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

"Cousin...cousin, don't you believe me?"

The little girl didn't have a stunning appearance, but she had a pretty face. She looked a bit frail in her plain white dress, and she looked quite pitiful standing alone outside the moon cave gate.

Song Wenyuan just glanced at her, not saying whether he believed it or not, and just said in a gentle voice, "The pleasure boat is not owned by the Wang family, nor by the Song family. If you say so, how can they do business?"

This is indeed the truth. If Wang Shanshan hadn't heard that Song Wenyuan had specially sent a dog... a dog that doesn't know anything about human affairs can go up there, how can she be considered to be disturbing other people's business? Wang Shanshan sneered inwardly, but still begged with all her might, "Cousin, I, I will go there while the pleasure boat is still on the shore and not open for business. I will apologize to my cousin's wife and come back, okay?"

Song Wenyuan glanced at her with his dull eyes and smiled suddenly, "They said she would be back after a few days. What's the matter? Aren't you going to leave after the New Year? Why did you have to go to the pleasure boat to apologize these few days? Could it be that... the apology is fake, and the real purpose is to push her into the water?"

"How is it possible!" The voice that came out of his mouth was sharp and short, "Cousin, is this how you see me?! Cousin, I really didn't like your wife before. I felt that she was not worthy of you, and out of jealousy, I did a lot of wrong things. But even so, I never wanted to harm her life... never!" The last two words almost came out of his throat with a feeling of being wronged.

The man opposite her didn't change his expression. He glanced at her calmly, almost indifferently, "In that case, wait until she comes back to apologize... She lives on the second floor of the pleasure boat, and you can't get up there even if you get on the pleasure boat."

Although he seemed to be speaking words of comfort in a gentle voice, only the person involved knew that Song Wenyuan was giving a warning. In the final analysis, Song Wenyuan did not believe that Wang Shanshan went to the painting house just to apologize. He and the little girl were just angry, not going to divorce. How could he allow others to send her to be unhappy? The words stopped there, and Song Wenyuan waved his hand, "That's it. I have to take medicine too. If you have nothing to do, you can stay in this mansion to bask in the sun and enjoy the flowers, pack up the things you want to take back, and don't run to the street for no reason. You will keep listening to gossip."

Wang Shanshan's expression changed again and again, and finally she stomped her feet, turned around and ran away. There was not a trace of smile on her face, and her eyes were full of hatred and cruelty. How could she really want to apologize?

Lin Mu passed by her, glanced back at the cousin's back, then shook his head and walked into Luofeng Pavilion, "Master, what happened to the cousin... who has offended her again?"

Song Wenyuan lazily lifted his eyelids, his eyes slightly cold, "Too idle?"

Lin Mu was startled and shook his head hastily to deny, "No, no! Master, I just remembered that I have something else to do outside!" Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the moon cave door like the wind. His figure was so fast that one could even vaguely see his afterimage.

After exiting the Moon Cave Gate, he heaved a sigh of relief. He patted his chest and shook his head repeatedly. The Luofeng Pavilion these days was really not a place for people to stay! The young lady was enjoying herself in the painted boat, and the dog was sent there. I heard that the little guy Wen Yizhuo was also there. It must be very lively. But this Luofeng Pavilion... was like an ice cellar. The cold palace deep inside the palace walls was probably no more than this... Wasn't the one locked in the cold palace his own master? Speaking of which, with the degree of "favor" of the master, I wonder if he can get a promise...

Song Wenyuan had no idea that his status among his confidants had already plummeted.

The people Qin Yongpei sent out to investigate naturally came up with nothing, but that was precisely why it seemed so strange.

People in this world must have a traceable origin, but Xu Yi could only find traces of the past few years, and there was no trace of them before that, as if they had suddenly appeared out of nowhere or popped out of a crack in a rock. Most of these people have many unknown secrets, either they have changed their names and hid for a few years, or someone behind them has used all-powerful means to cover up and erase their secrets... No matter which one it is, since they are related to Wen Peiji, it is enough to make people wary.

"Keep investigating. This person can't have just appeared out of nowhere... Follow the trail that Wen Peiji has been following over the years."

"Yes."

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Two days later, Wen Yizhuo was still in a sullen state. When he was carrying Xu Yi on his back, he wished his face was covered with words like "Zhuozhuo has a mother, her name is Xu Yi, she is a good cook, she is very beautiful, and most importantly, she owns a beautiful houseboat". He was so proud and complacent, but he was awkward and ignored Xu Yi, let alone calling her mother. He even pestered Yuan Ge for meals and sleep.

That night, the little guy pestered Yuan Ge for who knows how many times to talk about his mother, and finally fell asleep contentedly. Yuan Ge could recite the words "My mother is the best in the world" by heart. While covering the little guy who kicked the quilt again in the middle of the night and slept in a mess, she was wondering who he inherited this awkward temper from, as if Wen Peiji and Xu Yi were not like this, but she gave birth to a little guy with such an annoying temper.

She was still laughing to herself, and suddenly, she sniffed. Through the cracks in the closed window, a faint smell of smoke drifted in, like the smell of burning wood...

Oh no! She was startled, threw off the quilt and got out of bed. Just as she was about to go out to investigate, she heard voices from downstairs, "There's a fire! There's a fire! Help, there's a fire!"

Yuan Ge turned around, picked up Wen Yizhuo, who was sleeping unconscious on the bed, walked out of the room, and ran straight to the next room to wake up Xu Yi.

The fire spread quickly, and when it was discovered, there was only thick smoke. But when Yuan Ge hugged Wen Yizhuo and protected Xu Yi and hurriedly got off the pleasure boat, the flames had already jumped high. Seeing that it was too late to put out the fire, Xu Yi had to order his servants to retreat to the shore first and make plans later. Human life is always more important than the pleasure boat.

The pleasure boat was destined to be destroyed. Even if it was repaired afterwards, it would not be easy, and it would be no different from building a new one.

The little guy had woken up, staring blankly at the fire on the Lingyan Lake that had burned half of the night sky red. He seemed to be frightened silly. After a long time, he got down from Yuan Ge's arms, walked to Xu Yi, tugged at Xu Yi's clothes, and called softly, "Mom... Mom, our home is gone..." After that, he started crying.

He called out "Mother" and called this houseboat that had once caused him great harm "home".