The envy was directed at the young ladies of various families, who had been repeatedly instructed by their parents before attending the banquet to befriend the seventh young lady of the family, who possessed extraordinary abilities.
Although they didn't know the mystery of the moon's shimmering light, they remembered their parents' instructions that even if they couldn't befriend the moon, they should never make enemies with it, so they hid their own thoughts.
The jealous and resentful ones were the Yu family ladies who were unaware of the inside story.
Because of Yu Chongshan, he issued a gag order to all family members except the young children, forbidding them from telling their innermost thoughts.
As for why the three sons of the eldest son's family were told, it was because they were about to become Yue Fuguang's elder brothers. Again, they needed to know what Yue Fuguang meant to the Yu family and could not be neglected.
The young girls envied Yue Fuguang because she was valued by the royal family. Even if she didn't marry into the royal family, she could at least indirectly improve her status within her own family.
This would make them more valued by their father and brothers.
So all I can say is that the noble ladies still don't understand. Given Yue Fuguang's current status, ask the Crown Prince if he would dare to have such thoughts about her.
He dared to dream, but even the emperor and empress dared not agree.
It's not hard to understand why the Yu sisters were jealous and even a little resentful of this new sister. Not only did she, an adopted daughter, suddenly become the legitimate daughter, but she was also adopted from the third branch to the first branch all at once.
Although the family has clearly stated that Yue Fuguang and Yu Ningrou were switched at birth, the girls don't quite believe it.
They just assumed that the family wanted to give Yue Fuguang a proper identity and that they were saying this on purpose. Otherwise, if she were really the biological daughter of the third wife, she wouldn't have been an adopted daughter when she first came home.
The parents of the third wife would never treat their own daughter like that, ignoring her for over a month; they saw it all.
Just look at how Yu Ningrou is treated to know how much the biological daughters are pampered in the third wife's household.
Moreover, since the third wife's biological daughter was adopted by the first wife, and her parents are still alive, why would she need to be adopted?
The main wife doesn't need a girl to carry on the family line!
If Yue Fuguang knew what her sisters were thinking, she would also find their logic reasonable.
Many of those who attended the banquet but didn't hear her true feelings probably thought the same way.
Only they themselves know how much they actually believe in this logically consistent statement.
Even if it were obvious to everyone that Yue Fuguang looked more like a member of the Yu family than Yu Ningrou, they didn't want to believe it. After all, it was somewhat uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable that someone less pitiful than themselves suddenly had a higher status than them.
This has nothing to do with character; it's just that it's more in line with human nature.
Besides their grandfather's official position, the second most important position in the Yu family was their eldest uncle's. Finally, Yue Fuguang had only been there for a little over a month when she went from being the adopted daughter of a fourth-rank official to the legitimate daughter of a third-rank official. Who wouldn't be envious of that?
Among the Yu family ladies present were Yu Ningxin, the fourth daughter of the first wife, and Yu Ningzi and Yu Ninglin, the fifth daughter of the third wife.
There are also one or two others: Yu Ningrong, the legitimate daughter of Yu Nongchun, the fourth son of a concubine, and Yu Ningyao, the ninth daughter of a concubine.
They were either born out of wedlock and were not favored, or they were children of illegitimate families who were not favored.
Seeing how much Yue Fuguang was valued by the head of the family, it would be strange if they weren't jealous. But jealousy aside, they were still family members and sisters, so they couldn't say anything too outrageous.
Only Yu Ningrong, the legitimate daughter of the fourth branch, was different. She was always competitive and ambitious. When Yu Ningrou was around, she compared herself to Yu Ningrou, who was the same age.
Now that Yu Ningrou is gone, she can't help but compare herself to Yue Fuguang.
The more she compared, the more desperate she became. Yu Ningrou, who relied on her mother's subsidies, could rival her in terms of food and drink, and was even more stunning in appearance.
However, when she encountered Yue Fuguang, Yu Ningrong despaired to find herself completely outmatched.
Regardless of her status in the household, the importance she received from her elders, her food and lodging, or even her appearance, none of them could compare to the other person.
Before the moonlight arrived, Yu Ningrong was the best-off girl among the sisters, second only to Yu Ningrou. She was also the most beautiful of all the Yu family girls.
There's nothing she can do; her parents were both good-looking, and she inherited the best features of both of them.
His father inherited his aunt's good looks, and his mother was able to marry into the Yu family, an official family, partly because of her looks and status as the legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant.
Therefore, Yu Ningrong's most confident beauty was completely overshadowed by Yue Fuguang's face, which, although not yet fully developed, was excessively exquisite, beautiful, and somewhat divine, causing a sense of resentment to arise inexplicably in her heart.
Yue Fuguang paid no attention to the growing resentment of her eighth sister, Yu Ningrong, who had been extremely unfriendly to her since her arrival.
She had already met a group of princes and ministers led by Emperor Mingxi and the Crown Prince.
Emperor Mingxi said, "Fuguang, I heard that not only has your greenhouse been built, but you also planted some novel vegetable seeds yesterday. Is that true?"
Yue Fuguang smiled and said, "Of course it's true, Your Majesty. Would you like to go and take a look?"
Emperor Mingxi had been waiting for you to say those words!
He stood up and walked away first, saying to Yue Fuguang who was walking beside him, "Fuguang, I heard that the seeds sown here are new varieties that our Dayan doesn't have. Can these vegetable seeds be saved?"
"Of course." The system produces only regular seeds, all of which can be propagated.
"How about the imperial court buys you some seeds then?" Emperor Mingxi asked tentatively.
Yue Fuguang nodded indifferently and said, "Sure, but let me make it clear beforehand that I only accept gold and jade items."
She still thinks like a modern person; only gold and precious jade are valuable, while silver and copper coins are enough to get by.
"Young Master, we..." Seeing that their Emperor had started, the other officials following behind couldn't help but want to buy some as well.
Seeing their hesitant expressions, Yue Fuguang understood perfectly. She said, "If you gentlemen wish to speak, you can simply contact my grandfather and father at that time."
Yu Chongshan and Yu Zhongchun, who were named, and Yu Qinchun, who forgot that he was already the third uncle, bowed to his colleagues.
Yu Chongshan said, "After the vegetables produce seeds and are sold to the imperial court, if there are any left over, I will certainly inform all my colleagues..."
Before Chongshan could finish speaking, several sharp-eyed individuals tore off the fine jade ornaments and gold melon seeds and peanuts they had specially brought with them that day.
Before anyone could react, he shoved the item into Yu Chongshan's hands and said loudly, "Master Yu, I'm the first to pre-order, this is my deposit."
When everyone looked, they exclaimed, "Ha! You big-eyed, thick-browed Lu Qi, and that old fellow Wang Shouchun, the Minister of the Hongnong Temple, who's stuffing things into my hands!"
One of these two came to build a house, and the other came to farm; they're trying to take advantage of their proximity!
At that time, some people objected. Cai Xian, the Minister of Justice, said, "Lord Lu, Lord Wang, what you two are doing is really unfair. We all spoke up together, how come you decided first?"
Minister of Personnel Ji Hongming said, "That's right, Your Excellencies, we are all colleagues, you can't be so unethical in your actions."
Then everyone started chattering and took turns attacking the two, as if they had done something that would incur divine wrath.
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