Fu Huang: Husband, here is a ginseng

The concubine excitedly pulled Huo Jinqian aside and asked him about his life, including his childhood and whether his adoptive parents were kind to him.

Huo Jinqian answered all of them, saying that his adoptive parents treated him very well, like their own son, and even his grandparents treated him like their own grandson. His family was poor, so they supported him to study alone, so that he had the opportunity to go to Beijing to take the exam.

After hearing this, the concubine was very grateful to the Huo family. She thought that after the banquet, she would give some rewards to his adoptive parents to express her gratitude for their kindness in raising her grandson.

Until Aunt Tian said to the Concubine Dowager: "My Lady Concubine Dowager, the banquet is about to begin!"

"You go first, I will go later."

The Concubine Dowager said to the Queen and others.

The Queen, the Crown Prince and others bid farewell to the Queen Mother and returned to Jingren Palace.

The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess took Huo Jinqian and Gao Zhijun away from Jingren Palace and returned to the Crown Prince's Mansion.

When Hawking, Zhang Chan and Zhuang Die saw the prince and his companions coming back, they respectfully saluted them.

Because the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had to accompany the Emperor, Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian took the Sun and Huo families and went ahead.

The banquet was held in Baohedian, where the banquet is held every Mid-Autumn Festival Eve.

Many ministers and their families came and sat on both sides.

The banquet was divided into two sides, men on the left and women on the right, with a screen in the middle.

Huo Jinqian took the men from the Sun family and the Huo family, followed Mulang and Polang to the left and sat down in their seats.

The positions for Huo Jinqian and the others were arranged by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the request of Gu Lang, behind him, which was the best position.

The first row is for the crown prince and princes; the second row is for the prime minister and dukes; the third row is for the marquises and earls, then the six ministers, and below that are the ministers.

The same was true for the women: the first row was occupied by the Crown Princess and princesses; the second row was occupied by the wives of the ministers on the left.

Gao Zhijun was sitting in the first row, to the right of the Crown Princess, next to her. Her status was higher than that of the other princesses because this banquet was held for her.

Zhuang Die, Zhang Chan and others sat together with Gao Zhijun. This was also arranged by the prince. He was afraid that the Sun family and the Huo family would enter the palace for the first time and cause unnecessary trouble, which would bring shame to Gao Zhijun.

Gao Zhijun sat down, and the women below began to talk.

"Who is that? Why is she sitting in the first row? Only princesses and princesses can sit there. She is sitting next to the Crown Princess. What is her background?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it. It should be the blind man sitting there. There will be a good show to watch soon."

"Let's wait and see, shall we? That position is the position of the Second Princess. She is not someone you will mess with. She will definitely embarrass us by relying on the power of her family."

"Stop talking, she's looking over!"

When the wife of the Minister of Rites saw Gao Zhijun looking at her, she hurriedly reminded the women around her.

Of course Gao Zhijun heard their discussion, but she didn't say anything. She just turned around and looked back.

She was dropped here by chance, so high-profile, it would be strange if there was no discussion. As long as no one deliberately insulted her maliciously, she would turn a blind eye.

Zhang Chan and Zhuang Die, Huo Jinxiu was so angry that she clenched her fists and wanted to go up to argue with them, but was stopped by Gao Zhijun.

Hong Qiujue knew that this was how the officialdom was. The eldest daughters of officials felt that they were superior to others and never looked down on the women of a lower rank or the eldest daughters of small families.

"Princess, the first person to speak was the wife of the Minister of War. She is a trouble-making and arrogant person."

"The second person to speak was the wife of the Minister of Justice. This person is arrogant and often bullies the women of a lower rank because of her status as a minister. Therefore, she does not have a very good reputation."

"The third person who spoke was the wife of the Minister of Industry. She loves gossip and likes to watch plays and see the faults of others."

"If these three ladies get together, they will be like a dam, making other ladies cry. So when the wives of ministers in the court see these three, they turn around and run away, not daring to associate with them."

Hongyue secretly told Gao Zhijun the personalities of the three wives of the ministers.

Gao Zhijun couldn't help but sigh. No matter which dynasty, gossiping was a woman's nature.

Zhuang Die and Zhang Chan were so angry that their faces turned red, and at the same time, they were a little flustered. They had no backers, but these ladies had backers and people to rely on, so they didn't dare to bully them casually.

Although Zhijun was adopted as the emperor's goddaughter and named Princess Xiangyun, she was not his biological daughter. If the emperor quarreled with those ladies, he might not help Zhijun.

Therefore, they could not act rashly and could not cause trouble for Zhijun.

Gao Zhijun didn't think so: she was not afraid of trouble, but she didn't want to cause trouble. Because if she caused trouble, she would have to spend time and energy to deal with it, and she was too lazy to deal with it.

When the wife of the Minister of Revenue heard what they said, she was so angry that she stood up and started cursing.

"Who are you? You can't criticize Princess Xiangyun. Who is Princess Xiangyun? She is our benefactor of Daliang. Without her prescription for curing the plague, you would probably be dead. Is this how you treat your benefactor? In addition, her magic weapons defeated the Tatars and made them flee, which enabled us to live a stable life. Her high-yield crops and farm tools that benefit the people are not worthy of our respect. She is also my granddaughter, the daughter of the King of Zhenbei, and the goddaughter of the emperor. You can't criticize her identity."

The wife of the Minister of Revenue showed no mercy at all and ruthlessly attacked the three ladies in front of all the female relatives.

The three ladies were so ashamed that they dared not say anything. Their faces turned as red as pig livers, which was very ugly.

They didn't know that that was Princess Xiangyun. If they had known, they would never have dared to say anything, let alone be presumptuous.

The adults in their family said that they wanted their son (grandson) to marry Princess Xiangyun. If they knew that they had just committed a crime against Princess Xiangyun, their lives would probably be difficult in the future.