mrs. Mei to create such an illusion, is it ......

Zhiqi touched Mrs. Mei's complicated gaze, and Mrs. Mei's eyes had something she couldn't see through, this was not the indifferent Mrs. Mei in the past!

Mrs. May found out about last night? Thinking about it, how can Ximenyin let people find out about his actions?

At this time, Zhiqi didn't think much about it, Ximen Jingxuan was still waiting for her reply, and she didn't dare to deny what Ximen Jingxuan said casually.

She could only smile lightly at Mrs. Mei and said, "Yes, our sisters will move around more in the future." ”

Is this even if she conspired with Mrs. May to confess a lie? But what is Mrs. May's purpose?

Mrs. Mei slowly walked into the courtyard following Zhiqi's words, and saluted Jingxuan at Ximen, "See the prince." ”

Ximen Jingxuan didn't ask any more questions, and quickly left with Yang Chen.

Zhiqi couldn't relax, looked at Mrs. Mei on the side, and was about to ask, Mrs. Mei smiled, "Thank you sister, for your good porridge, I'll give my sister the flower tea made by myself another day." ”

Then, without giving Zhiqi a chance to speak, he walked away as if nothing had happened.

"Madame, did Madame May come last night? How could the slave not know? ”

After everyone left, Lingzhi couldn't help but ask curiously.

"You're asleep, I don't know." Zhiqi blankly held the bowl in his hand.

The porridge in the bowl was already cold, soaked in the cold wind of late autumn, and she only took a sip, and it was still very bitter.

"Oh." Lingzhi didn't notice anything, and answered.

In general, she sleeps first, and I don't know when my wife will fall asleep.

"Lord Wang, it must have been when our people noticed the movement, Mrs. Zhiqi was meeting with someone, and her response to our people was deliberately covering up. It's just that listening to Mrs. Zhiqi's response is normal, our people are afraid of startling the grass and snakes, so it is inconvenient to get close to investigate, and we have not found any suspicious people entering and exiting when we are guarding outside, and it is estimated that the person is either using a hidden technique or a shadow-breaking skill. Yang Chen and Ximen Jingxuan returned to the study, "Last night's sky was very gloomy, it was too dark, and it was indeed an opportunity to act." ”

And he went out for a night last night! Yang Chen was annoyed by his negligence, and unconsciously put his anger on Lin Xin'er's head, if it weren't for her, he wouldn't be bothered about the prince's affairs and affect his work.

"Yes, it's very cloudy, I'm afraid it's going to be the first snow of this winter." Ximen Jingxuan looked out the window.

At this time, the northern frontier was probably already snowy.

Ximen Jingxuan retracted his gaze and looked at Yang Chen quietly, he had something on his mind.

And he seemed to be starting to get upset again.

Could it be because of something that Yang Chen was hiding?

"Lord Wang." Mrs. May's voice whispered outside the door.

Ximen Jingxuan's gaze moved away from Yang Chen.

Yang Chen is a person who is loyal to him, there is no need to worry about his bad intentions, there is something to wait for him to say after his own struggle.

"Come in."

Hearing Ximen Jingxuan's voice, Mrs. Mei pushed the door in, and the tray she was carrying was still the flower tea.

"The prince has been tired in the palace recently, drink a cup of tea and wake up." Mrs. Mei put the tea in front of Ximen Jingxuan.

Ximen Jingxuan pinched the teacup and looked at it leisurely.

When can I drink tea with Xin'er?

The tea is fresh and pleasant in the throat, and the elegant floral fragrance is in the heart, which is the taste that Xin'er likes.

Ximen Jingxuan's eyes had been concentrating on the tea cup, Yang Chen's heart was in a mess, and no one noticed that Mrs. Mei's eyes at this time were paying special attention to Ximen Jingxuan's tea-drinking behavior more than usual.

The already familiar demeanor was elegant and indifferent, but there was also a strong tenderness in it.