After the little fiasco, words spread around the duchy, from the maids, to male servants, to kitchen staffs to the knights and other workers.
'The duke did not do anything to the duchess after she insulted the favored second wife.'
Everyone had their version of the story, but the main point is that the silver-cold duchess, who they thought would still be quiet and unmoving, finally showed her claws.
The servants who switched sides and were preparing to switch sides to the second madam did not have any thoughts again.
If the duke did not do anything to the duchess, then doesn't that mean she is still in power in the duchy? That was what they thought.
The second madam might have the duke's love, but she did not have anything else other than that. No background, no power, no influence, nothing apart from the unborn duke's child.
