Episode 8

Xiao Heng hugged Li Lian tightly, but Li Jing saw this and didn't want to cause trouble, so he found an excuse to leave first.Li Lian was so angry that he couldn't help but insult Xiao Heng, who was just a dog working for the Holy Sage.Li Jing quickly warned him not to provoke Xiao Heng at will.

At this time, Meng Hongjin from General Xuanwei's family shouted loudly, claiming that Ye Shijie from Luyang's Ye family had damaged her famous painting, and demanded huge compensation from him.Ye Shijie firmly believed it was blackmail and was unwilling to compensate.Meng Hongjin clamored to take Ye Shijie to see the official.This scene happened to be seen by Xiao Heng who was drinking tea in the teahouse. He recognized Ye Shijie as Xue Fangfei's cousin and felt that there was something good to watch.

Ye Shijie was caught by the people brought by Meng Hongjin and could not escape.While everyone was watching, Xue Fangfei stood up from the crowd regardless of Jiang Jingrui's obstruction.She snatched the painting from Meng Hongjin's hand, and after examining it carefully, she publicly pointed out that the painting was fake.With her keen observation, she saw that the scroll was not made of silk, and the seal was not unique to the previous dynasty.This discovery surprised everyone.

Seeing this, Jiang Jingrui quickly agreed with Xue Fangfei's point of view and cheered her up.Meng Hongjin knew she was in the wrong and didn't want to argue anymore, so she asked Ye Shijie to pay five taels of gold as a settlement.However, Ye Shijie thought this was blackmail and insisted on taking Meng Hongjin to the Yamen to reason.Meng Hongjin bit back and said that Ye Shijie was acting rogue.At this time, everyone stood on Ye Shijie's side and accused Meng Hongjin of his behavior.

When Xue Fangfei saw this, she came out to be the peacemaker.She offered to buy the painting with her own money to calm Ye Shijie's anger.Then, she comforted Meng Hongjin and told her not to worry about it anymore.However, Ye Shijie thought that Xue Fangfei was nosy and expressed dissatisfaction with her.Jiang Ruoyao was watching all this and couldn't help but mock Xue Fangfei for trying to please others.However, Zhou Yanbang expressed his appreciation for Xue Fangfei's talent and wanted to win her over to team up with him to participate in the annual examination.

Li Lian, who was watching from the sidelines, was very angry and thought that Xue Fangfei had ruined his good deeds.He originally planned to use Meng Hongjin to embarrass Ye Shijie, and then pretend to stand up to help, so that Ye Shijie would be grateful to him.However, the appearance of Xue Fangfei disrupted his plan.

At this time, Xiao Heng came forward and invited Xue Fangfei to go upstairs for tea.Although Xue Fangfei was a little angry, she still followed Xiao Heng upstairs.Xiao Heng saw through Xue Fangfei's identity, deliberately called her nickname Ali, and told her a story to remind her that the road ahead was dangerous and asked her to think clearly before going.Xue Fangfei insisted on going her own way, saying that her matter had nothing to do with Xiao Heng.However, Xiao Heng responded that the fate of the two people might be the same.

After drinking tea, Xue Fangfei returned to the mansion.Bai Xue informed her to see Mrs. Jiang.It turned out that Jiang Ruoyao complained to Ji Shuran and told her about the famous painting.Ji Shuran hinted that Xue Fangfei should not go to Mingyi Hall to study, thinking that her behavior would affect the relationship between Jiang Yunbai and the Li family.Although Mrs. Jiang didn't want to get involved in this matter, she still wanted to hear Xue Fangfei explain.

Xue Fangfei frankly admitted that she had not thought carefully about taking action, but she explained that she just happened to be able to tell the authenticity of the famous painting, and wanted to take this opportunity to silence the public and let Jiang Yunbai and her reputation be re-shown.Ji Shuran originally wanted to keep Xue Fangfei by her side for training, but Xue Fangfei's response made Mrs. Jiang feel that she understood justice.At this time, Jiang Jingrui suddenly appeared to testify, spoke for Xue Fangfei, and revealed that Xiao Heng invited her to tea.In this way, the matter came to an end.

However, Li Lian did not give up the idea of ​​dealing with Xue Fangfei.He found Ye Shijie privately and tried to win him over to team up with him to participate in the annual examination.Ye Shijie didn't agree immediately, but he didn't refuse either.On the other side, Zhou Yanbang stopped Xue Fangfei during class and wanted to invite her to form a team with him.But before Xue Fangfei could refuse, Jiang Jingrui came out to speak for her, mocking Zhou Yanbang for eating what was in the bowl and thinking about what was in the pot.Jiang Ruoyao happened to see this scene, and she became even more dissatisfied with Xue Fangfei.

In Mingyi Hall, Xue Fangfei began to actively make friends with classmates.She proactively proposed that Liu Xu team up with her to participate in the annual exam.Liu Xu originally had some opinions about Xue Fangfei, but after hearing that Ye Shijie might join, she felt particularly happy.Xue Fangfei took the opportunity to invite Ye Shijie, hoping that he could team up with her.Ye Shijie initially had a grudge against Xue Fangfei, but Xue Fangfei learned about the misunderstanding between them from Tong'er in advance, and explained to Ye Shijie that she had to confront Mrs. Ye because she was deceived by Ji Shuran.The two resolved their misunderstanding after a frank exchange.