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

After the two lively people left, this small guest house seemed to be empty all of a sudden. Some were standing, some were kneeling, and some were sitting on the doorstep, but no one spoke.

Song Wenyuan's expression softened a bit, and he looked at Yuan Ge and asked gently, "How is it? Are you okay?"

Yuan Ge shook his head and smiled, "What can I do? Not only did I not eat a single bite of food or drink a sip of wine, but I also had to act with you, so I must be starving."

"Aunt Gui has prepared all your favorite dishes. As for wine, there is no wine. I think today's wine is not a good one. You are so particular that you can't get used to it." Song Wenyuan smiled, but then scolded, "But Qianqian... am I really not worthy of your trust? Or do you think I am too stupid and I can't understand if you leave some messages? So I can only watch and worry about you, right?"

Yuan Ge touched the tip of his nose, "No way... I just didn't have time to think about it. You and my cousin have been together all the time. Even if I wanted to tell you, I have to worry about whether the news would leak out, right? So this is just my choice after weighing the pros and cons..." In other words, it's not that I didn't think about you at all.

“Always together” is clearly a statement of fact, but it just sounds harsh to the ears... The girl stood there with her head down, rubbing her nose, with a hint of guilt that was not obvious. Her whole body was filled with expressions like “I know there are some things wrong with me, but you know, this is my temper, and I will be the same if it happens again”, which is extremely shameless.

Song Wenyuan frowned, "Why don't you come over?" He found that he had been frowning quite frequently recently...

"Oh." This time, the little girl responded immediately. She took three or two steps to his side, looked up, giggled, and looked guilty and well-behaved.

How could someone be like this, so aggressive one moment and so fierce the next, like a kitten that was easily coaxed by a small yellow fish? She changed her face faster than turning a page, but Song Wenyuan had no way to deal with her temper. What else could he do? The little girl smiled at him, and no matter how dissatisfied he was, he couldn't say a harsh word... What else could he do?

Isn't it just your own indulgence?

Song Wenyuan glanced at her with disdain, but still raised his hand to pull her closer, then turned to look at the maid kneeling beside him, his voice was gentle and unhurried, but his momentum was heavy, "As a servant, it is our duty to take care of the master and obey his orders, but not knowing how to persuade and helping the tyrant to harm others, it is a failure to distinguish between good and evil and should be punished. You are someone she brought here, and it is not my responsibility, but you hurt my wife's reputation today, so I will make this decision. Together with the person just now, you will be beaten with twenty boards and driven out of the house to fend for yourself."

Twenty strokes of the cane?! After twenty strokes of the cane, the girl would inevitably be torn to pieces, and would be driven out of the mansion. In this unfamiliar Shengjing city, it would be like waiting for death... The maid turned pale when she heard this, and kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Master, spare me! Master, spare me..."

The maid kowtowed and moved her knees to grab the corner of Song Wenyuan's robe, but Song Wenyuan avoided her expressionlessly. She then went to beg Yuan Ge again, "Young Madam, please spare my life! I will definitely die after twenty strokes of the board! Young Madam, please be merciful and persuade the young master! I know I was wrong, and I won't dare to do it again..."

She knocked hard, again and again, on the bluestone brick, and soon the brick was stained with some dark marks.

Yuan Ge lowered his eyes and let the other person grab her skirt as if it was a life-saving straw. After a while, he sighed softly, squatted on the spot, and said softly, "Those who are compassionate are monks who have seen through the world of mortals. I am not. I am just an ordinary person with six roots that are not yet pure. I am also a villain who likes to repay with a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, and I have a strong desire for revenge."

Probably because she had never seen anyone talk about her like this, the maid looked at Yuan Ge in astonishment, dumbfounded, stupid, with a bloody forehead, looking a little embarrassed. After a while, she opened her mouth, "But you didn't... Master Xu said that you saved the young lady."

"Save her?" Yuan Ge smiled foolishly, "If I really save her, then everyone will treat me as a soft persimmon in the future? Bully me and harm me, and then just apologize lightly, and let it go? I just don't like to use such a conscienceless poison, but it doesn't mean that I am a good person... It's just that I have the most basic conscience. Little girl... If I persuade my husband to spare your lives, and question his decision in public, how will he control his subordinates in the future? The servants in the mansion made mistakes and were punished, and they all came to me for help. In this way, the rules of the mansion are there for you to see, and you just need to worship me in the Buddhist temple and burn incense three times a day?"

She was smiling when she spoke, her words were humorous, she didn't sound angry, and her expression was even a little compassionate. I don't know why, when the maid looked at Yuan Ge like this, she subconsciously loosened her hold on the skirt, lowered her head, crawled on the ground, and didn't say a word.

As servants, they are used to reading people's faces. People who are furious are not the most terrible. Sometimes they can be begged and coaxed, and the anger will subside and everything will be fine. The most despairing thing is that she doesn't look angry. She is very rational and knows very well that today she wants you to live a life worse than death... In this case, no matter how much you beg, it is useless.

"Little girl, you should remember... if you repay evil with kindness, how should you repay kindness?" Yuan Ge's smile was cold. She stroked the wrinkled hem of her skirt, turned back to look at Song Wenyuan, and raised her hand, "Husband, give me a hand, my legs are numb."

Song Wenyuan glanced at her helplessly, but finally reached out his hand. However, he still couldn't help complaining, "Why do I have to explain so much? Anyway, I already have a bad reputation, so it doesn't matter if I have a reputation for being harsh on my servants." Every word he said was about how bad she was, but in fact he was taking the trouble to explain himself... The little girl's gentleness was really hidden.

Yuan Ge chuckled and did not deny it.

There was a lot of noise here, and walls have ears. Besides, there was no wall here. If people heard it from others and exaggerated it, who knows what kind of rumors it would spread. Rumors are sometimes a double-edged sword. If you don't use it well, you will hurt yourself. If you use it well... you can also protect yourself. Anyway, she only had to waste a few words, and no matter whether it was useful in the end, it wouldn't tire her out.

The maid was taken out by Yanhuo who arrived later. Lin Mu wanted to take the maid in the house away, but was stopped by Yuan Ge. Yuan Ge then took the servant on the ground away as well. No matter whether he wanted to interrogate or punish him, he had to take him back to his own territory first before he could do it, right?