After Zhao Tang returned to the courtyard, he went straight to the point, "Mother's head ailment flared up, why weren't you there to attend to her?"
As for other matters, he didn't mention a word, because he knew that if he brought them up, Mistress Li would definitely argue back, and he would have to waste his breath trying to reason with her, which might not even succeed.
Using filial piety as an argument, Mistress Li would have no way to refute.
Mistress Yu was already prepared to face her husband's questioning, and she had thought of how to respond.
In the end, he didn't mention Du Ruyi at all.
Moreover, Mistress Yu felt aggrieved; she really didn't know her mother-in-law's head ailment had acted up.
In truth, it was indeed her dereliction of duty as a daughter-in-law for not fulfilling her filial piety.
"Husband, when I left Mother, she was fine."
