Chapter 355 Ease of Relations
The next day, the young couple got up early, and after the maids helped them wash up, they went to the front yard together.

The Duke's wife hadn't come out yet. Nanny Yu was surprised to see Lu Ji coming with her. She hurriedly and attentively invited the young couple to sit down and have morning tea, saying, "The Madam has already woken up and is taking a bath. She will be ready soon."

As they were talking, the Duke's wife came out from the inner room, followed by the Duke.

Lu Ji was surprised: "Why didn't father go to practice martial arts this morning?"

The Duke practices martial arts early in the morning, and this is his habit, rain or shine.

The Duke cleared his throat and said, "I didn't feel well this morning, so I didn't get up early."

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Lu Ji asked with genuine concern, "Do you want to ask a doctor to come and take a look?"

The Duke said hurriedly, "No, I'm just old and sometimes a little lazy."

This was obviously an excuse. The Duke's wife had an unpleasant quarrel with the Dowager yesterday. The Duke coaxed the Dowager in Shulan Garden during the day, so naturally he had to comfort his wife when he came back in the evening.

The careless Lu Ji couldn't think of this.

"Father has always been in good health, why did he suddenly feel unwell?" He looked concerned: "Where exactly do you feel unwell?"

Qin Xiaoning secretly winked at Lu Ji, but unfortunately his eyes were only on the Duke. In desperation, Qin Xiaoning had to pinch Lu Ji secretly.

Only then did Lu Ji come to his senses.

Finally, the matter was brought to light and no more questions were asked.

The Duke's wife sat down on the chair, Qin Xiaoning bowed to her and greeted her, and Lu Ji followed behind Qin Xiaoning and greeted her as well.

The Duke's wife only spoke to Qin Xiaoning with a smile, and still had a bad face towards Lu Ji.

Because the Duke and Qin Xiaoning were there, the mother and son did not make any noise during breakfast and they finished the meal smoothly.

The family had two people, the eldest grandmother Li Lanchun and the second wife of the second house were already waiting. When the wife of the Duke and Qin Xiaoning got on the carriage, the second wife said, "Let's not go to the family temple today. Let's go to Guangyou Temple. I heard that there is a great monk there who can interpret the fortune very effectively."

The Duke's wife did not refute, but just said: "I'll listen to you." Then she asked: "Why didn't Yun'er come?"

The second wife sighed: "She may be discouraged."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but feel sad: "Tell me, since the last miscarriage, I don't know how many doctors have seen her. We also go to burn incense and pray to Buddha every first and fifteenth day of the month, but why is there no improvement?"

The second wife muttered to herself, and her eyes could not help but fall on Qin Xiaoning: "It's been four months now, right?"

Without waiting for Qin Xiaoning to reply, the Duke's wife smiled and said, "Today is just the fourth month. The fetus moved a few days ago. Maybe it's because of the twins. The fetal movement came earlier than other pregnant women."

Upon hearing this, the Second Lady's gaze focused on Qin Xiaoning's lower abdomen, her eyes full of envy.

Li Lanchun also looked at Qin Xiaoning's belly and couldn't help muttering, "A Ning is so lucky, A Ning is so lucky, wow, look, there are two at once."

The second wife smacked her lips and could not help complaining, "It's all the fault of the third daughter of the Wang family. If she hadn't held a banquet in the mansion in the middle of winter, how could Yun'er have slipped and had a miscarriage?" "This third daughter is really harmful to people!"

The Second Madam cursed and turned to ask Qin Xiaoning: "I heard that when you went to the palace to see the Queen Mother that day, the Third Miss of the Wang family relied on her princess status to intimidate you. Is that true?"

The Duke's wife rolled her eyes at the Second Madam and said, "Stop pretending to be confused. I had a scene with the old lady in Shulan Garden yesterday. Don't you know about it?"

The Second Lady naturally knew about it.

She replied angrily: "You won't blame me for not coming to help you, right?"

"That's not what I meant." The Duke's wife said, "I just can't stand you asking questions here when you already know the answer."

Seeing that the two sisters-in-law were about to get angry again, Qin Xiaoning said at the right time: "The young lady of the Wang family may not be trying to embarrass me in front of the Queen Mother. It's just that my husband broke off the engagement with her. She must have resentment towards me, so when she saw me in the palace, she couldn't control herself for a moment."

The Second Madam snorted and gloated, "Compared to the eldest and second daughters of the Wang family, this Third Miss is really far inferior. She is so dignified and virtuous, but it's all just a facade. She has a narrow mind than anyone else and loves to show off. I have never been optimistic about her."

Upon hearing this, the Duke's wife said, "When mother-in-law wanted to tell Ji'er about her, you didn't have this attitude. You kept praising Miss Wang."

"That's impossible." The Second Madam immediately retorted, "I was praising the Second Miss of the Wang family, the one who was engaged to Ji'er as a child and lived in our house for quite a while. Tsk tsk, that girl is really good."

The Second Madam was busy praising the Second Miss of the Wang Family until the Duke's wife winked at her. Then she realized it belatedly and hurriedly said to Qin Xiaoning: "That was eight hundred years ago. Ning, don't take it to heart."

Qin Xiaoning smiled faintly: "The second young lady is gone, so I naturally won't care about these things. Second aunt, you don't have to worry about me. It's a rare trip for you. If you want to say anything, just open up and talk to mother."

"You are so sensible." The Second Madam couldn't help but pat Qin Xiaoning's hand: "No wonder Ji'er can't live without you. He can't live without you."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Duke's wife stopped him coldly, "Don't mention that brat in front of me."

The Second Lady looked at the Duke's wife and couldn't help but smile behind her handkerchief: "Look at you, you're still angry with your son."

"If you didn't have Ji'er, would you have such a good daughter-in-law?"

As she spoke, the Second Lady lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at Lu Ji, who was riding a horse beside the carriage. She said to the Duke's wife, "I think the Second Son has become much more sensible after getting married. He can even accompany you to burn incense. Oh my, the sun is really rising from the west."

The Duke's wife snorted coldly when she heard this: "How can he be so filial?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Qin Xiaoning who was standing beside her: "You think I don't know? This little bastard listened to my wife's advice. Otherwise, he wouldn't have any filial piety towards me."

Qin Xiaoning took the opportunity to say, "Mother, you are wrongly accusing my husband. He is filial to you in his heart, but he is stubborn and unwilling to say soft words. He made my mother angry, and my husband is very sad."

The Duke's wife snorted again when she heard this and said, "Let's not talk about him."

Qin Xiaoning continued, "It was indeed me who persuaded my husband to accompany mother yesterday, but I only mentioned it once and he agreed immediately, and even kept saying it. I was afraid that he would make mother unhappy."

Upon hearing this, the Duke's wife still waved her hands to stop people from mentioning her son, but she pricked up her ears and listened carefully to what her daughter-in-law said.