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

The four of them waited for a cup of tea before they saw Song Wenyuan and his group finally arriving. Jin Yunian, who was usually the most lively, was the last one to arrive this time, contrary to his usual behavior. He looked listless in his silence, with his head lowered, looking like a child who had made a mistake.

But if you look closely, you will find that Young Master Jin has dressed up very deliberately today. He is wearing a brand new red robe. A belt of the same color around his waist makes the boy look even more neat, and several valuable jade pendants around his waist show his wealth... Only the way Young Master Jin shrunk his head gave his originally heroic image an inexplicable sense of guilty conscience.

Yu Qingqing had already waved her hand and half stood up to greet them. She was so careless that she didn't notice anything unusual. "Oh, I've been waiting for you! Look at you guys taking so long that you can't even eat in time for the food to heat up. If you don't come, I'll serve you first!"

"I won't let you starve to death!" Xu Chengjin hit her head with the folding fan in his hand, but he held back and just touched her lightly. He smiled and said, "I met your father a while ago. We drank a cup of tea together. He started to sigh after a few words. He said that there was a greedy girl at home who couldn't get married. He couldn't stand it anymore..."

"Nonsense!" Yu Qingqing didn't believe it at all. Her father didn't have any hobbies except cooking. He wanted to learn how to cook snacks and special dishes from different places, so he always complained that his family didn't eat enough and he had no room to show his talents.

"I was delayed for a while because of something." Song Wenyuan explained calmly while sitting next to Yuan Ge. Seeing her looking around, he asked casually, "What's wrong? Is there someone we invited who hasn't arrived yet?"

"Where's Shiyin?" Yuan Ge looked outside again. Indeed, there was no one there. Then he withdrew his gaze and said, "I asked her to go meet you. Didn't she show up?"

"No." Song Wenyuan shook his head. "We came directly from outside. Shiyin must have gone to Luofengxuan to wait for us, so we missed her. It's okay. If we can't see her anymore, we'll just come here."

"Maybe..." Yuan Ge glanced at Wang Shanshan calmly. She didn't tell Song Wenyuan that it was Wang Shanshan's idea to let Shiyin go out to meet the person. Since it was already arranged, there was no need to deliberately go to meet the person. The person she ordered was someone else's maid... No matter how you look at it, it seems that Shiyin was deliberately found an excuse to send Shiyin away. Besides, Shiyin was on guard against Wang Shanshan, so it was impossible for her to go far, let alone go to Luofengxuan to look for someone. At most, she would just wait at the intersection.

If he hasn't come over yet, I'm afraid he's been tripped by something... But he's at home, so there's no need to worry about his life.

As they were talking, groups of three or four had already taken their seats. As the host, Miss Biao naturally sat in the main seat. Before the three men came over, the three girls were sitting near the main seats, Zhong Wei and Yu Qingqing sat on one side, and Yuan Ge sat on the other. Now that everyone had arrived, Yu Qingqing was familiar with the place and pulled Xu Chengjin to talk, so Mr. Xu naturally sat next to her. Song Wenyuan sat next to Yuan Ge, so the only remaining seat happened to be the one farthest from Zhong Wei and farthest from the outside.

The silent Master Jin... became even more silent.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Ge stood up with his teacup, walked around Song Wenyuan to the empty seat, sat down, and waved at Young Master Jin, "I want to drink today. You can tell you can't drink if you sit over there. You go sit over there." He spoke in a righteous, domineering, and even unreasonable manner.

However, Mr. Jin, who had been silent for such a long time, had a red face, as if he had been drinking.

Yu Qingqing looked at Jin Yunian, then at her friend who was also blushing, her eyes flickered, and she immediately understood, and said with a smile, "Yes, yes! I want to drink today too, so I'll leave my Weiwei to Young Master Jin's care!"

"Qingqing!" The girl beside him, with red ears, almost buried her face in her chest. She clutched Yu Qingqing's clothes and blamed her coquettishly, "What nonsense are you talking about..."

It was really... too obvious, Wang Shanshan could see it all.

However, her focus was not on this couple. Yuan Ge sitting at that end was exactly what she wanted. She stood up with a smile, asked Jin Yunian to sit down, and told the servants to serve the food and wine. Then she raised the teacup in her hand and said, "You are all friends of my cousin and his wife, and will also be my friends, Wang Shanshan, in the future... Well, I won't say those empty words. The wine hasn't arrived yet, so I'll serve tea instead of wine to my friends." She spoke passionately, with her arms raised high, with a bit of heroic spirit.

After a brief silence, several people stood up in twos and threes, holding their full or empty tea cups in front of them, trying their best to cooperate with the acting, and chimed in sporadically, "Well... Cheers to my friends."

But at this moment something unexpected happened. The maid who was carrying the tray slipped somehow, and the tray fell from her hands, all of the water splashing onto Yuan Ge. At that time, Miss Yuan was half-turning, with her back almost to the maid, and she just received a big bowl of fresh fish soup right out of the pot... Fortunately, it was almost winter, and she was wearing thick clothes, so she was not afraid of being burned.

Just looking at the green chopped green onions, white mushrooms and a strange eyeball hanging on a nice piece of clothing...Miss Yuan was silent.

If she had known that this was how the play would go, she would definitely wear the patched old clothes that Young Master Jin had collected when he went to the dark alley.

The maid was already kneeling among the broken porcelain pieces, with her head lowered and trembling.

Wang Shanshan put down the teacup in her hand heavily, and her face darkened immediately. "What's the matter? You are usually irritable in front of me, but why are you like this now? Cousin, how are you? Are you not burned? Why don't you go to my place to change clothes? My place is closer. Don't worry, I have some new clothes that I have never worn. I see that our body shapes are similar, so you should be able to fit in."

The so-called "almost the same" actually means that they are quite different, except that they are a bit shorter in height.

But the play had already begun, and there was no reason for Yuan Ge, who was forced to go on stage, to give up the performance. She pretended to be embarrassed and thought about it before saying, "Forget it. It will take a long time to go back and forth. I'll just borrow your clothes for a while. I'll give you a new one later."

Song Wenyuan pulled her around with an unpleasant expression, and after confirming that the soup and water were only splashed on the clothes, he did not even look at the maid, and ordered in a cold voice, "Go kneel at the door of Luofengxuan. Get someone smart to take the young lady to change her clothes."

"It's okay." Yuan Ge smiled and comforted everyone, "It's not a big deal. It's not as painful as when Yu Qingqing hit me... I'll be back soon. Don't rush to drink. Wait until I come back."

"I was..." Yu Qingqing opened her mouth but didn't say anything else. She just reminded, "Come back soon." Everything about today's incident seemed weird. What on earth was this cousin trying to do?

"it is good."

The maid led the way tremblingly in front. Yuan Ge walked on the cobblestones, holding up her dirty skirt. The sunlight shone on the cobblestones, making them shiny. Yuan Ge suddenly stopped, stepped slightly, and smiled softly... He was really guilty and it was a waste of time.