The guard that went inside saw the recovering Alistair scolding a servant.
Despite being a bit injured from being ambushed by bandits, Alistair was still full of vitality and made sure his authority wasn't forgotten. After his experience with the bandits, it seemed like the Duchess' main lackey had gained more confidence and become more tyrannical. No one dared to oppose him either since he did have a big backing for his reign of terror. What Ingrid and Xiao Yunhua had seen was just his haughty aspect of his personality. He was very cruel and most servants considered him as a tyrant but couldn't complain in fear of offending the Duchess.