Chapter 159 The Great Empress Dowager

   Obviously, the Empress Dowager firmly believed in Fang Jifan\'s words.

  After hearing what the Empress Dowager said, only Emperor Hongzhi knew that he had the heart to strangle Fang Jifan to death.

  But still calmly said: "Sun Chen knows."

The Empress Dowager pursed her lips, and said again: "In that case, then the Ai family will be the master once. This matter is approved, and I ordered the Daolu Department to add Fang Jifan to Taoism, but still make him walk in the secular world. You child, very well, it was Aijia who misunderstood you in the past."

  Fang Jifan waved his hand and said: "I have long been used to being misunderstood."

  When she said this, the Empress Dowager felt emotional, yes, how many people said that Fang Jifan was not a thing, and no one said anything good about him. If Master Puji hadn\'t strongly recommended him, if she hadn\'t known that he was Wei Dayou\'s closed disciple, and if the emperor hadn\'t told the truth, she still wouldn\'t know what to think of him.

   It can be seen how hateful those people who gossip behind their backs are.

  The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction, and said with a kind smile, "Since you are here to celebrate your birthday, what birthday gift did you bring?"

   "Bring it." As soon as the birthday gift was mentioned, Fang Jifan beamed with joy: "Your Majesty\'s birthday, why didn\'t I bring the gift?"

   "Then, Aijia... I\'m looking forward to it very much." The Empress Dowager laughed again, but didn\'t continue to ask. After singing the gift list later, it will naturally become clear.

  This young man looks very real, he is an honest man who is bullied, insulted, and made up, but never cares. In fact, it doesn\'t matter if he gives gifts or not.

   Not long after, it was getting late, and an **** came in, announcing that the wives had arrived at the Meridian Gate, and the Empress Dowager announced that they would enter the palace to have an audience.

   On the Jinshui Bridge, under the guidance of the eunuch, it snaked like a team of snakes, and those who walked in the front did not see many first-rank wives.

  Women who can be granted the title of first-rank wives are pitifully rare in Daming, apart from princesses, they are even rarer. Most of these women are already old, and the limelight is naturally left to the younger ones.

  After that, it is the second grade, which has more ranks.

  The Mu family and the Fang family of Wei Guogong\'s mansion are two, one is Shuren and the other is Anren, but because of the honor of Wei Guogong\'s mansion, they are behind the second-rank wives.

   Mrs. Mu has been to the palace several times. When she was a girl, she also entered the palace with her father Qian Guogong, so she has seen many of the scenery here.

   It was Fang, who seemed a little embarrassed. This was her first time entering the palace, so she was inevitably nervous.

   Mrs. Mu glanced at her coldly, and said in a low voice, "Don\'t look around, you\'re petty, don\'t embarrass the Xu family."

  Mr. Fang remained silent, but obediently followed Mrs. Mu.

After arriving at the Renshou Palace, ordinary women have stopped. After all, there are not many people who can really enter the Renshou Palace, but only a few dozen people. Even if the Empress Dowager loves to be lively, everyone is by no means allowed to enter to celebrate her birthday .

  Ordinary people, kneeling outside this Renshou Palace and wishing from a distance, it is already grace.

There were less than a hundred women, and they filed to the main hall. Mrs. Mu still remembered the scene when she came to this Renshou Palace to pay respects to the Empress Dowager. When she came here again today, she felt a long-lost feeling, and thought of her younger siblings. With knowledge, he straightened his waist, and after entering the palace, he bowed like a ritual, following the ladies and gentlemen, and saluted.

   "Congratulations to the Empress Dowager Empress Dowager Jin An, I wish the Empress Dowager a blessing like the East China Sea, and a long life than Nanshan!"

  Fang Shi was a little flustered, and hurriedly bowed down, but forgot the words.

   Fortunately, he was among the crowd and was not noticed.

  The Mu family on the side knew it clearly, and he couldn\'t help but feel contemptuous. He really had no manners and had never seen the world.

   Waiting for the Empress Dowager to say happily: "Get up, you guys, I have seen Aijia before, and you all raised your heads."

   All the wives raised their heads, and Fang was even more uneasy, but when he raised his eyes, he saw a figure sitting not far from the empress dowager. This figure was so familiar that it couldn\'t be more familiar, and Fang was stunned.

   Following Fan…

  He...how is he here?

   Didn\'t I hear that the Empress Dowager had a rift with him?

   But at this time, Fang Jifan was sitting obediently under His Highness the Crown Prince, leaning against the Empress Dowager so close. Is this... the kind of honor that ordinary people can enjoy?

  It seems...Fang Jifan also saw Fang Shi, and winked playfully in Fang Shi\'s direction.

  Fang was stunned, but at this moment she heard the Empress Dowager say: "You don\'t have to be polite, and you don\'t have to be cautious. You are all here to accompany this old woman from the Ai family. Come here and give everyone a seat."

  After the wives worshiped again, they got up and took their seats according to their respective positions.

  Only Fang, who was already nervous, was even more surprised when he saw Fang Jifan.

   This flustered, something went wrong, he forgot to pray again, and got up in a daze, unable to find his own seat, so anxious that his face was red, and he was so busy that he almost burst into tears.

