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Lady Bai: "Well... Your Majesty, can we go outside and talk..."

Third Master: “Just say it here.”

Lady Bai: "But...I..."

Third Master: "Why are you hesitating? Go back if you have nothing else to do."

"..." Lady Bai lowered her head and said nothing, not knowing what she was thinking. "Your Majesty, let's go outside and talk! I beg you!"

The Third Master's face became more and more unsightly. In order to get rid of him quickly, the Third Master stood up and walked towards the pavilion outside the house. Concubine Ping followed closely behind him. She wanted to see what tricks this Concubine Bai was going to play.

Several people were walking in front, Ningxu was walking at the back, looking thoughtful.

Why did she have to go out?

When they arrived at the pavilion, the three of them were still sitting as they had just been, with Concubine Bai standing in front of the Third Master.

Third Master: "Speak!"

The Third Master's tone was a bit harsh and unfriendly.

Lady Bai shuddered, but now she spoke her mind without any hindrance, "Your Majesty, you always favor Concubine Ping. When can you come to my palace and sit for a while? I haven't seen you for a long time~"

Lady Bai spoke to the Third Master in a gentle and tender way, even with a hook at the end of her voice, which gave Ningxu goosebumps. Do men like such a gentle way of speaking? And Lady Bai was actually quite pretty, soft, weak, fair and tender.

Third Master: "Read more when you have nothing to do, and don't focus on vying for favor."

The Third Master's tone was cold and without any emotion.

Concubine Bai was stunned where she stood. She was such a beautiful lady, and before she entered the palace, she had a lot of people following her around, and they always worried that she would be unhappy. She tried so hard to please His Majesty, but his reaction was like this!

Lady Bai: "Your Majesty..."

Third Master: "Go back if you are fine."

After that, several palace maids came forward and carried Lady Bai towards the outside of Yanqing Palace. Lady Bai's own palace maids could not stop them, so they could only follow them worriedly.

All this happened rather suddenly. Ning Xu stared blankly at Concubine Bai being carried out. At this time, the Third Master really seemed very strange.

but,

So handsome.

"How was it, Meng'er!" The Third Master came close to Ningxu and asked, "Was I handsome just now?!"

Ningxu scratched her head awkwardly. How did this person know what she was thinking...

Ningxu: "That's it..."

Third Master: "Ah? I deliberately showed you my serious side. After all, you don't see me like that very often. Am I really not handsome? A cool and abstinent male god!"

Ningxu pushed his head away and asked, "What did the Queen Mother teach you?"

Third Master: "Mother? Oh, right! You haven't met my mother yet! Let's go now!"

As the Third Master said this, he wanted to drag Ningxu to the Queen Mother's Palace, but Ningxu would rather die than obey him. She stood still and said, "No, wait a minute, things here are not settled yet! Stop making trouble!"

Concubine Ping was no longer surprised by their behavior. She sat calmly at the table drinking tea, and even understood why her mother sent Rumeng into the palace.

If these two people were out there, they would be embarrassed more than ten times.

Third Master: "What happened? What happened? Didn't the noble lady Bai leave?"

Ningxu: "Have you noticed that girl doesn't dare to speak in Sister Sheng'er's room, but she speaks eloquently when she is outside."

Third Master: "Are you scared by me?"

Ningxu: "There is another reason. Maybe she knows that there is something in Sister Sheng'er's room, and she is afraid to stay there. She dare not speak, and she may be holding her breath."

After hearing Ningxu's words, Concubine Ping froze in her tracks while drinking tea. The three of them looked at each other, all in a daze.

Ningxu: "How about going in and taking a look?"

Third Master: "Okay! Sister Sheng'er, just sit here and don't go in. We have internal energy to protect us, so it's not that easy to get attacked."

The Third Master and Ning Xu walked towards the room step by step, while Concubine Ping stood anxiously beside the pavilion.

When she reached the door, Ningxu first sniffed the room tentatively. There was no strange smell, just the scent of medicine mixed with flowers. Ningxu stepped out and asked, "How do I check?"

Ningxu is just an ordinary high school student. She has no idea what poison or medicine are, so she can only wait and see if the Third Master can come up with any good ideas.

Third Master: "How about... using silver needles?"

Ningxu: “Is it feasible?”

Third Master: "Let's poke every spot first. We are good at Qinggong and fast. We should finish it in half a quarter of an hour."

Ningxu: “Okay!”

The Third Master called for someone to bring some silver needles. He and Ningxu each held one in their hands, and they quickly rushed into the room and stabbed the items in the room. They did not spare any cloth, and even jumped up to poke the beams. Ningxu did not spare the flowers and plants in the room either, and after stabbing the flowers and plants, he stabbed the mud.

The two of them swept around the room, and while pricking, they did not forget to observe the changes in the silver needles in their hands.

Suddenly, Ningxu stopped.

Ningxu: “This!”

Ningxu stood there and saw that the silver needle in her right hand had turned black. The Third Master also came to her and asked her where the needle had turned black.

Ningxu: "Well... I moved too quickly and forgot... but it's nearby."

San Ye pulled Ning Xu behind him and observed where they were standing. It was a window at the back of the room, with a pot of flowers next to it. San Ye tentatively poked the silver needle in his right hand towards the pistil, then took it out. Sure enough, this pot of flowers was poisonous!

Ningxu also looked at the silver needle in shock. They then found two identical flower pots in the room, both of which were poisonous.

The two of them withdrew from the room, and Concubine Ping immediately came up to them, "How is it?"

Ningxu and Sanye raised their hands, and the silver needles in their hands were as black as they could be.

Concubine Ping took a step back in fear, "How could this happen..."

Third Master: "Sister Sheng'er, who sent those pots of pink flowers in your room?"

Concubine Ping: "No one sent them. The flowers in my house often fail to survive. If they die, someone comes to replace them. But the flowers you mentioned are blooming very well and have never died."

Third Master: “Hey…”

The Third Master had a gloomy face. He had asked Elder He to invite his imperial physician. After the physician arrived, he carefully checked the pots of flowers in the room and determined that the reason why Concubine Ping was getting thinner and thinner was that she had been inhaling the pollen of this flower for many years. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, otherwise, if she inhaled too much of this poisonous pollen, her life would be in danger.

The Third Master ordered the imperial physician to keep his mouth shut and pretend that nothing had happened.

He also asked Concubine Ping to sleep in the same bed with Ningxu tonight. He would take action tonight to help Concubine Ping completely eradicate those pots of flowers without arousing suspicion from the person who replaced the flowers.

At night, Concubine Ping felt uneasy and tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. The lights in Ningxu's room were off, and Ningxu had just opened the window a little, watching what the Third Master would do tonight.

I waited for most of the night, but nothing happened...