Cold-faced Empress

Seeing Madam Fu's terrifyingly clenched-teeth smile, Fu Siying also smiled, but her smile was much more sincere: "Remember it? Hehe, that's perfect."

Madam Fu's face darkened instantly.

The more deeply you remember making a fool of yourself, the more embarrassing it becomes.

Unwilling to be outdone by Fu Siying, Madam Fu the Second warned Fu Siying with a gloomy face not to get too cocky.

"Siying, do I need to remind you why three thousand taels of silver were borrowed from your family?"

Fu Siying's face also darkened, her gaze as dangerous as a wild beast's: "Second Aunt, if you hadn't brought this up, I would have almost forgotten. Second Aunt and Wei Lanling have a very close relationship. Didn't you hear before that Wei Lanling was planning to harm me?"

Her sudden remark startled Madam Fu, who trembled instantly. This reaction, of course, did not escape Fu Siying's watchful gaze.

"It seems you have heard about it? Heh, does Second Aunt need me to report this oversight to Prince Mu?"

Madam Fu's eyes narrowed: "Fu Siying, I haven't heard of this. Don't try to threaten me!"

"No, no, no, how could I dare threaten my second aunt? I just want to live peacefully with her, okay?"

Fu Siying smiled, showing no fear of Madam Fu's anger.

Ha, it would be strange if I hadn't heard Wei Lanling mention it. Without her second aunt's help, would Hu Lingjing even bother with Wei Lanling?

Her second aunt threatened her with the fact that she had poisoned Wei Lanling, so she threatened her second aunt with the fact that Wei Lanling was an accomplice. She wanted to see who was more afraid.

Their gazes met until Madam Fu cautiously spoke up: "Eldest sister-in-law, Second sister-in-law was just too worried about the family's reputation, that's why she said those hurtful things. Please don't take it to heart. Before we left the manor, the old lady specifically instructed us that we are all family, and we must turn hostility into friendship and not do anything that would cause brothers to fight, so as not to become a laughing stock in front of outsiders."

Fu Siying glanced at her third aunt, Zhao, without paying any attention, while Li nodded slightly.

Seeing that Li's expression had softened a bit, Madam Fu cleared her throat and said solemnly, "In a few days, we will be worshipping our ancestors for the Ghost Festival. The old lady said that perhaps it was because we didn't bring my elder brother and sister-in-law along in previous years that we became estranged. So this year, she wants to bring my elder brother and sister-in-law to worship our ancestors together. Sister-in-law, what do you think?"

Li was taken aback. Should she lead them to worship their ancestors?

Fu Siying raised a delicate eyebrow, a mocking smile playing on her lips. She never took them to the ancestral worship ceremony, but only brought them along to ease tensions?

No one would believe that lie!

With Prime Minister Fu not by her side, Madam Li immediately looked at Fu Siying. Fu Siying then indicated to her mother that she could make her own decision. Whether to agree or not was up to her; it depended on her mood.

Finally, Madam Li asked Madam Fu to tell the old lady that her whole family would be going.

Upon receiving this answer, Madam Fu visibly breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, if Madam Li had refused, given Madam Fu's second wife's accusations that the Fu family was cunning and manipulative, this trip would have been a declaration of severing ties.

Before Qixi Festival, our family was not afraid, nor did we believe that Prime Minister Fu's family would dare to sever ties with us. But after last night's palace banquet, now it's our turn to be afraid.

After seeing off her relatives, Fu Siying asked her mother why she had agreed to join them in the ancestral worship ceremony.

Madam Li sighed, "It's better to resolve enmity than to perpetuate it, especially since this is our own family taking the initiative to seek peace. Your father would be very happy if he knew we could go to the ancestral rites."