Agarwood Pavilion, backyard.
Returned late from the Marquis Beining's banquet, and the sky was already dark.
But Su Jin had taken a nap during the day and needed to be fully prepared for entering the palace in the coming days.
The sound of pounding medicine reverberated loudly and continuously.
Initially, Xingxing was there in the study helping Su Jin with errands.
After Su Jin hadn't called her for a while, the maid had vanished somewhere.
When Su Jin eventually called her, there was no response.
Where did the maid go?
Su Jin stepped out of the bamboo house.
A gust of wind blew, spreading the aroma of grilled fish.
Su Jin scanned the area with her eyes but didn't see Xingxing.
It was only after she walked a few steps forward that she saw a flicker of firelight.
Su Jin rolled her eyes.
She was preparing poison late at night.
But the maid was the one truly spreading poison late at night!
