Since Yi Chu left, Zong Zhengjin has been staying in the house and has not come out, and in the evening, Zhao Qing walked into the master bedroom with food.

There was only one lamp lit in the room, and in the dim candlelight, a person squatting next to the bed could be faintly seen. Zhao Qing put down the food and walked over, only to see Zong Zhengjin squatting on the side of the bed with his knees crossed, his head buried deeply, and the whole person looked so lonely. Zhao Qing suddenly remembered that seven years ago, after the princess received the holy decree to leave the palace, she was also like this, squatting alone by the bed and crying, and then said to herself in that hoarse voice: "Xiaoqing, I'm afraid." She remembers this sentence vividly. Now that the departure of Mr. Yi, the national teacher, has hit the princess again, is she going to go back to the way she was seven years ago?

"Princess." She called softly, Zong Zhengjin slowly raised his head, but he didn't look at her, his eyes looked straight ahead, his eyes were a little red, and Zhao Qing knew that she had cried again.

"Princess, cry if you want to." Zhao Qing walked up to her and knelt down, with a deep worry in her eyes.

"Xiaoqing, why am I a princess?" Zong Zhengjin's tone was a little depressed, but it was a little cold, and his eyes no longer had the same sparkle as before.

Zhao Qing was slightly stunned, she didn't expect the princess to say this, she sighed lightly, she said: "Princess, this is fate, you should be born to be a noble princess."

"Life? Oh, yes, it's fate. Zong Zhengjin smiled coldly, his eyes were full of sarcasm.

"Don't do that, princess." Zhao Qing had never seen her so indifferent, and she was immediately very worried.

"From the moment I was born, I couldn't help myself, my father sent me to Yangzhou, Yi Chu was bent on guiding me on that path, they just wanted me to be the person they wanted, but they never considered whether I wanted to or not."

"Princess, I just want you to be happy, if the princess doesn't want to, then don't go this way." Zong Zhengjin's words made Zhao Qing feel distressed, as Zong Zhengjin's chamberlain, she naturally knew what Zong Zhengjin and Yi Chu planned, but if this matter made the princess unhappy, then of course she would not encourage the princess to do it.

Hearing this, Zong Zhengjin shook his head lightly, and said helplessly: "Born in the royal family, I can't help myself, even if I don't want to, I have to do it, the revenge of the mother concubine must be avenged, the heavy responsibility of the father and the emperor must be borne, and the national fortune of Beicang must be saved, I have no choice, Xiaoqing, do you understand?"

Zong Zhengjin turned his head to look at her, the endless desolation and helplessness in his beautiful eyes made people feel distressed when they saw it, Zhao Qing said while crying: "Princess, I understand, but no matter what, I will accompany you."

"Silly girl, what are you crying about?" Zong Zhengjin wiped her tears for her, and said: "I have figured it out, since the will of heaven is like this, I will follow the will of heaven, do what I should do, and take the path I should take. For the rest, just let it take its course. Zong Zhengjin smiled bitterly in her heart, she confessed anyway, no matter what happened in the future, at least she has worked hard now, and she will not regret it.

"Yes." Zhao Qing saw that the princess had figured it out, and she was relieved. She walked over and brought the food to Zong Zhengjin and said, "Princess, you haven't eaten for a day, so let's eat some first."

"Yes." After saying what was in her heart, Zong Zhengjin was also much more comfortable, looking at the food in front of her, she was really a little hungry. So I picked up the chopsticks and took a small bite.

Seeing that Zong Zhengjin had finally eaten, Zhao Qing's face also smiled, and he turned his head to look at the bright moon outside the house quietly shining in the courtyard, thinking that tomorrow should be a good day.

......

In April of the twentieth year of Tianyou, the torrential rain in the south continued, and the flood disaster disappeared one after another, and Emperor Zongzheng Hao convened the ministers again and again to discuss countermeasures, until half a month later, the rain gradually weakened, and the flood disaster decreased.

"Alas! The rain has finally decreased. Dongping looked at the drizzling rain outside the window, and a smile gradually spread on his worried little face.

