At Xiao Ning'Er's words, the lips of the Duchess of the Duke's Mansion spontaneously curled upwards.
A few years ago, when the young Emperor began to personally manage state affairs, he first targeted their Duke's Mansion.
Because their Duke's Mansion was the Empress Dowager's maternal family, and with the Empress Dowager's tacit approval, they had not stepped forward to support her natal family. Therefore, the Duke had no choice but to relinquish his military command and live idly at home.
From that time on, the Duchess of the Duke's Mansion began to harbor some resentment towards the Empress Dowager. A daughter married out is like water splashed out; for her son's benefit, she disregards the fate of her own maternal family.
These were the Duchess of the Duke's Mansion's true thoughts, but because the other party was the Empress Dowager, she usually only dared to whisper them secretly.
