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    Owen didn’t expect Ruan Tang to be so aggressive and show no remorse. His anger flared up even more, and he shouted, “What? Ruan Tang, haven’t seen you for a few days, and you’ve grown bolder. What, you really think you’re the Duchess now?”

    “But you’re just a tool sent by the Ruan family to Auston for breeding. Everyone knows it. You really think you’re something special…” His words were filled with undisguised contempt and disdain for Ruan Tang.

    Seeing this, Ruan Xi immediately pretended to look displeased at Owen and exclaimed, “Owen…”

    “Owen, alright, alright, stop talking.” The nobles who were watching the show saw that there was more drama to watch and immediately pretended to dissuade.

    But in reality, no one was really Obstacleing. They just said a few words as a formality. As Owen said, Ruan Tang, this so-called Duchess, was just a breeding tool, and no one took him seriously…

    Even Ruan Tang made their beloved little darling Ruan Xi unhappy and shed tears. They were all eager to see him make a fool of himself.

    “What? Did I say something wrong?” As expected, their persuasion only made Owen more energetic. He looked at Ruan Tang with contempt and disdain: “An Alpha didn’t even attend the wedding, and after the marriage, he wore a pheromone blocking plug to completely cover up his pheromones. I’m afraid Duke Auston didn’t even mark him, right? Why are you pretending to be a big shot, a noble lady?”

    What he said was what many people present were thinking, but no one had such a violent temper as him to say it out loud.

    Before Owen could finish his words, a burst of malicious laughter came from several mischievous young masters in the crowd.

    Ruan Tang had experienced such scenes countless times since he was a child, so even when he heard the ridicule and laughter from the people around him, he was calm and collected.

    But this time, he didn’t plan to endure it anymore…

    The next second, before the surrounding laughter could disappear, Ruan Tang directly took the wine glass in his hand and suddenly splashed a full glass of red wine on Owen’s face.

    The bright red wine flowed down Owen’s hair, soaking his entire face and clothes. The mockery on his face that he hadn’t had time to retract instantly froze, making him look extremely embarrassed…

    The sudden change caused the surroundings to quiet down immediately, and everyone looked at Ruan Tang in astonishment.

    Ruan Tang had been bullied a lot in this circle before, but he had always endured as much as possible and never fought back. What was wrong with him today? He actually dared to splash wine?

    And he splashed the most favored young master of the Fedia family, one of the seven great dukes.

    Everyone was stunned.

    Owen was splashed and was extremely embarrassed. He immediately looked at Ruan Tang with anger and disbelief, as if he had been greatly humiliated: “Splashed me? Okay, Ruan Tang, you’ve grown up, you actually dare to splash me!”

    Ruan Tang looked at Owen coldly, his eyes filled with sarcasm: “What’s wrong with splashing you? Regardless of whether the Duke attended our wedding or not, I am the legally recognized Duchess. Since Young Master Fedia’s mouth is too smelly and he doesn’t know how to speak properly, I, as an elder, naturally have to teach you how to speak properly!”

    In the past, in the Ruan family, Ruan Ming didn’t care about him. When he encountered problems, Ruan Ming always felt that he was making trouble and would instead blame him, so he endured as much as possible when he encountered problems.

    But now, things were different. Even if he was a breeding tool that everyone knew, he was still the Duchess recognized by the royal family and Duke Auston.

    What he represented was the face of the royal family and the Auston Dukedom…

    Encountering such humiliation, even if Auston was a madman who wouldn’t do anything, the Empress would definitely stand by him and not let him be humiliated.

    Therefore, Ruan Tang could be said to be full of confidence.

    That was also why the smarter nobles, no matter what they thought of him in their hearts, would not openly provoke and humiliate him on the surface, except for this stupid young master Owen…

    Since this young master didn’t know how to behave, then he would teach him how to behave.

    “You—” Owen didn’t expect Ruan Tang to dare to use his identity as the Duchess and act as his elder. Feeling humiliated in front of his sweetheart, he rushed forward to argue with Ruan Tang.

    But before he could approach Ruan Tang, he was already subdued by the bodyguards from the Duke’s mansion who had arrived at some point…

    “Madam, we are late.” Several burly bodyguards pressed down on Owen while speaking to Ruan Tang.

    Although Ruan Tang didn’t have much power after marrying into Auston Dukedom, because the Empress was afraid that he would be accidentally killed by Auston, the security personnel around Ruan Tang were still very reliable and trustworthy.

    At critical moments, the Empress even gave them the power to stop the Duke, who had a mental strength of 3S, from hurting people, let alone dealing with a mentally disabled young master.

    They held Owen down like an eagle holding a chick.

    Ruan Tang faintly said “Mm”.

    “Arrest me? You dare to let your dogs arrest me! I am Young Master Fedia! I’ll go to your mother’s—” Owen was used to being arrogant and unreasonable, and had never been so humiliated before. He couldn’t break free from the bodyguards and started cursing on the spot.

    The bodyguards of the Duke’s mansion immediately tightened their grip on the struggling Owen.

    Ruan Tang directly picked up another glass of wine from the nearby table and poured it on Owen’s face without saying a word, drenching him to the core: “Since Young Master Fedia doesn’t know how to speak properly, I have no choice but to continue teaching you.”

