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

King Xuan picked up Yu Ying'er and left. Zhou Pei, who followed behind him, glanced at their backs hatefully, then quickly lowered his head.

Yu Ying'er, this bitch, just said that they were engaged, and now she's hooking up with King Xuan. Is she even planning to become the mistress of King Xuan's palace?

Zhao Huaqin, who had been watching quietly at the side, became anxious when she saw Yu Ying'er being carried away by King Xuan.

Today's plan failed and Zhao Huayin was not hurt at all.

When you do something in the future, you have to plan carefully.

Now that Yu Ying'er has arrived at Prince Xuan's Mansion, maybe this is an opportunity...

After King Xuan and his entourage left, the frightened wife of the Marquis of Qi and other female relatives did not want to stay any longer.

"Your Highness, now that the woman who set the fire has been executed, can the others leave too?"

Mu Xiao stepped forward and reported: "Master, Jun Jian and the others have returned."

Yan Qi nodded, then turned to Madam Qi and said softly,

"Madam, please do as you please. Today, the city defense battalion was chasing the fugitives, which disturbed the hairpin appreciation meeting in your mansion. I hope Madam will forgive me!"

The wife of the Marquis of Qi then asked all the ladies to leave.

"I'm sorry for being so slow at the hairpin appreciation meeting at Marquis Qi's mansion today. Please forgive me!"

When the ladies and young ladies heard Yan Qi say that they could leave, they all wanted to leave this place of trouble immediately.

They had come to the banquet in good spirits, but first the scholar flirted with the girl from the Zhao family, and then they encountered the city defense battalion arresting people.

Pin Ya Ju was on fire and everyone was scared. Now that the cold-faced evil spirit had spoken, no one was willing to stay any longer.

They exchanged glances and quickly said goodbye to the wife of the Marquis of Qi.

"In that case, Huayin, Huaqin, let's go back home."

Old Madam Zhao said to Zhao Huayin and Zhao Huaqin beside her.

"Yes!"

Zhao Huayin also responded meekly. Today's situation had already been broken, and there was no point in staying any longer.

But before Zhao Huayin and the others could walk out, the owner of Pin Yaju came jogging over.

"Wait! Miss Zhao, please stay!"

Zhao Huayin turned around and saw Manager Lu already running up to her.

"Miss Zhao, please stay! My warehouse was also affected by the fire just now. There is some damage to an ancient painting. I would like to ask Miss Zhao to stay and help me take a look and possibly repair it."

Zhao Huayin has always been famous for her talent in the capital, especially when she was learning embroidery with Yao Niang in her early years, she studied many famous paintings.

At that time, some of the ancient paintings that Zhao Huayin studied were borrowed from Pinyaju. If we talk about the familiarity with these ancient paintings, I am afraid that even Manager Lu cannot compare with Zhao Huayin.

Zhao Huayin cherishes and loves the paintings, and when she heard Manager Lu say that the paintings were damaged, she felt anxious.

"Grandma, I will stay here to look at these paintings before I go back. You can go ahead with my sister."

Madam Zhao nodded.

"That's fine, but today is not peaceful, you can't go home too late."

"Don't worry, old lady. Once things here are dealt with, I will send someone to escort Miss Zhao back."

By the time Old Madam Zhao left, all the guests in the courtyard had also dispersed.

Zhao Huayin walked up to Shopkeeper Lu and said, "Where is the damaged painting? Shopkeeper Lu, can you take me to see it first?"

"It's not Shopkeeper Lu who keeps you here, it's me."

Yan Qi stood behind Zhao Huayin and said slowly.

Shopkeeper Lu bowed to Yan Qi and left.

Zhao Huayin looked at Yan Qi with confusion.

"You come with me first."

Yan Qi took two steps forward and made a gesture of invitation to Zhao Huayin.

Zhao Huayin followed him doubtfully.

