Cold-faced Empress

Li was somewhat unable to accept it: "Mother, isn't this too... too..."

Li dared not say it aloud; this was far too perfunctory!

The second wife questioned sharply, pressing her aggressively: "What? Does my sister-in-law think being a cousin of our family is easy?"

"No, I mean... outsiders all know that Lanling is my niece, and they regard Lanling as our Fu family's cousin."

Before she could finish speaking, she was refuted again by the Second Madam: "What do you mean by 'our Fu family'? It's your Fu family in name only! Wei Lanling was just your cousin before, and had nothing to do with the main family. Now that the main family is willing to give her a title, you're still not satisfied?"

Li was furious and frustrated, but she couldn't win the argument with the second wife. She turned to Fu Siying, hoping that Fu Siying would say a few words on her behalf, but saw that Fu Siying was watching from the sidelines, clearly not wanting to get involved.

Li looked helplessly at the Wei family mother and daughter: "Sister-in-law, Lanling, are you... are you willing? If you want something else..."

Before Li could finish speaking, Wei Lanling stepped forward and stood next to Fu Yili, who was standing in the center of the hall.

After bowing to Madam Fu, Wei Lanling said with a sob in her voice, "Lanling is willing to agree to this because I believe that Madam Fu will not mistreat me. You really look like my grandmother. I found my grandmother's portrait yesterday!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled out a portrait from his pocket and unfolded it for Madam Fu to see.

This time, without Fu Siying's interference, it certainly wouldn't be a turtle anymore, but rather a perfect blend of a bodhisattva's face and Old Madam Fu's face.

Madam Fu initially didn't want to pay attention to Wei Lanling, but upon seeing the portrait, she was immediately stunned, stared at it for a while, and then sighed deeply.

Wei Lanling glanced at Fu Yili and continued crying, "Lanling believes in Brother Yili's character, so she doesn't want to blame Brother Yili, the Old Madam, and all the aunts for yesterday's disaster. I respect the Old Madam, the Second Madam, and the Third Madam, and I also like Sister Fangwei and Sister Fangrui. I am naturally happy that the Old Madam is willing to take me as her cousin."

She spoke of joy, yet tears streamed down her face, making the sight all the more heartbreaking.

Madam Fu seemed to have a sudden pang of conscience and realized that she had really let Wei Lanling down. She sighed and called out, "Silly girl."

The word "silly girl" made Wei Lanling kneel down and weep bitterly, while Fu Siying raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Even though she caused Wei Lanling to leave a very bad first impression on the old lady, the old lady can now be softened by Wei Lanling's tears, which shows that the old lady and Wei Lanling are naturally compatible!

She could stop her once, but not ten or eight times. Wei Lanling would always use tears to defeat Madam Fu, and climbing up to Madam Fu's high branch was just a distant dream.

Given this, she'd better go with the flow rather than forcefully obstruct things, lest she make matters worse.

Fu Siying thought for a moment and said, "With the Wei family in decline, it's truly wonderful that Cousin Lanling can be protected by her grandmother."

Yu Guangzhong saw that the second wife showed disgust and displeasure on her face after hearing about the Wei family's downfall.