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

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Ouyang family's door. Yuan Ge got off the carriage and turned back to tell Lin Mu, "You just wait here, no need to go in."

In the past two days, Yuan Ge went out of the house every day, and he took Lin Mu with him every day, never shying away from it. However, it was not appropriate for a man like him to follow the young lady of the Ouyang family today, and there would be no danger in the Ouyang mansion. Thinking of this, he nodded, parked the carriage aside, and waited.

The visiting card was sent in early in the morning. The servant led Yuan Ge all the way to Zhong Wei's yard. Tea was also prepared on time. Zhong Wei had been waiting in the yard for a long time. He stood up to greet him with a hand warmer. He looked a little unwell, but better than before.

After the two of them exchanged greetings, Zhong Wei pulled Yuan Ge to sit down, then sighed and said, "I know you are worried about that matter... Lord Yao also sent someone to ask, but mother was worried about my mood and didn't let anyone in. Qianqian, I have been thinking these past few days, whether I am so useless that I can't even protect the people around me..." She lowered her head and bit the corner of her mouth, and the blood color faded where her pearly teeth pressed.

She was very smart and was a famous talented woman in Shengjing City. After hearing so much praise for her, she had begun to feel a little arrogant. But after this incident, she realized that her pretentious cleverness was of no use at the critical moment.

"I saw with my own eyes that they tied her hands and hung her up, and they stabbed her heart with a strange dagger… She didn't die at first…" The girl, with her head lowered, choked with sobs until her whole body trembled. She tried several times to continue speaking but couldn't. She just held her face with her hands and sobbed silently.

They stripped the girl of her clothes, touched her all over with lustful eyes, and spoke dirty words... At first the little girl was not dead yet. She was convulsing in pain and shame. The more she convulsed, the more blood flowed from her heart. They stood there laughing as if they were admiring a dying fish on a chopping board.

The girl cried and shouted that it hurt, and asked her mistress to save her... But her mistress was another fish on the chopping board, with her jaw clamped, and she couldn't even avoid being seen... Not only could she not save her maid, she was also the culprit who harmed the maid... A hand covered her head, very lightly and softly, like a feather falling gently, without saying anything, not even a word of comfort.

After a while, Zhong Wei slowed down his breathing and murmured softly, "If it were you and Qingqing... you wouldn't just stand by and watch..."

Yuan Ge put the hand warmer in her hand and said softly, "Same... I am as weak as you. Qingqing's mediocre skills are just humiliation in front of real criminals. We are just weak women, and there is very little we can do... Zhong Wei, you should understand that you were facing murderous criminals at that time. They have no humanity at all... It is God's mercy that you can come back alive."

Zhong Wei tightly grasped the hand warmer in her hand, her eyes fell on her fingertips, and she pursed her lips, "The cloth cover of this hand warmer is old, and the embroidery thread is also fuzzy... She said she wanted to make a new cloth cover for me, and she even thought of a pattern, called "Searching for Plum Blossoms in the Snow"... She said it was a pattern she saw a while ago. Her needlework is very good, very, very good. Even the nobles in the palace have asked her to embroider a few handkerchiefs."

"I have always thought that when she finds a young man she likes, I will prepare a generous dowry and marry her off in style, and buy her a shop. With her skills, her life will not be hard at all..."

Zhong Wei held her hand warmer and slowly put her cheek against it... A tear slowly dripped from her eye on the side that was against the hand warmer.

Yuan Ge felt that she was a poor speaker after all, and she really didn't know how to comfort such sorrow, as if any words seemed pale and powerless. Once upon a time, she also had the mood to prepare a dowry for a little girl, but now... that girl was probably too sinful to come back.

Yuan Ge sighed softly, "In the next life... in the next life, she will be the apple of your eye. You will prepare a generous dowry for her, marry her off in style, and make her the envy of everyone."

Next life... Can we meet again in this life? Zhong Wei stroked the fuzzy embroidery thread for a while, and then chuckled with tears in her laughter, "Although I know you are just trying to coax me... but I still like to hear it. They are not good at talking, and they can only tell me to mourn... I have said these words to myself many times, but it is useless... I understand those principles, but a living person in front of me is... "

Those pictures and scenes came to my lips but I swallowed them back. In the end, I couldn't say them out loud.

Yuan Ge probably guessed that the little maid had probably suffered inhuman torture... She had come to ask for some details, but now she was unwilling to ask any more questions. She understood the pain that could not be forgotten. So she just lowered her eyes and sighed, "If you don't want to talk, don't talk. I will tell Lord Yao not to send anyone over. Don't worry... I won't say comforting words, but I know that no matter how long the nightmare is, there will always be a morning to wake up, and no matter how deep the wound is, there will always be a day to heal. Don't worry... take your time."

Zhong Wei stared at Yuan Ge in a daze, and suddenly burst into tears... In the past few days since she came back, her mother has come to see her every day and advised her to mourn less, to forget about these things as soon as possible, and to cherish herself. As she spoke, her mother began to wipe away her tears, and Yu Qingqing also advised her to think about the people who care about her... She knew that these words were all right, but she couldn't do it.

In fact, after hearing these words more and more, I felt more and more resentful in my heart - it seemed that everyone felt that she was just a maid, and although it was a pity, it was not a big deal. If she indulged in it, she would be sorry for the elders in the clan. After listening to these resentments for a long time, I just felt empty and cold in my heart.

Zhong Wei didn't actually cry for a long time, she just held it in for too long and suddenly couldn't hold it back anymore. But she was a reserved person after all, and it was a bit too abrupt for her to cry in front of outsiders. She quickly organized her emotions, wiped her tears and smiled bitterly, "Sorry, I lost my composure for a moment..."

"No problem." Yuan Ge shook his head and joked half-seriously, "I came here to visit you. If you're still so reserved, I won't dare to come again."

Zhong Wei also smiled, but tears were still in her eyes, and her smile was heavy. She smiled a little and then stopped. She held the hand warmer and sighed softly. After a while, she handed it to the maid behind her, "Take off this cloth cover, wash it and put it away... Use something else instead."

The maid behind him responded in a low voice, took it with both hands and went back into the house.