    He didn’t believe that he couldn’t cure Owen’s problem.

    “Owen! Duchess!” Just then, Owen’s eldest brother, the eldest son of the Fedia Dukedom, rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing his younger brother being made so embarrassed by Ruan Tang, his face immediately turned ugly.

    He always knew that his younger brother liked to find fault with Ruan Tang, but the whole family doted on this young master, so no one had ever cared about it. Today, Owen continued to find fault with Ruan Tang, and he also knew a thing or two about it, but thinking that Ruan Tang’s identity was not a proper Duchess, he only gave a few verbal words of advice and did not strictly restrain his younger brother…

    Unexpectedly, Ruan Tang, who had gotten married, was not a pushover, but instead became a thorny head, which caused his worrying younger brother to fall into his hands.

    “Brother!” Owen saw his brother and immediately called out aggrievedly, as if a dog relying on someone else’s power had seen its owner.

    Everyone thought that the heir of the Fedia Dukedom had come, and Ruan Tang should be afraid.

    “Young Master Fedia, long time no see.” Unexpectedly, when Ruan Tang saw the eldest son of the Fedia Dukedom, he immediately greeted him calmly: “Your younger brother just said some dirty words. Seeing that his family members were not around, I, as half an elder, took the liberty to educate him a little. It shouldn’t be too much, and shouldn’t make you angry, right?”

    He took the initiative and clearly explained the entanglement between him and Owen in a few words.

    He had always been focused on the matter and not the person. No matter what Owen’s elder brother thought of him in his heart, he gave him enough face and harmony, and he would not take the initiative to offend others.

    “Of course it’s not too much. You are Duke Auston’s wife and my father is also considered to be on equal footing… Naturally, you deserve to be called an elder.” The eldest son of Fedia did not pay attention to Owen’s shouts, but gave a dry laugh to Ruan Tang: “My younger brother is unruly, but it is better to resolve feuds than to prolong them. I am here to apologize to the Madam on his behalf…”

    As the heir of the family, the eldest son was a smart person, unlike his younger brother who was a playboy. No matter what he thought of Ruan Tang in his heart, and how clear he was that Ruan Tang had no status in the Auston Dukedom, he knew that Ruan Tang’s appearance represented the face of the royal family and the Auston Dukedom, and he was a proper Duchess who could not be humiliated by others.

    It would have been fine if Owen had offended Ruan Tang and Ruan Tang didn’t pursue the matter.

    Since Ruan Tang had pursued the matter, they had to apologize in order to give face to the royal family and the Auston Dukedom.

    “The eldest son hasn’t done anything wrong? Why do you have to apologize to me? It makes me, as an elder, seem to be bullying people with power.” Ruan Tang smiled gently at the eldest son of Fedia, but his eyes were staring straight at Owen, and he had no intention of letting the bodyguards release him.

    What he wanted to hear was Owen’s apology.

    The eldest son of Fedia didn’t expect Ruan Tang to be so difficult to deal with, and his face stiffened slightly, but considering the face of the royal family and the Auston Dukedom, he still pushed his unpromising younger brother and ordered, “Idiot, why don’t you apologize to the Duchess?”

    Everyone present did not expect the situation to turn around like this.

    Ruan Xi’s face also stiffened slightly as he watched his attempt to steal the halo and slap his face in the face of failure.

    “Brother, I won’t, why should I apologize to him!” Owen didn’t expect his brother to force him to apologize to Ruan Tang. He was immediately furious, as if he had been greatly humiliated, and shouted, “He’s just a thing that can’t be put on the table, does he deserve me to apologize to him?”

    The eldest son of Fedia was furious and immediately slapped him, scolding, “Owen—”

    “…Brother, it’s all my fault, I apologize to you on behalf of Owen, please let Owen go.” Seeing this, Ruan Xi immediately started crying hypocritically, as if he had been bullied and was thinking so much for Ruan Tang and Owen: “It’s better to resolve feuds than to prolong them, brother…”

    Ruan Tang ignored him and stared straight at Owen, waiting for his apology.

    He would not give these people a way out if he didn’t hear an apology today…

    “Xi Xi, don’t beg him! What kind of thing is he!” Owen looked at his sweetheart like this, but he became even more furious: “Saying that he was busy with the wedding before he came out to see people, I think he only recovered from his injuries now… With a thing like you, you dare to be so rude to Xi Xi…”

    Even though he was being held down, he still mocked Ruan Tang regardless: “I won’t apologize today, what are you going to do? I want to see if Duke Auston will stand up for a duchess like you, hahahaha~”

    He was convinced that Ruan Tang must have been abused after marrying Auston, and had been recuperating at home until now before putting on a brave face to go out to meet people. Auston would not possibly care about such a breeding tool and stand up for him.

    He had been too lazy to expose the sore spot of such a thing before, but now that Ruan Tang was being too aggressive, he couldn’t blame him for being impolite.

    “Owen—” Seeing his foolish younger brother making things worse and worse, the eldest son of Fedia turned livid with anger.

    The next second, Owen seemed to have suffered some terrible mental attack, and suddenly knelt down on the ground with a ‘thump’, vomiting a mouthful of blood.

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