Wrath of the Farmer
The Young Duke is quite a calculating individual and will not just do something that would make him lose a lot of time and effort just for being there. He will ensure he is doing it to make him get what he wants with minimal effort.
However, it seems he has severely underestimated the security and the danger that he will be facing. He was expecting the soldiers to be his problem, but he didn't expect the Shadow Ops to be there. Shadow Ops are considered to be the elite of the elites and they are not just called Elite for nothing.
He still can take on these guys but he will struggle a bit, but there were no talks about the farmer and owner of the farm. All he knew was that she was the former empress of the neighboring Luminiera Kingdom. She heard of her exploits before but because it was all about the business type, he was not worried about her.
But he was never informed that she was this dangerous.