I'll tell you the secret and let's laugh together!

An extremely luxurious carriage was parked at the palace gate, surrounded by guards. The person in the carriage was obviously in a hurry. He got off the carriage and walked hurriedly into the palace, saying angrily:

"The Emperor is really becoming more and more outrageous. His former favorite Ning Sheng'an is lawless, and now he even allows his daughter Ning Zhiyi to provoke the Imperial Concubine. This is simply ridiculous!"

This old lady is Madam Lu from the Dingguo Mansion. She is rigid and conservative, and attaches great importance to rules and etiquette.

"Mother is right. There are too few wise people like you in Beijing. Otherwise, how could Ning Zhiyi be so rampant?"

The person who spoke was the imperial concubine's cousin, Jiang. Jiang had been married to the Duke Dingguo's mansion for many years. She was very sweet-mouthed and good at coaxing people. She was a person who could please others and was very much loved by Lu.

Under her sweet words, Mrs. Lu valued the imperial concubine and the third prince very much. She rushed over immediately after receiving the letter asking for help from the third prince.

Prince An and his companions were not enjoying their melons to their heart's content and were walking slowly. When they saw the old lady from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion approaching them aggressively, Prince An frowned and thought to himself that it was bad luck.

He quickly led a few people into another alley and said, "Shh, keep your voice down. It's really disgusting if we get entangled with her."

The old wife of Duke Dingguo, Mrs. Lu, is related to the Empress Dowager. If you are to be honest, Emperor Mu Wu has to call her his cousin. The old Duke Dingguo once taught Emperor Mu Wu for a period of time. Emperor Mu Wu respected him very much and was more accommodating to the old wife of Duke Dingguo for the sake of the old Duke Dingguo's face.

With the flattery of everyone in the capital, Lu's heart became more and more inflated. She often scolded the younger generation in the capacity of an elder and teacher's wife of Emperor Mu Wu. She was regarded as an "evil star" by all the younger generations.

Prince An and his men escaped, but the Crown Prince and the Second Prince were not so lucky. They had no choice but to step forward and pay their respects.

No matter how proud Lu was of her status, she dared not say anything bad about the crown prince. She cast a critical eye at the second prince, which made the second prince's butt tighten. He raised his head, straightened his chest, and tightened his stomach, and behaved like a prince with perfect manners.

Unfortunately, Lu was still not satisfied. "The Crown Prince is the heir to a country, and his status is so respected. It is inappropriate for the Second Prince to be so close to the Crown Prince."

"... Second Prince, please remember the difference between the monarch and his subjects." Mrs. Lu talked a lot, and only left after seeing that the Second Prince listened to her instructions obediently and did not refute.

After the group left, the second prince and the crown prince took the cotton out of their ears and smiled bitterly at each other.

"Royal brother, you see she only knows how to bully me. She went to dance in front of my sixth brother and she only knows how to bully the weak and fear the strong."

"Okay, there's no need for us to provoke her. Let your sixth brother help you vent your anger some other day." The prince consoled.

The people in the capital were not really afraid of the old lady of Duke Dingguo, nor was it that not everyone dared to provoke her, but everyone felt that there was no need to confront her head-on.

After all, the old lady of Duke Dingguo is old and of a high generation. Not to mention the younger generations, even their parents have to give her some face.

If you go against her directly, she will definitely complain to the elders at home, which will be counterproductive. Let her say what she wants to say. It won't hurt you anyway.

"Stop!" Suddenly, a sharp shout was heard.

When they heard the sound, they looked back and saw that the palace road was empty and there was no one in sight. They thought that the old lady of Duke Dingguo and her group had turned into another road.

"Prince, this sounds like Jiang's voice." The young eunuch stepped forward to report.

The prince knew very well that the daughter of the Jiang family was marrying into the mansion of Duke Dingguo. It seemed that the purpose of the old lady of Duke Dingguo entering the palace today was not simple.

"Brother, I wonder which unlucky guy got caught again. Why don't we just watch the fun for a while before leaving?"

The prince tapped his head gently and said with a smile, "What's so interesting about other people's excitement? You should go back home quickly. My sister-in-law is still waiting for your news."

"My royal brother is right. Let's go back to the palace first."

"What's the matter with you calling me?" Ning Zhiyi was still in a hurry to catch up with her brother and didn't want to be delayed by these people at all.

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince stopped and looked at each other, with surprise flashing in their eyes.

You can choose not to watch other people’s fun, but you must watch Ning Zhiyi’s fun!

"Royal brother, I'm going to help my sister. The main hall is just in front. You go and call him back." The second prince did not give the crown prince a chance to refuse. As soon as he finished speaking, he ran towards the source of the voice like a gust of breeze.

Prince:......

Don’t think that just because you run fast, this prince doesn’t know that you are in a hurry to watch the fun!

However, according to his guess, the old lady of Duke Dingguo came to the palace this time most likely for Ning Zhiyi. Thinking of this, he decided to do as the second prince said and call the chief minister over first.

At the same time, Jiang came close to the old lady of Duke Dingguo, whispered a few words, and said in a haughty manner:

"You are so perfunctory in your greetings. Do you think you don't take the old lady seriously?"

"First, I saluted. Second, I was not perfunctory. My etiquette is up to standard." Ning Zhiyi did not give in. His voice was clear and firm.

Even though Ning Zhiyi has a somewhat eccentric personality, she is, after all, a daughter of an official family. She has received education since childhood and is not picky about rules and etiquette.

"Do you mean that I am wrongly accusing you?" Jiang's face looked grim and there was a threat in her voice.

Ning Zhiyi nodded. This was an obvious thing. She knew that Jiang was the imperial concubine's cousin. This person was just looking for trouble with her on purpose!

Jiang raised her lips slightly, revealing a sly smile, deliberately angering Ning Zhiyi, wanting her to lose her composure in front of the old lady of Duke Dingguo, and continued to fan the flames:

"Mother, look at how stubborn she is. She dares to be so unruly in front of you, and I don't know how she behaves in private. It's the mother's fault if the child is not well educated. From this, it seems that her mother is not a good person either!"

"Shut up! What right do you have to say that about my mother? My mother is a very polite woman at home, and she is also very capable of fighting in battles. She is an excellent woman, and you, who climbed up the ladder to get ahead, cannot mention her."

Hearing Jiang's fabrication to slander his mother, Ning Zhiyi's brain instantly became filled with blood. He widened his eyes in anger, trembled all over, clenched and unclenched his fists, and retorted:

Ning Zhiyi's words were like poisoned arrows, piercing straight at Jiang, making her face turn pale in an instant.

"Mother! Look how dare she slander her daughter-in-law!"

Jiang's eyelashes trembled, her voice became high-pitched and erratic, and she felt extremely guilty. She didn't understand how Ning Zhiyi knew this. She didn't even tell the imperial concubine about this!

With her status, she was not worthy of the current Duke Dingguo at all. In order to get to the top, she naturally used some dishonorable means and forced the Duke Dingguo to marry her with the help of her father.

Jiang carefully observed the expression of the old lady of Duke Dingguo. The old lady of Duke Dingguo had no idea about the inside story of her marrying into the Duke's Mansion, otherwise, with her personality, she would never let Duke Dingguo marry her even if she died.

Thanks to Jiang's previous disparagement of Ning Zhiyi, the old lady of Duke Dingguo did not believe Ning Zhiyi's words at all and just thought she was making random accusations!

"You are so arrogant and domineering at such a young age. Since your parents didn't teach you well, I will discipline you on their behalf!"

"Come on, slap the mouth!"