The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

To be honest, from the perspective of a mother-in-law, the old lady has done a very good job. All along, Xu and the old lady have gotten along very well.

The old lady was open-minded. Since her daughter-in-law came into the family, she had handed over all the housekeeping matters to her. Unless something big happened, she would not interfere in the daily affairs of the Duke's Mansion.

However, Xu was intelligent and knew that the old lady was knowledgeable and thoughtful, so she would ask the old lady for advice on many things and reflect her status.

But once An took over the housekeeping, she did not consult with the old lady and Xu, and replaced many of the housekeepers in the mansion. After that, she did a lot of stupid things.

Not to mention masters like Yang Qi and Yang Lan, even the servants and maids under them all had a lot of opinions about An's behavior.

Yang Qi knew that the old lady asked An to follow the rules in order to teach her a lesson. After all, An's shortcomings were becoming more and more obvious. If they were not corrected, there would be a lot of trouble in the future.

After all, An was the wife of the Duke. If she lost face in the future, it would be a disgrace to the Duke's Mansion.

I just don’t know if An can understand the old lady’s deep meaning.

The reality is clear. An had no idea what the old lady's intention was and she only felt ashamed.

Normally, the old lady always got up at the end of the Mao hour, but Mrs. An did not arrive at the main house until the Chen hour.

When it is time for breakfast, if the person is smart, he will know how to behave himself to his mother-in-law and will definitely ask about her preferences in advance so that he can prepare the dishes properly.

After all, the old lady has a wide variety of breakfast options every day, and she doesn’t like every type.

But An's luck was bad, and the dishes she served to the old lady were all the ones she didn't like.

The maid in the upper room said that the old lady's face turned black at the end.

An's behavior really made Yang Qi laugh and cry. Logically speaking, An should be a capable and intelligent person, but now these things are really absurd.

In fact, An was indeed a smart person, but she grew up in the northwest, where the environment was really limited.

When An was a girl at home, she was the only legitimate daughter in the mansion. Her father attached great importance to An and spent a lot of money to hire someone to teach her how to walk and stand as a lady.

The An family is considered a big family in the northwest, but in terms of family rules, it is far behind the capital. As for the matter of standing in the rules, if it were in the An family, at most people would stand in front of the mother-in-law and listen to the lecture.

An was favored since childhood, and she was the only one in the backyard of the An family. She was able to take charge of all the affairs in the courtyard since she was young. When she first married Song Hongwen, An was also very cautious, fearing that she would bring shame to the An family if she did something wrong.

Song Hongwen was considered a very high-ranking official in the northwest. When he attended the banquet, all those who had humiliated An in the past put on a smiling expression.

In such an environment, it was natural for An to do whatever she wanted. As long as she could firmly grasp the mind of Duke Song Hongwen, all problems could be solved.

But now, although the old lady is not a person who likes to manipulate her daughter-in-law, she is definitely not a soft-hearted person. Now An's behavior is clearly that she doesn't care about the old lady. How can the old lady tolerate this? I'm afraid she will severely punish An.

As most people in the Duke's Mansion had expected, An's life was miserable. Every day at 1:15 a.m., she had to go to the upper room to help the old lady wash and dress, and then she had to serve her food. Often, she could only go back to the main room at lunch time.

During this period, if An made any mistakes, the old lady would definitely find fault with her.

An had never been wronged like this before. After a few days, she cried to Song Hongwen and wanted the Duke to help her and go to the old lady to plead for her. No matter what, she still had to keep the dignity of the mistress of the house.

To An's surprise, Song Hongwen was extremely disgusted with An's crying. After scolding her a few words, he slammed the door and left. After that, he stayed in the Liuli Courtyard for several days, which made An feel even more aggrieved and angry but dared not speak out.

The matter of An was just a small episode. When the people from the An family arrived at the Duke's Mansion, the old lady exempted An from the rules of standing.

Xinyun entered the house and reported to Yang Qi: "Miss, the An family has entered the mansion. The An family master and mistress are here."

Yang Qi nodded: "Sixty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. The An family has suffered a serious blow this time." The most important thing is that the Hong family has made trouble for no reason. Song Hongwen can pretend that this incident never happened, but the An family cannot suffer this loss in vain.

Seeing that Yang Qi was in a good mood, Xinyun asked curiously, "Miss, do you think the An family is coming this time to take An Xiaoyi and An Xiaoqiu back with them?"

The old lady had given the order years ago, asking An Xiaoqiu and An Xiaoyi to return to the Northwest, but An Xiaoyi did a lot of ridiculous things later, so the trip to the Northwest was put on hold.

Yang Qi smiled and said, "An Xiaoyi will definitely go back. As for An Xiaoqiu, the An family definitely wants her to stay in the Duke's Mansion. I just don't know what benefits these people can offer to impress Dad and Mom."

Xinyun was a little surprised: "Didn't the old lady give the order? If the An family wants anything, they still need the old lady's approval."

Yang Qi felt that the maids around her had been talking a lot more recently than before: "As long as Daddy has made a decision, Grandmother will not refute it."

The An family members naturally knew that the key to the matter still lay with Song Hongwen, the head of the Song Guogong Mansion. It was just that after An Xiaoqiu came to the capital, he did a lot of things to show off, but they were all embarrassing things like "diving".

The key issue now lies in the final assessment of the An family: how much benefit An Xiaoqiu can bring to the An family, and whether it is proportional to the An family's efforts.

The current head of the An family is a man of ideas and courage. According to Yang Qi's judgment, this man will most likely fight for another chance for his daughter.

An Xiaoyi's mother naturally didn't want An Xiaoqiu to fly too high. After all, she had not been kind to An Xiaoqiu for so many years, but was very critical of her. But now that her own son had caused such a big disaster, she would be "depressed" for a while and would not interfere too much in An Xiaoqiu's affairs.

As soon as the An family arrived at the Duke's Mansion, they went to An's room. Song Hongwen was in the yamen and would not be seen until dinner time.

As for the old lady, the people from the An family are not important enough for the old lady to meet them. If the ancestor of the An family came, it would be about the same.

Yang Qi was not too interested in the matter of the An family. This was originally a trap set up by Yang Lan because she couldn't stand An Xiaoyi's behavior. She just asked Xinyun to keep an eye on them all the time to prevent these people from the An family from doing anything too outrageous.