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

After all, they were blood relatives. Wang Shanshan had caused such trouble. Song Wenyuan naturally felt more helpless than others. He walked outside and saw Yuan Ge, who was ten steps away, with his head down and grinding his toes in boredom. The few bits of depression in his eyes instantly dissipated, and his eyebrows softened. "Aren't you hungry? Why are you still waiting here?"

Yuan Ge looked up and nodded, "Well, I'll ask Shiyin to go back and prepare first."

Then there was silence.

The little girl walked with her head down, her steps clacking. The pebbles on the roadside seemed to be an eyesore to her. Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, Song Wenyuan could still imagine her frowning face. He asked with a smile, "Are you still unhappy? How about... I take you to Sanpinju to drink peach wine?"

Yuan Ge shook his head, looking depressed, but still didn't say anything. If something like this happened, any of them could just go to Sanpinju to eat and drink, but Song Wenyuan always had to go to Wang's to explain. She knew this, and Xu Chengjin knew it too, so Xu Chengjin took the other guests away.

The midday sun shone down from above, passing through the sparse branches, and the light and shadows gradually flashed before his eyes. Yuan Ge paused and said softly, "Song Wenyuan... There's nothing going on between Xu Chengjin and me."

The voice was so low that it dissipated into the wind as soon as it came out, making it almost inaudible.

Song Wenyuan paused, almost dumbfounded, and looked at the little girl with her head down. His eyes were intense, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised an unnoticeable arc. He asked in a gentle voice, "So... are you worried that I believed Wang Shanshan's words and misunderstood, so you are unhappy?"

"No." Yuan Ge simply stopped walking. He just lowered his head and looked at the inconspicuous stain on the tip of his shoe, muttering softly, "I just..."

"Just what?" The man's voice was gentle, as if he was guiding and persuading, but also as if he was suppressing his emotions and waiting for a possible surprise.

Just what? Yuan Ge felt that she was not someone who was willing to explain to others. She always felt that people who believed in her would believe in her no matter what others said, and people who did not believe in her would not care even if she tried her best to explain. She felt that according to her personality, she should not care what Song Wenyuan would think... But when she walked to the door, she felt that she could not let Wang Shanshan's nonsense ruin her reputation, so she let Shiyin go back first.

He even walked away on purpose, so as to avoid hearing his cousin's nonsense and rushing in to beat her up... Yuan Ge rubbed his toes. The inconspicuous stain on his toes came from the fresh fish soup. It was fine when he didn't notice it, but when he saw it just now, he felt it was so glaring that even his toes felt uncomfortable.

She stepped on her toes, frowned slightly and sorted out her words, "I just... I just don't want you to be unhappy after hearing those messed up words..."

"If I were unhappy, I would tie her up and beat her up on a dark and windy night to vent my anger. But you are different. You are so depressed. If you really have something unhappy in your heart, you can keep silent, but you have nowhere to vent... This is not good."

The suppressed emotions overflowed from the corners of his mouth and from the bottom of his eyes. There was an uncontrollable smile between Song Wenyuan's brows. His Adam's apple rolled, and after a long while, he called very softly, "Qianqian, I want to do something." His tone was extremely straightforward, but only he knew how much effort it took to maintain his steadiness and composure for a moment.

It was really just a moment. When the little girl looked up at him with a puzzled look on her face, he could no longer hold his composure. He raised his hands and hugged her tightly, resting his chin on the top of her head. He laughed softly, with an obvious smile in his voice, "Silly girl...how could I misunderstand you? You have such a strong sense of morality..."

"Aphrodisiacs are very common in the harem and the inner house. Women's methods... sometimes they are so vicious that even I feel frightened when I see them. They compete for favors, fight for the throne, seek family property, and murder children. They use almost every possible means. Although my little girl always says that she is not a good person, she is always upright. Even if she is bullied, she refuses to retaliate with the same dirty means... From beginning to end, from head to toe, she is clean."

Song Wenyuan kissed the top of her head and sighed slightly helplessly, "A girl like this, even if she really likes someone else one day, she will definitely leave me cleanly first..." He was not sure that the girl would not like someone else, but he was sure that according to her personality, if she really liked someone, she would not do it secretly. She would just leave more gracefully than anyone else.

This realization made him feel melancholy again. Ever since he met this girl, he had been filled with more emotions than in the previous twenty years combined.

Yuan Ge's face was buried in his chest, and when he blinked he could feel his lapels, which were slightly cool, just like how he felt. He looked gentle, but in fact, he was always distant and cold, as if nothing had happened.

"Song Wenyuan." Yuan Ge called him, his voice muffled, like a spoiled child, but also like an accusation, "You fool..."

How could it be so easy to like someone? After two lifetimes, it was hard to be moved once - she quietly swallowed these last words. In public, with servants coming and going, she was not shameless enough to express her feelings to each other in such an environment. She pushed Song Wenyuan and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go back... I'm hungry."

Song Wenyuan not only did not let go, but tightened his arms and chuckled, "I know there is a wine shop in the West Market that sells authentic peach blossom wine. Can I take you to try it?"

"Don't you have to go to your mother's place?"

"It's okay. There will be servants gossiping about. Let her listen to the rumors for a while and get a general idea. After we come back after eating and drinking, I will correct the wrong details for her." Lord Song took Yuan Ge and walked out without saying anything. His smug and nonchalant expression made him look particularly blinded by lust.

……

For today's incident, not only the maid brought by Wang Shanshan was punished, but also the maids and servants who had taken care of the courtyard before were punished, and even the two maids transferred by Wang today were punished. Except for the two maids and one servant who were directly involved, who were each kicked out of the house with twenty boards, the other servants were each kicked with ten boards and fined one year's monthly salary.

This is already a severe punishment in the Kejing Marquis's Mansion.

In addition, the cousin seemed to have been poisoned by an unknown poison and was now bedridden... Wang Shi naturally received the news quickly. Upon hearing the news, she felt dizzy. She steadied herself and hurried to Wang Shanshan's side. While walking tremblingly, she sternly ordered, "Call Wen Qian to me!"