The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1227 - 283: Stirring Things Up_5

The imposing and grand archway stood at the street corner, "Holy Mother of Ninth Heaven," "legendary deity general," a woman of remarkable achievements! The inscription carved on it heralded Pei Qin’s great deeds, beneficial in the present age and honorable for all eternity!

Flanking the gate, two stone lions stared with eyes wide open, guarding the entrance to Tiance Mansion with awe-inspiring authority. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Lady Mo looked on, feeling as if her heart was being gouged out. She darkened her face and went to ask for an audience with Pei Qin, hoping to borrow the Divine Doctor to treat Luo Zhen.

The gatekeeper went to report her arrival.

Lady Mo stood tall and proud, unafraid that Pei Qin wouldn’t come out to meet her.

Pei Qin hadn’t gone out today. She had entrusted the affairs of the Manufacturing Bureau to Xiao Yong and was at home teaching Xiao Chonghua and Little Radish, Jiujiu. When she heard that Lady Mo had come again to ask for the Divine Doctor, she said, "Huang Qiu! Go ask Doctor Hua if he is available. If so, have him make a trip to Marquis Mansion Yongchang!"

Huang Qiu obeyed and took a little maid to find Hua Yue.

The mansion already had Doctor Qi in residence, and Hua Yue’s stay was purely for the purpose of treating Pei Qin’s poison, so he naturally had plenty of free time.

Seeing Hua Yue follow the guard out, with an attendant carrying a medicine chest, ready for a medical visit, Lady Mo bit her teeth in fury and frustration, not content with not having met Pei Qin.

A messenger from Marquis Mansion Yongchang arrived, exclaiming, "Madam! Madam! The Marquis... he... He has passed away!"

Lady Mo stood frozen in place, stupefied.

Upon hearing of the death, Hua Yue knew he was no longer needed. His medical skills were so-so; he could only save the living, not the dead!

"Pei, Qin!" Lady Mo shouted her name with a fierce intensity.

Even Pei Qin, who had stepped out to use the latrine, heard her calling.

"Pei Qin! Your days are numbered! You are close to death! You murder people, with your sinister schemes! Heaven’s retribution has come for you! No amount of medicine will save you now!" Lady Mo yelled frantically.

"Where did this crazy woman come from, daring to cause such a commotion outside the gates of Tiance Mansion!? Drag her under the archway and give her thirty lashes!" Jiujiu ordered angrily.

Qing Tao responded immediately, grabbing the whip and leading a few matrons to rush out.

Pei Qin’s hands, which were pulling up her trousers, stiffened.

Jiujiu, unable to bear Pei Qin’s long absence at the latrine, came to look for her. "Mother!?"

Pei Qin’s body stiffened again as she finished dressing and came out, "What’s wrong?"

Seeing that she still had a smile on her face, Jiujiu also breathed a sigh of relief, "Mother! That Lady Mo, after her husband died, came to our mansion’s doorstep and created a scene. She lacked any of the grace expected from a daughter of a Scholarly Family, acting like a crazy woman! I’ve ordered them to drive her away!"

Pei Qin reached out to touch her head, "Jiujiu ah..." She paused, then smiled, "With such a temper, so eager to strike and kill at such a young age, even if there is a crime, it’s the responsibility of the Government Office to deal with it! You can’t act so rashly with such a temper!"

"Mother..." Jiujiu sensed something, guessing what might be going on, and began to feel anxious.

"I’ll go take a look." Pei Qin patted her head and stepped out.

Xiao Chonghua was also shocked for quite a while, then seeing Jiujiu’s expression, felt a sinking feeling. General Pei... Could it be that her time was truly running out?

Jun Suxue ran out breathlessly, just to see Pei Qin standing at the mansion’s gate with Lady Mo just down the steps, glaring at Pei Qin with eyes full of madness and spite. Her vision darkened, and she rushed over, "General!?"

Pei Qin saw her reaction; just like Jiujiu, she was good at hiding her emotions. But when they learned the truth, the more they panicked and tried to conceal, the more they revealed. Pei Qin knew her own body very well. The more accurately Mo Heng told her, the more suspicious it became; she had already noticed but had said nothing.

Jun Suxue trembled inwardly, unable to utter a word.

Pei Qin looked away and focused on Lady Mo, "Such a curse has no effect on me! Better you go home to mourn! If I am to die, I will surely die after you!" The people of the Mo family...

The onlookers who initially felt sympathy – her husband had been struck in the legs by molten iron and was near death, and she had come seeking a Divine Doctor to save him – now realized that she wasn’t there to ask for a Divine Doctor at all, but to curse General Pei, the vicious woman!

Finally able to tell Pei Qin the news, Lady Mo felt a sense of vengeful satisfaction, "Don’t get smug, Pei Qin! You deceitful and vicious wretch! You pose as virtuous to win over the hearts of the people, thinking yourself comparable to the Nine Heavens’ Lady? Still eagerly taking medicine, hoping to give birth to another son? That is utterly laughable! You have harmed so many people, and Heaven’s punishment is hanging over your head! We don’t need to deliver justice to the people, the demon that you are won’t live long! You might have a year left at most, and no amount of medicine will keep you alive! You are going to die!"