Chapter 24 Mother Suffers from Eye Ailment? Medicine Requires the Flesh of a Blood Clan

Li Qingluo knew that her grandmother didn't want to listen to her anymore.

Although she was extremely disappointed at this moment, she did not make any excuses. She bowed to Madam Pei and then left with Que'er and Cui'er.

After the three left, Madam Pei sighed and said, "Zhang Mama, tell me, isn't her stubborn temper just like mine back then? With such a temper, she's the one who suffers!"

"I did this to push her a little. Even if she hates me and is angry with me, what does it matter if she wins over her parents in the future, gets a good future, and has a reliable family to rely on?

With tears welling in her eyes, Granny Zhang advised, "Madam, please don't be like this. The young lady will surely understand your good intentions, so why would she be angry with you?"

“You’re doing this all for her own good. There’s no one else in the whole world who would do the same for her.”

Madam Pei recalled the pain of how her loving care for her son had ultimately been met with his cold indifference.

What parent in this world wouldn't love their children?

Only children who cannot see their parents' love for them!

Li Qingluo returned to her room and sat there for a long time.

Cui'er knelt on the ground, crying and begging for forgiveness, "Miss, it was the old lady who forbade me from telling you... saying that otherwise, she would punish you even more severely."

Li Qingluo knew that Cui'er was an honest person, so she did not blame her.

She simply said, "Grandmother has already shown me great respect by not having anyone block me by the dog hole. You were also frightened today, so go and rest."

After Cui'er left with tears in her eyes, Li Qingluo looked at Que'er.

"Sparrow, I'm sorry to have troubled you by following me, your master."

Que'er quickly waved her hand and knelt down to formally greet Li Qingluo.

"From now on, Que'er belongs to you, Miss. Don't worry, Miss, Que'er won't say anything she shouldn't."

Que'er's words were a way of expressing her sincerity to Li Qing.

But Li Qingluo was exhausted today and no longer wanted to trust anyone.

After dismissing the sparrow, Li Qingluo hastily wiped her face and lay down on the bed.

Grandmother was furious today and made it clear that she wanted Li Qingluo to get close to and be filial to her heartless parents.

However, she did not expose Li Qingluo's escape through the dog hole throughout the General's Mansion, which clearly showed that she still wanted to cover for her. This shows that her grandmother was not completely heartless and did not really abandon her.

Grandmother's heart was definitely good; she just trusted her son and daughter-in-law too much.

She didn't understand that their hearts could never be warmed.

Otherwise, in her previous life, Li Qingluo wouldn't have ended up like that.

So what if she's my own daughter?

Even if she did everything she could to please them, she couldn't compare to even half a finger of Li Qingzhu in their hearts.

Therefore, simply revealing the truth about Li Qingzhu's faked death to the entire Li family is not enough.

She had to expose Li Qingzhu's faked death to the entire city of Jinling.

Li Qingzhu must be utterly disgraced!

At present, Li Qingluo knows that she is still nothing more than a useless person who can be manipulated by others. She doesn't even have the freedom to leave the manor, let alone anything else.

She cannot lose her grandmother's support.

So, since her grandmother wanted to see her filial piety, she decided to put on a show for her.

The next day.

Li Qingluo moved to the Red Maple Pavilion early in the morning.

She didn't have much; all she had was a small bundle and the hundred taels of silver she had dug out of the ground that morning.

As the name suggests, the Red Maple Pavilion has several red maple trees planted in its courtyard.

The courtyard was desolate and dilapidated; the door frame would fall off at the slightest touch, and even the cobwebs inside hadn't been cleaned.

When the old nanny, Deng, who had brought them over, saw this, her expression changed. "This is what Madam meant when she said Xiu had cleaned it? That's too much of a sham! I'm going to tell the old madam!"

Li Qingluo pulled back the angry Deng Mama, "Mama, don't trouble Grandmother. I don't see anything wrong with it. I can clean it myself and move in."

Granny Deng patted Li Qingluo's hand with heartache: "Miss, the old lady made you move out, not to suffer like this!"

Moreover, Que'er is Deng Mama's own granddaughter, how could she bear to let Que'er suffer along with her?

So when Granny Deng went out, she quickly summoned a group of servants, who cleaned the courtyard in no time.

They were even required to fix all the parts of the house that needed repair within three days, or else the old lady would be informed and they would all be punished.

These servants were indignant and went to Madam Qu to complain. Madam Qu could only rub her forehead and sigh, "Forget it, forget it. She's a wicked child who wants to kill me. With the old lady backing her up, what can I, as her mother, do to her?"

"Just do what I tell you to do, and don't bother me!"

Then, clutching her chest and with tears welling in her eyes, she said to her confidante, "My Pearl... she was the most considerate person in her life. From childhood to adulthood, she never bothered me with these trivial matters!"

"But my Zhu'er's body is not even cold yet, and I'm already expected to worry about that...that wretched child. How can I possibly be in the mood for that?"

"If my mother-in-law hadn't forced me to settle her down, I would have loved to throw her far away, out of sight, out of mind."

Just as Qu was pouring out her grievances, Li Kechuan walked in.

"Mother, I have a way to teach her a lesson. But can you bear to do it?"

Upon hearing this, Ms. Qu immediately sat up.

"Chuan'er, what brings you here?"

"I am indeed upset. But... what are you going to do? Don't go too far!"

Li Kechuan sneered, a ruthless glint in his eyes: "I won't take her life for now. Mother, Zhu'er's pain is only a fraction of what it used to be; it's time for her to experience it too."

Madam Qu felt a little uneasy: "But she still has your grandmother protecting her..."

Li Kechuan snorted coldly: "Even Grandmother has no say in this matter. Mother, leave it to me."

With the Red Maple Pavilion under continuous repair, Li Qingluo also began to pay her respects to the Qu family every day.

Sometimes, she would even personally prepare food and deliver it to Ms. Qu. As she expected, Ms. Qu would simply tell her to put the food down and then quickly leave.

Before Li Qing could even leave the courtyard, the food had already been dumped into the swill bucket under the eaves.

Sparrow was so angry she jumped up and down, but Li Qingluo comforted her instead: "It's alright, it must be that my cooking wasn't as good as Sister Zhu'er's to Mother's taste."

However, in this life, Madam Qu managed to restrain herself and did not say to Li Qingluo, "Don't come hanging around me if you have nothing to do. When I see you, I think of my poor Zhu'er. I'm really annoyed by you!"

Her disgust and aversion to Li Qingluo were clearly written all over her face.

But soon, Li Qingluo understood the reason why she was so stoic.

She bumped into the doctor outside the Chunzaitang Hall of the Qu family, and sure enough, she learned the next day that the Qu family had developed an eye disease due to excessive grief and tears over the past few days.

Li Qingluo was summoned to Chunzaitang. Before she even entered the room, she heard a voice saying, "Madam's eye ailment this time requires the flesh of a blood relative as medicine, and the blood of a blood relative as a guide, for this medicine to be effective!"