Cold-faced Empress

Turning around, he discovered that the person who had provoked Mo Canglan was Lian Wang, a good-for-nothing who only knew about gold, silver, and beautiful women.

After the king finished his joke, laughter and agreement erupted from the surrounding crowd. Those who dared to laugh at this moment were naturally all princes and nobles.

Fu Siying glanced at them briefly and found none of them pleasing to the eye; they were a bunch of good-for-nothings.

Because the previous dynasty was destroyed due to the rebellion of a vassal king, Da Chang established a rule from the beginning of its dynasty that even if members of the royal family had fiefdoms, they had to stay in the capital.

The freedom and power of the royal family members were severely restricted, and generation after generation, they all became useless people who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun.

Fu Siying saw Mo Canglan glance at Lian Wang indifferently, his face cold and unresponsive. Lian Wang, feeling displeased at being treated this way, snorted coldly.

She smiled, amused to see Mo Canglan being isolated by the other princes and nobles.

In the past two years, the Emperor has implemented new policies and gradually begun to send those with fiefdoms to their fiefdoms. However, not long after, the Marquis of Ping'an was found guilty of thirteen major crimes, so the Emperor naturally dared not send princes and marquises out to the provinces so easily anymore.

The fact that Prince Mu was the only one receiving special treatment and even becoming the emperor's weapon naturally aroused the jealousy of the other members of the imperial clan. But jealousy was useless; they had been spoiled and could only make a mess of things when trying to do anything worthwhile.

This Lian Wang was clearly the one who was most jealous.

No wonder the Great Chang Kingdom was destroyed. With Mo Canglan dead, these incompetent fools started demanding freedom, and the emperor, being too weak-willed, couldn't control them, truly causing chaos throughout the country.

When the imperial court and the country are in chaos, don't blame petty villains for harboring ambitions.

Even the king dared not provoke Mo Canglan, so he turned to look at Fu Siying, raised his wine glass with a strange smile, and walked up to Fu Siying: "Miss Fu! Oh, no, I suppose it won't be long before I have to call Miss Fu 'Ninth Sister-in-law'?"

Fu Siying's expression was a tiny bit warmer than Mo Canglan's.

"If Your Majesty wishes to summon me now, I would not mind."

Lian Wang was taken aback, then chuckled twice, his laughter filled with disdain and annoyance: "I've long heard of Miss Fu's beauty, and seeing her today, I can confirm it's well-deserved. She truly lives up to my expectations. It's no exaggeration to say that Ninth Brother is quite fortunate with women."

After praising Fu Siying a couple of times, he changed the subject: "Ah, I just wonder if having such a beauty as Miss Fu by my side will satisfy Ninth Brother's good fortune. Tsk, hard to say."

This guy brought up the word "good fortune with women" in front of Mo Canglan, and then he said it in front of her. Is he just jealous?

Just as he was about to retort, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind!

Eh?

Fu Siying turned her head and happened to catch a glimpse of Hu Lingjing and Xia Suxi returning together.

He chuckled inwardly a few times, then immediately whispered a few words in Luo Qiansu's ear. Luo Qiansu's face paled in surprise: "Ah? I..."

"Go ahead, it'll be fine."

Unexpectedly, Fu Siying trusted her so much and asked for her help. Luo Qiansu immediately left her seat, feeling both excited and nervous.

After Luo Qiansu left, Fu Siying asked Lian Wang curiously, "I wonder where the beautiful woman of Prince Mu that you mentioned is? I would very much like to see her."

Lian Wang's eyes narrowed slightly: "Hehe, didn't Miss Fu already encounter that just now?"

really!

It must be referring to Xia Suxi! Even the King likes Xia Suxi, which is why he's causing trouble.

Fu Siying feigned ignorance and shook her head at Lian Wang: "When have we encountered this?"

Turning to Mo Canglan, he asked directly, "Did Your Highness encounter a beautiful woman just now?"

"No," Mo Canglan answered decisively.

She was even more bewildered and asked Lian Wang for an explanation: "Where have I ever had such good fortune with women?"

Even the king, seeing that both she and Mo Canglan were feigning ignorance, sneered repeatedly in anger. He had just watched Xia Suxi's closeness to Mo Canglan, his eyes practically red with envy, yet Mo Canglan didn't see it as a stroke of good fortune at all?!