Qiao Zixi looked aggrieved. "How am I unreasonable and malicious? I wasn't the one who hired someone to commit arson and murder, so why are you yelling at me?!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang's face flushed slightly.
She now understands what Su Muxi said in front of the government office.
"Lady of the Marquis of Anyang, you will soon know what I have done, and you will pay the price for your foolishness!"
So what price will Su Muxi make her pay?
Qiao Zixi didn't think she had said anything wrong at all, and continued to say to Qiao Ziming: "If you think Su Muxi is good, then why did you divorce her? Are you allowed to dislike her, but I'm not allowed to hate her?"
She healed my face, but did I beg her? She only healed my face to please Father and you, so I don't need to be grateful to her at all!
"And what does your vomiting blood have to do with me? All I did was tell you that your mother was arrested! So, it's all Su Muxi's fault! If she hadn't gone to the government office to file a complaint, your mother wouldn't have been arrested!"
Qiao Ziming looked at Qiao Zixi's self-righteous demeanor, panting heavily, and looked furious.
But then he sighed heavily.
Instead of continuing to scold Qiao Zixi, he said calmly, "You can go now. I want to have a few words with Mother alone."
Qiao Zixi pouted, glanced at her dress which was soaked with tea, and said, "Hmph! Fine, I'm leaving!"
…
On the other side, Qiao Zixi had just gotten off the carriage and hadn't even entered the gate when she ran into Physician Wang.
"Physician Wang, did you come to see me?"
Su Muxi asked curiously.
The imperial physician did not speak immediately, but instead bowed deeply to Su Muxi with his hands clasped.
"Physician Wang, what are you doing? Please get up!"
Su Muxi hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, but then heard Physician Wang say, "I am ashamed before Miss Su. I have come today to return Miss Su's medical log. As for the Marquis of Anyang's residence, Physician Li and I will never go there again!"
After he finished speaking, a servant brought over the box containing the logbook.
Zhong Bin turned to look at Su Muxi, and seeing that Su Muxi nodded, he stepped forward to take it.
Su Muxi knew that Imperial Physician Wang must have learned about Jiang's hiring of arsonists to kill people, which was why he was so angry.
"Physician Wang, you haven't wronged me in any way. I left this log only so that you and Physician Li could clear my name and restore my innocence. I never asked you to help treat the Heir Apparent of the Marquis of Anyang. However, based on my understanding of the Heir Apparent of the Marquis of Anyang, he should be unaware of this matter..."
Su Muxi never intended to use the treatment of Qiao Zimo's leg to manipulate him.
They never intended to use this incident to make Physician Wang and Physician Li abandon Qiao Ziming.
Before she could finish speaking, Physician Wang interrupted her, saying, "Miss Su, you don't need to say anything more. Physician Li and I will not go to the Marquis of Anyang's residence again! Although we are just lowly physicians, we are not afraid of the power of the Marquis of Anyang's residence! While we may not be expected to repay kindness with kindness, we must never repay kindness with enmity. The Qiao family is ungrateful and has done such a heinous thing. I will never set foot in the Marquis of Anyang's residence again!"
Su Muxi opened her mouth, "...Doctor Wang believes the rumors circulating in the streets? Aren't you afraid they're just rumors?"
But then Physician Wang said firmly, "I don't believe the rumors circulating in the streets, but I believe Miss Su. Since Miss Su went to the Jingzhao Prefecture to sue that Jiang family, then this matter must be true!"
Upon hearing this, Su Muxi bowed deeply to Physician Wang, saying, "This matter is indeed true. Our whole family has been fortunate enough to escape this calamity."
The imperial physician sighed inwardly and suggested going to the mansion to visit Su Xing, but then Su Muxi told him about Sun Shan's matter.
"The Lord of the Capital will continue to hear this case this afternoon, so I will not invite Physician Wang into the residence."
Regardless of the outcome today, their family will have a grudge against Sun Shan. Since Doctor Wang works under Sun Shan, it's best for him to have as little contact with her family as possible.
Physician Wang was not an unreasonable person, and naturally understood Su Muxi's good intentions.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Then I will not disturb you by entering the manor. However, if Miss Su needs someone to testify for you, please feel free to come to me. I will not refuse!"
After seeing off Physician Wang, Su Muxi had just entered her home when she saw Zhong Changqing guarding the courtyard.
"Miss, how did things go? Did the magistrate of the capital deliver justice for you?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Su Xing's voice rang out from inside the room.
"But Xi'er is back?"
Su Muxi smiled gently: "Uncle Zhong, let's go inside and talk."
Su Muxi made no attempt to conceal what had happened today, and also mentioned her encounter with Physician Wang at her doorstep.
"It's good that Physician Wang's log was delivered in time, otherwise I would have been thinking of going to the Marquis of Anyang's residence to retrieve it."
Su Xing nodded. "When we were in the Imperial Hospital, although I didn't have much contact with Physician Wang and Physician Li, we got along quite well. Both of them are excellent in character and medical skills. But now that we've retrieved the log, let's not trouble Physician Wang to come forward. This afternoon, I'll go to the government office with you."
“In the past, I only thought that Dean Sun was a person who was eager for quick success and instant benefits. I never thought that he would be so prone to making such lies. If he tries to smear you again in court this afternoon, I will definitely have to argue with him to make things clear!”
However, just as noon approached, before the Su family had finished their meal, people from the Marquis of Anyang's residence came looking for them.
However, this time, unlike yesterday's hostile visitors, the people from the Marquis of Anyang's residence were polite and courteous, and brought a box of silver notes as well as the gold and silver jewelry that Su Muxi had not taken with her.
“Miss Su, Madam was worried that it would be inconvenient to store the silver, so she went to the bank to exchange it for banknotes and asked me to bring them to you. Also, seeing that you left in a hurry yesterday and did not take any of the gold and silver jewelry with you, she asked me to bring them to you as well.”
The speaker was Granny Wu, an old woman who served Jiang.
Granny Wu has fair skin, is slightly plump, and has a smile that makes her eyes disappear, which is very endearing.
She is usually very tactful in her speech and actions, and has never been less respectful to Su Muxi in the past three years. So when she saw that it was her, Su Muxi could not treat her coldly.
"I'll accept the silver note, but you should take the jewelry back, Granny."
Su Muxi said calmly.
These pieces of jewelry were gifts from Qiao Xiuyuan over the past three years, and now that she is leaving the Marquis of Anyang's residence, she doesn't want to take them with her.
Because she didn't want to owe Qiao Xiuyuan anything more.
Granny Wu didn't insist, but after seeing Su Muxi accept the silver notes, she revealed the main purpose of her visit.
“Miss Su, Madam made a foolish decision because she believed what Imperial Physician Sun said. She is now full of regret. Fortunately, Miss Su is blessed by God. Otherwise, Madam would probably live with self-blame for the rest of her life and would not be able to sleep at night. Now that the money has been returned, Madam hopes that Miss Su can let this matter go.”
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