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

Song Wenyuan has been going out early and coming back late these past two days. Most of the time he goes out before dawn, when Yuan Ge is still asleep. When he comes back, Yuan Ge has already gone to bed.

Every night he would stand in front of this newly opened moon-shaped door for a while. It was strange to say, just a wall turned into a door, and there was an especially real feeling of living under the same roof. On the other side of the door was a newly built doghouse. Wen Xiaobai didn't seem to like its new home. Song Wenyuan rarely saw the very human little white dog here.

He did hear about the little girl finding servants for the dog and setting up a sub-bureau. After hearing about it, he asked Yanhuo to place a bet as well, and bet in the opposite direction - to let the little girl have more fun.

When I came back tonight, it was almost midnight. The moonlight was clear, the sky was cloudless and windless. The stars dotted the night sky like a curtain, vast and far-reaching.

Song Wenyuan was just about to stand at the door for a while and then go back to wash up and rest, but he looked up and saw the little girl drinking alone on the roof, looking very happy. He looked down and waved his hand, grinning, "Come up and have a drink?"

Of course it would be disrespectful to refuse.

Song Wenyuan jumped onto the roof, landed neatly and steadily beside her and sat down. He took the wine jug from her hand and sniffed it, then frowned, "Who gave you this shoddy wine? I'll go get two jugs of good wine."

Yuan Ge hugged his knees and shook his head, looking up at the sky, "It's okay... Today when I went to Zuihuanlou, I met Zhitao, and she asked me to drink. She got drunk in just a few sips. This is what's left, and I brought it back." After saying that, he smiled lazily, as if he was quite proud of himself for being so "thrifty".

Song Wenyuan's focus was obviously not on the wine. He frowned and asked her, "Why did you go to see that woman again?"

"I went with my elder brother, disguised as his servant, to get Xiaorou to talk... When I came out, I met Zhitao. She was probably in a bad mood, so she asked me to drink." Yuan Ge explained in a gentle voice, subconsciously avoiding the reason why Zhitao was in a bad mood, and brought the topic back to business, "You arrange one or two trustworthy people to keep an eye on Honglan these two days. Xiaorou said that she bought her Xiaoyao wine from Honglan."

"Okay." Song Wenyuan nodded and went back, "Since you are disguised as a servant, how can Zhitao recognize you? That woman doesn't seem to be a simple person either, so don't hang around her in the future."

His wife is being thought of by another woman... This kind of thing is probably unique no matter where you are. Song Wenyuan added unhappily, "Did you hear that?"

"I didn't hang around in front of her..." Yuan Ge smiled good-naturedly, "I just met her at the door. She probably just wanted to talk to someone and saw that I looked friendly... It wasn't all in vain. She said that recently, besides Xiaorou, there was only one other girl wearing a veil who could go up to the third floor. That girl had a crescent-shaped mark under her right ear..."

"Well, I'll have someone keep an eye on it." Song Wenyuan poured the wine into the glass beside her, took a sip, and found it slightly astringent, not worth tasting. After finishing the drink, he turned around and noticed that there was only one glass on the roof. So... His eyes darkened, and he suppressed a soft smile. He handed her the remaining half glass of wine and said, "It's a bit unfair to use the best glass to hold this wine."

The slender fingertips resting on the wine cup have a surprising fragility and beauty in the deep night.

Let people hold it in their palms and hide it.

He thought so and did so. He took the wine glass from her hand and passed it to her other hand. He lowered his eyebrows and interlocked his fingers. Then he said softly, "Song Ziyao is not a bad person, but he is not very smart and can easily do bad things. I am always worried about you being with him. I will have someone keep an eye on Zuihuanlou from now on. If you want to go, wait for me to accompany you."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Is it okay?"

The other person's fingertips stroked the back of his hand, and a faint numbness spread from his skin. Yuan Ge tilted his head to look at the man in front of him who appeared in his life because of an accident, and asked instead of answering, "Song Wenyuan... Do you know who is behind Zuihuanlou?"

"I haven't noticed it before. I'll ask someone to check it out."

"Song Wenyuan..." She called him again, but nothing happened. Instead, she lay down with one hand on her head, looking at the clear moonlight and the night breeze. The wind in Shengjing City was warmer than that in Zhixuan Mountain. The night in Zhixuan Mountain in autumn was as cool as water. She was proud of her good health and liked to be active and cool. Jinsu always held her cloak and looked for her everywhere, sometimes on the roof, sometimes on the branches, and sometimes behind some inconspicuous rocks.

Jinsu didn't know any martial arts, so every time he would scold her, he would be breathless and put his hands on his hips.

I once said that Zhitao had some shadows of an old friend, but now I suddenly realized that they were different. If Zhitao was a sheep, then Jinsu was a rabbit, looking soft and cute, but it would bite if provoked. After going up Zhixuan Mountain, Jinsu would bite wherever Yuange pointed at her... Now that I think about it, maybe she was originally a wolf cub in rabbit skin?

Yuan Ge's emotions, which had been suppressed for a long time, only began to show at this moment. Song Wenyuan tightened his clenched fingertips, but did not urge him. He just patiently responded, "Yeah."

"Song Wenyuan." She called again, her eyes wide open, the stars in the sky reflected in her eyes, but dim and obscure, "Song Wenyuan, have you ever doubted Zhixuanshan... Yuan Ge is proficient in medicine and various poisons. As soon as her body was cold, this unheard-of thing began to prevail in Shengjing City. You... never doubted it?"

How could there be no doubt?

Even earlier, Song Wenyuan had already begun to pay attention to Zhixuan Mountain. Zhixuan Mountain was praised too highly. Did Xu Chengjin become talented after going to Zhixuan Mountain? Why was he a second-generation ancestor who did not do his job properly before going there, but after returning after a few years, even the imperial doctors in the palace had to respect him as "Mr. Xu"? There was indeed an element of real talent and knowledge in this, but it is undeniable that there was also the face of "Zhixuan Mountain".

Young talents in the court who carry the record of "learning from Zhixuan Mountain" are always more likely to get promoted than those who climbed up by imperial examinations alone. Under such circumstances, who would not want to go to Zhixuan Mountain to get a layer of gold if they have some connections? If you can't get through the regular channels, then try the unconventional ones?

Any prestigious sect, organization, or even just a family is an excellent place to harbor filth and corruption, let alone Zhixuan Mountain, an academic altar that can gild people?

But... he lowered his eyes to look at Yuan Ge who was lying beside him, and said gently but firmly, "The water in Zhixuan Mountain is too deep. Even if you know Yuan Ge, don't touch it." The little girl was too courageous, and sometimes people would still feel uneasy even if they were warned.