diskusbooks Chapter 160 The student surpasses the master
Chapter 160 The student surpasses the master
She frowned as she looked at Liu Wan'er and scolded her.
"Why aren't you staying in your room? What are you doing wandering around the garden!"
Madam Xing, standing to the side, was so angry that her liver trembled. This Liu Wan'er really deserved a beating. She had just been beaten up, but she still didn't know when to stop and dared to come out and cause trouble for Qiao Qingshu.
If the old lady hadn't been there, she would have loved to tear Liu Wan'er's mouth apart!
Qiao Qingshu also looked disheveled, her hair was messy, and her hairpins and ornaments were askew.
She knelt down in front of Old Madam Xiao with a thud and began to accuse her.
"Grandma Xiao, you must do me justice! Liu Wan'er stopped me halfway and threatened me to give the eldest son's family two boxes of walnut charcoal. If I didn't give it to her, she would report my father and say that she would ruin the Qiao family!"
Qiao Qingshu kowtowed deeply to Old Madam Xiao with a thud.
"Madam Xiao, please do justice for me! My father has lived a life of innocence, and now he has been framed like this by Liu Wan'er. How can I let her off the hook! I must send her to the authorities to plead for my father's innocence and restore the reputation of the Qiao family!"
After saying that, she kowtowed twice more, which startled Old Madam Xiao and the other three wives, who immediately came to help Qiao Qingshu up.
Only Madam Xing of the first wife stood motionless in place. It wasn't that she didn't want to move, but that she couldn't.
She froze on the spot; Qiao Qingshu's words had just been like putting her on a hot plate.
She looked at Liu Wan'er as if she were an enemy, wishing she could pull out the hairpin from her head and stab this despicable woman to death right now.
The other three wives all looked at Qiao Qingshu with pity.
Madam Su, from the second wife's family, was especially heartbroken; her nose even stung with tears.
"Good child, I know you've been wronged, I will definitely help you get justice."
The third and fourth wives had just received favors from Qiao Qingshu, and since they already disliked the first wife, they were now speaking up for Qiao Qingshu.
Madam Gu from the third branch rolled her eyes at Madam Xing.
"What kind of people are they? They don't know how to behave and are disliked by everyone, yet they don't even reflect on their own behavior. They even send out a lowly concubine to threaten our Qiao family's eldest daughter. Isn't this blatant bullying? If this gets out, where will our Xiao family put our face?!"
Madam Yan of the fourth wife was not to be outdone.
"If they don't want to give you walnut charcoal, they don't have to. That's their freedom. I've never seen anyone threaten you like this. Our Xiao family has been a family of scholars for generations. When did we start playing the tricks of robbers?"
Hearing these words, Madam Xing felt even more aggrieved than if she had been slapped.
She was, after all, a legitimate daughter born into a noble and wealthy family. Although she had fought with the third and fourth wives in the Xiao family for several years, she had never resorted to any underhanded tactics.
She had all the dignity one should have; she couldn't even bring herself to ask Qiao Qingshu for anything in the old lady's room just now.
She stood up straight and didn't say a single kind word to Qiao Qingshu.
The dignity and respect she had worked so hard to earn were now completely trampled to pieces by Liu Wan'er.
This Liu Wan'er doesn't know her own limitations, daring to threaten Qiao Qingshu and even want her family ruined?!
Madam Xiao also looked at Liu Wan'er with the same expression of disgust.
Qiao Qingshu visited the Xiao family today, bringing four boxes of walnut charcoal, which hopefully alleviated the Xiao family's urgent need.
It's no exaggeration to say that Qiao Qingshu is the benefactor of the Xiao family; even she herself doesn't know how to thank Qiao Qingshu enough.
This Liu Wan'er is something else. Not only is she ungrateful, but now she's even threatening the Xiao family's benefactor for the sake of the eldest son's selfish desires.
Old Madam Xiao pointed fiercely at Madam Xing and cursed,
"Is this how you raised them? To utterly disgrace the Xiao family?"
Madam Xiao's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Although Madam Xing had been scolded by the old lady before, she had never seen her face like this before.
The moment she looked up, she trembled violently and stammered.
"This...it has nothing to do with my daughter-in-law...it wasn't her who asked her to do this..."
Madam Xing was unusually unsure of herself, and even seemed somewhat guilty.
Liu Wan'er, still clinging to the pillar, interrupted in an attempt to defend Madam Xing.
"Madam, this matter has nothing to do with Madam Xing; it was all my doing."
Madam Xiao immediately shot a fierce glare at him.
The third wife, Gu Rong, who was close to Liu Wan'er, noticed the old lady's thoughts and rushed forward.
He slapped Liu Wan'er hard across the face and said...
"Who gave you the right to interrupt when your master was speaking! You wretch!"
Madam Gu had a habit of wearing her rings backwards, with the ring face inwards.
As the slap landed, the sharp lines of the gold ring also cut a long, bloody gash.
Liu Wan'er's head was buzzing from the slap, and she felt a chill on her cheek.
She instinctively reached up to cover her face and touched a handful of bright red blood, which terrified her so much that she rolled her eyes and nearly fainted.
Old Madam Xiao glanced at Madam Xing and said fiercely,
“I never agreed to let this troublemaker in the first place, but you insisted on bringing him in, and now he’s caused such a mess. Xing Yu, you have to give me an explanation.”
When Madam Xiao called Madam Xing by her full name, Madam Xing realized with a clear mind that the old lady's anger had reached its limit.
She replied, trembling.
"Mother, don't worry, I won't let her off easily. When she wakes up, she'll be given thirty strokes of the cane, locked up for six months, and fed a potion to kill her children."
Madam Xing already disliked Liu Wan'er, and after this vixen entered the family, her son stopped studying as diligently as before.
They had been looking for an opportunity to deal with her, and now that this was the chance, Madam Xing naturally had her own agenda.
Hearing that the punishment was quite severe, Madam Xiao did not speak again this time.
He simply waved his hand, signaling Madam Xing to take the person away.
Madam Xiao personally stepped forward to help Qiao Qingshu up, showering her with concern and offering eight large boxes of return gifts.
He personally escorted Qiao Qingshu to the carriage, and everyone stood at the door watching her go for a long time.
At this moment, Xiao Chengyan returned from outside empty-handed.
Seeing that Old Madam Xiao and the Third Madam were both standing at the door, he assumed they were waiting for him.
He jumped off his horse with a grin and said...
"It's so cold outside, why did Grandma come out to pick me up herself?"
Old Madam Xiao glared at Xiao Chengyan, then silently allowed Madam Su to help her back home.
Xiao Chengyan couldn't understand why his grandmother looked so bad, as if she was still angry, so he quickly pulled the third and fourth wives aside and asked...
"Third Aunt, Fourth Aunt, what's wrong with the old lady? Who upset her this time?"
He craned his neck to look, and seeing that his mother wasn't at the door, he said again,
"Could it be that my Nyonya is upset again?"
Madam Gu from the third branch shook her head, speechless, and left on her own.
Madam Yan from the fourth wife patted him on the back and said something sarcastic.
"Your mother? No, the women in your main house have long since surpassed her."