Cold-faced Empress

"Overthinking?" Fu Siying lowered her eyes and slightly curved her lips. "In my opinion, it's not me who's overthinking, it's you who should stop overthinking, right?"

She stood up and gently withdrew her hand from her mother's grasp: "When Wei Lanling accompanied me on a boat trip on the lake yesterday, she offended the second young lady of the Hu family with her inappropriate words, and was pulled and pushed by the second young lady. By the time I arrived, she was already lying on the ground, unable to get up."

“Instead of thinking about possible schemes and tricks, you should simply think about whether your cousin picked up fleas from the grass. The fleas were hiding in her hair, and she didn’t even drown when she fell into the water, until she was brought back to our house,” Fu Siying said, gently patting her mother’s hand and showing a gentle smile. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave now.”

Despite her seemingly kind, tolerant, and patient demeanor, her anger was inexplicably palpable.

Li tried to grab Fu Siying's hand again out of fear, but Fu Siying avoided her.

"Yingying!"

Fu Siying left without paying any attention, not caring whether Wei Lanling would take advantage of the fact that the scandal had been discovered and start complaining to her mother.

She knew her mother was always easily swayed and gentle, always believing that even if family members suffered a little, guests should not be wronged. Her life's mission was to change her mother's soft temper, so that her mother wouldn't repeat the same mistakes!

Having taken only two steps out of the house, Fu Siying suddenly stopped, glanced back at her mother's room, thought for a moment, and then quietly pulled Granny He aside to ask her a question.

"Old Lady He, how have my father and mother's relationship been lately?"

Fu Siying's sudden question left Granny He puzzled: "I'm fine, why is Miss asking this?"

Fu Siying shook her head: "What I mean is... um..."

She looked at Granny He with uncertain eyes, hesitated for a while, and then asked as subtly as possible, "Is the harmony between husband and wife still harmonious?"

Granny He was startled. After realizing what Fu Siying meant, she was so shocked that she tried to cover Fu Siying's mouth.

"My dear young lady, how dare you ask such questions? Is this something a young lady who is not yet married should be asking?" Granny He paused, "No, how could you know such things!"

Fu Siying hurriedly waved her hand: "What are you thinking! I just wanted to find out if I might have any younger siblings. Look at what you've said!"

Realizing she had misunderstood the young lady, Granny He hurriedly apologized to Fu Siying with a smile: "It was this old servant who misunderstood and offended the young lady's ears. Please pretend you didn't hear it and forget about it!"

"Of course I'll pretend I didn't hear that!" Fu Siying pouted, embarrassed and annoyed. "Tell me quickly, how's my dad and mom's relationship lately?"

"The master and mistress have always had a deep affection for each other, but recently there have been a lot of things happening in the mansion. The master and mistress are both very worried and talk about their concerns for a long time every night. They have no time to think about anything else."

After saying that, Granny He teased, "Why do you want a younger brother or sister?"

Fu Siying replied dismissively, "Yunzhi and Rong Chen are only a year or two younger than me, it's no fun teasing them. Alright, it's nothing, you can go back to your work."

After sending Granny He away, Fu Siying's tension and worry did not lessen. She needed to prevent Xiao Li from having any contact with her father.