Walking all the way to the innermost courtyard of Pin Ya Ju, where no one was allowed to approach, Zhao Huayin looked at Yan Qi in surprise as he walked straight in.

"This...isn't this the courtyard of the owner of Pin Ya Ju? How did you..."

"I am the master."

Yan Qi spoke softly with a slight smile on his face.

With this smile, the stern look on Yan Qi's face disappeared, and he looked gentle.

Yan Qi is the owner of this place, so doesn't that mean that everything I did here before is known to him?

When she thought of this, Zhao Huayin's face turned red with embarrassment and her speech became halting.

"Are you the master here? You...you, I..."

"Oh, although this Pinyaju is my property, I seldom come here, and I don't know what you have exchanged here."

When Yan Qi saw Zhao Huayin talking incoherently, he suddenly wanted to tease her.

Listen to what he said. Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth?

Zhao Huayin was both embarrassed and angry, and immediately turned around and left.

After taking two steps, I felt warm in my heart again. It turned out that Yan Qi knew everything I did here.

It's hard why he still indulges me like this, and even helps me when I have conflicts with Zhou Pei and Yu Ying'er.

After taking a few more steps, Yan Qi grabbed his wrist.

"You agreed to see the paintings. You can't just leave like that. Have you forgotten that these paintings have been with you for a long time?"

It seemed that if I teased the little girl again, she would get angry. Yan Qi cleared his throat.

"The painting is inside. Please come in, Miss Zhao."

Zhao Huayin looked at Yan Qi angrily before walking in.

Yan Qi looked at the little girl in front of him who was glaring at him. She looked exactly like the girl he was when he was a child who would pout when she was angry.

My whole heart was filled with the joy of regaining something I had lost.

But when Zhao Huayin walked into the room, she did not see any paintings, but an embroidery picture of a vast river and mountains with one corner burnt.

"This is?"

Zhao Huayin's face was full of confusion.

"The fire at Pin Ya Ju today is because of it."

King Xuan's plan tonight was to attack the innermost secret cell in the city defense camp and cause a big commotion.

As long as Emperor Hui knew about this, he would certainly vent his anger on Yan Qi, and King Xuan would then be able to seize control of the city defense camp.

The second reason was that he wanted to destroy this painting of vast rivers and mountains. If this painting was destroyed, there would be no other like it in the world.

Yan Qi will definitely be convicted then.

Yan Qi sat down and poured a cup of tea for Zhao Huayin.

"This embroidery is a return gift that the emperor is going to have the envoy send to Qi next month."

Zhao Huayin nodded.

As we all know, Qi State came to pay tribute to Wei State last month and sent many tributes to express its submission to Wei State.

Generally speaking, the Great Wei would return gifts, which should not only demonstrate the Great Wei's national strength, but also showcase the Great Wei's skills.

Zhao Huayin walked forward again and gently stroked the embroidery. Both the layout and the embroidery were almost perfect. It was truly worthy of being presented as a state gift.

However, now the beautiful jade has a flaw, and a corner of the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains is burnt.

Although the embroidered part was not damaged, the burnt yellow cloth could no longer be sent out. No wonder Yan Qi was anxious.

Zhao Huayin's brows gradually furrowed.

"It's such a pity to have such a perfect work. Why doesn't the Fourth Prince let someone protect him?"

Yan Qi understood that Zhao Huayin was sad that a perfect work had been destroyed, but he was not angry. He just explained gently,

"Originally this work was well kept, but today the secret room of the city defense camp was breached and the painting was stolen.

It was my negligence. I didn’t expect that they would hide the picture in the Pinyaju warehouse and then set it on fire.”

Yan Qi also wanted to say that he had originally left Feiying by Zhao Huayin's side to protect her.

However, Feiying was seriously injured in his attempt to retrieve the painting and was unable to protect Zhao Huayin.

"Although the map was recovered, it was badly damaged. I wonder if it can be repaired?"

After Yan Qi finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Huayin with a frown.