The scumbag wanted to wipe out the whole family, but rebirth ruined him!

Seeing the chaos downstairs, Lady Qihou could no longer bear it and stood up.

The maid downstairs came up and reported a few words to the wife of Marquis Qi in a low voice.

The face of the wife of the Marquis of Qi suddenly became even uglier.

"I want to see what kind of person dares to disrupt the Hairpin Appreciation Meeting."

Madam Qi Hou walked into the hall and shouted, "Stop!"

The noisy hall finally quieted down.

There were a few more bruises on Zhou Pei's face.

"Humph, you dare to disrupt our hairpin appreciation meeting just by taking a token from Prince Xuan's Palace. Where on earth did this ignorant young man come from?"

The scholar who had just ridiculed Zhou Pei looked at him with glee.

"The Marquis of Qi can be said to be the master who first enlightened His Royal Highness Prince Xuan. Even if His Royal Highness came in person, he would definitely be respectful to the Marquis' wife."

Zhou Pei saw that the situation was not right, so he broke free from the two servants who were holding him and bowed to the Marquis's wife.

"Please forgive me, old lady. I am indeed here to look for someone. The young lady of the Shangshu Mansion and I are in love with each other and we often send letters to each other.

I originally came here with the calligraphy and painting that the young lady gave me, but I was in a hurry when I left and took the wrong painting."

Upon hearing this, the ladies and girls around all looked at Zhao Huayin.

Every word Zhou Pei said just now was about the private dealings between him and Zhao Huayin, and that they were in love with each other.

Madam Zhao's expression changed when she heard this.

"How dare you! How dare you talk nonsense here, young man? How could a girl from our Zhao family do such a thing as getting married in secret?"

Madam Zhao was probably so angry that she even said something like getting married in secret.

Yu Ying'er, who was standing in the corner, finally squeezed next to Zhao Huayin.

"Don't slander my sister. My sister is the daughter of the Minister of Rites. How could she not know the rules of etiquette?"

Zhao Huayin's eyes turned cold and he glanced at Yu Ying'er coldly.

Some ladies have expressed their doubts.

"Don't Minister Zhao and his wife have only one daughter? Where did this girl come from?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Zhao Huayin spoke slowly.

"This gentleman must have recognized the wrong person. I have been learning to paint since I was a child. When I was seven or eight years old, my paintings were better than this."

As she spoke, Zhao Huayin picked up the graffiti and showed it to the ladies around her.

Most of the people who could come to participate in the hairpin appreciation meeting today were good at painting, and they knew at a glance that what Zhao Huayin said was true.

Seeing that most people began to nod in agreement, Zhou Pei became a little anxious.

"If Miss Zhao hadn't sent me a message, how would I have known that this work was here today?"

Zhou Pei pointed at Zhao Huayin's "Spring Flowers" and questioned.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Several students from Hanzhang Academy were stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.

"This painting has Miss Zhao's seal on it. Even a fool would know that this is Miss Zhao's painting!"

"Then do you know that a special pigment is used in this painting?"

Seeing several people looking at each other in bewilderment, Zhou Pei felt somewhat proud and continued,

"The paint used in this painting is not ordinary pigments, but dyes for dyeing cloth. When paired with white linen paper, the painting becomes textured like embroidery."

Everyone looked at the "Spring Flowers" painting carefully again, and just as Zhou Pei said, the whole painting looked very three-dimensional and real.

"If Miss Zhao hadn't told me, how would I have known the brushwork and wonderfulness of this painting?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Pei pressed the corner of Wu Qing's mouth and smiled.

"It's not necessary for me to tell you this myself. When Master taught me, everyone present knew this method."

Zhao Huayin continued,

"I still remember that sister Ying'er had just been brought home by me not long ago. She wanted to learn painting with me, so I took her to the school. At that time, the master happened to talk about the integration of painting and embroidery."

"Oh, so that girl is the adopted daughter of the Shangshu Mansion."

