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

Wen Peiji's businesses are almost all over the country. Zhan Yanfeng also said that although Anshi is small, its trade is prosperous. It is not surprising that Wen Peiji has a shop in Anshi.

After the initial surprise wore off, Yuan Ge didn't take it too seriously. Upon hearing this, he simply shook his head and said, "It's okay. I haven't had the opportunity to come here in person. I just flipped through a travelogue when I was free and seemed to have seen this name in it."

Her eyes were smiling, her words were calm, and a familiar feeling overflowed from between her unfamiliar brows. Zhan Yanfeng looked at this girl who looked too young like this. He naturally didn't believe her casual words "I've only heard of her". The momentary loss of composure when the girl stood up was completely unlike such a casual statement... Since she didn't say anything, Zhan Yanfeng didn't ask any questions, but nodded expressionlessly, "So..."

Then there was silence.

Relatives who had spent nearly every day together in the past now stared at each other through a strange body. There was always a certain awkwardness in the silence. Zhan Yanfeng pulled up the corners of his mouth, a smile that only made it more obvious, and said, "I don't know much about the Murong family. If you have nothing else to ask, then you should leave as soon as possible... With my current status, the young lady doesn't need to come here anymore."

After saying that, he smiled self-deprecatingly, then lowered his head, avoiding gazes. His brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked as if he had breathed a sigh of relief, as if something had been lost and could never be found again.

Yuan Ge looked at Zhan Yanfeng like this, wanting to say something but stopping for a moment, then he took out a folded paper from his arms and placed it on the table. He tapped his fingertips and said softly, "You should know the original intention of my building that secret room. I never thought that the things in it were my personal possessions, private collections, and that others could not touch them. If you want something that is not against the law, just tell me directly, why bother..."

She never finished her last words. She slowly shook her head, sighed, turned around and left.

Zhan Yanfeng watched the little girl step out of the door before he picked up the piece of paper on the table. The familiar handwriting was concise and only a few medicinal herbs were written on it. In a moment, he had taken in everything, but he looked at it for a long time, as if he wanted to stare a hole in the paper. Then he slowly lowered his head and buried his whole face in the paper. As his shoulders shrugged, laughter escaped from his lips and teeth, low and more like sobbing.

That kid... really knows everything.

It was said that the eldest daughter of Zhixuan Mountain was a rare genius, a rare sight in a century. If she were a boy, she would have been a great general, stabilizing the nation, but she was born a girl. This girl was indeed intelligent and learned everything quickly, as if she had a photographic memory. Whether it was martial arts, toxicology, or even medicine, there was nothing she couldn't learn, and nothing she couldn't master.

She was born with such a brain, but developed a reckless character. She should have been a darling girl strolling leisurely in the pavilions and jade steps, but she turned out to be a monkey rolling in the world of mortals. Her cleverness was occasionally laced with a hint of cunning...which made it even more difficult for people to understand her.

Unfortunately, the little girl was full of pride and never wanted to hide her edge, and she didn't know...

Those who are too smart are prone to early death, and God is jealous of talented people.

Zhan Yanfeng raised his eyes and looked in the direction the other person had left, not looking away for a long time. From his distance, he could vaguely hear the man's cold and rigid voice and the girl's gentle and soft voice outside the courtyard gate. The girl's aura had changed a lot. Although he didn't know what exactly she had experienced, he thought her life was better than the unpredictable life on Xuanshan Mountain... His eyes fell back to the prescription in his palm. After a while, he sighed softly, folded it carefully, put it in his arms, and then laughed softly...

In his life, he never sought fame, nor did he covet profit. In his early years, he was really indifferent and content with his lot. The eldest brother was obsessed with martial arts, and the second brother was in charge of many affairs in the mountains and almost had sole control over everything. He had seen too many ugly faces of people who showed it for selfish desires and power, so he felt that being a free and easy teacher in this life would bring him the most leisurely and comfortable life.

Until... after meeting that person, he developed the only obsession in his life - to stay young and young forever. He was almost morbidly afraid of every fine line and every white hair on his face. He was afraid of seeing his aging appearance in the other person's cold and smiling eyes.

He knew the world was full of hypocrites. They praised him to his face, calling him a gentleman, yet behind his back, they constantly called him crazy. But so what? He wasn't driven by that "gentleman, like jade" phrase. Besides, who in this world isn't crazy? Yuan Junfeng was obsessed with martial arts, Zhuang Lichuan was obsessed with money and power. How were they fundamentally different? He frantically searched for the secret to eternal youth, trying every method, every elusive elixir, but even so, he had to admit that his efforts were minimal... The marks of time could not be concealed.

Finally, his efforts paid off. He learned from an unofficial history book that there was an "Immortal Concubine" in the previous dynasty. It was said that even at the age of 50, she looked no more than 28 years old, thanks to a "Rejuvenating Pill" she took daily. He was overjoyed, but even after searching through ancient historical books of the previous dynasty, he could not find any more detailed information... until he heard that Yuan Ge had obtained the secret recipe for the Rejuvenating Pill and had taken it to the secret room.

At that moment, the devil in my heart finally opened its bloody mouth and revealed its sharp fangs.

but……

From the very beginning to the very end, he had never considered asking Yuan Ge for anything, not even just to borrow it. Yuan Ge, raised in the care of countless people, had no idea how someone who'd been teased so many times would no longer have the courage to ask for anything. Their pride... Through the repeated teasing and trampling, it had long since crumbled into shattered pieces, unable to be thrown away, yet unable to be picked up either.

He didn't expect that the little girl saw everything and sent him such a prescription at the last moment. In a casual way, she fulfilled his obsession for many years and made all his calculations over the years a joke.

It turns out... all you have to do is speak frankly.

……

The sun shines down, and behind the cotton-like clouds is an exceptionally blue sky, so clear that it is a little dazzling.

Yuan Ge stood outside the courtyard, gazing up at the brilliant sky. He averted his gaze for a moment, letting out a long sigh. For a moment, he wondered if building this secret room had been a mistake. Rumors were spreading. It was just an ordinary room, but rumors had spread, stirring fear and envy, invisibly adding to the turmoil. It was just a recipe. If it wasn't going to be used to commit crimes or harm lives, why would he have racked his brains and painstakingly planned it?