"Do you know what I'm going to do?" Emperor Xuanqing stared at him: "Now that the crown prince is gone, the second prince has always been selfish and shallow, the father's hope for you is the deepest, and the father only has you and Zonglin's two sons, and now the health is not good, it is impossible for another son to come out to block you, and the throne will not be yours in the future, it will be his ......"

"Father, the son has sworn an oath." Zhu Xinzhi looked up at Emperor Xuanqing: "Although it was just to save his life, however, Erchen is a person who admits death, and if he swears in front of his ancestors, he must do it." As long as the new monarch can tolerate it in the future, the son will be a virtuous king for the rest of his life, and he will never change! ”

"People's hearts change." Emperor Xuanqing was still trying to persuade him: "I can naturally protect you one day, but if I am not there in the future, the new emperor will suspect you, what can you do?" ”

"Then the minister will resign and go home, hand over the emperor, and be an idler." Zhu Xinzhi's eyes were clear.

"What if you can't even do that?"

"Life and death are at peace, worthy of your heart."

"You can't bear to let Mian'er follow you to death?" Emperor Xuanqing's voice mentioned: "She finally came back to life, not to die with you!" ”

This really poked Zhu Xinzhi's sore spot.

A sore spot flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but think, what if, what if he never found her again?

"If you want to go to Keiling to live, you can go, but you are not allowed to say anything more." Emperor Xuanqing paused, and then softened his voice: "Xinzhi, my father can last a few more years, you have never been willful with your father, this time your father has made your wish, you can go wherever you want, but you promised me that after three years, you will return to Beijing." Can you do it? ”

He still has great expectations for Zhu Xinzhi and refuses to give up easily.

Zhu Xinzhi kowtowed heavily: "Son, thank you!" ”

"Now that the palace is stable, let your mother come back." Emperor Xuanqing also said: "I have been promoted to the official of Qi Meng, and she is now in charge of the Tai Hospital, so she can continue to treat your mother and concubine." ”

"Yes." Zhu Xinzhi responded.

Concubine Yi is the person of her father after all, and her father has not gone, so there is indeed no reason to stay outside the palace for a long time.

After that, Zhu Xinzhi left the palace and began to prepare various things.

Send Concubine Yi back to the palace first, and then clean up the aftermath of the Chen family's affairs, and when everything is immersed, it is already more than ten days later, and it is time to prepare to leave for Jiling City.

Changtian, Gulu and others all made meritorious contributions in the counterinsurgency, and they were rewarded according to their merits, and they all received official positions in the court. There is no reason for him to leave, and he dragged a few adults to go with him, so he also made arrangements for Changtian and others, but unfortunately these two people were unwilling, and they had to go to Jiling City with him if they didn't want military merits, and in the end Qiushui and Luoxia stayed, he took Changtian and Guhu to Jiling City, and put these two people in the cold copper army to hone their skills, which can be regarded as an explanation.

On the day he left, Zhu Xinzhi didn't tell anyone, he took Changtian Lonely Bird, traveled lightly, and set off from the capital all the way, he really couldn't wait for a moment.

However, it took six days to arrive at Keiling City.

The city is still the same as it was many years ago, the cold bronze army is standing on the city wall, and the people who come and go have smiles on their faces, it has not been a war for two years, and it is the greatest stability for these people.

Zhu Xinzhi entered the city, and not long after, Ji Yingchu got the news and came to greet him: "I heard that the prince is coming, and the lower officials are ready early in the morning and clean up the Admiral's Mansion." ”

"Okay." Zhu Xinzhi's head, nominally speaking, he had already received the appointment of the Cold Bronze Army, but he had never come.

Ji Yingchu looked back: "The princess didn't come?" ”

"She ......" Zhu Xin's heart was bitter, and he smiled reluctantly: "She didn't come." ”

Ji Yingchu's disappointment was beyond words.

Zhu Xinzhi settled down in the Admiral's Mansion, practiced every day, and then wandered around the market. Once upon a time, that person told him a lot about Jiling City, and when he walked down the street, he felt as if he was also a person who grew up here, and everywhere was full of familiarity. He never gave up asking for her news for a day, the shadows were overwhelming, and he couldn't bring her back after digging three feet, seeing that time passed day by day, Zhu Xinzhi's heart also sank to the bottom.

Now she can't find it, and in about a year or two, she's completely gone.

I can't imagine what he would do if even her traces were gone.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Xinzhi had lived in Jiling City for more than half a month, and he was about to walk away after getting up early to train the troops on this day, when he suddenly heard someone stop him: "The prince stays." ”

Zhu Xinzhi turned around in surprise, only to see a soldier in riding uniform standing outside the field, wheat's complexion, and his facial features were quite outstanding under a closer look, which was particularly familiar, and he thought for a long time before he remembered: "Young Master Wen." ”

It turned out to be Wen Su, the eldest son of the Dongting Marquis Mansion!

Since Xie Yiyi's death, this person has disappeared, but he didn't expect to see this person here. Zhu Xinzhi was a little strange that he would stop himself, stopped his steps, and asked gently, "What's the matter with Young Master Wen?" ”

Wen Su smiled shyly: "My subordinates came to the northwest to join the army after leaving the capital, and now they are serving as captains under Yan Yan, and my subordinates have taken a closer look, the prince has been here for so many days, and he has not seen the princess accompanying him." Isn't the prince going to bring the princess to the barracks? If that's the case, the subordinate has a reluctant request, and the subordinate has a reason with her, and wants to catch up with her, I don't know if the prince will allow it? ”

"I was afraid that I was going to disappoint Young Master Wen, so she didn't follow." Zhu Xinzhi's reply.