The ladies around began to whisper again.

When Yu Ying'er heard Zhao Huayin ruthlessly revealing her life experience, her face turned pale and blue.

"I don't remember any of this anymore, sister."

Yu Ying'er spoke timidly from the side.

"Ying'er, do you think the Zhao family treats you badly?"

Old Madam Zhao has a good reputation in the capital, so how could she tolerate Yu Ying'er slandering the Zhao family?

"I...that's not what I meant."

Zhao Huayin glanced at Yu Ying'er.

"You two have already been engaged, so it's understandable that you exchanged some letters. Even if I told this young master about what I saw in class, I wouldn't blame you. Why do you have to deny it and cause misunderstanding?

Could it be that my sister saw that her fiancé had a lame leg and wanted to pretend that she didn't know him and ruin my reputation? I have never done anything to let my sister down!"

After she finished speaking, everyone saw Zhao Huayin's eyes filled with tears, and she gently wiped her tears with a silk scarf.

This was a trick Yu Ying'er used often in her previous life. Zhao Huayin was just using her own method to retaliate.

"So they already had an engagement. How ridiculous! They don't even know who they are engaged to."

"After all, the Zhao family's daughter comes from a family of scholars, so she won't do anything out of line. But if she was picked up, that's not certain."

"Although he was raised in the Zhao Mansion, who can tell his origins?"

"It's fine for this woman to disregard etiquette and go to the prison to look for someone, but she's too snobbish to change her mind when she sees someone's body is impaired."

……

Everyone was talking about this, and Yu Ying'er's expression couldn't help but change a few times.

When Zhou Pei heard everyone's discussion, he glared at Yu Ying'er angrily.

Then he couldn't help but think, Zhao Huayin actually knew that I was engaged to Yu Ying'er?

"All right!"

Madam Qi Hou said in a deep voice,

"Since the matter has been made clear, and you are looking for your fiancée, Miss Yu, then just talk it over. Why are you slandering Huayin's reputation? Don't you even know who you are engaged to?"

"And you!"

Madam Qi looked at Yu Ying'er sharply.

"Since you are engaged to him, why don't you want to admit it? You even want to drag Huayin's reputation down. The Zhao family raised you, and you actually want to repay kindness with hatred!"

"Madam Qi Hou..."

Yu Ying'er wanted to step forward to explain, but Madam Qi Hou didn't wait for her to finish her words and waved to the servants behind her.

"These two people have disrupted today's hairpin appreciation meeting. Please ask them to leave!"

The servant received the order and stepped forward and pushed the two men out.

"I am a guest official in Prince Xuan's palace. How dare you be so rude!"

Zhou Pei was still shouting loudly, but the servants in the Marquis' Mansion didn't care and just pushed and shoved the two of them out.

Zhao Huayin bowed to the wife of the Marquis of Qi.

"I would like to thank Madam for your protection."

The wife of the Marquis of Qi stepped forward and helped Zhao Huayin up.

"I have watched you grow up, so how can I not know your character? But this girl you adopted is not a simple person. She is even engaged?"

"It's a family scandal. This girl went to the prison of the city defense camp on her own. She was brought back by the fourth prince and we found out that she was going to see her fiancé."

Old Madam Zhao shook her head and sighed.

"I have already told Bi'er and the others that since we have raised her, we should make this marriage happen."

"It would be better for a girl with such a heart to get married early."

Mrs. Qi nodded.

After driving the two out, Pinzan will continue as usual.

Zhao Huayin helped Old Madam Zhao back to the main table and turned back to wink at Dianxue.

Dianxue went out calmly. Yu Ying'er and Zhou Pei were leaving, so someone had to see them off.

Liuyun also gestured to Zhao Huayin and walked towards the backyard of Pin Ya Ju.

As soon as Yu Ying'er came in, she saw Xiaohong beside her going to the backyard and she hasn't come back yet.

What on earth was she doing?