"Yes, yes, yes. It was indeed our Ji family's fault. How about this? There are so many complex affairs in the mansion now. Keeping you two here will only upset you. We'll apologize to you two today. After we've dealt with the family matters here, our Ji family will definitely visit your place to make amends. Please be magnanimous and don't let this ruin the friendship between our two families that has lasted for so many years."
Hearing this, Lord Wu nodded.
Lady Wu was also a straightforward person. Thinking of the amorous gossips about the Second Young Master Ji, as a woman, she had long felt full of sympathy for Zhao Luoning.
"You've had a tough time. Go and deal with the family matters."
After getting the approval of the two, Zhao Luoning bowed repeatedly and respectfully saw them off.
On the carriage back to their mansion, Lady Wu sighed, "Fortunately, we didn't marry Rong'er into the Ji family. Look at the Second Young Mistress. She's so unlucky."
Lord Wu also felt a sense of fear, but from a completely different perspective from his wife's.
"Fortunately, we didn't marry Rong'er into the Ji family. Look at the Second Young Mistress. How capable she is!"
"Capable? What's the use of being capable if she can't hold her husband's heart?"
"You don't understand this."
Lord Wu and Lady Wu had a deep affection for each other. Although Lord Wu had several concubines, he always respected his first wife very much, which had cultivated Lady Wu's somewhat naive personality.
Lady Wu was naive, but Lord Wu was not.
He considered himself to have been in the business world for many years, but when he met Zhao Luoning, he could only admit defeat.
She was both gentle and tough, showing both kindness and severity. Before they even had time to react, she had already resolved the conflict.
They could only follow her orders.
If Jia Rong had really married into the Ji family and competed with Zhao Luoning for the position of the mistress, I'm afraid Zhao Luoning would have dealt with Jia Rong more easily than crushing an ant.
Among the people Lord Wu had met in his many years of walking in the world, he had only encountered one person as capable as Zhao Luoning.
The person in power of the Zhao family: Zhao Luojing.
Like Zhao Luojing, Zhao Luoning had never been heard of before. One day, she suddenly emerged and shocked everyone.
The Zhao family was full of people who did great things silently!
After seeing off the couple from the Zhao family, when Zhao Luoning turned around and walked back, she let out a deep sigh.
Caixue was puzzled.
"Miss, the matter has been resolved. Why are you still sighing?"
"Silly girl, this is just the beginning! We're not even halfway through building the Great Wall yet!"
The Wu family was at most an outsider. It was very easy to deal with them because if they were offended, it didn't matter. They could just stop interacting.
Anyway, Zhao Luoning didn't care whether the relationship between the Ji family and the Wu family was good or not.
On the contrary, the matter of Ning Ruonian that she had to deal with next was the most headache - inducing for her.
She thought for a while and asked, "Why didn't I see Huier today?"
Caixue didn't understand why Zhao Luoning suddenly mentioned a baby and said, "At this time, the child is probably playing in the yard."
Zhao Luoning nodded, pondered for a moment, and then whispered a few words in Caixue's ear.
Caixue nodded and turned to walk in another direction.
Zhao Luoning returned to Cihua Courtyard.
She relayed what Lord Wu had said before leaving to Lord Ji. Lord Ji nodded after hearing this and said, "Ning'er, you've done a good job."
Lady Ji was sitting on one side with a gloomy face and didn't say a word.
Lord Ji said, "Ning'er, you're not convenient to get involved in the next matter."
Zhao Luoning knew that Lord Ji was talking about the handling of Ji Shijun and Ning Ruonian.
But the Grand Dowager had clearly promised her that she could handle it.
She moved her lips and was about to fight for it when Lady Ji snorted, "You've shown off enough today. Don't think you can really handle everything."
Hearing this, Zhao Luoning fell silent and silently stepped aside.
At this time, Lady Ji was heard asking, "Where's Su'er? Didn't we send someone to deliver a message to him long ago? Why hasn't he sent back a message after so long!"
How could Zhao Luoning let this message reach Ji Shisu's ears? The person sent by Lady Ji had long been stopped by her.
Zhao Luoning quickly explained, "It was my own decision to stop the message. I heard that the mountain road is very dangerous. I was afraid that the Second Master would be in a hurry to come back and have an accident."
Zhao Luoning knew very well in her heart that Ji Shisu would know about this sooner or later. But in the current situation, the later he knew and the later he came back to cause trouble, the more easily she could handle it.
Zhao Luoning was confident that she could handle the tempers of everyone in the Ji mansion.
Only this Ji Shisu didn't play by the rules. He did things extremely and was so reckless that he didn't even spare his own mother.
Zhao Luoning really couldn't figure out this man's way of doing things.
If he got angry and insisted on executing Ruonian, she really wouldn't know what to do.
Lord Ji didn't know her little thoughts. He thought she really cared about Ji Shisu and didn't think much about it.
He nodded, looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and felt very headache.
"Shijun, if you don't like Wu Jiarong, we can find someone else. Do you really have to make this woman your legal wife?"
Ji Shijun had a serious face and a firm look in his eyes. He tightly held Ning Ruonian's hand beside him.
"Father, I've made myself very clear. I, Ji Shijun, will have only Ruonian as my wife in my life. I don't need concubines or maids - in - waiting. Having her is enough for me."
"She can be considered your..."
Before Lord Ji could finish his sentence, a crying sound of a child came from the door.
Ji Jianhui appeared at the door, holding on to the door frame, crying and shouting for his mother.
Seeing this, Ning Ruonian quickly got up and hugged Ji Jianhui in her arms.
She coaxed Ji Jianhui well in a few words. After coaxing him, Ning Ruonian didn't forget to educate him, "Huier, it's very impolite for you to rush in like this. Go and pay respects to your grandparents."
There were still tears on Ji Jianhui's face. After hearing his mother's words, he immediately climbed out of his mother's arms, took small steps, and staggered up to Lord Ji and Lady Ji to bow.
"Huier pays respects to Grandpa and Grandma."
Then he was about to bow.
At such a young age, he could hardly stand still. Although he looked like he was about to fall while bowing, his expression and gestures were correct.
Such a cute little guy was simply a powerful weapon.
Lord Ji, who had been determined to drive Ning Ruonian out of the mansion, hesitated when he saw this little guy.
Not to mention anything else, this woman had indeed taught the eldest grandson of the Ji family very well.
Seeing this, Zhao Luoning took the opportunity to suggest, "Father - in - law, Huier is still so young and can't be separated from his mother. The innocent child is blameless."
Lady Ji rolled her eyes and said, "Our eldest grandson of the Ji family is not so delicate. There are so many young masters in the Ji mansion, and none of them has ever been with their mother. There are so many nursing mothers in the mansion. Can't they even teach a child well?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Ji Jianhui heard the word "nursing mother", he shook his head like a rattle. Although he was young, he remembered what his mother had told him. If he was sent to the nursing mother, he would lose his mother.
The little guy immediately panicked.