In the days that followed, Zhao Zheng still assisted the government as a regent, and when he left the court, he reviewed and read the folds with Zhao Yincheng and taught him the way to govern the country.

As time passed, Zhao Zheng's stay in the palace became shorter and shorter, and he had slowly let go of Zhao Yincheng to handle most of the twists and turns on his own.

The time spent in the palace was short, and the time spent in the Yuexin Courtyard was long, Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi tasted tea, played games, and enjoyed the flowers.

Of course, when doing these things, most of the time is silent.

Shen Yuexi and Zhao Zheng didn't have anything to talk about.

In a blink of an eye, late autumn is over, and winter is coming.

At the beginning of December, the first snow fell in the capital.

Zhao Zheng came to Yuexin Courtyard and brought Shen Yuexi a few red plums in the palace, Shen Yuexi took it and inserted it in the bottle, Zhao Zheng watched from the side, remembering that when he saw Shen Yuexi, it was also snowing heavily.

In a blink of an eye, twelve years have passed, and Shen Yuexi has changed from a girl to a woman, but her beauty has not been lost, but because of the power of the precipitation of years, she has become more and more quiet and dignified.

Zhao Zheng told Shen Yuexi about the heavy snow twelve years ago.

Shen Yuexi smiled, but didn't say anything, she remembered An Yiru at the beginning, Hexi, Chen Lingxiu, and later He Jieyu and Edo, many people walked through her life and disappeared, which made people sigh.

Time flies quickly, after the New Year, it is spring, and soon after spring, it is Qingming.

After Qingming, wild vegetables began to emerge.

Shen Yuexi went to the mountain to dig wild vegetables again, Xiao Luzi followed behind with a bamboo basket as usual, and said to Shen Yuexi while walking up the mountain: "Time flies so fast, the situation of digging wild vegetables last year seems to be yesterday." ”

Zhao Zheng's heart was also full of emotion.

Only Shen Yuexi didn't feel that every day she was staying up in the capital, and every day and every night was really spent in missing her clumsiness and the children's desires.

At the moment, it will take more than a year to reach the end of five years.

Although a year is also a long time for Shen Yuexi, it is finally coming to an end, and she can return to Beihu in the summer of next year.

During this period, there were constantly happy events in the palace, and Xu Qiaozhen gave birth to a prince for Zhao Yincheng.

After that, there was good news for the harem concubines.

In the years when Zhao Zheng was taking care of the government, the harem was deserted, and now, the harem is full of concubines again, and there is constantly good news coming out, and it is expected that soon, the harem will be a lively scene.

The palace finally has the appearance of a palace.

Now Zhao Zheng no longer goes to the palace early dynasty, and Zhao Yincheng can already cope with most things.

Except for the occasional visit to Kangping Palace, Zhao Zheng spent most of his time in Yuexin Courtyard.

Once you realize that separation is coming soon, the time together becomes extraordinary.

But when the spring of another year came, Zhao Zheng realized that he and Shen Yuexi only had less than three months left together, and their lives were long, and they probably never saw each other again after this separation.

"Yuexi, can you stay with me?" One day, it was raining heavily, Zhao Zheng drank some wine and asked Shen Yuexi.

"Why do you want to keep me around?"

"Because I like you."

"Do you really like me?"

"Yes."

"Do you know what it's like to really like someone?"

"What does it look like?"

"Like Clumsy, when I went to the frontier with you to investigate the case of the Shen family's extermination, Clumsy detained me in the General's Mansion, but later let me go, why? Because he loves me, respects any decision I make, and will not do anything against my will. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng smiled, "You are forcing me to be a gentleman." ”

"You were a gentleman by heart." Shen Yuexi said.

Zhao Zheng still smiled and didn't say anything more.

**

Beihu, Yuanjing.

Suddenly he grew a beard, which made him look a little vicissitudes.

Zhan Xia is ten years old, among the three children, only Zhan Xia has the deepest impression of Shen Yuexi, Heng'er and Jin'er are still young when Shen Yuexi left, so they don't miss their mother much, and they still live happily every day.

Only clumsy is counting the days and five years.

In a few months, it was the time that Zhao Zheng agreed to let Shen Yuexi return to Beihu, and the closer the time became, the more anxious he became.

He came to Youzhou City a month early with his three children, and only waited for the date to rush to Qili Town.

Today's Qili Town is the border city of Beihu and Southern Xia.

Also going with him were Chitsui and Miyama.

Zhicui has been thinking about Shen Yuexi every day in the past five years, before Shen Yuexi went to Nanxia, she will see the marriage of Jianshan and Zhicui, and now, Zhicui is already the mother of two children.

Zhicui has always been grateful to Shen Yuexi, and she has been waiting for Shen Yuexi to come back for five years.

Along the way, Zhicui talked to Jianshan about Shen Yuexi from time to time, "I don't know how the queen is now?" ”

"Do you think the queen is fat or thin now?"

"Did you say the queen was on her way now?"

……

Jianshan can't answer these words, but Jianshan also knows that Zhicui doesn't need his answer at all, he is a person with few words, and many times, Zhicui is talking to himself alone, and he doesn't need to answer.

When they arrived in Youzhou City, Hu Zhuo and the others rested for a few days.

Naren still lives in Youzhou City, alone.

**

When Zhao Zheng was about to leave the capital, he couldn't sleep almost every night, repeatedly thinking about what he should do, whether to leave Shen Yuexi in the capital, want to be imprisoned like before, or really let her go?

