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

There were intermittent curses in the house, accompanied by heart-wrenching coughs.

Xu Chengjin listened outside for a long while, and finally left without going in to take another look - this mother and son were like hedgehogs with spikes all over their bodies, and they would hurt each other if they got close. In Xu Chengjin's own words, "Watching from a distance, knowing that she is still alive is already good enough."

When he said this, his eyes were slightly red, like a child who longed for his mother's hug but couldn't get it - perhaps, he has always been this Xu Chengjin.

Xu Chengjin was brought back to Qichi Pavilion by Song Wenyuan. His own house was not large, but it was still too spacious for Xu Chengjin who lived alone. What's more, there were only a handful of servants in the house, including the housekeeper, the cook, the attendants, and the cleaners, who could only be counted on one hand.

In Qichi Pavilion, Song Wenyuan withdrew his hand and asked calmly, "What happened?"

He was asking about the poison in his body.

On that rainy night in Ciguang Temple, Yuan Ge's words were vague and no one else knew the answer. But his body was his own and he was always the first to notice any changes. The poison was still there, but it had not attacked recently, as if the poisonous snake in his body had gone into hibernation.

It was not yet winter, but a charcoal fire had been lit in the house. However, Song Wenyuan did not seem to feel the heat at all, and his face was even somewhat sickly pale. It was obvious that even if it was a hibernating venomous snake, it was still a venomous snake after all.

Xu Chengjin loosened his collar, worrying about his friend's health while trying to cover for Yuan Ge, "What else can you do? He already looks half dead, but you still want to make trouble. You'll get hurt today and have your skin broken tomorrow. You have to put yourself in a coffin to save your worries, right?" He opened and closed his mouth with only insults, not a single nice word.

Song Wenyuan shook his head, with a smile in his eyes, and said in a good-natured manner, "It's not that serious... I feel much better after coming down from Ciguang Temple. I don't know what happened."

What else could it be? The damn girl herself is still injured. She took great pains to give you acupuncture and brought you back from the brink of death, but her own injuries haven't fully healed yet. She's so weak that she looks like she could be blown away by a gust of wind! If you still don't realize it, you're ruining her reputation.

Xu Chengjin pretended to feel the pulse for a while, "It's almost there, I'll get you some medicine to stabilize your condition later. Look at yourself, it's not even winter yet, but you've already lit the charcoal fire... You're so weak, if you continue like this, your young lady will become a widow."

Song Wenyuan rested one hand on the small soft pillow and sipped the teacup with the other hand. He smiled good-temperedly when he heard the words. In front of these people, he always seemed particularly good-tempered and patient. He just raised his eyelids and looked over. "No... I always thought that you were hostile to Qianqian. Recently, it seems that you have changed your mind."

Xu Chengjin's heart suddenly trembled, and he secretly glanced at the other person like a guilty thief. Seeing Song Wenyuan drinking tea with his eyebrows closed, he smiled awkwardly, "How could it be... I just think that she is not worthy of you. But looking at the medicinal tea she prescribed for Aunt Gui, I think she is quite talented, and I want to take her as my apprentice..."

"agreed?"

"Oh!" Xu Chengjin sneered, "Don't you know what kind of person you found? You have a bad temper and are stubborn. You can't make any sense. You insist that she is Yuan Ge's apprentice. A disciple should not have two masters... You look down on me! You think I am not as good as Yuan Ge and not worthy of being her teacher!"

Expected.

"It wasn't me who found it, it was His Majesty. If you have any objections, go and talk to the emperor." Song Wenyuan put down the teacup, withdrew his hands from the soft pillow and adjusted his cuffs. Although he said this, the doubts in his heart still did not dissipate. At that time, Xu Chengjin asked Wen Qian for help in a desperate situation, and it seemed that he had not worried at all whether this "beginner" could make it. After all, the doctor had asked her to prepare for her funeral at that time.

This is not the way to treat a beginner, and Wen Qian’s answer is not the arrogance of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger... Therefore, the changes in her body must be what happened on that rainy night in Ciguang Temple.

As his fingertips rolled over the embroidery lines on the cuffs, Song Wenyuan's eyes darkened... He could wait for anything, including waiting for the little girl to open her heart and tell him in person, but he couldn't wait for this one thing.

His intuition told him that he couldn't wait.

……

Early that morning, when it was still light, Yuan Ge was awakened by a burst of noisy sounds.

Frowning, he drew aside the curtain and saw that it was Lin Mu who was installing a doghouse. There were three or four maids around her, pointing and talking in low voices. Her personal maid Shiyin was holding Wen Xiaobai and she didn't know what they were laughing about. It was as if she was installing her own house... Ever since the wall between Luofengxuan and Qichige was torn down and a moon-shaped door was built, Yuan Ge felt that Lin Mu regarded himself as "one of his own" a little too much. He came and went as he pleased and started work as he said. He was very noisy!

Just as she was about to give him a sarcastic rebuke, Shi Yin turned around and saw Yuan Ge running towards her with Wen Xiaobai in his arms, smiling like a chrysanthemum in late autumn. "Miss, Miss, my nest! Wen Xiaobai's nest is so beautiful and warm!"

Over there, Lin Mu looked back, his head and face covered with sawdust and powder, he smiled and looked honest and silly.

So, Yuan Ge swallowed the scolding that was about to come out of her mouth. She took Wen Xiaobai from Shiyin's arms. The little ball rubbed against her arms. She suddenly felt that occasionally getting up a day earlier and participating in the important events in a puppy's life... was also quite good. So, she told Shiyin in a good mood, "Go see if Song Wenyuan is up. If not, wake him up!"

It’s better to have fun alone than to have fun together!

After finishing breakfast, she was just about to take a nap in the porch with Wen Xiaobai in the sun to recuperate, but the doorman came over and said someone was looking for her. It was a man with a wide sword on his back, dressed in Confucian clothes, and looked like a learned man of the world... When Yuan Ge heard this, she picked up her skirt and rushed out with the dog in her arms.

That day, she was saved by someone at the foot of Wuxi Mountain. She only had time to introduce herself before hurriedly leaving with Song Wenyuan. She has been staying in the mansion all these days, firstly to recuperate and rest, and secondly to wait for him to come to her house to confirm his safety.

After waiting for several days, he still didn't see any sign of him. He didn't know whether the other party thought that the life-saving grace was not worth mentioning or was injured and unable to move. Yuan Ge was worried and had decided to let Song Wenyuan secretly look for this person... but then this person showed up.

The man standing at the door heard her footsteps and looked up. He saw a square face with profound features, eyes deeply embedded in the eye sockets, and wheat-colored skin. At first glance, she had a wild and exotic temperament, but her every move and gesture had a scholarly air. He cupped his hands, but because he didn't know how to address the other person, he just smiled in response.