In the following time, Xiao Yuyue found that everything was not going well.

First of all, although the palace affairs of the harem are taken care of by Concubine Cen, because Concubine Jin is favored, Concubine Cen and Concubine Jin jointly host the small banquets hosted by concubines at the end of the year and the beginning of the year.

Because Xiao Yuyue was favored by Concubine Jin and was the emperor's cousin, she had a special status, so she would also help Concubine Jin fight for power and organize banquets.

Although Princess Shangde is a princess and the emperor's biological sister, she is too lazy to participate in the struggle for power among the concubines in the harem. She has never been involved in such things.

But this year, the emperor was angry with Concubine Jin and asked Concubine Cen to host the banquet alone. Concubine Jin herself lost this right, and Xiao Yuyue couldn't even get involved.

You know, when Zhang Luo hosts a banquet, he not only does one thing, but also sends a message to both the inside and outside, that is, who is favored and who is not.

Even though Concubine Jin knew that the emperor was wary of the power of the Cen family and would not really favor Concubine Cen, perhaps just for show, she was still so filled with hatred that she did not even send an invitation to the banquet to Xiao Yuyue, and did not even send her an invitation to the banquet.

Let me tell everyone that Xiao Yuyue will no longer be the manager of the Capital Girls' School.

Nowadays, the endless stream of people visiting Pingyang County for New Year greetings can no longer be seen. It is completely "deserted and sparse in front of the door"; even the banquets held by various prefectures after the New Year in Beijing rarely send invitations to Xiao.

Yuyue, Xiao Yuyue really tasted what it means to be warm and cold in human relationships.

Not only that, there were also problems with several shops owned by her family. First of all, the supplier of the silk and satin shop said that the goods were tight, and the quantity of goods supplied was greatly reduced. Many brightly colored silks and satins were said to be out of stock, and they could not

Supply. Even for other items that are not bright, prices have also been raised. Other shops have also had these problems one after another.

Before Xiao Yuyue could solve these problems, another fire broke out in the backyard.

The county government held a banquet at the beginning of every year, and this year she gritted her teeth and held it, personally going to invite some people to the banquet.

As a result, some guests finally came to the princess's house for a banquet because they couldn't bear the reputation of being snobby. Two strange children ran to the gate crying and said that their mother was sick and wanted to see their father.

Keep the clothes of the county horses.

When everyone inquired about it, they found out that Jun Ma had raised an outhouse and had two children. The oldest boy was ten years old.

Xiao Yuyue had always been proud of herself for not taking concubines, so when these two children came to her door, everyone in the capital saw her joke.

"It's all that stinky girl who hurt me." Xiao Yuyue fell into a low point in her life. She didn't dare to resent Concubine Jin, let alone complain to the emperor. She only hated Zhao Ruxi to the bone.

If Zhao Ruxi had not refused her solicitation, she would not have asked someone to deal with Zhao Ruxi, thus angering the emperor and Concubine Jin, and putting her in this situation.

She originally planned to ask someone to deal with Zhao Ruxi at the banquet and ruin her reputation. Now she wished that Zhao Ruxi's reputation would be ruined immediately.

But the old lady of Suiping's house happened to catch a cold at this time and fell ill. The four members of Suiping's family refused to attend any banquets on the pretext of attending to illness, and the plan of asking Xiao Yuyue came to nothing.

In fact, this is God's favor to Xiao Yuyue. Otherwise, if Zhao Ruxi came to the banquet and she really implemented these plans, Zhao Ruxi, who had taken Agile Pills and Dali Pills, would never suffer. However, Xiao Lingyan's revenge on Xiao Yuyue was Xiao Yu.

Yue couldn't bear it.

Of course, these are all things for later.

…

Time goes back to three days after the talent competition.

On this day, the Imperial College posted the list of the top fifteen winners of the painting competition outside the gate of the Imperial College, and Zhao Zhiwei's name was clearly in the first place.

The top fifteen paintings have also been framed and displayed in the exhibition hall in front of the Imperial College, and Zhao Ruxi's paintings are naturally among them.

Because something went wrong in the painting competition, Mei Zhongjun publicly questioned Zhao Ruxi's first place and the impartiality of Mr. Kumu, Peng Guoan and others. This matter spread widely. Not long after the competition ended, everyone who did not come to watch the competition already knew it.

When he went to court on the second day, everyone in the court knew about it.

As these rumors spread, there was also news that Zhao Ruxi was the artist of the 25,000 taels of unknown paintings at the auction.

Everyone was very surprised and talked a lot.

So as soon as the painting exhibition in the Imperial College was put on display that day, many people flocked to it, wanting to see what the painting that could sell for twenty-five thousand taels of silver and was rated ten points by Peng Guoan and others looked like.

Although the painting of 25,000 Liang is not the same painting as this one, since it was painted by the same person and has similar style and level, everyone can naturally compare it to each other.

And seeing this, most people were impressed.

There are those who are jealous of talents, or who despise Zhao Ruxi because of her status. They are unwilling to admit how good her paintings are, but they dare not speak out to refute everyone's praise.

The main reason is that Zhao Ruxi's paintings are so powerful and his painting skills are so mature that I really can't find any faults.

The most important thing is that the emperor also admired Zhao Zhiwei's paintings very much. Not only did he not regret spending 25,000 taels of silver to take the picture, he also often showed it to the ministers to appreciate it and praised it full of praise.

A few days later, Qi Xuan, a girl from Duke Wei's mansion, hosted a small banquet for her little sisters. As soon as they met, she asked Zhao Ruyu, "Ruyu, do you know that twenty-five thousand taels were sold at the first auction?"

The painting of Yinzi was painted by your sister Zhao Ruxi?"

"Yes, why didn't you tell us about such a big thing? You don't know and you don't know, right?" said Xiao Ziyi, another girl from the Xungui family.

As a reborn person, Zhao Ruyu entered the Capital Women's Academy, so naturally she wanted to find some golden thighs to hug her.

But she is very picky. In the future, she will not want to have more contact with people who fail to take sides in the coup and end up miserable, let alone make friends. The people she wants to make friends with are those who will be prosperous in the future.

But she wanted to make friends, but those princesses and princesses looked down on her.

Suiping's house was already at the bottom of the hierarchy, and Zhao Ruyu was still the second wife. Everyone knew that she had been miscarried, and everyone knew that she was originally a country girl with low bloodline, and she was gifted by a strange combination of circumstances.

Became a young lady from the Suiping residence.

In addition to the princess, the princesses originally had their own group of fans. Those fans were xenophobic. Zhao Ruyu's status was too low to squeeze into other people's circles, and she couldn't curry favor with them even if she wanted to.

In the end, the only people who were willing to play with her were people of lower status.

Although the status of the Duke of Wei is not high, it is not low either; and he is still a neutral faction and will not be among the ones to be liquidated in the future coup. In addition, the two houses are still related, so Zhao Ruyu took the initiative to get close to Qi Xuan

, Qi Xuan didn't push her away. Zhao Ruyu became a member of Qi Xuan's small circle.
Chapter completed!