What the young ladies from various families envied was that before coming to the banquet, they had been repeatedly instructed by their parents to befriend this seventh young lady of the Yu Family, who was said to have something extraordinary about her.

Although they didn't know what made Yue Fuguang so special, remembering their parents' instructions that they should at least avoid making enemies with her even if they couldn't befriend her, they hid their own little thoughts.

What the Yu Family young ladies who were unaware of the situation felt was jealousy and hatred.

Because of Yu Chongshan, for those in the Yu Family who hadn't heard Yue Fuguang's thoughts, Yu Chongshan had issued a gag order, telling them not to inform the younger children.

As for why he told the three sons of the eldest branch, it was because they were about to become Yue Fuguang's elder brothers. Once again, they had to know what Yue Fuguang meant to the Yu Family and mustn't treat her negligently.

The young ladies envied Yue Fuguang because she was valued by the royal family. Even if she didn't marry into the royal family, at least her status in the family could be indirectly improved.

Moreover, she would be valued by her elder brothers and fathers.

So, ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‍it could only be said that these noble young ladies still didn't understand that with Yue Fuguang's current status, if you asked the Crown Prince, would he dare to have such thoughts about Yue Fuguang?

Even if he dared to think about it, the Emperor and the Empress wouldn't allow it.

It was not difficult to understand that the Yu Family sisters were jealous and even a bit resentful of this newly - arrived sister. It was one thing that a foster daughter suddenly became a legitimate daughter, and what's more, she was suddenly adopted from the third branch to the eldest branch.

Although the family had clearly stated the relationship between Yue Fuguang and Yu Ningrou, that they had been swapped at birth, the young sisters didn't quite believe it.

They only thought that the family was deliberately saying so to give Yue Fuguang a status. Otherwise, if she was really the biological daughter of the third branch, she wouldn't have been a foster daughter when she first returned home.

The parents of the third branch wouldn't have ignored their own biological daughter for more than a month. They had all witnessed it.

Just look at Yu Ningrou's treatment and you would know how favored the biological daughter was in the third branch.

Moreover, if the biological daughter of the third branch was adopted by the eldest branch while her parents were still alive, why would they do that?

The eldest branch didn't need a young lady to carry on the family line!

If Yue Fuguang knew what her sisters were thinking, she would also find their logic reasonable.

Among those who came to this banquet and hadn't heard her thoughts, perhaps many of them thought the same way.

Only they themselves knew how much they really believed this self - consistent statement.

Even though it was 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 a bit uncomfortable to see a poor girl who was once inferior to them suddenly rise above them in status.

This had nothing to do with character; it was just more in line with human nature.

In the Yu Family, apart from the official position of the grandfather, followed by that of the eldest uncle, and then Yue Fuguang had only been in the family for a little over a month and had directly risen from the foster 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 young ladies present, there was Yu Ningxin, the concubine - born fourth young lady of the eldest branch, Yu Ningzi and Yu Ninglin, the concubine - born young ladies of the third branch, and one or two were Yu Ningrong, the legitimate daughter of Yu Nongchun from the fourth branch, and Yu Ningyao, the concubine - born ninth young lady.

They were either concubine - born and out of favor or the children of a concubine - born and out - of - favor branch.

It was no wonder they were jealous when they saw Yue Fuguang being valued by the family's patriarch. But despite their jealousy, after all, they were all sisters of the same family, so they couldn't say anything too excessive.

Only Yu Ningrong, the legitimate daughter of the fourth branch, was different. She was always competitive. When Yu Ningrou was around, she compared herself with Yu Ningrou of the same age.

After Yu Ningrou was gone, she couldn't help but compare herself with Yue Fuguang.

The more she compared, the more desperate she became. With the subsidies from her mother, Yu Ningrou could at least compete with her in terms of food and drink, and she even outshone Yu Ningrou in appearance.

But when it came to Yue Fuguang, Yu Ningrong despairingly found that she was comprehensively crushed.

Whether it was her status in the mansion, the degree of attention from the elders, food, accommodation, or even appearance, she couldn't compare with the other at all.

Before Yue Fuguang came, Yu Ningrong was the best - off young lady among the sisters after Yu Ningrou, and she was also the most beautiful among all the Yu Family young ladies.

Well, her parents were both good - looking, and she had inherited the best features of both of them.

Her father had inherited the good looks of his concubine mother, and her mother had married into the official family of the Yu Family as the legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant partly because of her looks.

So, Yu Ningrong's most confident asset, her beauty, was comprehensively crushed by Yue Fuguang's face, which was still not fully developed but was extremely delicate, beautiful, and had a divine air about it. A sense of resentment welled up in her heart for no reason.

Yue Fuguang didn't care about the growing resentment of her eighth - sister, Yu Ningrong, who had been unfriendly to her since she arrived.

At this time, she had already met a group of princes and high - ranking officials led by Emperor Mingxi and the Crown Prince.

Emperor Mingxi said, "Fuguang, I heard that your solar greenhouse has been built, and the novel vegetable seeds were sown yesterday. Is that true?"

Yue Fuguang replied with a smile, "Of course it's true. Does Your Majesty want to go and have a look?"

Emperor Mingxi thought, 'I've been waiting for you to say that!'

He stood up and led the way, walking side by side with Yue Fuguang and saying, "Fuguang, I heard that the seeds sown are all new varieties that our Great Yan doesn't have. Can these vegetable seeds be saved for future planting?"

"Of course they can," Yue Fuguang said. The seeds produced by the system were all regular seeds that could be saved.

"Then, how about the court buying some seeds from you later?" Emperor Mingxi asked tentatively.

Yue Fuguang nodded indifferently and said, "Okay, but let's make it clear in advance that I only accept gold and precious jade items here."

She still had the thinking of a modern person. Only gold and precious jade were valuable, and silver and copper coins were just enough for daily expenses.

"Lord Grand Tutor, we..." Seeing that their Emperor had started the topic, the high - ranking officials following behind couldn't help but want to buy some too.

When Yue Fuguang saw their hesitant looks, she understood what they meant. She said, "If you gentlemen want some, you can directly contact my grandfather and father."

Yu Chongshan, Yu Zhongchun, and Yu Qinchun, who had forgotten that he was now her third uncle, bowed to their colleagues.

Yu Chongshan said, "After the vegetables produce seeds and are sold to the court, if there are any left, I will definitely inform all of you colleagues..."

Before Yu Chongshan could finish speaking, several sharp - eyed ones took off the good jade ornaments they had specially brought when they went out today and the gold melon seeds and peanuts in their purses.

Before the others could react, they stuffed the things into Yu Chongshan's hands and shouted loudly, "Lord Yu, I'll be the first to pre - order. This is my deposit."

When the others saw this, they thought, 'Well, you, Lu Qi, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, and that old guy Wang Shouchen, the Minister of the Hongnong Temple, are really something!'

These two had either come to the Yu Family to build the greenhouse or to farm. They were trying to take advantage of their proximity!

Immediately, someone was unhappy. Cai Xian, the Minister of Justice, said, "Lord Lu and Lord Wang, you two are being so unfair. We all spoke up together. Why did you two make the reservation first?"

Ji Hongming, the Minister of Personnel, said, "Exactly. You two gentlemen, we are all colleagues. You can't be so unkind in your actions."

Then everyone started chattering and took the stage one after another, bombarding the two of them with criticism. The scene was as if the two had committed some heinous crime.