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

Not long after lunch that day, Feng Qingtan brought a little medicine boy to take Zhuang Lichuan's pulse.

Zhuang Lichuan has found many female confidantes over the years, and this courtyard used to be the most lively one. But now, with the order from the great elder, no one can come in, and the huge courtyard seems particularly deserted.

It is so deserted that it makes people feel strange...as if they have come back from another lifetime and everything and everyone has changed.

Yuan Ge stood at the gate of the courtyard which looked extremely desolate in the winter. After a while, he quickened his pace and followed Zhuang Lichuan into the courtyard with an inexplicable look on his face.

In less than a cup of tea, Feng Qingtan came out and coughed at the servant who was leaning against the wall with his sleeves gathered at the door. His face was not looking good. "What's going on? There are not many people in this yard, and you two are the only ones serving. Why are you looking for opportunities to be so negligent? It seems that you two are just taking advantage of the situation. Do you think that your elder has lost his power and has become disloyal because of this?"

The two servants said hesitantly that they dared not.

Yuan Ge glanced at the humble servant and showed no mercy, "I don't know where you learned this sneaky and cunning skill. It was me and Master Feng who saw it today. If your eldest lady saw it, you two would be in trouble!"

Miss Zhuang's style is not much inferior to Yuan Ge's. In fact, compared with Yuan Ge who is increasingly reclusive, this Miss Zhuang is even more difficult to deal with. The whip in her hand really comes down at any time. The two servants become more cautious and respond repeatedly, and their attitude is obviously more respectful.

Yuan Ge then put his hands behind his back and nodded, saying, "Everyone, be careful. Elder Feng has already taken your pulse. Your elder is well-rested and will wake up in about an hour. If something goes wrong by then, no one can save you!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

No one noticed that the servant who had been listening for a long time by the wall outside the courtyard quietly left. Yuan Ge gave all the instructions and then turned to Feng Qingtan and asked, "Let's go back too. We still have to tell the elder about this matter."

Feng Qingtan pondered for a moment, "Hmm. Let's go a little later, when the Second Elder wakes up, and let them go by themselves, so you don't have to make a trip."

"Also."

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After hearing the manager's report, Zhan Yanfeng frowned and thought about it, looking a little unconvinced. "What did you say? Can the second child really wake up? And wake up early?"

The steward nodded. "Yes, the servant we sent out heard it from the little herbalist in the medicine garden. Master Feng didn't say a word, so it should be true. He said he would wake up in about an hour... Third Master, if the Second Elder wakes up, we should go and find out what happened. I have a feeling that the Second Elder's incident this time must be related to the medicine garden..."

Zhan Yanfeng held the account book in his hand and glanced at it lazily, "What do you mean?"

The steward didn't notice the expression of his third master. He lowered his eyes for a moment before saying, "I can't explain it, but the rumors in the mountains are not entirely without reason. You said that our mountain was fine in the past, but since this person came, there has been no peace... I don't know why, but when I look at the girl in the medicine garden, I always feel a little creepy, weird. How can a normal girl look so weird!"

Zhan Yanfeng finally looked at the other party seriously, put down the account book in his hand, leaned back in his chair and said seriously, "Tell me, what is this weird method?"

"Then, then what shall I say?" the steward asked with a smile, bowing his head slowly. When the other party nodded again, he carefully explained, "From a distance, the woman seemed gentle and soft, and her words and actions seemed to be casual and non-confrontational. But I don't know why, when those eyes stared at me, I always felt as if I was being stared at by something sinister and broke into a cold sweat. It was also as if I was naked and she had seen through me from head to toe... Tell me, how could a lady from a noble family have such a look?"

Zhan Yanfeng didn't feel anything sinister or weird about it, but when he looked at Wen Qian, he did feel an indescribable weirdness, a sense of déjà vu.

He couldn't tell where that weird feeling came from, but he knew it made him uneasy and fearful, and it kept him awake from his dreams at midnight until dawn.

His fingertips tapped the closed account book. On the cover of the account book, written in beautiful small regular script, were the three words "Zui Huan Lou". Zhan Yanfeng lowered his eyes to look at the three words, and suddenly asked, "Where is Sister Hong? Didn't she say she went to the elder for interrogation? What was the result? Did you find out?"

The steward clenched his fingers tightly, forced out an extremely embarrassed expression, and said stutteringly, "I did find out after asking around..."

"Just say whatever you want to say, why are you hesitating?"

"Yes..." The steward shrank his neck, subconsciously looked around, and said, "Hong Jie'er was indeed escorted to the Great Elder, but not long after that Yan Huo left us and went to the Great Elder's place, Hong Lan was taken away. Now she is placed in the guest house. I heard that the Great Elder has also instructed that she should be treated well... Now she is well fed and served. Master, do you think she has confessed something?"

"What? This?" Zhan Yanfeng knocked on his subordinate's account book and asked with raised eyebrows.

The steward suddenly took a half step back, as if he had seen something scary. After a long while, he wiped his forehead and said with lingering fear, "Third Master...what if? I felt before that you should keep Sister Hong steady at this critical moment. If she insists on dragging you down with her, it will be really difficult to deal with."

"Don't worry... Even if you give her seventeen or eighteen courages, she won't confess. This woman's life is a pity! But... you reminded me that I have to find a way to get these idle people down the mountain. There are too many people and too many eyes, and some things can't be done." Zhan Yanfeng slowly stood up and threw the account book with "Zuihuanlou" written on it into the charcoal fire. He looked at the flames that rolled up in an instant, slowly stretched out his hand to feel the warmth of the flames, straightened his clothes for a while, and walked out with one hand behind his back, "Second brother is about to wake up, we should go see eldest brother."

The news that the second elder had finally woken up spread quickly. When the news reached Yuan Junfeng, the third elder was also there. The two brothers were drinking tea and playing chess. Upon hearing the news, the two brothers were obviously relieved.

"Finally woke up." Zhan Yanfeng put the chess piece on his fingertips into the chess box, smiling calmly, "Big brother, second brother finally woke up. Why don't we go over and see what's going on... The mountain has been in a mess recently, and even I, who don't manage anything, have heard a lot of gossip and am very upset. It's a good time to go and ask what's going on."

"Okay." The elder nodded in approval, "Alright."