"yes, I should be able to see the sun soon." Nanxu, Zhao Qing sighed for a while, they haven't seen the sun for more than a month, and this person is about to die.

Listening to their conversation, Zong Zhengjin, who was sitting in front of the bookcase and reading the documents, raised her head, she looked out the window, her eyebrows were wrinkled again before she could stretch out, and she didn't know what she thought, and a trace of worry flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"Princess, what's wrong with you? Zhao Qing saw that her face was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask. More than half a year has passed since Mr. Yi left, and although the princess didn't say it, they could all see that the princess had been missing Mr. Yi. So she frowned, I'm afraid she remembered Mr. Yi again.

"It's okay, I just feel that this rain has displaced many people, and this time the south has suffered heavy losses, even our Yangzhou will not escape this catastrophe." Zong Zhengjin didn't think about Yi Chu, she thought of another thing, but now she is not sure.

"Princess, you are so kind-hearted, God will bless the south." "That's right, it's because of your guidance that Yangzhou will become the state capital with the least loss in the south." "yes, yes." The three of you are praising her with every word you say to me, and their expressions are extremely sincere. Zong Zhengjin was almost speechless, these girls like to praise her, if she hadn't been determined, she would have been killed by these rhetoric.

"You know how to do something?" Zong Zhengjin instructed them while reading the documents.

"Princess, we've been getting down to business all along." The serious thing in Zhao Qing's mouth is to serve the princess.

Zong Zhengjin chuckled and said, "What is it to serve me every day? Look at Brother Tang, as the commander of the Jinyang Army, he trains hard every day, and the three hundred Jinyang Army is extremely powerful. Look at the brothers and sisters of the Fang family, not only manage Yangcheng in an orderly manner, but also help me rectify the entire Yangzhou. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the three girls looked at her with a complaining face, "Princess, how can we compare with them, for us, serving the princess is a great thing." ”

"Flim Flam." Zong Zhengjin glared at them, and then asked, "By the way, what about Yunlong?" The Yunlong in Zongzheng Jin's mouth is naturally the future head of the Shen family who ran away from home. Since I lived in the princess's mansion half a year ago, I have taken this place as my home, and I really can't get rid of it.

"She?" As soon as Shen Yunlong was mentioned, the three of them immediately became interested, "Princess, you don't have to think about it, you should know that Miss Shen must have gone to entangle Commander Tang again." The four of them looked at each other, shook their heads and chuckled.

This Miss Shen Yunlong, it is not too much to say that she is bold and reckless, no one expected that she, who has been seeking true love, would fall in love with Tang Yi. Since the first encounter with Tang Yi in the princess's mansion, Shen Yunlong has developed love for him, and then he has launched a fierce pursuit without being reserved at all, stalking Tang Yi every day, no matter how many times Tang Yi says that he doesn't like her and treats her as a sister, she will not give up. The entire Princess Mansion, and even the whole Yangzhou City, knew that there was a god girl who was pursuing Commander Tang.

"Now, the number of times Commander Tang comes to the princess's mansion is getting less and less." "He was scared by Miss God." The three of them snickered as they spoke.

Zong Zhengjin also shook his head helplessly, Yun Long's kung fu is really good, but she also admires her, after all, Yun Long has the courage to pursue her own happiness, but she can only ...... Thinking of this, Zong Zhengjin's eyes dimmed a little, and there was something in his heart that wanted to break through the ground. She shook her head violently, shook off those images, how could she think of him again? Damn it.

"Princess, what's wrong?" Zong Zhengjin's actions scared them, what's wrong with the princess?

"Oh, it's fine." Zong Zhengjin came back to his senses in an instant, and then said: "When Yunlong comes back, ask her to come to me, I have something to tell her." "Oh." The three of them nodded in response. Zong Zhengjin stopped talking, lowered his head and looked at the copywriting seriously.

The next day, after more than a month of rainy days, the sun returned to the earth, shining on the dark and damp land. But the good times didn't last long, and the sun not only brought heat, but also poison. Plagues have appeared in several hard-hit areas in the south one after another, and the heart that has just been hung by the imperial court has been raised again, and chaos has begun in the south, and if it continues, it will definitely happen in the south.

