Cold-faced Empress

Zhang laughed: "The stories of my elder brother and sister-in-law's family are spreading like wildfire, and my sister-in-law doesn't even know what to panic about? Hehe, that's true, there are too many things to panic about, so my sister-in-law doesn't know which one to panic about first, right?"

Fu Siying was extremely displeased by her second aunt's mocking and contemptuous expression. She hadn't expected her second aunt to be so shameless, not only making no mention of her misdeeds of spreading rumors in Pingcheng and the capital, but also showing no remorse or repentance, and even coming to her door to provoke her family.

How big is your face?

The second wife's shamelessness caused Prime Minister Fu and Madam Li to frown deeply.

Prime Minister Fu said, "My tent still needs cleaning and tidying up. If my second sister-in-law has nothing to do, please go and wander around somewhere else!"

Madam Li even stood up and gestured for the second wife to leave: "Second sister-in-law, we won't keep you any longer, please."

Faced with Prime Minister Fu and Madam Li's attempts to drive her away, the Second Madam remained calm and composed: "Heh, elder brother and sister-in-law, you should let me finish explaining my purpose before you drive me away."

Prime Minister Fu was very displeased: "Second sister-in-law, speak quickly if you have something to say."

The second wife clearly interpreted Prime Minister Fu's dissatisfaction as him being angry out of embarrassment.

“Brother and sister-in-law, since Siying lost her chastity before marriage, you must seriously consider the future. Prince Mu will definitely break off the engagement. What will happen to Siying after that? Haven’t you thought about that seriously?”

Upon hearing Zhang mention that Fu Siying's innocence had been ruined, Prime Minister Fu laughed angrily, saying, "How we consider things is none of your business. If my sister-in-law is going to spout this nonsense, then please leave."

Madam Fu pretended not to hear and continued, "Rong Chen was stopped by Prince Mu a couple of days ago to become the disciple of Young Master Zhiyu, which displeased Prince Mu. Even if the Emperor has promised to give Rong Chen an official position, what good will it do? Rong Chen's future career will definitely not be smooth. Elder brother, elder sister-in-law, can you bear to see Rong Chen spend the rest of his life being ridiculed by others?"

Finally, Li said, "Second sister-in-law keeps saying that we don't consider our children, so please tell me what we should do?"

Seemingly believing that Li's question meant she had taken the bait, Madam Fu the Second revealed a smug expression: "After all, we are family, and I will naturally consider the matter carefully for my elder brother and sister-in-law. The only way to resolve their current predicament is through marriage!"

"Marriage?"

Prime Minister Fu and Madam Li exchanged a glance, then both looked at Fu Siying.

Fu Siying maintained her composure, genuinely surprised that her second aunt could come up with such a clever idea to arrange a marriage between their families.

Ever since she told her mother that she needed to find a fake marriage for Yunzhi, Madam Li had been searching for suitable families for the past few days. However, no family or household met the requirements. After all, this kind of thing could cost them their lives; if they weren't careful, their family would be accused of dishonesty, and the Fu family would face the crime of deceiving the emperor.

If they couldn't find a suitable match, her family would have to turn to their own relatives for help. Unexpectedly, at this time, her second aunt took the initiative to say that her family needed a marriage alliance.

Ha ha.

Madam Fu nodded: "That's right, it's a marriage alliance. We'll use Yunzhi and Rongchen's marriage to find two reliable in-laws for my elder brother's family to help them out."

At this point, Madam Fu gave Fu Siying a malicious look: "Siying, it's all your fault for affecting your sister and brother's reputation. They could have just picked their own marriages randomly, but now you're dragging them down."

Fu Siying replied coldly, "Yes, we still need Second Aunt to help Yunzhi and Rongchen find good families."

Hearing Fu Siying soften her stance, Madam Fu couldn't suppress her smugness. In the past, she would never have dared to dream of getting Fu Siying to plead for help. Look at her now, not only did she remain silent for a long time, but when she did speak, she had to be extremely humble. She was truly pathetic.

“There are many good families,” Madam Fu said, taking out a piece of paper and handing it to Madam Li. “This paper lists the good families that I have carefully selected with much effort and time. I have also sounded out their intentions and convinced them to agree to a marriage alliance with my elder brother’s family. After all, although Siying’s reputation is ruined, Yunzhi and Rongchen are of good character.”

Madam Li unfolded the paper handed to her by the second wife and saw that it listed several prominent families with children of school age. At a glance, they were indeed all families with considerable wealth.