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

They are all foxes, and when their eyes meet, undercurrents surge, and they all know each other's considerations and judgments.

The little fox looked more cunning, with fine light in his eyes, making his originally gentle face look a little sharper.

She pursed her lips slightly, as if she was a little unhappy because she had never met her grandfather, but she was a little more childish. Zhan Yanfeng retracted his gaze and looked at his hand on the table... He expected that the days of escape would be difficult, but he never expected that he could not even get out of the mountain after going around in circles. Song Wenyuan didn't know how many people he brought with him. At first glance, the whole forest was silent, but whenever he made a move, it seemed that people were gathering in the mountain.

It is hard to see clearly, only vague shadows, which makes people dare not act rashly.

After living a life of luxury for so many years, how could I bear such a crime? I used to suffer it often, but after so many years, even my memory has become blurred. The pain I once felt so deep now seems so far away that it seems unreal... I feel like an outsider, watching other people's stories with cold eyes, feeling indifferent, but with a hatred that seems to originate from the end of my bloodline and is rooted in my bones and blood.

He lowered his head and pulled the corners of his mouth. After a long while, he sneered and said softly, "Those trivial things... I almost forgot them. Even if you want to hear them, I'm afraid I can't explain them clearly." The past was cold, dark and dirty. It was once thought that it was so dirty that it could not be washed away no matter how hard you tried. But looking back now, it was like dust falling on the cuffs of the sleeves, which fell to the ground with a light brush.

Others would probably think it was just an exaggeration. It was not a big deal, why was it so serious and unbearable to let it go... But only those who have experienced it personally know that the ink spots on the cuffs at that time were so hard to wash away that they could not be easily removed.

Yuan Ge nodded silently without asking any further questions. There was a sense of sympathy in his calm brows, a sense of familiarity that transcended their ages.

It makes people... feel uncomfortable.

"The Zhan family was once a well-known clan." He suppressed the corners of his mouth and smiled softly, his smile was bitter and sad, "But it was only in the past, you definitely haven't heard of it... Yes, it's my work."

"My mother was an exotic dancer, extremely beautiful and charming. She was taken away by that old immortal and killed not long after giving birth to me. She was drugged and tortured to death by the lowest servants in the mansion... The old immortal thought she was dirty and had her carried to a mass grave. At that time, I was still ignorant of the world and was brought up by an old maid. As the eldest son of the Zhan family, I didn't even have a decent wet nurse... It would be ridiculous to tell others about it!"

Then he really laughed, pulling the corners of his mouth, laughing softly, but his laughter was dry and hoarse, like the last song of a traveler who had been thirsty for many days in the desert. He laughed, and as he laughed, the corners of his mouth drooped down, "I tied up the old man, and then drugged his wife who came from a well-known family, and gave him a taste of his own medicine... I also inflicted all this on their precious son, just like what they had done to me."

Yuan Ge raised her head suddenly, and looked directly at the other person's gnashing teeth. She suddenly fell silent. She seemed to understand, but she didn't dare to understand. So, she sat there almost at a loss, with her mouth slightly open, unable to give a suitable expression. Those seemingly ordinary words, at this moment, every word seemed to be poisoned. When they poured into her ears, they pierced her head like needles, causing her headache.

What is... all this? What is... like those things? And what are those things?

What on earth did a foreign concubine who was too beautiful and a son of an aristocratic family who had nothing to rely on go through in such a high-walled compound, and how did he struggle to survive in such a desperate situation? If Yuan Ge grew up in the mountains, he would probably have no idea, but Yuan Ge, who had just entered the inner courtyard of an aristocratic family, could guess a little, but because of this, he dared not speculate...

So she fell silent.

Her slightly embarrassed hesitation was too obvious. After all, she was just a teenage girl, and it was inappropriate to say such things to her. Zhan Yanfeng suppressed his sudden interest and sneered, "Why should I tell you this... Your grandfather is a fool, even when he was young. Others knew about my affairs, and even though they didn't avoid me like snakes and scorpions, they couldn't help but point fingers and make sarcastic remarks. But he was different. He knew those things, but he still wanted to be brothers with me and drink happily... I couldn't drink much, which spoiled his fun for a long time."

At this point, she paused for a moment, raised her lips, and continued, "I met the second brother later. The second brother is more thoughtful than him, but he is also a smooth and worldly-wise person... Your grandfather and I are not good at it, so someone has to be good at it. Later, Zhixuan Mountain was established... The original Zhixuan Mountain was just a small private school at the foot of the mountain. Not to mention fame, it was hard to make a living. The second brother was worried all day long, but your grandfather didn't care about anything, and he kept picking people back."

Yuan Ge was slightly stunned, "Picking someone up?"

"Yes. Didn't he tell you?" Zhan Yanfeng smiled again, "All those teachers who taught in our mountain in the early years were picked up by him. Some committed crimes and had nowhere to hide, some offended the powerful and had nowhere to stay, and some were homeless due to natural disasters...Eating was a problem for him, but he still happily brought people back. The second brother argued with him several times, but he had a good temper and always accepted everything in a good mood. He turned around and brought people back again."

He lowered his eyebrows, shook his head and laughed, his smile was gentle.

After so many years, even though the relationship between us can never return to the original one, but when talking about those almost difficult years, the lines at the corners of my eyes still soften.

That must be a time that makes people feel that it has not been wasted.

Yuan Ge retracted his legs, supported his chin and listened with his head tilted. When he saw that he stopped, he whispered, "He seldom told me about things before I was born, and I seldom asked... I didn't even know there was such a past." At that time, he was worried that talking about the past would touch upon his grandfather's pain of losing his son. Now, thinking about it, his grandfather must have deliberately avoided it for fear that he would discover the four years of missed memories.

So, in this way, after so many years, I thought we had a tacit understanding of "if you don't mention it, I won't ask", but I actually only have a vague understanding of my own past.

I feel a little ashamed.

Fortunately, the other party had no intention of saying more, and immediately changed the subject, "The marriage between the Murong and Yuan clans was initiated by the Murong family... but it was not Zhi Xuanshan who came to them, but the Yuan family."