The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1233 - 284: Death Approaches_5

She savagely mocked her and Zheng Yuehan for spying on Mo Heng.

Xie Yi looked at her with a fierce gaze, "You little slut of a servant, you dare to mock me!?" She then swung her hand toward Qing Ju’s face.

But Qing Ju was no ordinary maid in the mansion; she easily dodged and looked at her with a sneer, "Ms. Xie! You’re not even pregnant yet! Who knows whether it’s a boy or a girl, or whose seed it is! You’d better not run wild in Tiance Mansion!"

"You..." Xie Yi reached out again.

Again, Qing Ju easily dodged.

Xie Yi then realized that although Qing Ju appeared to be just a maid, she was skilled in martial arts, just there to monitor and control her. Every piece of her food and clothing was laid out, and every movement was closely watched. She had to act quickly! It had already been four months, if she didn’t hurry, the scourge inside her would grow too big to be aborted! Even if she could abort it, if it damaged her body, she wouldn’t be able to recover.

Pei Qin strolled around the garden, then sat down in a pavilion in The Plum Garden, eyeing the green plums hanging from the plum trees, saliva dripping from her mouth.

Mo Heng picked a few and handed them to her, "In a few more days, we’ll have plums to eat."

Pei Qin bit into one with a crunch, "So sour..."

Mo Heng, with a stern face, picked them out for her, "I gave these to you to play with, not to eat!"

Pei Qin smacked her lips, "This sour taste is quite nice! Let’s make some pickled plums and crispy plums ourselves!"

"Drink your broth nicely, and after the dessert, we’ll pick some," Mo Heng called a maid over, took a cloth to wipe her hands, and brought up a nourishing broth and some desserts.

"There’s a feeling of having drunk enough," muttered Pei Qin, still eating obediently.

Huang Qiu and Xue Dong had already brought baskets and other tools over, helping with picking the green plums.

Pei Qin got hooked on picking them, and by the afternoon had filled two baskets, "Pick some to make into crispy plums, make the rest into pickled plums and plum sauce, and brew some green plum wine!"

Mo Heng allowed her to rest at home and nurture the fetus without restraining her; he accompanied her in making these snacks at home.

The next day after breakfast, Xie Yi took a carriage out of the mansion to go to a temple outside the city to offer incense and pray for blessings.

The journey there was very smooth; she arrived at the temple and got off the carriage to go inside and offer incense.

Qing Ju and another maid Qing Li stood by her side.

After offering incense, Xie Yi listened to a sermon with the crowd, and by the time Xie Ze arrived, the siblings met and had a long talk, and ate vegetarian meals in the temple.

Qing Ju didn’t rush her, watching as the siblings affectionately finished their conversation. Xie Yi then suggested they go back, and they followed her back.

Xie Ze escorted her to the carriage, "Sister! Be careful and take care of yourself!"

Xie Yi, her eyes red, waved her hand and lowered the carriage’s curtain, instructing the coachman to drive.

The weather had been clear and sunny when they set out, but on the return, a strong wind started, and the sky grew ominously dark with the threat of rain.

On the road, passersby hurried along, "It’s almost May, time to harvest the wheat. With such strong winds, if there’s heavy rain, the wheat will be flattened!"

Xie Yi looked out the window, "It suddenly started to wind and rain! What’s next... could it start thundering?"

Qing Ju glanced at her coldly, "If it thunders, it will surely strike those ungrateful, vengeful scum to death! They say madam is a demon; if madam really was a demon, those conspiring scoundrels would have already died into nothingness!"

Xie Yi scoffed coldly and said no more.

Thunder rumbled from within the clouds, and the gathering dark clouds overhead pressed down ominously.

The rumble of thunder approached closer and closer.

Xie Yi turned to Qing Ju and the other maid Qing Li, "If thunder strikes, you two will also die with me. Do you think the thunder will strike?" It was clear today, so clear for so long, and the moment she went out, there was flashing lightning and thunder.

"If the thunder really strikes, Ms. Xie, you should be the one scared!" Qing Li said coldly.

As soon as she finished speaking, a thunderous boom shook the air as lightning struck down.

Xie Yi’s face instantly turned pale, and her whole body tensed.

Thunder continued to boom, lightning striking intermittently. Rain also began pounding down.

The horses, startled, whinnied and bolted.

The guard, holding the reins tightly, controlled the carriage.

A bolt of lightning struck a tree the carriage had just passed, and the branches snapped with a crack, violently smashing toward the carriage.

The guard lashed his whip forward, and the carriage surged ahead. The broken tree hit just behind the carriage, the ground shaking.

Xie Yi, her face deathly white, turned around, as if she saw the broken tree smash a pit right behind the carriage—just a moment later, and it would have been her crushed under the tree.