Everybody in the kingdom knew who Steward Leah was, as long as they knew who Princess Felina was. They would know Steward Leah was not a person they could mess up with.
To put it simply, everybody in the Kingdom of Aino was respectful of Steward Leah's existence.
Steward Leah started as one of Princess Felina's wet nurses, but some incident happened as years went by, Steward Leah particularly sacrificed her life to save Princess Felina's and she was promoted to be the first princess's stewart.
Long story short, Steward Leah was like Princess Felina's second mother.
Since the first princess was kind and gentle, the fierceness and strictness all landed on Steward Leah. Steward Leah was the protector of the amazing and lovely first princess.