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

Outside Luofengxuan, a girl in a cloak hurried over and slowly leaned against the wall. Her fingertips under the cloak were tightly pinching her palms, her lips were so red from her teeth that they looked as if blood was about to drip. In the uneasy eyes of the maid beside her, her facial features were distorted.

The flickering light and shadows fell into the woman's eyes, and her expression seemed particularly murderous.

How ridiculous! Today, my cousin was still talking about his poverty in broad daylight, but now he set fire to the whole yard just because of that woman's "I don't like it"!

When the fire started in Qichi Pavilion, Wang Shanshan quickly discovered something was wrong. She tossed and turned in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, thinking about what Song Wenyuan had said that afternoon. When the fire in Qichi Pavilion illuminated half of the night sky, it also illuminated her yard. She discovered the fire earlier than Yuan Ge, and hurried over in a hurry, wearing clothes. The door of Qichi Pavilion was full of servants carrying buckets of water in and out. She grabbed the nearest one at random, and trembled all over when she spoke. She stumbled and opened her mouth several times before she could say a complete sentence to ask about her cousin's situation.

The servant obviously had no patience. He just pointed in the direction of Luofengxuan and hurriedly went to put out the fire. She had to come here by herself. She didn't expect to hear such a conversation outside Luofengxuan... Because she didn't like it, she burned it down and rebuilt it.

At that moment, Wang Shanshan felt that her worries at that time had become a joke - she tossed and turned because of his words, she stumbled over to him worried about his safety, but found out that this was just a trick he used to please that person. He seemed to have changed in front of that person, almost humble.

How outrageous!

Those foolish and tyrannical kings who lost their countries and were bewitched by evil ladies were no more than this!

When I first arrived in Shengjing, my aunt promised me that the two of them still lived in separate courtyards, and that their intimacy was just a show for outsiders. How could they forget the ugly incident before the wedding? My aunt also advised me to go to Qichi Pavilion more often, saying that men always like those who are considerate, gentle and caring. How could men like someone like Wen Qian who stirs up trouble and has a sharp tongue?

But, a man who is so proud is willing to humble himself for a woman... If this is not love, then what is love?

At the other end of the road were the Ke Jingbo and his wife who had hurried over after hearing the news. Lixuetang was far away, so they naturally received the news slower. At this moment, the fire in Qichi Pavilion had been put out, revealing an entire black frame of dead wood. Occasionally, broken wood would fall down, splashing a few sparks of rekindled fire.

Ke Jingbo looked at the dark wooden frame, swallowed hard, and asked the servants, "What happened? How could there be a fire in the middle of the night? Where is the person? Is he okay? Have you called a doctor?"

The servant explained the situation based on what they had discussed in the morning, and then patted his chest in fear, "Fortunately, the young master didn't sleep too deeply, and he wasn't injured. He's resting in Luofeng Pavilion now."

Luofengxuan was his daughter-in-law's bedroom after all. It was late at night, so it was not appropriate for Ke Jingbo to disturb her. He just pondered for a moment and said, "It's good that no one was injured. He has been busy for so long, let him have a good rest! You still have to be careful on duty in the future, and don't let anything happen again. It's burned, so let's leave it like this for tonight. You guys go and have a rest first, and we can clean it up tomorrow."

Ke Jingbo waved his hands, gathered his clothes indifferently, shook his head and prepared to go back to continue his interrupted dream. When he walked to the door, he caught a glimpse of a black shadow moving on his left hand side. He was startled and looked closely to find that it was Wang Shanshan. He frowned and said, "You kid, why are you squatting here instead of sleeping?"

Wang Shi had just seen Wang Shanshan. She was wearing only a cloak and curled up in a corner like an abandoned kitten. She quickly went up to her and helped her up. "What happened? She was fine before. Was she scared? It's okay... your cousin is fine!" Wang Shi told Ke Jingbo to go back to Lixue Hall by himself, while walking back with the little girl. "Look at your hands, they are so cold. You ran out in a hurry, didn't you? These servants are getting worse and worse at serving you. They don't even know how to add some clothes... Hey, why are you crying?"

I didn't want to cry.

She stood outside Luofengxuan for a long time, until her aunt got the news from Lixuetang and rushed over. She thought it was time to leave, but then she found her legs were cold and numb and she couldn't walk, so she squatted for a while. But as she squatted, she didn't want to get up for no reason - but even so, she didn't want to cry.

Why was she crying? She had been loved since she was born, and crying was a powerful tool to solve problems, but if she cried now, it would only show weakness and pity - she didn't want to show weakness in front of that woman, not at all.

But at this moment, when someone was comforting me like this, I couldn't hold back my tears.

At first, she cried expressionlessly, then she sobbed with a pursed mouth, mumbling as she sobbed, "Aunt...Aunt, I don't understand why I can't compare to Wen Qian? Didn't you say that my cousin doesn't like Wen Qian at all? Didn't you say that the marriage was granted by the imperial decree and could not be disobeyed? Why, why can't he just look at me?"

Wang patted the back of her cold hand, sighed softly, and said nothing. She didn't understand the son she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy... She held Wang Shanshan's hand, and her fingertips touched the marks of varying depths on the other's palm. She was slightly stunned and looked down, and saw four bloody crescent marks on the girl's delicate palm. It was obvious that she had pinched it.

He immediately gasped, "Does it hurt...?"

The arrogant little girl in the past seemed to have shed a layer of her tough exterior, revealing her soft inner core that was rarely shown to others. She smiled and shook her head, "It's okay, Auntie...it doesn't hurt anymore."

The little girl said it didn't hurt, but tears were still in the corners of her eyes, and she looked like a broken porcelain doll.

It's just... the other hand that no one saw, tightly pinched her palm, her cheeks clenched tightly, but her expression was soft under the moonlight, and she said softly, "Aunt. I really like my cousin... I have liked him for many, many years. Don't worry, I'm not an ignorant little girl. My cousin's wife was married by imperial decree, and I won't compete with her. I just want to be with my cousin and stay at my aunt's knees, that's enough."

"Aunt, you won't disagree?"

The night, which had just experienced a fire, seemed particularly quiet and peaceful at this moment, and the little girl's expression also looked soft and caring. Wang was deeply relieved, "It's good that you think this way. Auntie, you always protect you..."