  She never expected that such a trouble would happen today, and the father-in-law\'s thoughts might be in vain.

   In this way, when the other wives saw this, some smiled, and some who were less human, even laughed.

  At this situation, Fang became more and more flustered, her delicate body trembled, and big tears finally came out from the corners of her eyes.

  Zhu Houzhao looked at it and couldn\'t help but clutch his stomach, as if he thought it was very funny and wanted to laugh.

  Suddenly, Fang Jifan pinched him **** his waist.

  Zhu Houzhao suddenly stopped laughing, and looked at Fang Jifan.

   Fang Jifan shook his head at him, today is an important day, Zhu Houzhao held back.

  The empress dowager looked gloomy, but she didn\'t show any signs of expression, she just said indifferently: "But I don\'t know whose bride, come here, and lead her to a seat."

  An **** hurriedly led Fang to sit down in a corner.

  Ms. Fang, on the other hand, seemed terrified. Thinking that she had messed up things today, she couldn\'t help feeling hopeless. If she went back this time, she might be looked down upon by Mrs. Mu even more. Even if she knew about Nanjing, she might...

  It is the most difficult thing for a woman. In-laws and husbands are the same in this era. As for the sisters-in-law, they are always watching.

  The empress dowager asked whose wife this was, and everyone was silent.

   It was Mrs. Mu who came out with a smile, saluted and said, "Return to your mother, Mrs. Fang is the second daughter-in-law of the Xu family. She is not familiar with etiquette, please forgive me."

   These words seemed to be excuses for Fang Shi, but she could have said that Fang Shi was nervous and at a loss when he saw the empress, so this matter could be resolved.

  Only what she said was impolite, which made no sense.

   She is also a life-saver anyway, why does everyone know etiquette, but you don\'t?

   This obviously involves the issue that you don\'t care about it. No one understands the rules at first, which is understandable, but is there no one to teach you? Wei Guogong\'s mansion is also one of the famous families in Ming Dynasty. This famous family must be taught by someone, but you are not familiar with etiquette, and you don\'t care about the rules in this palace. This is a matter of attitude.

  The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, looking a little displeased.

Mrs. Mu raised her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager, and said: "If the empress wants to punish her, this... is the negligence of the concubine. As the wife of Xu\'s family, it is the concubine\'s fault that she made such a joke. .”

   After finishing speaking, she bowed down respectfully: "The concubine implores the empress to punish her."

  Bow down, kowtow, then, three times, kowtow again, the ceremony is over.

  These words made people feel very comfortable, and the Empress Dowager couldn\'t help but give Mu a different look: "The Ai family thinks you look familiar."

  Mr. Mu said: "The concubine came to the palace with the late king and met the empress."

  After hearing about the former king, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Hongzhi looked at each other, and they both understood.

   It turned out to be a girl from the Mu family in Yunnan. This Mu family in Yunnan is full of loyal and good people. They guard Yunnan for the imperial court. They have never made mistakes and are very dependent on the imperial court.

  The former king that the Mu family called was actually Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qian.

  Thus, although the Mu family is a duke, whenever Mu Sheng is mentioned, they must be called the former king.

The Empress Dowager revealed a loving look: "It turns out that you are the tiger girl of the Jiangmen. When you entered the palace, you must have been young and mourned for your family...but you forgot about you. You raised your face. You are such a sensible child. I don\'t know how many generations of blessings that **** from the Xu family had cultivated before he married you."

After receiving such a compliment, Mu\'s heart was overjoyed, and she became more humble: "Everyone in the Xu family made a mistake, and the eldest wife, the concubine, will die. broke the rules of the palace."

   All the wives were listening, but they were all sighing in their hearts. This Mu family... is very good at \'committing\'.

However, the more people who do things like this, the more they please the elders. The Empress Dowager looked completely indifferent: "The Ai family does not blame you, Mrs. Fang... There is nothing wrong with it, you don\'t have to blame yourself, get up , come closer."

  She is the daughter of King Dingyuan. Although she is only a concubine, she has this status after all, and she is even more favored by the Empress Dowager.

  The Empress Dowager ordered her to go forward, but she was not in a hurry, she stepped forward in small steps, with an extremely respectful appearance.

Sitting in the corner, Mrs. Fang felt very lonely in her heart. In her heart, she admired and revered the elder woman\'s wrist. Wherever it is, it will always be dazzling.

  While feeling uneasy, she couldn\'t help but feel sorry for herself, and she only blamed herself for not being polite, but...how this nephew appeared here, she still couldn\'t figure it out.

   Mrs. Mu stepped forward, and the Empress Dowager was still sitting, but she reached out to hold Mrs. Mu\'s jade hand, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay..."

   Say hello two times in a row, appearing intimate.

   Ms. Mu\'s heart was already full of joy. When she came from Nanjing, she also heard many rumors.

  He thought that the Fang family really didn\'t understand the rules. Fortunately, he pleased the Empress Dowager, otherwise, wouldn\'t the Xu family have been killed by her?

  At this time, she thought again, that kid from the Fang family offended the Zhou family, I\'m afraid the empress dowager has a lot of grudges in her heart, why not...

  (end of this chapter)