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

"What?!" The man's roar was like a sudden thunderclap, shaking the century-old tree in the yard three times. A layer of yellow leaves fell from the tree, and the servants in the room all knelt on the ground.

The autumn wind carries the fallen leaves, which float down to the window sill, like a golden butterfly slowly folding its wings.

In the glow of the flickering candlelight, Tong Mingru, the prime minister, stared at his bewildered wife, tapping the tabletop with his chopsticks in a disorderly manner. He frowned and spoke slowly and heavily, asking her, "Tell me again, where did you send my jar of Tusu?"

The suppressed voice seemed to be accompanied by an approaching thunderstorm, and in the eyes that looked exactly like Tong Shenzhi's, there was a sharp light like a knife.

Mrs. Tong was also a little surprised. She didn't know where his sudden anger came from. It was just a jar of Tu Su. There were many more expensive and rare things in the house than this. There was really no need to get so angry.

The flower viewing banquet was already very irritating, and I was just thinking of complaining a little, but I didn't expect that this person seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and Mrs. Tong also got angry, "What kind of evil anger are you getting? Didn't you see that the girl from the Wen family was like someone had cast a spell on her? She said a few casual words, but everyone present could hear that our Tong family... is just like Qin Yongpei's running dogs! If this word gets to the ears of His Majesty, how can Yu Han's marriage have any hope? In that situation, if you didn't quickly use a few jars of wine to get rid of her, would you let the matter ferment?"

The chopsticks that had been knocking on the table fell steadily, and he did not mention it again. Tong Mingru's face was still ugly, and he accused coldly, "There are so many wines in the mansion, you can just take a few jars to send them away, why do you have to take that Tu Su? I deliberately put it in the back, why, those wines outside are not to your liking, or are they not to Jin Yunian's liking? You must send Tu Su to the Jin family?!"

Madam Tong was a domineering person to begin with. She was embarrassed to be accused in front of a room full of trusted servants. She felt upset and her face changed instantly. "Tu Su! Tu Su! Who gave you that jar of Tu Su? It just looks noble, doesn't it? Tomorrow I will go to the street and buy you all the Tu Su wine in the city! I will watch you drink it! If you can't finish it, I will have someone pour it for you!"

After saying that, she threw the chopsticks in her hand hard, and the chopsticks bounced back and hit the bowl on the table. In the splashing mess, there was the woman's face which was slightly distorted by anger.

Tong Mingru looked at this suddenly unfamiliar face, and suddenly he felt as if someone had choked him by the neck. The surging emotions were blocked in his throat, unable to go up or down. However, because of this roar, he regained some rationality. He put down his chopsticks and leaned back in his chair, his face cold and gloomy, his eyes full of gloom. He said, "In the past, I let you make the decisions on everything in this mansion, which made you even more unreasonable. You cried and made a fuss about Yu Han's marriage, but did I ever tell you that the Tong family doesn't need a girl to cling to the rich and powerful to fight for those honors and favors?"

"That's because the Queen thinks highly of our family!"

"Do you think Bai is a good person?" Tong Mingru curled his lips, too lazy to pay attention to this stubborn woman. He stood up and walked two steps, turned back, and sneered, "Forget it, there is no point in talking about this now. Just don't touch my things from now on." After that, he left in a huff.

As soon as I went down the stairs, I heard the sound of plates breaking from the house, accompanied by a woman's uncontrolled roar.

Tong Mingru shook his head and walked away quickly, without seeing a girl in light-colored clothes slowly walking out of the dark corner of the corridor. She stood there for a long time, and wanted to go in and persuade the two people to quarrel, but she heard herself being mentioned in the room, so she retreated to the window for some unknown reason.

She is eighteen years old this year, which is considered old among the daughters of aristocratic families. She has known since she was a child that the marriage of the daughter of the Tong family is not her own, so over the years, even if she occasionally saw talented or handsome and elegant young men showing their affection to her, she always restrained herself from being moved. Therefore, who that man was in the end, it actually didn't matter to her.

It was just a bond of interest, whether they were respectful or superficially harmonious, what did it matter? It was better than my mother, who would yell and rage at every turn, smash cups and bowls, and even go so far as to fight, losing her composure and making the servants laugh at her.

My mother hadn't made enough noise, and I was tired of watching her. Tong Yuhan lowered her head and smiled bitterly, lifted her skirt and walked away leisurely. When she turned a corner, she bumped into someone unexpectedly. It was Tong Wanzhen, who was pale and panicked. She covered her collar tightly and glared at her with eyes that seemed to want to kill someone.

Unfortunately, the only thing left was the ability to show its teeth, like a newborn wolf cub that hasn't even grown any claws or fangs yet.

Tong Yuhan glanced at the direction the other person was coming from - that was the direction of the main gate, and immediately understood, so she reminded him without any expression, and her voice was as cold as jade, "If father knew that you came back so late, I'm afraid he would cut off your monthly allowance again."

"What is it to you?" Tong Wanzhen sneered, took two steps, couldn't help but threatened with a cold face, "If you dare to gossip about father, I will make you pay!" After saying that, she really turned around and left.

Tong Yuhan looked at the other person's staggering steps, frowning and not saying anything for a long time. But the maid beside her couldn't help but sneered, "This bastard is getting more and more arrogant, and she even threatened the young lady. Is she drunk and crazy? Young lady, please don't bother with her. With her like this, now that she has lost Wen Qian's money bag, who knows how she will cheat people outside!"

The other party has gone far away.

The night was dim, and the stumbling figure disappeared in the darkness, leaving only a vague outline. Even Tong Yuhan was a little unsure whether the faint smell she smelled in the unexpected collision was that smell. At that time, she didn't understand, and she rashly broke into Tong Shenzhi's room and interrupted his good deeds. At that time, the smell in the room... was that smell.

She had already made up her mind. She retracted her gaze and looked at the maid beside her, then said softly, "I don't want to control her. I just hope she can be more clear-headed and not do dirty things outside to dirty the Tong family's threshold and implicate me." She didn't want to control anyone, but they all had the surname Tong. If Tong Wan really tarnished her reputation, people would only say that the Tong family's daughter had a bad family tradition, but they would not say that this was just a concubine's daughter, and the Tong family's legitimate daughter was still good.

"Go back."

……

Tonight is destined to be an uneven night.

Some people explore dark alleys at night to find fragrance, some people are on the verge of a fight just for a pot of wine, some people cover their bodies with purple scars and have no one to complain to, some people stand by the window to look at the moon and miss their old friends, and there are also people who hold the newly acquired wine jar and sleep soundly with their mouths drooling, but they don’t know that danger is approaching...