The Rebirth of an Orphan

"Wait," Zhao Xihua struggled to get up from the ground, "No need for any of you to do anything. Since the Zhao family can't tolerate me, I will hang myself at the gate of the Zhao family in a moment."

Zhao Xihua also became ruthless at the moment. She ran to the side and pulled down the veil of the floor-length curtains, wrapping it around her slender neck.

She said coldly, "Uncle, you don't have to beat me to death. If you beat me to death, you will be involved in a lawsuit. It is easier to let me commit suicide, and it can also save you. But if I die, the promise you made to the Sun family will be ruined. I don't think you will be willing to let other delicate sisters go to the Sun family to get married, right?"

She glanced at the terrified people around her and walked towards the door while saying, "Forget it, I don't want to say more. It's just death. If I die, your family will be happy. It can be considered as accumulating blessings for my next life."

"Stop her." Old Madam Zhao spoke, then looked at Zhao Yan and whispered, "Sit down first. What's wrong with you? A grown-up like that was controlled by a little girl. Do you think the Zhao family is not in chaos enough?"

Zhao Yan really didn't expect that his niece, who had always been well-behaved and obedient and not attracted much attention, would become so difficult to deal with.

He was just saying those words out of anger and beating her up to vent his anger, but he didn't expect that she would actually die at his doorstep. If that really happened, where would he put his face?

Do I really want to let my other daughters go to the Sun family again? My own daughter would definitely not be willing to let her go, and the other daughters would definitely not be willing to do so. Such a large family needs everyone's cooperation in all aspects, so we can't let this create a rift.

After some consideration, Zhao Yan had to compromise. He sat down and shouted at the door: "Come back, who told you to die?"

Seeing Zhao Yan's tone obviously softened, the eldest wife was not happy. She couldn't let her off so easily. A piece of music score ruined her daughter's bright future. She wanted to kill her.

"No, I have something to say,"

The eldest wife walked to the middle of the living room and said, "Since I became the head of this family, I have never treated any young master or young lady unfairly, and I have always taken care of their food, clothing and daily expenses. I didn't expect that the fourth girl would actually scheme to cheat Qin'er and the Zhao family. This is really chilling. She clearly knew that the daughter of the Sun family didn't like the song, but she still gave the score to Qin'er. Is she going to let my Qin'er be humiliated just like that?"

"Aunt, this is really funny. I have never been out of the house except for school. How could I have come into contact with outsiders? Not to mention knowing the preferences of the daughter of the Sun family who lives far away in Kyoto? You said that I forced the music score on my eldest sister. The sisters were all there at the time. It was obviously my eldest sister who asked for it. How can you say that I forced it on her?"

Zhao Yan also felt that there was some truth in what he said. How could the fourth girl of the Sun family suddenly get in touch with the daughter of the Sun family?

The eldest wife was suddenly speechless. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking with anger that she couldn't say a word of rebuttal for a long time after being confronted by Zhao Xihua.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Lingyun, who had been silent, suddenly covered her face and started crying softly, "Fourth sister, I want to say something fair for my eldest sister. When I knew you had the music score, you told me first and then let my eldest sister know. You didn't know that you were going to the Sun family to get married, and you thought it was meaningless, so you wanted to use this matter to plot against us sisters, right?"

Zhao Xihua glanced at Zhao Lingyun's seemingly innocent face. It was this delicate and tender face that pushed her into that devilish hell time and time again.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly with a cold smile, and she did not refute Zhao Lingyun's words. She just turned around and looked at Zhao Yan and smiled: "Uncle, first of all, I have always stayed in my room and never met the daughter of the Sun family, let alone know her preferences. What reason do I have to use the music score to harm my elder sister?"

"Second, when I went to visit the old lady and daughter of the Sun family today, they just asked a few more questions and didn't say anything about getting married. I don't understand how Fifth Sister knew that the Sun family wanted me to get married? Fifth Sister already knew something that no one in our Zhao family knew. It seems that Sister Wu has a close relationship with the Sun family, right? Then Sister Wu should know the preferences of the daughter of the Sun family very well, right?"

Zhao Lingyun's face turned pale and she panicked instantly. She didn't expect Zhao Xihua to bite back at her, "Uncle, Ling'er has no connection with the Sun family at all. Is Fourth Sister crazy? How can you slander someone so casually?"

The Fifth Madam also stood up to defend him, saying, "Brother, my Ling'er is usually very well-behaved. This Fourth Girl is talking nonsense. You have to discipline her."

In the past, the Fifth Madam had no confidence in front of the head of the family, but recently her son had made military achievements, so she felt confident and began to show off her power.

However, Zhao Xihua knew that her uncle would not do anything to the Fifth Madam if she remained like this. Zhao Yan was a person who cared about her reputation, and it was not her turn as a woman to come out and tell the head of a family how to discipline his children.

As expected, Zhao Yan's face turned ugly. Just as he was about to say something, Old Lady Zhao spoke up first: "Stop talking. Hua'er, let me ask you, where did you get that music score?"

The old lady was indeed thoughtful. She knew that she couldn't hide this matter, so she lowered her head and said, "That was left by my mother."

When the old lady heard this, she said bluntly, "At first, she looked like a foxy girl, and her family background was not good. She was not a good match for our family. But the fourth son insisted on bringing her back like a treasure, and even risked his life for her."

Zhao Xihua felt that what she heard was particularly irritating and she clenched her fists slightly. She had heard from the old servant that her mother was also a famous beauty in Kyoto at that time. She was very talented and had a lot of savings. After she followed her father to the Zhao family, she also brought a lot of benefits to the Zhao family.

But after the benefits were used up, she changed her face and started to humiliate people. The so-called grandmother is nothing but a blood-sucking ungrateful wolf.

At this time, Old Lady Zhao said in a cold voice: "Come here, go and search the fourth girl's yard for me. I want to see what other harmful things that vixen has hidden."

Not long after, several servants around the old lady searched Zhao Xihua's room thoroughly and finally moved the box to the main hall.

Zhao Xihua watched those people casually throwing her mother's old clothes and jewelry boxes on the ground and trampling on them. Her heart ached fiercely. One day... one day she would make them kneel down and return all her things to her.

Finally, the servant carefully looked at Zhao Xi's painting and said to the old lady, "Old Madam, all the things left by the Fourth Madam are here, but there are still... there are still a bunch of bottles and jars of medicinal herbs that the Fourth Miss used, which are not easy to move."

The old lady looked at Zhao Xihua who lowered her head: "What medicinal herbs?"