It was not an easy decision, but in the end, Zhao Zheng decided to personally escort Shen Yuexi back to the frontier.

The night before departure, Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi sat in the courtyard drinking together, the sky was full of stars, and the dark fragrance of flowers in the summer night was everywhere, refreshing people's hearts.

"Send you back this time, can we see each other again in the future?" A few glasses of wine fell into his stomach, Zhao Zheng asked.

"Naturally, the door of Beihu is always open for you, as long as you want, you can go at any time, and I will welcome you together with Kuzhuo." Shen Yuexi said quietly.

Zhao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "I'll go." ”

After speaking, Zhao Zheng got up, "Go to bed early, tomorrow is going to leave early in the morning, it's a bumpy road, you have to rest." ”

"Xie Qiye, then I'll go and rest." After Shen Yuexi said this, she turned around and went back upstairs.

Zhao Zheng sat alone in the courtyard for a while before entering his bedroom in Yuexin Courtyard to rest.

Early the next morning, Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi embarked on the road to the frontier together.

Out of the capital, Shen Yuexi opened the carriage curtain and quietly looked at the gate of the capital, she walked out of this gate many times in her life, but this time, it was probably the last time, and the appearance of this gate in the future can only be goodbye in a dream.

Life is a process of saying goodbye.

However, Hu Zhuo and the child were waiting for her in front of her, and there was nothing more reassuring and expectant than this.

Hu Zhuo has been waiting in Qili Town for a few days, he was worried at first whether Zhao Zheng can be a gentleman who keeps his promises, and later the secret agent sent to report that Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi were on the way to the frontier.

It's been five years, and I suddenly thought, I don't know if Yuexi's appearance has changed now?

Hu Zhuo often sat on the roof of the mansion in Qili Town, looking at the direction where Shen Yuexi was going to return, and sat for most of the day.

Zhicui and Jianshan watched from below, and they both knew that he was looking forward to Shen Yuexi.

How much he should love Shen Yuexi, a king, no harem, in the past five years, there has never been a woman, he has devoted all his energy to governing the country, educating children, and missing Shen Yuexi.

This kind of emperor will be a legend for the ages in the future.

**

On August 23, Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi finally arrived in Baili City.

Baili City now belongs to the territory of Southern Xia, and Shen Yuexi can never forget that she once lost her Yi'er here.

When she arrived in Baili City, Shen Yuexi deliberately went to the house where she lived with Yi'er in the past, and the past was vivid, Shen Yuexi remembered Yi'er's running in the yard, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

The pain caused by the war is not only for the people, but also for she, the queen, to escape.

"If possible, can Beihu and Nanxia conclude a peace treaty?" After calming down from her sadness, Shen Yuexi asked Zhao Zheng.

"The current emperor of Nanxia is a Cheng'er, and I can't be the master." Zhao Zheng said.

"Seventh Master, you can, as long as you want to, Cheng'er will definitely listen to you, I am a person who has experienced war, war is not only a waste of money for a country, but also those who died in the war are innocent, the power ambition of those in power, why let so many lives pay?" Shen Yuexi looked at Zhao Zheng.

"It has always been Beihu who has been eyeing Southern Xia, unless you can make Hu Hu never offend my Southern Xia frontier again." Zhao Zheng said.

"I'll convince him that if he agrees, can you conclude a peace treaty?" Shen Yuexi asked again.

Zhao Zheng thought about it and nodded.

**

August 25 was the day when Shen Yuexi returned to the frontier five years ago.

With their three children early in the morning, Zhicui and Jianshan left Qili Town and waited at the junction between Qili Town and Baili City.

"Father, will you be able to see the queen mother in a while?" Extinguishing Xia asked clumsy.

Clumsily nodded.

Extinguishing Xia cheered. Heng'er and Jin'er on the side looked at their brother cheering, although they didn't know why, they also jumped and laughed happily.

Zhicui looked at these three lovely children, and couldn't help laughing, thinking that they could reunite again and never be separated again, Zhicui's eyes suddenly turned red.

When Shen Yuexi's carriage appeared in sight, he couldn't help but clench his palms, his palms were slightly sweaty, and he was a little nervous, even more nervous than when he went to the battlefield before.

The carriage is getting closer and closer, Zhao Zheng is riding a horse and following the carriage is getting closer and closer, he looks at the clumsy gaze a little cold, no way, he can't give him a good face for this man who has taken away his love.

He struggled fiercely between good and evil, and finally chose to escort Shen Yuexi back to the frontier, just because he wanted Shen Yuexi to live happily.

He often regrets that he understood this truth a little late, but everything happened like this, and he couldn't go back and start again, so he had to make his regrets less.

The carriage stopped, Zhao Zheng dismounted, personally lifted the carriage curtain, and helped Shen Yuexi down from the carriage.

Suddenly staring at Shen Yuexi, the lover he thought about day and night, five years later, it was still the same in his heart.

Hu Zhuo didn't rush up, waited in place, and watched Zhao Zheng take Shen Yuexi's hand and walk towards him, until he walked in front of Hu Zhuo, Zhao Zheng handed Shen Yuexi's hand into the palm of Hu Zhuo's hand, "According to the agreement, I sent Yuexi back." ”

Hu Zhuo didn't say thank you, he just stared at Shen Yuexi for a long time before he smiled, "You're back." ”

Shen Yuexi looked clumsy and smiled, "I'm back." ”