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

"What nonsense are you talking about! I clearly——"

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Ge raised his eyebrows and rebuked in a cold voice, "What does a servant like you have to do with the masters' conversation? My aunt is such a well-behaved person, but she only taught you to embarrass me?"

Master? Aunt An stood there with a cold face, silently raising her eyelids. This sharp-tongued little girl had scolded her as well. She pretended not to know and turned around to scold the maid, "Get out of the way! How dare you butt in without even considering the occasion!"

The maid lowered her head, bent her waist, and took two steps back cautiously, but Yuan Ge did not intend to let her go. Seeing Wang's obviously suspicious expression, he suddenly smiled, "Mingming what? You have been staring at my Luofengxuan these days? Or at my husband? What is your intention, a little maid? Who ordered you to do that?"

The maid subconsciously glanced at Aunt An and quickly shook her head, "No, I'm not... I was just passing by..."

Yuan Ge stood on the steps, with his hands behind his back, sneering, "Passing by? The mistress of the house is right here, so why don't you explain to me where you are going and what you are doing by crossing half of the Bo Mansion and passing by my most remote Luofengxuan? Going out? What are you doing sneaking outside the corner gate every now and then?"

She seemed gentle and calm, but in fact she pressed on with questions one after another - Yuan Ge was sure that this girl would definitely not do anything good by appearing here in the middle of the night, so he could only be speechless.

Wang's face was tinged with the chill of the late autumn night. She lowered her mouth and looked at the trembling maid kneeling on the ground. She scolded coldly, "Tell me! Who asked you to monitor Luofengxuan?!"

Who else could it be? Isn't her master standing right here? Yuan Ge smiled and looked at Aunt An, who suddenly glared at him, "Nonsense! Why would I send someone to monitor you?! What does it have to do with me that this damn girl ran here in the middle of the night?" After saying that, she slapped the maid on the ground, "Tell me the truth, why are you running around in the middle of the night?"

The slap was so heavy that the maid seemed stunned. She shook her head, slowly looked at Aunt An, then slowly retracted her gaze, lowered her head, slowly knelt down, and prostrated herself on the ground, "Please forgive me, Madam. I was jealous of the young lady, so I resorted to such a desperate trick to frame her and destroy her reputation."

Yuan Ge smiled lazily, speaking in a tone that was neither light nor heavy, half true and half false, "Oh? You are a servant of my concubine, why are you jealous of my wife? Even if you are jealous, you should be jealous of your eldest wife!"

Naturally, no one believed this reason, not even Wang. But it was the middle of the night, and she was too lazy to make a big fuss about it. She said in a dark voice, "Okay... let's end this matter here. It's so cold at night, and the noise is making my head hurt. Nanny Sun, throw this picky eater out, and everyone else, go back wherever they should go!"

Just as the words fell, footsteps were heard from Qichi Pavilion, and the voice also fell, "Why is mother and Aunt An in her son's yard?"

Wang choked, her son's words were still ringing in her ears. She felt guilty for no reason and kicked the maid, not hard. She just sneered, "It was this gossiping girl who said my daughter-in-law was missing. Now women in the city are disappearing one after another. When mother heard the news, she was worried and couldn't sleep, so she came to check on the situation. Since you two are fine, then there is nothing wrong. It's just a misunderstanding."

Song Wenyuan came with his hands behind his back, his forehead oozing with sweat, which was slightly shining under the moonlight. His face was indistinguishable from joy and anger. He calmly looked at Yuan Ge from head to toe, and then looked at Wang, "Mother, it's late at night, it's better to rest early... Aunt An, please go back too. As for this maid who spreads trouble, let your son deal with her."

Wang Shi naturally would not argue with Song Wenyuan over such a trivial matter, and immediately agreed, "Okay. It's late at night, have you just returned? Is dinner ready?"

"Not yet. I was just about to have dinner and then wash up and rest."

"Yes." Wang nodded and gave a few more reminders, "Although official duties are important, your own health is also important. Try not to miss your three meals a day, and don't overwork yourself." Although it was a personal remark, it sounded particularly polite and distant.

"Yes. Thank you for your concern, mother. Take care." Song Wenyuan was too respectful and not close enough.

They were like a pair of extremely strange mother and son.

Wang nodded slightly and went out with Nanny Sun. When they reached the door, she turned around and said, "By the way, according to the time calculation, your cousin from my uncle's family should be here tomorrow. You should go to the city gate to pick her up in person."

Knowing that her son would be busy with official duties until midnight, she still wanted him to go pick someone up. This strange mother and son looked even strangers... Yuan Ge pursed his lips. What kind of cousin would Song Wenyuan have to go pick her up in person? Song Wenyuan refused directly, "My son will ask Lin Mu to go tomorrow, don't worry."

Wang glanced at Yuan Ge. Behind Yuan Ge, the flickering candlelight hit the window paper, casting a half-shadowed head. Wang's eyes froze, but she knew clearly that it was a woman's head, perhaps a maid... In the end, she didn't go to find out because of Aunt An's presence. When she walked out of the moon cave door with Nanny Sun, she whispered, "Keep an eye on that bitch and see why she asked the maid to come here in the middle of the night."

A servant is jealous of the master's legitimate young lady? This reason is just for show.

As for the "bitch" Wang mentioned, there is only one.

Nanny Sun understood, "Yes, I remember."

When Aunt An saw that Wang had left, she quickly bowed her knees to Song Wenyuan, swung her handkerchief, and walked away reluctantly, pinching her waist - she lost the maid and didn't even get to see the show, which was a big loss.

The yard suddenly became quiet.

The trembling maid was carried away by Yanhuo, and Shiyin was also driven away by Xu Chengjin's gesture. The courtyard that was noisy and crowded just now was now left with only these four people.

Song Wenyuan stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at Yuan Ge, his eyes dark and deep, biting his cheek and asking coldly, "Where did you go?"

There was no trace of the former tenderness left, only cold questioning and suppressed surging anger. Yuan Ge felt guilty seeing him like this and touched her nose. "Dark alley." She said it with a sense of grievance. She knew that she was taking a risk, but wasn't the ending good? It could even be said that everyone was happy, as Zhong Wei was rescued.

But the man still had a cold face and questioned her like a criminal, "What happened after the dark alley? Where did you go?"

Feeling aggrieved but also aware that he was in the wrong, Yuan Ge answered honestly, "It was in that dilapidated temple before. Zhong Wei was there, and I brought her back." After saying that, he grinned, looking somewhat proud.