Zhu Houcong looked at his cousin with a resentful look on his face.

He has seen his cousin's domineering behavior.

So he took a step back obediently.

When the Empress Dowager saw this, her face slightly sank: "You are brothers, how can the prince speak to his brother like this?"

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said, "Yes, Sun Chen was wrong."

He admitted his mistakes simply.

This is true for Zhu Houzhao. He usually acts freely, but it does not mean that he is unreasonable.

In fact, he understands the truth, but he just can't do it.

The Empress Dowager's face was gentle, she smiled, looked at Zhu Houzhao, and then looked at Fang Jifan: "You two are Jiao Buli Meng, Meng Buli Jiao. The Ai family knows that you will definitely come together."

"Speaking of it..." The Empress Dowager smiled again: "The Ai family was talking to Concubine Fang and Xiurong just now. The Ai family is old. I really envy you young people. I heard that you are doing well in Shuntian Mansion. Your Majesty praised you all the time. The Ai family is a woman. If you don't understand the affairs of the outside court, of course, you shouldn't understand it. But only when you know that you did a good job, the Ai family feels relieved. Blessed by our ancestors, there are descendants in this country."

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said, "Yes, it's said outside that Sun Chen is even more holy than his father..."

Fang Jifan immediately said, "The Empress is so ridiculous. The Crown Prince and the Minister cannot afford such praise. However, the Crown Prince is full of love for the people, which is real. The Crown Prince often says that he will do only two things in his life and will have no regrets. One is filial piety, filial piety to the Empress Dowager, filial piety to the Emperor and the Empress. The second is love for the people. The common people are the flesh of His Highness the Prince. His Highness is a little bit unwilling to let them be hungry or frozen, and they cannot be wronged. It is precisely because of His Highness that the Crown Prince that I was inspired by him and tried my best to do something that was within my reach."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Emperor Hongzhi next to her.

Emperor Hongzhi was listening to Zhu Houzhao but didn't know what to brag about. His face was not just red, but it was obviously purple. After listening to Fang Jifan's words, his face calmed down a little.

The Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and said, "That's all, come, you all come close."

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifancai stepped forward.

Zhou took a few candied fruits from the table and stuffed them to the two of them. Although Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao were both old and old, she was still just a child who had not grown up in her eyes. She said, "You guys eat them all the way, I think I'm hungry. This candied fruit was tributed by the Duke of Qian, and the taste was very good."

Zhu Houzhao ate the candied fruit in one bite, and then chewed it and then got a stomachache. Fang Jifan was slow.

"When it comes to tribute, my son has a great gift to celebrate the birthday of the empress." Zhu Houzhao burped and said.

Although the Empress Dowager knew that her great-grandson would give gifts, Zhu Houzhao said it in person, but she was still surprised and said with a happy look on her face: "Oh, I don't know what kind of gift it is?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan.

These days, he has been busy with revisions. Anyway, Fang Jifan agreed, so he was too lazy to ask more questions.

Now that he is the Empress Dowager, he is waiting for Fang Jifan to present him.

Anyway... Fang Jifan is rich.

He is very confident.

Fang Jifan nodded with a smile, and then whispered to the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch understood and went out for a moment, then he took out a bag.

It's a burden.

This burden is soft.

What is inside?

Everyone knows that the Duke of Qi is as rich as a country, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his family’s money is a mountain of gold and silver.

Then, the gift he gave must be extremely precious.

So people kept their eyes open and wanted to see what kind of rare treasures were they giving away.

Even Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but stand up, with his hands behind his back, showing a little curious look.

The other destiny wives were all holding their breath.

The Empress Dowager likes this feeling very much. The most precious thing is worth looking forward to.

Fang Jifan opened his burden layer by layer.

It seemed as if the things contained in this bag were really expensive, and even he had to be careful.

Immediately afterwards, the burden opened layer by layer.

Dangdangdangdang!

In Fang Jifan's heart, the prelude to the Symphony of Destiny sounded.

Then, a piece of clothing was shaken out.

clothing……

People looked at Fang Jifan's clothes unfolded in surprise... and they were stunned.

The prince and the Duke of Qi gave him a piece of clothing?

this……

Many people can't hide their feelings of loss.

That's it?

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but wipe her eyes and put on reading glasses.

She looked surprised.

Emperor Hongzhi looked closely and saw that the clothes... were of course extremely expensive, and there was nothing to say about the materials, materials, and even the styles.

But... he immediately became disappointed.

Even so, such a birthday gift is certainly a treasure when placed in ordinary families, but in front of the Empress Dowager, let’s see what others give to you, not to mention pearl agate, coral, and various other rare treasures, all of which are fine products.

But the prince, Fang Jifan, and the Empress Dowager have a lot of love for you, but the result is...

Emperor Hongzhi's face slightly darkened.

The Empress Dowager seemed to feel the emperor's chill.

But he looked at the prince and Fang Jifan with great consideration, and pretended to be surprised and said, "This dress is really good, very good."

She stood up and rubbed her fingers on the fabric.

How could Emperor Hongzhi not know the empress dowager's intention to protect him, but he was not inconvenient to have anything to do, and he still kept smiling.

Fang Jifan said: "Empress, this garment is priceless, and this one is the only one in the world. Only Empress is worthy of this garment. For this garment, the prince and the minister worked hard and spent countless efforts to ask the empress to accept it."

"Okay, okay, as long as it is given to you, the Ai family likes it. This is a sincere filial piety."

The destiny wives were all so arrogant that they dared not show off. Although they were reluctant to laugh, they felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird.

Only Zhu Houcun said on the side: "Crown Prince, Duke of Qi, look, my family has given such a large coral."

“…”

Such a big coral tree!

King Xing Zhu You, who was standing beside him, felt embarrassed and pulled Zhu Houxiang, looking at Zhu Houzhao with apologetic expression. Zhu Youze was a cautious person.

This nephew can do anything.

There is also the dog thing Fang Jifan. He plucked his hair by the geese, and he ate people without spitting bones. Those who have bought houses have a deep memory of this. Although he was the closest royal family in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youhou did not want to offend the prince and Fang Jifan, and smiled and said, "This clothes... look very expensive."

He started.

So...

Everyone nodded.

"Yes, yes, the colors are so good."

"This kind of good material is rare."

"The filial piety of His Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Qi... is really... is really..."

The women agreed one after another.

But everyone's heart is as clear as a mirror and his heart is tacit.

Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

Empress Zhang seemed to feel that the prince and Duke of Qi were out of fire and couldn't help but cough.

Only Zhu Xiurong was very confident, and sat aside with a calm smile without saying a word.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to kick Zhu Houcan into the sky.

What he hates the most is the naughty kid, why are you joining in the fun?

Because Zhu Houzhao also felt that the birthday gift that Fang Jifan had vowed to prepare was a bit shabby.

Lao Fang... This is a cheating man.

He wailed in his heart.

Fang Jifan continued, "Empress, let's see if this dress fits well?"

"Okay. Come..."

The Empress Dowager didn't care.

At her age, she had long lost interest in the so-called gold, silver and jewelry. She didn't have much more, but there was no more gold, silver and jewelry.
To be continued...