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After seeing the situation, she decided that she had to please the Old Mistress.

After all, according to their status, the old mistress should be in charge of this manor.

Although the old mistress did not have the heart to bother with these trivial matters right now, what if one day, the old mistress becomes dissatisfied with her and revokes her authority as a butler and lets Madam Wang take over her position? That would not be good.

The chef did not disappoint Madam Li and the madame. The dishes he made had a taste similar to what the madame had liked.

"You've troubled yourself."

The old mistress put down her chopsticks. Although she looked indifferent, it was obvious that she was in a good mood.

Madam Li immediately smiled, "Although I am only a concubine of Your Highness, being filial is my duty."

An Lingge looked at her with a smile that was not a smile, and said gently, "If Aunt had told me earlier, I would have already prepared the dishes she likes for Grandmother. Grandmother wouldn't have gotten angry earlier."

"That's right. Madam Li, you should have told me that you were able to make the old mistress fall in love with you with just that one sentence." Madam Wang added this sentence, and her gaze fell upon Madam Li's body with unease.

To use this to please the old mistress, Madam Li was too naive.

Sure enough, facing An Lingge's calculations, the flames of the Madam Wang added fuel to the fire, causing the back of the Madam Li's teeth to clench tightly.

She had no intention of pleasing the madame to begin with, so why did she make the madame's favorite food?

The chef's skills were not bad, though. He had never changed his cooking for so many years. He knew that once the madame returned, he would prepare some of her favorite dishes.

She was using this opportunity to bring all the credit to him, so the chef knew about it and didn't dare to say anything else.

But An Lingge did not care, this Madam Wang was also not a good thing!

Madam Li thought for a while, even though she hated the two to death, she still smiled affectionately, "It's only a few dishes, compared to the goat fat white jade that Little Ge took out, I really can't open my mouth, and said that this was specially prepared for the Old Madam."

That was reasonable. In front of the mutton fat white jade, which was worth hundreds of taels of silver, a few dishes were not enough.

The old lady opened her mouth, and her old voice carried an unquestionable tone, "Forget it, as long as Madam Li has that kind of intention, don't be too fussy about the others."

She had already given Madam Li a show of power, letting him know that she was not a foolish woman who could be easily bullied and fooled. It was enough for him to know that she had to respect and please herself in the Prince's Mansion.

The old lady's turbid eyes shone brightly. She had only helped An Lingge in order to balance the family's relationship and prevent Madam Li from not knowing what to do if she stayed in a high position for too long.

An Lingge smiled obediently, "Grandmother is right.

Although Madam Wang was not happy to see Madam Li fawn on the old lady, they would not express their displeasure so they laughed and changed the topic.

Back then, when the madame and the third concubine left the estate, An Yingcheng had only just reached the position of Duke. At that time, the Princess An was just born not long ago, and An Lingge was only a few years old young.

After that, when the Madam Li entered the residence, the Old Mistress and her group had already arrived at the ancestral residence.

Usually, when he returned to the ancestral home to offer sacrifices, An Yingcheng would often go alone and never bring along a woman.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time the Madam Li and An Lingyi saw the Old Mistress and the others.

After dinner, they chatted for a while before the old mistress introduced them.

"Little Ge, you are too young, I'm afraid I have no impression of you." She was like the most affectionate grandmother in any family, introducing them to her granddaughter one by one.

"This is your Second Aunt." The old lady pointed at the Madam Wang with her finger, and An Lingge immediately went forward and bowed to the Madam Wang.

An Lingyi bit her lips at the side. After hesitating for a moment, she still followed along and bowed.

Although the Old Granny only introduced An Lingge to the Madam Wang on the surface, if she did not go forward to pay her respects, it was hard to avoid people from saying that she was unworthy of her praise.

The madame was already dissatisfied with her, so she should be more cautious.

Seeing An Lingyi like that, the old lady's expression became even more amicable, and had already introduced him to their cousins.

"This is the big girl from the second branch. Meng'er, she is older than you. You have to call her elder cousin."

An Lingmeng pursed her lips and smiled at the two of them.

The others introduced themselves as well, and the old mistress said that she was a little tired.

Madam Li immediately got the maidservant to bring the madame back to her room. She sat at the table and gulped down a cup of water.

"Mother, that bitch An Lingge caused us to lose face in front of the other two houses, I really can't take this lying down."

Thinking about the gazes on him and the others in the hall, An Lingyi felt extremely humiliated.

She grew up arrogantly in the Prince An's Palace, and had always been the center of attention.

However, the people from the second and third branch saw her kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy as if she was watching a show. Her gloating gaze seemed to want to pierce through An Lingyi's entire person.

It was even more depressing and embarrassing than when he was in the Qing Yun Temple back then.

Although she had been humiliated twice in the past, that was because she had been framed. If those madams dared to criticize and discuss her, it would only be detrimental to her reputation.

After what happened today, she knelt on the ground and begged the madame. It was as if her pride had been ruthlessly stepped on.

How could An Lingyi let go of the main culprit, An Lingge, easily in this kind of humiliating matter?

"Yi Er, you can't take this lying down, how can I take this lying down?"

An Lingge used this to kill people, dishonoring the mother and daughter pair's face, and even allowed her to divide the power in her hands the moment she returned to the manor.

Although she could not shake her resolve, from the perspective of the Madam Li, it was like a fierce slap on her face, and she was clearly telling everyone in the Duke Palace that the authority of the butler would not necessarily fall into someone else's hands if the madame and the people from the second and third houses returned to the residence.

If he did not grab hold of the Madam Wang as soon as possible and let the Madam Wang retreat after knowing of the difficulties, the servants in the entire Duke Palaces would probably have other intentions.

If today's Madam Wang was divided among the Madam Li, then maybe tomorrow, the power would be in their hands.

She hated An Lingge to the point that her teeth itched, but she had to deal with Madam Wang first.

The most important thing at the moment was to calm the hearts and minds.

However, An Lingyi was dissatisfied. She shook Madam Li's arm, "Mother, you have to take revenge for me. I don't want to see that slut, An Lingge, be proud of herself in front of me ever again."

"Why is it that even though An Lingge was born as the direct daughter and I am also the daughter of the Prince An's Palace, I am always one head lower than her? On what basis do you think the emperor gave you a marriage decree for the benefit of that orphaned girl, An Lingge?! "

Madam Li's eyes revealed a trace of ruthlessness, she lightly patted An Lingyi's back, "Yi Er, don't worry.