After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

Yuan Ge silently looked up at the ceiling... What does what the poor scholar did have to do with her, Yuan Ge?

A little bit of insignificant powder was sprinkled in the house, which didn't have much effect, but it made people inadvertently let down their guard. Although she didn't tell everything she knew, what she said was basically true. After all, it was someone else's territory, and Yuan Ge didn't dare to make trouble. Now that she talked about Hong Lan, he was a little surprised, but he felt it was expected.

That smooth, thoughtful, beautiful, and exceptionally good at socializing woman, in addition to her mercenary shrewdness, there was something hard to see through her eyes, as if she was hiding many stories.

Beneath the beautiful appearance lies a story full of hardships.

Song Ziyao pretended to ask questions and talk about this and that for a long time. After he was sure that he could not get any valuable clues from Xiaorou, he leisurely hugged the beauty and started drinking tea. Ever since Yuan Ge introduced this so-called "Xiaoyao Wine" to him, he dared not drink a sip of wine in Zuihuan Tower.

Young Master Song, who was sitting in Zuihuan Tower drinking tea and hugging a girl, looked like a well-behaved man who had turned over a new leaf.

Yuan Ge couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he coughed and escaped under the pretext of having to pee.

As the scene was getting lively and noisy, Yuan Ge stood at the door for a while. He looked like a servant guarding the door, but in fact he was quietly looking for Hong Lan.

When I first visited Zuihuanlou that day, I only remembered that Honglan came down from the third floor, but I didn't notice which room she came from. There were two eunuchs who looked very capable standing at the stairs leading to the third floor. It would be difficult to go up the stairs quietly... Besides, even if I sneaked into Honglan's room and found one or two bottles of Xiaoyao wine, it would be meaningless and would only alert the enemy.

Yuan Ge was still thinking that he should have someone keep an eye on Hong Lan to see where she got the Xiaoyao wine from... but he heard a familiar voice beside him calling hesitantly, "You..."

When I turned my head to look, it was actually Zhitao.

Zhitao was also stunned, his eyes suddenly dimmed, "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person..." They were obviously two completely different faces, and even she didn't know why, when she looked at him from a distance, she actually thought it was him...that scholar, a scholar whose name she didn't even know, a scholar that Long Yang liked very much.

The sisters in the building all said that she was cheated, but she thought about it and didn't feel that she was cheated of anything. If she had to say "cheated", it would be that she cheated the scholar of his money... Maybe she was too boring, or maybe... she shouldn't have asked him to drink that kind of wine. After all, the scholar never showed up again after that. Just a quick glance, her heart skipped a beat.

The other party took a step back, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly and made way.

As if possessed by a ghost, Zhitao looked up at him and mustered up the courage to ask, "Can... can I buy you a drink?" After that, she hurriedly explained in the other party's surprised eyes, "I don't want any money, I'll treat you. I, I don't have any guests today, mom won't blame me... I, I don't really want to drink alone." Her voice became lower and lower, dissipated into the wind, and her ears turned red.

With her status, inviting a man to drink, any normal person would think wrongly, right? Just as she was about to apologize, the other party nodded and made a gesture of invitation, but still didn't say anything.

"You...can't speak?"

It's not that I can't speak, but it's much harder to disguise my voice than my face. I pretended to have a rough male voice at that time, and it's too difficult to pretend to have a different male voice now, so I just pretended to be mute. Yuan Ge nodded, looking calm and smiling shyly.

Zhitao looked back at him, said sorry in a low voice, and led Yuan Ge forward. Actually, it's not bad not to be able to speak. It just so happens that I want to talk today, but I just need someone to listen. A little mute will not tell others what he shouldn't hear... It's good. Thinking this way, she led Yuan Ge into the room, sat down, poured wine, and didn't have any side dishes. He just drank and drank by himself.

The little girl obviously didn't know how to drink. She choked on the first sip, and swallowed the second sip with a frown. From the third sip on, her face turned red, and soon she was grinning and looking drunk.

Yuan Ge frowned and reached out to stop her, but she was quick to protect herself, holding the small wine glass and laughing happily, "Don't stop me... He didn't let me drink, but I drank anyway. Do you think he would come out to stop me if I keep drinking like this? Oh, yes, you don't know who he is... He is..."

She tilted her head and thought for a while, then stopped smiling. Her face drooped as if she was crying, and she murmured, "I don't know who he is either. He is a scholar, and I don't even know his name... He always came to me and talked to me before. He was a very gentle scholar. But he didn't touch me... My sisters all said that if a man doesn't touch, his heart won't stay here. I was greedy and wanted his heart to stay with me... So, I used the wine that Sister Xiaorou gave me."

"In a place like ours, there's always some soothing wine. I heard that the sisters all use it... But the scholar got angry. When he gets angry, he frowns... Yes, that's the expression you have now."

She drank as she talked, intermittently, and drank quite a bit. Yuan Ge couldn't stop her, so he secretly hid the wine pot, changed the tea and poured it for her. Zhi Tao was unaware of it, and just stared at the teacup in confusion, "This wine... why is it suddenly bitter?"

He seemed really drunk.

Yuan Ge sighed and said, "The scholar is not angry, he is just busy preparing for the imperial examination and cannot come for the time being."

Zhitao looked at her sideways, his eyes straight, staring at her for a long while, then he uttered "Oh" in a daze, looked at the wine glass in his hand again, and smiled foolishly, "He is not angry, how good... Sister Xiaorou even asked me if I gave the wine to the scholar. I said I did... She questioned me for several days, asking me about the scholar's identity and residence... Even Mother Hong came to ask."

She lay on the table and talked to herself in a staccato voice, "I'm not stupid. Wine for pleasure is not a rare commodity in this building. Why are they so nervous? There are two more thugs on the third floor these past two days. They won't let us go up. Only Sister Xiaorou and another girl can go..."

Yuan Ge felt her heart suddenly ache, and she suddenly remembered the girl who passed by her here last time... She raised her eyes and asked softly, suppressing the pain in her chest, "Another girl? Which girl?"

Zhitao was lying on the table. She looked like she was about to fall asleep. She shook her head slowly and said, "I don't know...the girl with the veil."

"There is a crescent mark on the side of the neck."