Chapter 1578: Disbelief
Chapter 1578: Chapter 1578: Disbelief
However, Nanny Gui Zhi shouted towards outside the room, "Come, drag Xie Huaihua out."
"Eh." Two sturdy women immediately rushed into the woodshed, intending to pull Xie Huaihua away, but Xie Huaihua struggled fiercely, so Nanny Gui Zhi simply chopped her hand to knock her unconscious.
With a thud, Xie Huaihua fell to the ground.
Ji Zhenniang was frightened out of her wits, looking at Xie Huaihua and then at Nanny Gui Zhi: "You... you... you know martial arts?"
Nanny Gui Zhi raised her chin and sneered, "The Northwest is always at war; how can one survive without learning some self-defense? Like you, useless and only a burden to others?"
Nanny Gui Zhi left Ji Zhenniang speechless.
The two sturdy women didn’t waste any time; while the conversation took place, they lifted Xie Huaihua out.
Ji Zhenniang looked at the closed woodshed door and cried, "Wuuu, I’m wrong, I’ll behave, won’t make a fuss anymore..."
"That’s not fussing, that’s courting death." Nanny Gui Zhi interrupted Ji Zhenniang’s wails, turned around and left the woodshed, locking the door with a bang.
In the large woodshed, there was only Ji Zhenniang, frightening her to death, crying continuously, but no one paid her any attention.
Oh no, the rats did quite like her.
Squeak, squeak!
The rats in the woodshed suddenly increased, running around in groups, with a few jumping onto the beams and falling down, landing right in front of Ji Zhenniang.
"Ahhhh!" Ji Zhenniang was terrified, jumping up from the ground, grabbing a dry stick, and shouted at the rats, "Don’t come over, please don’t come over!"
However, who do you think you are? Can you really stop the rats just by telling them not to come?
The rats continued as they pleased, hovering around Ji Zhenniang, occasionally jumping up and trying to pounce on her.
Terrified to the point of almost fainting multiple times, Ji Zhenniang pinched herself hard to stay conscious, fearing that if she fainted, the rats would crawl onto her, crying, "Wuuu, I’m wrong, I won’t make a fuss anymore... Gu Xiaoyu, please come save me... Husband, come back quickly, your wife is going to be eaten by rats!"
Nanny Gui Zhi covered her ears outside listening, her face scrunched in distaste, although secretly relieved... At least she knows to use dry sticks to fight back, which means there’s hope.
However, she still signaled to the rough maidservants beside her.
Two rough maidservants grabbed sacks, dumping the rats from the bags at the woodshed door and under the window, causing them to squeak and scatter, with some running into the woodshed, where the number of rats increased.
"Ahhhh, don’t come, if you come again I’ll kill you!" Ji Zhenniang cried continuously, regretting not knowing beforehand how cruel Ms. Gao Lei was, otherwise she wouldn’t have said bad things about Gu Jinli in her presence.
Ji Zhenniang battled the rats in the woodshed for more than two hours, exhausting herself until finally scaring the rats away.
Ji Zhenniang fell to the ground, sobbing pitifully.
Perhaps fatigued from fighting the rats, after crying for over a quarter hour, she unknowingly fell asleep.
Around dawn, she was awakened by the sound of the door opening; Nanny Gui Zhi came, placed a bowl of altered grain porridge on the ground, saying to her, "It’s dawn, we’re setting off to Xing’an Prefecture. This is the meal promised yesterday, so eat well... The Rong people are attacking the manor soon, reincarnate as a Rong next life; that way, you won’t fear being captured and tortured by the Rong."
What? The Rong are really attacking!
"You, you’re leaving, don’t go, I know I’m wrong, really know I’m wrong, take me with you, I don’t want to die... My Zhuzhu can’t live without a mother!" Ji Zhenniang, freshly awakened and initially dazed, saw Nanny Gui Zhi delivering the last meal, panicked into clarity, cried pleadingly once more.
Nanny Gui Zhi shoved her aside, saying, "Company Commander Xie is a military officer; there will still be good women wanting to marry him, someone will take care of the young lady of the Xie Family on your behalf, so don’t worry."
Having said this, she immediately turned away, locking the woodshed door again, most mercilessly adding, "Rest assured, for the sake of Company Commander Xie’s dignity, the Lei Family will tell him you were run over by a carriage while escaping, died not from encountering the Rong; we’ll leave you some dignity."
Ji Zhenniang almost went mad hearing this, cried out, "Nanny, don’t leave me, I know I’m wrong... wuuuwuuu, can I change, will it not work?"
Ji Zhenniang didn’t know if she went insane from fear or simply exhausted to resist further, but she kept repeating these phrases, entirely forgetting she was Company Commander Xie’s wife, no matter how ruthless Ms. Gao Lei was, no matter how capable Lei Family’s Trading Team was in the Northwest, it couldn’t possibly truly abandon her to the Rong.
Nanny Gui Zhi listened outside, shook her head, finally understanding why Mrs. Qin was lenient towards Ms. Xie Ji.
A person like her, confronting her is quite pointless, since she’s not really malicious, just rather annoying and always dragging things down.
But as it’s all a performance, naturally it must carry through.
Nanny Gui Zhi gestured to the rough maidservants and Xie Huaihua, everyone left the woodshed.
Ji Zhenniang listened to the departing footsteps, the sound of drums and shouts for everyone to wake and hurry on the road, the clattering of the running carts, and cried heart-wrenchingly.
Unbelievable, she was really abandoned!
Ji Zhenniang cried uncontrollably, her sobbing echoing through the manor, and when she finished, the manor fell into total silence.
Two hours later, the manor became lively again, with the sounds of wolves, galloping horses, and men’s laughter... Rong people, the Rong invaded!
Recalling what Nanny Gui Zhi had said about the Rong attacking the manor, Ji Zhenniang thought the Rong had indeed invaded, was utterly hopeless.
"Zhuzhu, husband... I’m sorry, I’m going to die, in the next life I will be a good mother, a good wife, won’t make a fuss again." Ji Zhenniang cried miserably, writing a few words of touching testament on the ground with dry twigs, as footsteps drew near, fearing that she’d fall victim to the Rong’s cruelty, closed her eyes and charged towards the wall.
Unfortunately, before she could stand up, the poison bag took effect, knocking Ji Zhenniang unconscious to the ground.
When she awoke, she was in her own family’s carriage, with Xie Huaihua, Nanny Xie, and Qing Hui all in the vehicle accompanying her.
Ji Zhenniang, puzzled, looked at Xie Huaihua and the others, "Weren’t you escaping? How come you’re dead too?"
She thought that they were all dead.
Xie Huaihua didn’t dare speak, fearing if Madam learned it was merely Ms. Gao Lei’s lesson, she’d be infuriated.
Qing Hui grabbed Ji Zhenniang’s hand to check her pulse, after a moment said, "No major issues, just very hungry; better eat some warm porridge to soothe the stomach."
On hearing this, Xie Huaihua quickly opened the nearby box, taking out the noon simmered porridge, poured it into a deep bowl, and cautiously handed it to Ji Zhenniang, saying, "Madam, please have some porridge... It’s a bit cold, but we’re on the road, please make do."
Ji Zhenniang looked at the porridge before her, then at Xie Huaihua and Nanny Xie who dared not meet her eyes, lifted the curtain and saw the familiar convoy heading west, understanding fully, shouted, "You deceived me, you lied to me!"
Ji Zhenniang began to cry, accusing them, "Why team up to deceive me? Haven’t I been good enough to you? Where is Gu Xiaoyu? I want to see her, stop the car!"