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Lady Shao hesitated and said, "Sister-in-law, wouldn't this be inappropriate?"
Xiao Ruo smiled, "Could we possibly return the gifts?"
Lady Shao and Fu Jingwen were both at a loss.
There's no reason to return a congratulatory gift once accepted.
"Just reciprocate with a gift as if between in-laws," Xiao Ruo said with a smile.
Fu Jingwen suddenly understood, "That's right, I heard from my husband that the Prime Minister's Wife wants to recognize you as her goddaughter. Although it hasn't been formalized, she's long treated you like one, which explains the extravagant gift."
The group was discussing in the storeroom when a matron brought by Lady Meng hurriedly came in and said to them, "Doctor Qin, Second Grandma Fu, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort have arrived, and Old Madam Fu requests you to come out to greet them."
The Crown Princess Consort?!