Wen Su bowed again: "Yes, the subordinates know that the princess is a girl and is not suitable to come to the barracks, the subordinates are saying, can the subordinates go to the Admiral's Mansion to visit the princess?" ”

"No, she didn't come to Jiling......" Zhu Xinzhi was about to refuse, when he suddenly felt that his tongue was stiff, and thousands of feelings came to his heart, making his words pause for a while, and he suddenly took a step forward: "Did you see her in Jiling?" ”

"Yes, yesterday I went to patrol the city with the severity and saw the princess in the east of the city." Wen Su felt strange in his heart, but still said, "Because I had important matters at that time, it was inconvenient to talk, so I left." I also thought that the princess was a female dependent, and a foreign man should not meet in private to keep his tongue, so he specially came to ask the prince, could it be that I didn't do it right? ”

"No, that's right, that's right!" Zhu Xinyi swept away the gloom of the past few days, and almost jumped up with joy.

He didn't care about talking to Wen Su anymore, so he immediately turned around and walked out, saying to Changtian as he walked: "She came to Jiling City, just in the east of the city, let's go find her." ”

"The east of the city is also big, how can we find it?" Changtian asked.

Zhu Xinzhi paused, turned around and walked towards Ji Yingchu's tent: "Others don't know, when she comes to Jiling City, she will definitely be the first to find Ji Yingchu, I'm too careless." ”

……

It was cold in the northwest, and the snow began to fall at the end of September, and as soon as the day dawned, it was already noon, and after lunch, the sky began to fall again. Zhu Xinzhi walked through the streets of Jiling City, all the way through the city, and came to the east of the city. Passing through a set of deep alleys, there is an inconspicuous courtyard in front of you, at this time the courtyard door is open, and you can vaguely hear the barking of dogs inside, as well as the giggling laughter of children and the nervous shouts of the old woman: "Little master, little master, slow down!" Be careful not to fall! ”

"It's okay to let Wuzi'er run, just get up, and you have to sweat." Then, a female voice answered with a smile.

When Zhu Xinzhi heard this voice, he felt that his feet had taken root, and he couldn't move a single step.

It's her!

It's really her!

It wasn't his daily dream, it wasn't his auditory hallucinations, she was on the other side of the wall, and as long as he stepped through the door, he could see the person he was thinking about.

But he didn't dare.

"I was afraid that the wind would go too far, and I would fall ill again." The old woman who spoke to her sighed.

She smiled again: "How can boys be so squeamish, when I was young, it was okay to run barefoot in the snow in this weather." Wu Zi'er, come, come to Sister A's side. ”

Immediately afterwards, a soft female voice said: "Ah Xie, you also rest, keep rushing here, you have to take care of me and my mother, you are tired all the way, you slept all day before yesterday and didn't slow down, and yesterday you tossed to visit the old gentleman, your body will not be able to stand it, you don't care, I have to watch for you." This woman who is going to give birth is not tired at all, you be careful. ”

"Good. I know. Don't patronize me, I heard someone coming at the door, I don't know if it's General Ji, you go and take a look for me, if he comes, let him remember to bring me some frozen fruit crisp. She sighed contentedly, "I really want to eat." ”

Across the door, listening to the voice that seemed to be a world away, Zhu Xinzhi couldn't help but tremble in his heart, he wanted to rush into this small courtyard, but he was worried that once he appeared, that person would run away again.

He quietly withdrew.

When I walked out of East Street, I saw someone selling jelly crisp on the street. This is the special food of the Northwest, cut the fruit stored in the summer into small pieces, boil it into porridge with lotus root flour, put the fruit in, and then take it to the outside to freeze into a gelatinous shape and cut it into a small piece by a small piece, it tastes soft and delicious and has the sweetness of the fruit, she loved it very much in the past.

Zhu Xinzhi immediately stepped forward and bought some.

He went back alone, put his things down and dodged to the side.

Not long after, a woman opened the courtyard door, saw something on the ground and was stunned before she smiled and said, "Ah Xie, Brother Fang Cai may be outside, I don't know why I didn't come in." Hey, jelly crisp, I've got it for you. ”

This woman is Ji Yingchu's younger sister.

Now her husband's family, the Wang family, has been rehabilitated, and her husband's family has come back and settled down with the help of her brother. She gradually got better, and the Wang family also thanked Ji Yingchu for his help, and as soon as she was stable, she asked the Wang family to come to the northwest to visit her brother-in-law to express her gratitude by the way. She missed her brother so much that she begged her husband to bring her with him. I never thought that Ji Yingchu's mother would stop doing it after hearing about it, so she had to follow her niece and nephew, so she also came.

Pei Xie Tang sat under the eaves and shook his chair, and when he heard the words, he immediately got up and walked out.

The entrance to the courtyard was empty.

She looked at it for a while, her expression was a little stunned, and it wasn't until Wu Zi'er pounced on her leg that she came back to her senses, bent down and picked her up, she smiled, and turned back.