Chapter 56 My brother woke up and went crazy!
In the blink of an eye, five days have passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Li Qingluo's 'rashes' should be healed by now.
She got up early and went to Jingci Hall first, where she still greeted Madam Pei through the courtyard gate.
"How have you been eating these past two days, Grandmother?"
"Thank you for taking care of Grandmother these past few days, Granny Zhang."
Granny Zhang looked at Li Qingluo with heartache: "Miss, this is what this old servant should do. You come to pay your respects every morning and evening, and the old lady..."
Li Qingluo glanced at the still tightly closed main house door and forced a smile: "Paying respects to my grandmother is my duty. Besides, as long as my grandmother can calm down, I would be willing to come every day and she would ignore me."
After Li Qingluo left, Granny Zhang came in carrying a food box.
"Madam, I heard that the young lady got up before dawn to make you breakfast. Today I made bamboo shoot and pork buns, as well as yam and millet porridge. Would you like some?"
Madam Pei sat up in bed: "Eat! Why wouldn't you eat? She made this for me, can't I eat it?"
Zhang Mama thought to herself: Yes, you keep turning people away from you every day, but you eat all the food they bring you. You're clearly not angry anymore, but you still can't bring yourself to do it!
Granny Zhang chuckled to herself, then suddenly became serious and said, "By the way, it seems the young lady is going to Lancang Courtyard."
Madam Pei turned her head and looked over, her gaze pausing: "Who? You said Luo'er wants to go see her brother?"
Oh no!
Surely she wouldn't anger her brother to death in a few moments, would she?
Madam Pei beckoned: "Hurry up and put it on! I want to see it too!"
She only has this one precious child in her heart, and she mustn't let this cause her any more trouble from her parents.
Li Qing landed at the entrance of Lancang Academy and met Madam Qu.
However, after not seeing her for a while, Qu looked much more haggard and aged, with wrinkles around her eyes and a few strands of white hair at her temples.
She bowed slightly, offering a polite but distant greeting: "Mother."
When Qu saw her arrive, she sneered, "So your illness is finally cured?"
But upon closer inspection, Qu was greatly surprised!
She couldn't help but look at her a few more times. Was the person in front of her really Luo'er?
Her... her former dark-skinned, unremarkable biological daughter?
How come... in just two months, she has changed so much!?
Actually, it's no wonder that Mr. Qu made such a fuss.
In this life, Li Qingluo was raised like a flower by Old Madam Pei, so she is naturally very different from the Li Qingluo who suffered all kinds of hardships in the previous life.
These days, her little face has gotten a bit chubby.
He used to be skinny and emaciated, with a dark complexion. He not only lacked vitality but also exuded a strong rural vibe.
Li Chaojing was greatly disappointed when he first met her.
From a young age, the Qu family pampered Li Qingzhu, raising her to be fair-skinned, beautiful, and elegant.
So, seeing his own daughter, who looked like a country bumpkin, naturally caused him a great sense of loss.
The couple now treat Li Qingluo as if she doesn't exist, and they don't want to care about her at all, let alone pay her any attention.
But today, not only has her skin become much fairer, but her beauty has also blossomed!
Not only that, Li Qingluo has now started reading and practicing calligraphy, and she also spends a lot of time learning martial arts and swordsmanship every day. Therefore, her temperament is not only graceful and generous, but also has the chivalrous and unrestrained spirit of Madam Pei in her youth!
Now, she seems to have completely changed into a different person!
On Mid-Autumn Festival, they were still glad they hadn't let her out, so as to avoid embarrassing her. Little did they know that she had already grown into someone who was just as beautiful as others.
At this moment, Qu felt a strange sense of unease...
Sparrow stepped forward, holding a box in her hands.
Li Qingluo: "Mother. On your birthday, I was unable to come out to celebrate with you due to illness. And then the eldest son had an accident, so I was unable to give you this birthday gift."
"Luo'er wishes her mother good health."
"Mother, may I go in and see the eldest young master?"
Perhaps because she hadn't had a good rest for several days, Qu's mind went blank for a moment, and it took her a long time to react.
"Okay, you, you come in with me."
Qingyi took the box from Que'er's hand, and then Li Qinglu followed behind Qu Shi into Lancang Courtyard.
She never imagined that she would ever enter this courtyard again in her lifetime.
In her previous life, she was like the lowest of servants, doing chores like mopping and cleaning here.
It was in the study that, because he accidentally broke the teacup left by Li Qingzhu before her death, Li Kechuan threw it next to the stable in the heavy snow.
She died in that heavy snow.
In this lifetime, Li Kechuan's truly good days should begin.
Li Kechuan only woke up last night.
I heard that the first thing he did when he woke up was to tell Li Chaojing and Madam Qu that he had seen Zhu'er.
It is absolutely true. He first saw her at home, and then he saw Pearl enter that house, which is why he rashly forced his way into the mansion.
Li Kechuan, fearing that Li Chaojing and Madam Qu wouldn't believe him, lay on his sickbed, looking neither human nor ghostly, and raised his finger to swear: "Father, Mother, your son swears that if I tell a single lie today, may I die a horrible death!"
With a loud "Wah—", Ms. Qu lay down by the bed and couldn't help but cry again.
"My son!! Are you truly bewitched by Pearl? Pearl is dead, she's really dead!"
“That house is Prince Yun’s private residence.”
Do you know what you did that day?
"Chuan'er, you went to Prince Yun's residence with a knife, that's the crime of assassinating a prince!!"
"Stop mentioning Pearl! Listen to your mother, okay? You've already lost a leg, don't lose your life too, or your mother won't be able to live either—"
Li Chaojing remained expressionless and did not utter a single word.
But the desolation and heartbreak in his eyes, and the grief of the Qu family, made Li Kechuan realize with a start that his empty left leg was now completely bare.
He reached down to his lower body and even punched his wound hard.
It wasn't until the excruciating pain reached his bones, until blood started seeping out again, that he realized it was all real!
Li Kechuan nearly went crazy on the spot.
"No! It can't be—this isn't real, it can't be real—!"
"I'm dreaming, I haven't woken up yet. My legs, my legs—"
"Father, Mother! You're lying to me, aren't you? I didn't, I really didn't assassinate Prince Yun. I did it because of Zhu'er, because I was looking for Zhu'er, and they stopped me—"
"Enough!!"
Li Chaojing, his eyes red, let out a thunderous shout, but how could Li Kechuan possibly be normal?
He continued to move wildly on the bed, even trying to jump off to prove that it was all a lie.
Li Chaojing immediately ordered his men to hold him down, and if they couldn't hold him down, they tied him up with ropes.
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