Xie Chi waved his long sleeves and said in a deep voice, "I didn't come to the Marquis's residence for tea! It was Miss Qiao who went to the Su family to cause trouble, which I happened to see. She then accused me of siding with the Su family, so she brought me to the Marquis's residence to see what was going on!"
Jiang glared at Qiao Zixi, then said to Xie Chi with a slightly ingratiating tone, "My daughter is young and ignorant. She only spoke nonsense in anger when she saw her brother being schemed against. Please don't take it to heart, Lord Xie."
Su Muxi chuckled at the opportune moment, "Tch! Miss Qiao, are you just eighteen years old but have the mind of an eight-year-old? Why do you always use being young and ignorant as an excuse?"
What? Does being young and ignorant give you the right to barge into someone's house? Does being young and ignorant give you the right to order your servants to break someone's legs?! And you keep calling me a "bitch," who do you think you are?! Is this how the Marquis of Anyang's family teaches you to treat the person who restored your appearance like this?!
Qiao Zixi angrily pointed at Su Muxi, about to speak, but was interrupted by Su Muxi's stern voice.
"Shut up!"
After speaking, she turned her gaze to Madam Jiang, "What did you mean by what you just said, Lady Anyang? Did you mean that I plotted against the Heir Apparent of Anyang, which is why his leg is in this state? Is there any evidence? If there is no evidence, yet you speak so blatantly, is this the kind of upbringing Lady Anyang has?!"
Previously, she was Qiao Ziming's wife, and Jiang Shi was, after all, her mother-in-law. She couldn't act too much, lest she give others something to gossip about.
But now that she has no connection with the Marquis of Anyang's mansion, the people of the Marquis of Anyang's mansion are still humiliating her and even her family. She no longer needs to endure it!
Seeing this, Xie Chi spoke coldly, "Miss Qiao said that Physician Li and Physician Wang can testify that the reason why the Marquis of Anyang's son's legs cannot move is all because of Miss Su. I wonder what evidence the two physicians have?"
Physician Li and Physician Wang waved their hands, indicating that they had no evidence and had never said that Qiao Ziming's leg was related to Su Muxi.
Qiao Zixi protested, "Isn't it evidence that you can't find the reason why my brother can't stand up? You are imperial physicians, what is Su Muxi? Are your medical skills inferior to hers?! Besides, she was kicked out of the Marquis's mansion, and then my brother had this accident. If it wasn't her doing, who else could it be?!"
Bai Zhi angrily took out the Empress Dowager's decree, held it up in her hand, and looked at Qiao Zixi resentfully, saying, "You're talking nonsense! My young lady asked the Empress Dowager for the decree of divorce, she wasn't kicked out by you! Do you think the Marquis of Anyang's mansion is some kind of paradise where everyone can just stay and not leave?"
He then sneered, "Ha! No one would believe it if I told them, but as the wife of the Marquis of Anyang's heir, dinner consists of nothing more than a plate of boiled vegetables and two steamed buns. If you were my young lady, not only would you be targeted by your sister-in-law, but you would also be disliked by your husband and mother-in-law. The worst part is that you don't even eat well. Would you stay and refuse to leave?!"
Su Muxi looked at Bai Zhi's angry expression and couldn't help but laugh.
I only ate boiled vegetables and steamed buns for one day, but this girl still remembers it.
It seems we can't be stingy with Bai Zhi's food anymore.
Upon hearing Bai Zhi's words, not only Xie Chi and the two imperial physicians showed expressions of disbelief, but even Qiao Ziming, who was lying on the bed, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Mother, you really only give Su Muxi vegetables and steamed buns?"
Jiang looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
She just wanted to teach Su Muxi a lesson, to let Su Muxi know who the mistress of this mansion was, and that Su Muxi had disrespected her before.
Unexpectedly, a maidservant revealed this matter in public.
Upon hearing Qiao Ziming speak, Su Muxi turned her gaze back to him.
"The Lady of the Marquis and your sister both believe that I was behind your leg injury. What does the Heir Apparent think? Does he also believe that I was behind it?"
Seeing the mocking look in Su Muxi's eyes, Qiao Ziming felt ashamed.
He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. Then he heard Su Muxi say, "Qiao Zimo, when you went hunting that day, did I tell you that your leg was just healed and you shouldn't ride a horse, otherwise it would easily aggravate your old injury?"
Qiao Ziming remained silent.
At the time, he thought that Su Muxi was jealous because she found out that Yingying was also going hunting, and that she used her leg injury to threaten him and prevent him from going.
For this, he also said some unpleasant things to Su Muxi.
Su Muxi looked at Qiao Ziming's stunned expression, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips, and continued, "Also, did I tell you to take a foot bath and massage your back and legs every day? I don't know if you massaged them or not, but you didn't take a foot bath. Could it be that you saw I locked up the medicinal herbs in the pharmacy and were unwilling to buy medicine from outside pharmacies, so you didn't take a foot bath? If that's the case, then I can only say that the young master's current state is truly a consequence of his own actions!"
Qiao Ziming was speechless.
It turns out that what Su Muxi said before was not an exaggeration; he is now reaping what he sowed.
Actually, he had planned to have a foot bath and massage as Su Muxi had suggested when he returned from the hunt, but he had too many things to do these past two days, and he also thought that Su Muxi was dissatisfied with the matter of being a concubine, so he didn't take Su Muxi's instructions to heart.
In addition, Su Muxi usually does all these things herself, so he didn't pay much attention to the fact that Su Muxi hadn't visited his courtyard these past two days.
But who could have imagined that in just two days, his legs would become so weak he couldn't stand up anymore...
But if Su Muxi had gone to his courtyard to give him a foot bath and massage as usual, he probably would have chased her away then...
Therefore, Su Muxi was right; he is truly reaping what he sowed.
Seeing that Qiao Ziming remained silent, Qiao Zixi assumed he was furious and shouted, "Su Muxi, that's enough! My brother is your husband, how can you say such vicious things to your husband! I think you're the one who ruined my brother's leg, stop talking nonsense!"
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