Chapter 351: Madam Tai’s Difficulties
The news of Wang Fengyi being humiliated in the palace soon reached the ears of the lady dowager.

"This Ji'er is really too much. He actually humiliated Feng girl in public. He is deliberately slapping the face of the Wang family and the face of me, his grandmother."

The old lady had been graceful and elegant all her life, and seldom lost her temper like this. Today she did so, and frightened all the servants in the room so much that they dared not even breathe.

After she lost her temper, the old lady ordered her confidant, Mrs. Li, "Go and bring the old lady here for me."

"I want to ask her how she, as a mother, educated her son. It's fine if he disobeys his parents, but he actually insults me, his grandmother, in public."

The lady was so angry that she slammed the table and said, "How unfilial you are."

"Madam, please don't be angry." Nanny Li repeatedly comforted her. She did not dare to delay and quickly left Shulan Garden and headed towards Chunxi Hall, the residence of the Duke's wife.

At this moment, Qin Xiaoning was also in Chunxi Hall, talking with Li Lanchun and the other woman who were accompanying the Duke's wife. When she saw the personal nanny beside the Dowager Lady coming over in person, before the other party could speak, the Duke's wife already had a bad premonition.

"Is there something wrong with mother-in-law?" the Duchess asked worriedly.

The lady-in-waiting was old, and the Duchess's wife thought that she was not feeling well, otherwise, she would not have sent her personal nanny to respond to such a trivial matter.

Nanny Li first glanced at Qin Xiaoning, who was standing beside her with a droopy face, and then she forced a smile towards the Duke's wife: "The Madam is not feeling unwell, but someone from the Wang family came yesterday and said something to her. She felt bad after hearing it, so she came to look for you."

The Duke's wife had no idea what happened in the palace yesterday.

After hearing what the old lady said, she frowned slightly and asked suspiciously, "Did anyone from the Wang family come yesterday?"

She looked at the old lady: "What did they say to the lady?"

"Well, well." The old nanny hesitated for a while, then cleared her throat and said with a dull face, "Madam, you should go and ask the old lady yourself. I don't know the details of yesterday."

He serves the Madam every day, so how could he be completely ignorant of his master's affairs?

Saying this is just shirking responsibility.

The wife of the Duke was a very straightforward person, and she was not happy to see this old servant being so evasive and unwilling to speak his mind.

His expression darkened without concealing it.

"Since you don't know, then go back first and tell your mother-in-law. I'll be there right away." The Duke's wife said in a deep voice.

After the old woman left, Qin Xiaoning came to the Duke's wife and knelt on the ground. The Duke's wife was shocked and hurriedly helped Qin Xiaoning up: "You are still pregnant, what are you doing?"

Qin Xiaoning said frankly: "If my daughter-in-law guessed correctly, grandma must be angry because of the incident that the prince and I entered the palace yesterday."

As she spoke, she told the Duchess's wife in detail about the conflict she had with Wang Fengyi at Empress Dowager Lu's place yesterday.

Qin Xiaoning finished explaining the whole story. Before the Duke's wife could speak, Li Lanchun said angrily, "This cousin of the Wang family is really something. Now that they are married, why is she still putting on airs? If she hadn't mentioned the hierarchy, my second brother wouldn't have argued. How could she have been humiliated? In the end, it was she who caused this incident."

Facing the words of the eldest daughter-in-law and niece, the wife of the Duke did not refute, but sighed and said: "It can be seen that the visitor from the Wang family yesterday must have come to complain to the Madam." Qin Xiaoning nodded: "Mother is right." Then she said worriedly: "I'm afraid that grandmother will blame you for this."

According to the rules of the noble families, when children get into trouble, it is because their parents have not done their duty of teaching them. As the saying goes, "If a son is not well educated, it is the fault of his father." Therefore, after what happened yesterday, the lady would not go directly to Lu Ji to settle the score, but would go to the Duke or the Duke's wife to talk about it.

Maybe she was reluctant to scold her son, but at the moment, the Duke's wife would inevitably suffer the consequences.

The lady-in-law is dignified and steady, while the wife of the duke is capable and straightforward. The personalities of the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law are very different. Over the years, the relationship between the two has been bumpy, but they are both well-educated people and can maintain a decent relationship.

"Mother has seen a lot of ups and downs. It's just a little kid who got into trouble. It's not the first time that I, as a mother, have to cover for my son." The Duke's wife said as she took the cloak handed to her by the maid and put it on. She turned around and patted Qin Xiaoning's hand: "Ning, don't be afraid. Mother will be there for you."

These words sounded familiar. Whenever something happened, Lu Ji would say the same thing to her.

Both mother and son treated her as a weak person who needed protection.

Qin Xiaoning said, "Mother, I will go with you."

In the eyes of the Duke's wife, her daughter-in-law has always been timid, so it was quite unexpected that she would behave like this.

"You don't have to accompany her. Even if your grandmother is angry, she will just complain a few words. I heard a lot of them when I was young." The Duke's wife said half-jokingly.

Qin Xiaoning heard this and said, "Mother has a daughter-in-law now, and things are different from before. Even if grandma wants to complain, I will accompany her to listen."

"Besides, this disaster was caused by my husband and me. How can I let my mother deal with it alone while I enjoy the comfort in the back?"

"I want to go with you." Qin Xiaoning said firmly.

Seeing this, Li Lanchun also said, "Then I'll go with you, aunt. I'll accompany you and Ah Ning."

The Duke's wife glared at her niece and said, "The sun is rising from the west today. Aren't you afraid of the Madam?"

Li Lanchun smiled cheerfully: "I didn't like going to my grandmother's place before because I was tired of her talking about those big principles. It was so long and it made my head hurt."

In Shulan Garden.

The old lady was dressed meticulously and was sitting at the top of the table waiting for the Duke's wife, the eldest daughter-in-law who was not good at raising her children. When she heard the call at the door saying that the Duke's wife had arrived at the gate, she said, "Please come in," and couldn't help but straighten herself again.

The daughter of Wang family of Langya must maintain a dignified demeanor at all times.

After a while, the door opened and the Duke's wife strode in, flanked by her two daughters-in-law.

Full of panache.

When the lady saw this, her straight body couldn't help but relax.

The Duke's wife saluted the Dowager Lady, and Li Lanchun and Qin Xiaoning followed suit. The Dowager Lady raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Xiaoning, then smiled and said to the Duke's wife, "Now that you have such a good daughter-in-law, you are even more blessed."