But she seems to be strict with everyone, not just her.
Sometimes, she's nice to them.
She said she trains them for the Wei Family's legacy. Too many people want to kill the Wei Family; that's how their grandfather died.
If they don't strive, they can't survive. Their enemies will kill them all.
So her strictness is for their own good.
Yan Zhufei and other children have been brainwashed by the Wei matriarch since they were young, making them firmly believe that the training is for their own good.
Therefore, Yan Ji's words couldn't immediately make her believe, nor change her deep-rooted beliefs.
Plus, Yan Zhufei is very young and unable to make the right judgments, so she didn't believe Yan Zhufei.
But subconsciously, she believed her, which led to doubt.
Meanwhile, the naive Yan Zhufei couldn't help but ask the Wei matriarch, feeling wronged, whether she was her mother. Though it seemed like a child's tantrum, it aroused the matriarch's suspicion.
