Jiangbei itself has not received the turbulence in Jiangdong, so after spring, there is another busy scene in various places.

A few days ago, Shen Zhezi secretly came to Liangjun from Guangling. The reason why he came not publicly was not to avoid suspicion, but simply did not want to disturb the people too much.

Within the current situation, Shen Zhezi also presided over the renovation and operation of different cities, but only Liangjun City was created from nothing and completely from a wasteland. Even the initial residents here were recruited and fed refugees from Jiangbei under his auspices.

To this day, Liangjun City has transformed from a border town to a prosperous city, and it is also his fief. Therefore, there is really a subtle connection and bond between him and the people of Liangjun. Although he has been busy with various affairs in recent years and rarely returns to Liangjun, every time he comes, even if he is just passing by, the people will give him a grand welcome, which has gradually become a custom.

It is the busy season of spring farming. Although Liangjun is the largest handicraft base along the north coast of Jiangbei, the land is fertile, with a large number of farms and farming sites. At the moment of national mourning, Shen Zhezi was not willing to be too arrogant, and did not want the people to waste their time and energy on this kind of welcoming and sending trip, so he concealed his itinerary.

But even so, when Shen Zhezi arrived at Liangjun, he had already been full of guests in the mansion in the city. At first, the escorts were very nervous, thinking that the whereabouts of the Grand Commander had been leaked, which was an extremely serious problem! But after asking, he realized that this was just a normal situation recently.

Shen Zhezi was really helpless about this. Although he had already expressed his attitude towards the situation in Jiangdong, before he officially crossed the river and returned to the capital, all arrangements were still not released.

This kind of unpredictability is the most confusing thing, so it is inevitable that Shi Liu is too popular with him. It was like this in Guangling earlier, and now it is like this in Liangjun. It is really hard to expect peace and quiet when he crosses the river and returns to the capital.

In order to avoid the disturbance of the crowd, Shen Zhezi still had to enter the mansion through the side door to stay temporarily. In fact, if he had just crossed the river, he would have to return directly from Guangling to get closer, but because he was worried about the spirit of the Xingmao Princess, he walked to Liangjun first to wait for the greeting.

After staying in Liang County for two days, news came that Huainan and his group were about to arrive in Liang County. So before everyone in Liang County could not realize it, Shen Zhezi left the mansion in the county city and went to the countryside to greet him.

The Huainan team is so large that it is almost exaggerated that in addition to Princess Xingnan and other family members, there are two thousand Shengwu Army responsible for escorting along the way. In addition, there are thousands of followers!

Most of these people are representatives of some Jiangbei Township clan families, and even from Heluo and Qingyan to follow people.

When the team set out from Shouchun, there were nearly 2,000 people. Because they were worried about harassment on the way, the Governor's Office originally planned to increase the number of escorts of 1,000 to 2,000. Later, there were more places along the way. When it was approaching Liang County, it had increased to 3,000 or 4,000.

Of course, these people who took the initiative to chase and came from Shouchun and his group walked separately. This time, the person who led the team to return to the capital from Yijia was Mao Bao who was transferred back from Huaibei. He had learned that the Grand Commander was coming to greet him, so he sent people in advance to introduce the Grand Commander and his group into the army.

Shen Zhezi had no time to care about human relations at this moment, so after entering the team, he drove straight to the princess car.

The princess was riding in a van with two horses and white banners hanging from all corners. There were five or six similar cars in the team, and the guards arranged around them were almost equal. It can be seen that veteran Maobao was meticulous and even considered and arranged this hidden danger.

When Shen Zhezi came over and waited until the vehicle stopped, he went forward and knocked on the wall of the car. The two female officials in the car looked at the Grand Governor, and they were all ready to salute in a panic look. Shen Zhezi waved his hand to signal them to get off the car, and then raised his legs and boarded the carriage.

As soon as he entered the carriage, a delicate body rushed into his arms, and at the same time, Princess Xingnan cried again. Shen Zhezi didn't know what to say at this moment, but just held his wife's obviously thin body in her arms.

"How could it be, how could it be... What could it be... What about the mother? Last autumn, she also sent someone to send me a message to invite me to return to the capital with A Xiu. She was thirsty to see the child, but I was so tired that she didn't care about the child's delicateness, and she never even replied... She must have hated me for this, and she didn't even want to let me see you for the last time..."

Listening to the sad voice of his wife in his ears, Shen Zhezi's heart was gradually sore. When he lowered his head and looked, he realized that the princess had been thin enough to be almost a person, without the tenderness and sweetness of previous years. Her face was pale and haggard, and even her thin lips were not bloody.

Seeing the princess like this, Shen Zhezi frowned immediately. He pressed his hands on the princess' thin shoulders and straightened his body. He looked straight at the princess's eyes and said in a tearful voice: "My wife has destroyed herself so much. Could it be that you also blame me for not being able to rush back to help, causing my mother to not save her? Because she was so angry that she wanted to leave me and my children in this world?"