On this morning, Zong Zhengjin practiced martial arts in the bamboo forest as usual, wearing a white skirt and holding a jade sword. Yi Chu has taught her all the martial arts, and she has been practicing diligently, and her martial arts are getting better and better, looking like she is about to catch up with Yi Chu, but she hasn't studied with him for more than half a year, I don't know if she can beat him now? A sword light flashed, and everywhere the jade sword went, only stumps and broken leaves remained.

One flew up, and Zong Zhengjin caught the white jade sword in the air. After standing still, she looked down at the sword in her hand, stroked the sword, and since he gave the sword to herself, she has been using this sword to practice martial arts, and now she is used to this sword, but the person who sent the sword has left. Zong Zhengjin's eyes suddenly dimmed, even though she had been away for more than half a year, she still couldn't ...... Alas!

"Princess, princess......" Zhao Qing ran all the way, as if she was in a hurry.

"What's wrong?" Zong Zhengjin put away his sword and walked over.

"Princess, the county guard of Bai Ze County is here, saying that there is something important to report." "Why do you have to come here so early?" Although Zong Zhengjin was puzzled, his legs walked quickly towards the front hall.

"What? Plague?" Zong Zhengjin stood up from his seat abruptly, looking incredulous. The others were also panicked. Wu Fan, the head of Bai Ze County, was even more anxious, and he said in a trembling voice: "Yes, princess, Bai Ze County is the closest to Yunzhou, and now Zhujia County has been infected with the plague in Yunzhou, and five people have died, and the county order is trying to save it, but I'm afraid it won't be able to resist for long."

"Has no one been able to save this plague so far?" Zong Zhengjin couldn't help but help her forehead, she took precautions, but she still let the plague spread in Yangzhou, what was going on with that group of imperial doctors, why hadn't they found a cure yet.

"Back to the princess, the plague came too fast to prevent, and it is said that two imperial doctors have died in the line of duty." Wu Fan's eyes were full of sorrow, but he didn't expect the plague to enter his Baize County.

"Dongping has already gone to invite." Zhao Qingzheng replied, and Dongping and Shen Yunlong had already run over there.

"Sister Princess." As soon as she entered the house, Shen Yunlong ran to her side. "Yunlong, there is a plague in Zhujia County." Zong Zhengjin's face was very heavy.

Shen Yunlong's smile dissipated instantly, and she asked in surprise, "How come?" With such perfect protective measures, how can it still be infected?" Just a few days before the outbreak of the plague, Zong Zhengjin specially asked her about the plague after the disaster, and she took protective measures at that time, it stands to reason that the plague will not affect Yangzhou, but now it is ..... Could it be that her medical skills have regressed?

"Now is not the time to talk about this, I ask you, can you cure this plague?" Zong Zhengjin only wants to resolve the plague at the moment, and as for whether the plague happened by accident or man-made, it is not too late to investigate in the future.

A trace of sorrow flashed in Shen Yunlong's eyes, and she said with some embarrassment: "I've been studying the method of salvation these days, and it's almost enough."

"How long will it take you to find a cure?"

"If I had direct contact with a patient, I should have been able to find a solution within three days." Shen Yunlong replied with great firmness that if she could see those patients, she could quickly make a judgment and then decide on a treatment plan.

"Direct contact? You mean going to Zhujia County?" Zong Zhengjin asked rhetorically, now that Zhujia County has been isolated, how can he go?

"Yes, I can only make the right judgment if I contact it personally."

"No, there is a plague in Zhujia County, in case you are ......" "Sister Princess, don't worry, I am a doctor, I will protect myself." Shen Yunlong wants to dispel her concerns, as a doctor, she must be prepared to risk her life, which was taught to her by her grandfather.

Zong Zhengjin lowered her gaze, and she didn't know what she was thinking, but suddenly she raised her head, as if she had made a major decision, and only heard her say: "Okay, I'll go with you."

"Princess, don't do it!" Almost at the same time, everyone present knelt down in unison and shouted.