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"Your Highness, can you please allow me to have a look?"

Li Shanchang, who was full of envy, stared at the pen in Zhu Biao's hand and finally couldn't help but say.

After listening to Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Biao came back to his senses, but a trace of hesitation soon appeared on his face, hesitating whether to let Li Shanchang take a look.

"Your Highness, I just wanted to take a look. After all, I have never seen such an object before."

Seeing Zhu Biao's hesitation, Li Shanchang said with a smile on his face, full of expectations.

"Just to have a look?"

Zhu Biao looked at Li Shanchang hesitantly and asked hesitantly.

"Yes, just looking."

Li Shanchang nodded and said.

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, but in the end he was too embarrassed to refuse and handed the pen to Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang took a look, quickly and carefully took it, and then looked at it carefully.

Seeing how Li Shanchang couldn't put it down, Zhu Biao couldn't help but show a trace of worry on his face, as if he was afraid that Li Shanchang would take it away.

Hu Fei looked at the expressions on their faces and couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

He guessed that Zhu Biao would like it, and it was as expected.

But Li Shanchang looked at it and suddenly bent down to try writing a few words on the paper. When Zhu Biao saw it, he immediately became anxious.

"etc!"

Before Li Shanchang could finish writing, Zhu Biao shouted to stop him, then grabbed Li Shanchang's hand, and immediately and carefully snatched the pen away with his other hand.

"Li Qing, just take a look. This thing looks very delicate at first glance. It would be bad if it gets damaged. What do you think?"

Zhu Biao quickly put away the pen before Li Shanchang could react, smiled, and said slowly.

"All right."

Li Shanchang nodded in disappointment, looked at Hu Fei, and hesitated to speak.

"If you like it, can you just ask Hu Fei to give you another one?"

Zhu Biao looked at the disappointed Li Shanchang, thought for a while, and said slowly.

After hearing Zhu Biao's words, Li Shanchang's eyes immediately lit up.

"May I?"

Immediately afterwards, Li Shanchang looked at Hu Fei and asked expectantly.

After listening to Zhu Biao's words, Hu Fei realized something was wrong, and then looked at Li Shanchang who looked expectant, and couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

"Your Highness, uncle, although this thing looks small and small, it is not that simple to make. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, if my uncle likes it, I can make another one, but I'm afraid it won't be until the end of the year."

Hu Fei thought for a while and said with a wry smile.

He didn't expect to bump into Li Shanchang here today, but he was in a rush to talk and couldn't refuse directly.

"Very good!"

"Okay! You can wait as long as you want! But the gift you give me doesn't have to be made of pure gold. If it's too precious, just use silver instead, or something made of iron."

When Li Shanchang heard this, he immediately said in surprise.

"Okay, once it's done, my nephew will deliver it to your house personally."

Hu Fei nodded and said with a smile.

After hearing this, Li Shanchang nodded with satisfaction, his face full of joy and expectation.

Zhu Biao on the side also breathed a sigh of relief. He no longer had to worry about Li Shanchang thinking about the one in his hand.

"How on earth did you create such a scene? I am very curious?"

Then, Zhu Biao looked at Hu Fei and asked with surprise.

When Li Shanchang heard this, he also looked at Hu Fei with curiosity on his face.

"Weichen usually likes to think wildly. He likes to think about it when he has nothing to do. After thinking about it, he came up with this idea."

Hu Fei smiled and made up a random reason.

After listening to Hu Fei's explanation, Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang shook their heads frequently, feeling a little incredible.

"His Royal Highness, since you have guests here, the general will leave first."

At this moment, a strange middle-aged man who had been standing by and had not spoken to him suddenly raised his hand towards Zhu Biao and said respectfully.

From beginning to end, this person showed no interest in the pen that Hu Fei gave to Zhu Biao, but showed a look of boredom from time to time.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Zhu Biao seemed to realize that there was another person beside him.

"General Lan, don't worry. You are not outsiders, so there is no need to be polite."

"By the way, I was so happy just now that I forgot to introduce you to you."

"Hu Fei, this is our famous brave general from the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu."

"Lanyu, this is Hu Fei, the son of Hu Xiang. You can call him the richest man in the capital, or you can call him the God of Poetry. I believe you have heard of him."

Zhu Biao smiled and introduced Hu Fei and the middle-aged man Hu Xiang to each other.

After listening to Zhu Biao's words, Hu Fei realized that the middle-aged man in front of him was Lan Yu, a famous military general in the early Ming Dynasty.

If he remembered correctly, Lan Yu should have just gone to put down the rebellion in Xifan, and had just returned to the court recently.

"It turns out to be General Lan. I have admired the general's name for a long time. It is a great honor to meet him today."

Hu Fei cupped his hands towards Lan Yu and said politely.

"Your Highness, I have something else to do, so I won't disturb you. Your Highness, please allow me to leave."

But Lan Yu didn't even pay attention to Hu Fei, but still cupped her hands towards Zhu Biao and insisted on leaving.

Seeing Lan Yu's disregard for him, Hu Fei frowned slightly, and suddenly thought of the Lan Yu case that was almost comparable to the Hu Weiyong case and the Kongyin case in history.

According to historical records, Lan Yu gradually became arrogant because of her self-reliance on her merits. She made many mistakes and was accused of treason. Eventually, she implicated nine tribes and implicated more than 15,000 people to death.

"Okay, in that case, I won't keep you here, go ahead."

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and said.

Lan Yu agreed, bowed to Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang, turned around and left the hall.

Looking at Lan Yu's leaving figure, Hu Fei narrowed his eyes, and a slightly pitiful sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth.

"Don't mind. He has always been a straightforward person. Even I am used to it."

Zhu Biao saw the trace of dissatisfaction on Hu Fei's face and said slowly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worrying too much. The ministers don't mind. As a human being, you can't win the favor of everyone."

Hu Fei smiled, waved his hands and said.

"It's good if you understand this."

"I like the gift you gave me very much and I'm very considerate of it."

Zhu Biao nodded and said with approval.

"As long as His Highness likes it."

Hu Fei said with a smile.

"By the way, I have heard that you personally led people to buy free New Year's goods for the elderly in the city yesterday. This thing was done well. I did not misjudge you."

"Originally, you came last in the history exam, and I was still thinking about how to punish you, but for the sake of this matter and the gift you gave me, I will spare you this time."

Zhu Biao looked at Hu Fei, changed the subject, and said seriously.

"I'm just trying to do my best for the imperial court. Your Highness the Crown Prince has given you too much praise."

Hu Fei shrank his neck, smiled, shook his head hastily, and said modestly.

He had already guessed that Zhu Biao would be dissatisfied if he came last in the exam, and he guessed that Zhu Yuanzhang would be even more angry when he found out.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was discussing this matter with me just now. You can have such love for the people. I and His Highness the Crown Prince are both proud of you."

Li Shanchang also looked at Hu Fei and took the opportunity to smooth things over.

"Uncle, thank you very much. My nephew said that he was just trying his best, so he shouldn't be praised like this."

Hu Fei smiled and explained softly.

After listening to Hu Fei's words, Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang looked at each other and smiled, nodding in tacit understanding.

"By the way, you have prepared New Year's gifts for me, so naturally you will also prepare them for your father, right?"

"The gifts prepared for me are amazing enough, but I wonder what you have prepared for my father?"
To be continued...