Princess Xingnan looked even more sad when she heard this, she covered her face and sobbed, "I know I'm wrong... As a wife and a mother, how can I hurt myself like this... But, when I think of my mother's sorrow, she is not a scholar in the middle school. It's not easy to maintain it over the years... In recent years, I have been sick of her and policeman's guardians, so sick of her that she doesn't want to approach her for many years. Both younger brothers are clumsy, and no one can express her feelings until she dies..."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, the anger that had aroused in his heart because the princess did not love herself was gone. To be honest, he felt guilty about the death of the Empress Dowager. Although he might not be able to rescue him even if he was willing to send troops to rescue him at that time, or it would make the situation even more turbulent, in fact, before the incident, he had many ways to avoid this series of turbulence.

At present, he was just comforting himself. The general situation was unrestrained, and the Empress Dowager walked step by step to this day, which was actually mostly the result of his own fault. But if Shen Zhezi was willing to communicate more with the Empress Dowager's logistics in the early years, the Empress Dowager would not have fallen to the result of being fully at the mercy of all parties in Jiangdong.

However, although Shen Zhezi felt guilty, he did not feel that he owed much to the Empress Dowager. Even if the times were backward and repeated, he could not give up Jiangbei's demands, give up the great cause of the Northern Expedition, and put all his achievements and actions into the Empress Dowager's wife to make his favor.

However, Shen Zhezi really couldn't bear to weigh the pros and cons for Princess Xingnan, her own wife. Even if she put aside some entanglements of love, when the Empress Dowager began to clearly show her guard against the Jiangbei forces, the princess stood firmly on her side, which was enough to make Shen Zhezi feel a lot.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the princess felt twice as guilty after hearing the death of the Empress Dowager and could not stop her.

He picked up Princess Xing and gently stroked the wife's trembling body, and pressed her lips gently on her hair: "My wife, don't be sad, I will sternly, I will be embarrassed and angry that I am incompetent except for your heartache. To this day, the outside world has praised me for being a peerless talent, but I have made a great wish to make my wife miserable and undisturbed for the rest of my life. I also know that the bad news came, how heartbreaking you were, it's a pity that you didn't have time to accompany you..."

When the princess heard this, she tried harder to protect Shen Zhezi, and her body twitched because of her efforts to suppress the tragedy.

"My parents gave me bones and blood, suddenly parting, and want to die of grief. This is human nature. But the deceased cannot be pursued again. Madam, you have blood. Even if you no longer fall in love with me, you are tired of things, can you give up all the children on your knees? Dear, I am completely happy because of you alone. I will never allow you to add my father and son to the heartache!"

When Shen Zhezi talked about this, he stretched his arms and held the princess deep in his arms. He said softly: "Cry, no matter how much sad you feel, you will vent your worries in my arms. When you miss this, you always need to keep some tears for me. Your life is short and your manpower is not enough, and I can't speak politely and always accompany you..."

"No, stop talking... I need to leave tears for you. Without you, I will be gone in this world..."

Princess Xingnan raised her hand to cover Shen Zhezi's mouth, and then she burst into tears, but the crying had turned into a kind of refreshing catharsis, which was less the long-lasting resentment that had been before.

Shen Zhezi stopped talking and leaned against the carriage and hugged the princess. When the crying gradually weakened and the princess gradually fell asleep, he pulled the car wall and ordered to go.

The carriage was on the road again, and the bumps in the car were extremely obvious. Shen Zhezi couldn't help frowning, and felt the great pain caused by the death of the Empress Dowager to his wife. The carriage had only four walls, and there were no shock absorption facilities such as cushions in it. Generally speaking, no bumps could be avoided.

Shen Zhezi's heart moved, lifted up the princess dress, and when she lifted up her inner clothes, she found that the lady's knees had been bumpy and bruised seriously. Thinking that the lady had always been pampered, but she knelt deep and sobbed all the way, using this to self-harm to relieve the sadness and guilt in her heart, Shen Zhezi's heart was also a little sad, and she was even more grateful for her decision to move westward to welcome her.

While walking, Shen Zhezi's collar suddenly tightened and she lowered her hands to look at her. The princess opened her eyes and looked straight at her, because her whole face had lost weight and her eyes looked bigger. Seeing this, Shen Zhezi lowered her head and blew away the scattered hair between her forehead, and whispered, "Sleep, sleep..."

Perhaps it was just hysteria in her sleep. Princess Xingnan looked at Shen Zhezi for a moment, then slowly closed her eyes, and snuggled into Shen Zhezi's arms. After a while, a slight panting between her mouth and nose came out of her dreams: "No, husband, please don't harm my brother...he, he really can't..."

When Shen Zhezi heard the dream, his body stiffened, and then lowered his head and leaned into his wife's ear and whispered: "No, no, don't worry."
Chapter completed!