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

Song Wenyuan and his party had just boarded the pleasure boat when they were passed by a servant who was walking at a brisk pace. The servant hurried to the second floor, passed through the corridor where guests were not allowed to pass, and walked into a clean room with bright windows. He called out to the woman who was resting with her eyes closed in the recliner under the window, "Master, Wen Peiji is on board."

The woman in the recliner suddenly raised her eyes. There was no sign of tiredness in her eyes. Her raised eyebrows were slightly annoyed. "Why is he here?"

"It might be a coincidence that they came with Miss Wen. Also accompanying them were Lord Song from the Kejing Marquis's Mansion and Mr. Xu from the Xu family. They are on the first floor deck... They should not be coming for you." The servant analyzed. After all, those three had been here last time and went to the second floor, and they didn't look unusual at that time.

The woman thought about it and felt that there was some truth in it, so she felt relieved and said gently, "Have someone keep an eye on him. As long as he doesn't come up to the second floor, let him go." After saying that, she pressed the corners of her mouth, and there was a hint of irritation in her expression that was not obvious.

The servant nodded and was about to leave when the woman suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "Didn't they say that Song Wenyuan is still seriously injured?"

The servant's back, which had just straightened, bent again. "Yes. When we passed each other just now, he looked a little pale. It seems that the rumors are true. In this assassination in the West Market, Lord Song was seriously injured."

Although the two were talking about the same thing, the focus was not on the same point. The woman slowly stood up and walked to the window. Looking out from the high window, she could see the sparkling surface of Lingyan Lake under the sunlight, and the guests who came up to the deck in an endless stream, talking in groups of three or five, or waving and greeting each other from afar... But today was a little different. Half of the guests who had boarded the pleasure boat to eat, drink and have fun, or to meet with a girl for a hearty affair, seemed exceptionally quiet and silent, like travelers who were hurrying on their way with their heads down.

She was wondering how Song Wenyuan, who had been recuperating from his injuries in his mansion all day and had not even gone out to attend the morning court, could suddenly find the leisure time to wander around on the pleasure boat...

"Arrange a few more thugs to guard the first deck." The woman sighed softly, secretly sneered "a bunch of living devils", and added reluctantly, "If there is a conflict, protect him a little bit... Really, he who doesn't know any martial arts, why doesn't he just do his business properly? Why is he meddling in this!"

The servant then realized who he was protecting, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. The next moment, he quickly lowered his head to hide the expression on his mouth, responded softly and retreated. When he walked to the first floor, he saw a tall and handsome man wearing a light fur coat and loose belt standing there with his brows slightly lowered, talking to Wen Qian. Finally, he laughed heartily - his master was a hard-mouthed but soft-hearted person.

The pleasure boat was still at the shore. Guests on the first deck were talking in groups of three or four. Xu Chengjin was the most comfortable. He shuttled through the crowd with a somewhat carefree smile. He greeted and exchanged a few words with everyone he saw. In just a moment, he had walked around and came back. He took a big gulp of tea, then stood sideways facing the lake and said softly, "It seems that there are some guests over 30 years old who are not serious guests. They are unfamiliar faces and don't talk when they get together. They lower their heads slightly but glance around. Their attention is all on us. Their right hands unconsciously press on their waists... The specific route is still unclear, but there are more than enough people. Tsk, what a big deal... If a fight breaks out and the pleasure boat is dismantled, whose responsibility will it be?"

Lin Mu leaned his head forward and grinned, "We are serious customers, so of course the compensation is not serious." He looked ready to fight, and did not look like a serious customer at all.

Before he set out, this kid had an expression of eagerness to show his skills and avenge his previous humiliation, as if he was preparing to avenge the assassination in Xishi today - the assassination in Xishi, according to Song Wenyuan's intention, was finally hastily closed, and even the responsibility was put on the so-called "revenge of criminals", without saying a word to Qin Yongpei or Tong Mingru, as if he was just holding back his anger.

Rather than alerting the enemy, it is better to keep quiet.

Song Wenyuan could swallow it, but Lin Mu couldn't. He took all the blame for his master's danger on himself. The pressure of responsibility made his neck stick out these days, and he walked aggressively like an angry bull... But now his head was straightened.

Yuan Ge laughed helplessly and asked Xu Chengjin, "Where is Xiang Liangcai? Have you seen him?"

The staff of the pleasure boat had already started to retract the gangway. Xu Chengjin held onto the guardrail in front of him, squinted his eyes at the water and said softly, "I haven't seen it. It should be on the second floor. A waiter will come over to deliver food and snacks later. There will be many people there, so we can go up in batches while the chaos is going on. Leave the bottom to Lin Mu and Yan Huo."

When he said these words, he even had time to greet a young man not far away from him. With a bit of a playboy spirit, he looked at Song Wenyuan and asked, "Is everything okay?"

It was much quieter here at Lord Song's place. Although his face was not unfamiliar here, apart from one or two people who came over in a particularly reserved manner at the beginning to inquire about Lord Song's health, no one else came.

It can be seen that Lord Song’s popularity is really average, even worse than Wen Peiji who has only been back for a few months.

Lord Song nodded almost imperceptibly, pulled Yuan Ge to his side, and glanced at Jian Shu, who was standing aside, not looking at the scenery or talking, and looked particularly unlike a "serious guest", and warned, "The young lady is in your care, and nothing can go wrong. Do you understand?"

Jianshu didn't say anything, just nodded silently, looking particularly reliable. But soon, Song Wenyuan would find out that he really only looked reliable...

The pleasure boat slowly left the shore. The waiters brought trays of food and drinks, which were placed on several long tables. There were also masked girls holding pipa and playing music. Dancers were dancing on the stage that had been set up long ago. The guests were naturally attracted and stopped the topics they were talking about and moved to the places they were interested in. Only those "improper" guests were still standing in the corner, pretending to talk. While talking, their eyes were always looking for Song Wenyuan in the crowd, intentionally or unintentionally. But suddenly, they found that the two girls were missing and Xu Chengjin, who was running around the deck, was also missing. When they were looking for him, they turned back and found that the man was no longer in the crowd!

At this moment, Yuan Ge had easily knocked out the guard at the staircase, and he swaggered to the second floor with Jianshu and Xu Chengjin who came later...