Cold-faced Empress

As Consort De finished speaking, the assembled officials and their families gradually fell silent. Who could have imagined that Consort De would pick a fight with Fu Siying? Right now, both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were praising the Fu family highly!

Fu Siying briefly looked up and glanced at the high position, finding the figure of Consort De.

She looked quite beautiful, but I never expected her to be mentally ill.

When the Empress Dowager summoned her before, Consort De was present. Knowing that the Empress Dowager had a good impression of her, she still insisted on making things difficult for her in this situation, just to see how happy she would be to see her suffer.

However, putting herself in her shoes, Fu Siying felt genuinely happy.

If she could embarrass Wei Lanling and the others in public in this setting, she would surely laugh heartily. Conversely, if she failed to achieve her goal, she would definitely be very frustrated.

Therefore, it is necessary to make Consort De feel depressed.

Before Fu Siying could even express her opinion, the Empress Dowager said unhappily, "That girl just said she was receiving the reward with her younger siblings, so what is there to regret? Consort De, you've misunderstood."

"Oh, was I mistaken?" Consort De smiled, her eyes slightly narrowed as she looked down at Fu Siying, who was kneeling before her. "Perhaps I was indeed mistaken. I thought Miss Fu would feel ashamed and regretful for not being able to contribute to the family, but I did not expect that Miss Fu was not only a charlatan, but also had the intention of reaping the benefits without sowing."

Consort De spoke to the Empress Dowager once again.

Consort De's temperament was never favored by the Empress Dowager. In addition, she and her mother, Princess Sumin, also had a long-standing feud with the Empress Dowager. Therefore, Consort De was always treated coldly by the Empress Dowager and was not afraid that a few words from her would displease the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager's good mood was ruined. She was too lazy to look at Consort De anymore and turned to signal the Emperor that it would be better to allow Prime Minister Fu and his family to leave and take their seats quickly.

The Emperor nodded: "The rewards have been bestowed. Prime Minister, please take your wife and children and leave to be seated."

Just as Prime Minister Fu was about to bow again to express his gratitude for the Emperor's grace, Fu Siying stepped forward, bowed, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I dare to request that Your Majesty bestow upon me another reward."

"Oh? You also want a reward?" The Emperor frowned. "What's your reason?"

Consort De sneered from the side, naturally assuming that Fu Siying was hot-headed and insanely jealous to say such a thing!

How dare they ask the Emperor for a reward? On what grounds?

Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone, and even under the bewildered and panicked stares of her family, Fu Siying said casually, "The reward I request is not any object, but merely a word of praise from Your Majesty. Once Your Majesty speaks, you will understand the reason for my request for this praise."

Consort De scoffed, her expression haughty and disdainful: "What a pretentious act. What makes the Emperor praise you?"

Fu Siying remained calm and asked the Emperor for pen and paper.

The Emperor had met Fu Siying at the Prince Mu's residence before and knew of her audacity. He was also curious about what she was planning to do, so he allowed the palace servants to send her paper and pen.

In front of nearly a thousand people, Fu Siying calmly picked up her pen and wrote two lines of text in a short while.

Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Fu quickly pressed down on her hand, his eyes filled with shock and questioning how she dared to write such words.

Fu Siying calmly brushed aside her father's obstruction and handed the note to the palace servant.

The palace maid bowed her head and respectfully presented the note to the chief eunuch, who hurriedly handed it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please take a look."

After a moment of silent waiting, the Emperor unexpectedly burst into laughter upon seeing the note!

After laughing heartily, the Emperor even clapped three times for Fu Siying, "Clap clap clap!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Prime Minister Fu was even more astonished.