Chapter 338: Coming with a Menacing Moment
In the afternoon of that day, the Duchess's wife came to the Regent's Palace in a threatening manner.

Qin Xiaoning was lying in the inner room of the main hall. Because she had something on her mind, she couldn't fall asleep during her usual nap today.

Hearing that the Duke's wife came looking for him so soon, Qin Xiaoning was so frightened that she sat up immediately. Just as she was about to get up from the bed, Lu Ji came in from outside.

Before the man could speak, Qin Xiaoning threw herself into his arms.

The little woman was like a frightened deer, her face turned pale with fear and her big eyes were full of terror.

"The Duke's wife is here, what should we do?" She leaned into his arms, her voice tearful.

Such a pitiful and weak look.

Lu Ji felt very distressed when seeing this.

His big hands stroked the back of the little woman in his arms and comforted her, "I'm here, you don't have to be afraid."

He raised his hand to hold up her tear-stained face: "I will explain to mother clearly that no matter what, I am determined to marry you."

She raised her hand and wiped away her tears: "Then you should talk to Madam in a nice way later. Don't be anxious. You should comfort Madam."

"Okay, I got it." Lu Ji carried the little woman in his arms to the bed: "Just stay here. No matter what happens outside, don't come out."

Knowing that she was born in the year of the rat, Lu Ji hid her first when disaster struck.

After explaining everything to her, Lu Ji raised his hand and pulled the bed curtain, covering the person tightly, and then stepped out of the inner room.

"Madam, please allow me to go in and report."

"Get out of my way!" The Duke's wife stormed into the hall angrily.

"Come out here, you little bastard."

Before she even entered the door, she started scolding her son at the top of her voice.

Lu Ji opened the palace door calmly, and the Duke's wife came in angrily, but she didn't expect her son to open the door himself. The moment their eyes met, the Duke's wife's curse words were stuck in her throat, and she just glared at her son with angry eyes.

"mother--"

Lu Ji smiled and called out to the Duke's wife.

In wealthy families, children call their mothers "mother" only when they are underage. Adult children call their mothers "mother".

The Duke's wife was startled when she heard her son calling her like that, but she quickly reacted and said to Lu Ji angrily, "Don't try to get close to me here."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped towards Lu Ji, but Lu Ji dodged it by simply turning sideways.

The Duke's wife was furious. Standing at the entrance of the palace, she scolded her son: "You little bastard, you did a great deed. I am still alive, and you married a wife secretly. You little bastard, do you still have a mother like me in your eyes?"

Lu Ji turned aside, looking innocent: "Mom, if you want to scold me, just come in and do it. It's too embarrassing to do it at the door."

"You little bastard, are you still ashamed?"

The Duke's wife snorted coldly and entered the hall. Lu Ji stepped forward and asked, "Mother, please sit down. I'll ask them to make you a pot of the best 'Xue Ding Han Cui'. That tea is the best for relieving internal heat."

"Don't try to trick me, kid." The Duke's wife didn't even sit down. She stood in the hall and pointed at Lu Ji and cursed, "You little bastard, you actually married behind my back. Where in the world can you find a son as unfilial as you? I raised you with great difficulty. Tell me, have you done me justice?"

Lu Ji listened to his mother's scolding and put on a scoundrel smile: "Mom, what kind of words are you using? What about 'hardships'? When I was a child, you always thought I was naughty and didn't bother to worry about me. I know you are a person who doesn't like to worry. Now that I have grown up, I will marry you a wife. Isn't it good?"

"Don't talk nonsense to me." The Duke's wife snorted coldly, "The marriage of children is decided by their parents and matchmakers, and you are so rebellious that you marry without my permission. Let me tell you, if I don't agree, your marriage will be invalid." When Lu Ji heard this, he could no longer maintain the forced smile on his face, "Mother, you are being unreasonable. Ah Ning and I are truly in love. I, Lu Ji, am now in a high position. Don't I have the final say on my own marriage?"

Seeing her son's attitude, the Duke's wife became even more angry. She raised her hand and slapped Lu Ji on the shoulder. With a "pa" sound, Qin Xiaoning in the inner room couldn't help but shrink her neck.

"You little bastard, you think that just because you've become the regent, I can't control you anymore." The Duke's wife was so angry that she almost jumped up and down: "I'm telling you, without my approval, you can't even think about getting married."

Lu Ji frowned and replied in a cold voice: "A Ning, I have decided to marry you. Even if you, mother, disagree, I will still go through with the marriage."

"you--"

Seeing her son being so disobedient, the Duke's wife became so angry that her face turned blue and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Since you are so unfilial, don't call me mother from now on. I don't have a son like you anymore."

The Duke's wife said firmly.

Both mother and son have stubborn tempers. When Lu Ji heard his mother say such heartless words, he didn't say anything soft to persuade her, but just stood there with his neck stiff and stubborn.

"lady--"

The mother and son were in a stalemate here when Qin Xiaoning pushed the door and walked out from the inner room.

Lu Ji then turned around and stepped in front of Qin Xiaoning: "What are you doing here?"

The Duke's wife looked at her son like this and snorted coldly and gave him a cold look.

Qin Xiaoning raised her hand to push Lu Ji away, walked straight to the Duke's wife, and said slowly: "Madam, this is all Ning's fault."

The baby in her belly is almost four months old. Because it is twins, the little woman is already slightly pregnant.

She was wearing a plain dress, and her black hair was simply tied up behind her head. She looked pure and frail, and her slightly bulging belly made her look even more delicate and pitiful.

The tone of voice was gentle as well, echoing between the mother and son who were on the verge of a showdown, suddenly easing the extremely tense atmosphere.

The Duke's wife looked at the little woman in front of her, then turned to look at her slightly bulging belly.

There were two of her grandchildren.

The first male in this generation of the Lu family.

The Duke's wife's expression eased slightly.

Qin Xiaoning came up to the Duke's wife and was about to bow to her, but before she could kneel down, she was held up by a pair of strong hands.

"A Ning, get up." The Duke's wife supported Qin Xiaoning, and her tone was no longer as sharp as when she spoke to her son just now: "I know, this is not your fault."

As she said this, she rolled her eyes at her son beside her.

Lu Ji pretended not to see it and only looked at his wife Qin Xiaoning.

Qin Xiaoning only looked at the Duke's wife. The Duke's wife didn't let her kneel, so she stood up obediently and stood in front of the Duke's wife. She looked very obedient and whispered, "Madam, Ning has been taken care of by the Duke's mansion for many years, but I have no way to repay you. You have also caused discord between you and the prince. This is all Ning's fault. Please don't get angry with the prince because of this. If you don't like it, after giving birth to the child, Ning can find a quiet place to live on her own."

"If I cause a rift between you and your son, then Ah Ning will die without mercy."

At the end of her speech, her voice was choked with sobs, but she still looked gentle and kind, which made me feel pity for her.