nashuaworldcup Chapter 99 What's wrong with my legs?
Chapter 99 What's wrong with my legs?
Seeing her so tough and arrogant attitude, Old Madam Qiao was even more furious.
She stood up, pointed at Qiao Qingshu's nose, and cursed.
"You brat! How dare you speak to me like that? I'm taking back your control of the household right now!"
Qiao Qingshu scoffed and looked at her exasperated grandmother.
"Grandmother, can't you see the situation yet?"
“The Qiao family isn’t just our branch. You’ve neglected and slighted other members of the Qiao clan in the past. Do you think they would speak up for you?”
"If the elders of the clan hall find out what you've done, do you think you can still stay in the Qiao family unscathed?"
Old Mrs. Qiao's angry face gradually stiffened.
She staggered and lost her balance, reaching out to steady herself on the table behind her.
She looked at Qiao Qingshu in disbelief, never expecting that her usually obedient granddaughter would say such a thing.
After a moment of anxious contemplation, she realized that her current situation was indeed as Qiao Qingshu had described.
If the clan elders found out about her taking on excessive debt, she probably wouldn't even know how she died.
Years ago, she offended all the collateral branches of the Qiao family. If things escalate now, she will definitely suffer the consequences and may even be punished.
At that point, let alone the power to manage the household, it's uncertain whether he'll even be able to stay peacefully in the Qiao family.
Old Madam Qiao pointed at Qiao Qingshu and said excitedly,
"You...you...how dare you scheme against me!"
Qiao Qingshu smiled and spread her hands, saying...
"Grandmother, you brought this on yourself, so you can't blame anyone else."
Qiao Qingshu felt very relieved. She didn't need to put in much effort to deal with the Qiao family members; they always dug their own holes and jumped in.
In her past life, Qiao Qingshu would have helped them cover things up, but in this life, all she has to do is give these people a push so that they can fall into the pit she dug and suffer the consequences.
Madam Qiao felt a surge of anger rush to her head, and she reached out to slap Qiao Qingshu.
Before he could even reach out, everything went black, and he collapsed to the ground unconscious.
Qiao Qingshu watched helplessly as Old Madam Qiao collapsed to the ground with a thud.
She slowly squatted down and stared intently at Madam Qiao's face.
This old woman is selfish, short-sighted, heartless, stupid, and greedy.
She schemed against and mistreated her mother, supported her own family, and alienated her husband's family, causing unrest in the Qiao family and leading to the separation of wives and children.
The Qiao family's current dire state is largely due to Old Lady Qiao.
In her previous life, after Qiao Qingshu married into the Xiao family, Old Madam Qiao learned about the affair between Liu Wan'er and Xiao Chengyan.
She helped cover it up and even provided them with a place for their secret rendezvous.
Old Mrs. Qiao even helped Liu Wan'er plot against Qiao Qingshu, all in order to gain more wealth and status.
That old woman deserves to die.
She reached out and checked Old Madam Qiao's breath; she was still breathing.
The old woman was originally very healthy, but after drinking the poison for three or four months, she has lost most of her health and is no longer as strong as before.
Qiao Qingshu pulled out a hairpin and held it against the old woman's neck. If she were to stab her now, would the old woman bleed profusely and die instantly?
No!
How could we let her die so easily!
She wanted to let Old Lady Qiao see with her own eyes how the Qiao family would be destroyed and its members killed in her hands.
Let her experience the pain of seeing her loved ones die before her eyes!
When Madam Qiao woke up, it was already three days later.
She opened her eyes groggily, her dry lips urging her to drink water.
Granny Zou immediately stepped forward and fed her a bowl of water.
Madam Qiao felt extremely heavy in her lower body. She tried to sit up, but found that she couldn't muster any strength in her lower body.
She cried out in alarm.
"My legs! What's wrong with my legs? Why can't I feel them?"
My lower body felt numb and heavy, as if it weren't part of my own body.
Granny Zou said with a bitter face,
"Madam, the doctor said it's a relapse of the previous poisoning, coupled with your recent stress and anxiety, your legs... your legs..."
Seeing that Granny Zou was hesitant and dared not speak, Old Madam Qiao shouted angrily.
"Speak up! What's wrong with my leg?!"
Only then did Granny Zou whisper,
"Your leg is paralyzed..."
"But the doctor also said that if you take good care of yourself and don't get angry or stressed, you'll be able to walk with crutches in three to five years, or even ten to eight years."
Does that mean she'll be bedridden every day from now on?
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Qiao screamed in terror, her piercing scream shattering the silence above Fushou Hall.
Inside Zhuqing Pavilion.
Qiao Qingshu looked out the window and heard the scream coming from Fushou Hall. A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.
Holding the invitation to Old Madam Xiao's birthday celebration sent by the Xiao family in his hand, his heart was pounding with excitement.
The thought of seeing her brother soon filled Qiao Qingshu with both excitement and nervousness.
She even clasped her hands together in prayer, praying that An'er was her brother Qiao Anlan.
I will do my best to bring my brother back and make up for everything he has missed over the years.
The Xiao family's birthday banquet.
When Qiao Qingshu's sedan chair landed at the hanging flower gate of the Xiao family's inner courtyard,
Madam Xing, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, glanced at her coldly but did not come forward to greet her.
Qiao Qingshu is no longer her first wife's wife.
She didn't bother to be overly attentive; she simply turned away and greeted the guests with a dismissive smirk, showing none of her usual enthusiasm.
When Madam Su from the second wife saw Qiao Qingshu, she quickly and gently went to greet her.
"Qingshu, you're here. Let me show you inside."
Madam Su was gentle and somewhat shy. She had a very good impression of Qiao Qingshu from their last visit home.
Who would have thought that Qiao Qingshu would become his daughter-in-law? And then there's the thing Qiao Qingshu said to Xiao Zhijie before, that she was willing to wait for Zhijie for three years.
Su Yunzhen looked at Qiao Qingshu with even greater admiration, and her affection for her grew even stronger.
However, Su Yunzhen was shy by nature and did not like to express herself. Although she was very happy, she was only gentle and polite on the surface and was not overly enthusiastic.
Qiao Qingshu also liked Su Yunzhen. In her previous life, Qiao Qingshu was close to her and liked her gentle and calm nature, which was the most comforting to people's hearts.
In her past life, she was her aunt-in-law; in this life, she is her mother-in-law, making their relationship even closer.
"Oh my, look who this is! It's our future daughter-in-law!"
The speaker was Madam Gu from the third branch of the family, who was walking towards Qiao Qingshu with a grin on her face, standing on tiptoe.
He stepped forward, took Qiao Qingshu's hand, and smiled—a truly radiant smile.
"The last time I saw you, you were the first wife's prospective daughter-in-law, and now you've become the second wife's daughter-in-law. You really are destined to be with our Xiao family. No matter how much we make a fuss, we can't get rid of the fact that you're going to marry someone with the surname Xiao."
Qiao Qingshu knew there was a mocking element to those words, but she didn't take them seriously; such ridicule was unimportant to her.
Her most important task in coming to the Xiao family today was to see her brother.
Madam Su shielded Qiao Qingshu in front of her.
"Third sister-in-law, please stop joking around."
Madam Su was always docile among her sisters-in-law and never argued with them.