Although he knew that his other half was doing big things, her husband was not around when she was pregnant with Liujia, and she was not around when she gave birth, which made Hu Shanshu a little disappointed.

Later generations know that women are the most vulnerable during the period after giving birth and are prone to psychological problems, which people call postpartum depression.

Of course, it's not just depression, there are other psychological problems.

But fortunately, more than half a month later, just after the New Year, before the Lantern Festival, Zhu Zhanyan returned to Shuntian Mansion smoothly.

"Big brother!"

At Tongzhou Wharf, Zhu Zhanyan shouted without grace after seeing his eldest brother get off the boat.

"You're here." Zhu Zhanyan was a little stunned.

In fact, he didn't want someone to pick it up, after all, it was not a big deal, but when he stayed in Xiangzhou Mansion, his second brother Zhu Zhanqi still sent the news to Shuntian first.

"Well, my father and mother are waiting in the palace, no...... Well, you can't just leave. Zhu Zhanyan hesitated when he spoke, and chose a more appropriate way.

Zhu Zhanyan nodded when he heard this, he knew what his brother meant.

But he didn't think it was anything, not that he didn't care about the safety of his children, but he knew that no one would dare to attack his children at this time, even if it was a ruin.

Because, if it is a shipwreck, it is the enemy who will suffer more losses, not the king of Wu.

"Let's go! Let's go back! Zhu Zhan excitedly pulled his eldest brother towards the carriage that had been prepared a long time ago.

"Wait a minute." Although Zhu Zhanyan followed his brother's strength in the direction of the carriage, he said completely different words in his mouth.

"Don't be in a hurry to enter the palace first, let's go to Changling first."

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanyan was very surprised when he heard this.

Go home and worship your ancestors first, this is actually nothing, but it is a very normal procedure, but this matter is placed on Zhu Zhanyan at this time, it seems that something is not right.

It stands to reason that thirty is an old man in this era, and it is understandable how anxious he is at this time.

To put it mildly, even if you go home first and then go to the ancestor to confess, the ancestor will not say anything about you.

However, Zhu Zhanyan was calm.

Zhu Zhanyan didn't understand, but he didn't go against his eldest brother's intentions, and after helping his eldest brother into the carriage, he went to the carriage in front of him and gave an order to the coachman.

……

Changling.

In later generations, it was called the Ming Changling Tomb, because in history, the tombs of Han Gaozu and Wei Xiaowen Emperor were also called Changling.

When was the last time you were here? It was the time when I came back to take over Suncheon, right? Zhu Zhanyan looked at the Qi'en Palace, which had not changed at all, took the perennial incense on the table next to him, and lit it on the candle.

Respectfully kowtowing, inserting the incense in the incense burner, Zhu Zhanyan knelt on the futon under the tablet.

"Grandpa, I'm back......"

"Same as the last time I came back, this time I come back, I'm afraid I will still bring some bloody rain, but I hope you understand, my grandson has no choice."

"Just as you were martyred back then, I also have a last resort, I think my cousin should go down and tell you how he will deal with me if I don't take the opportunity to make a move."

"Actually, you may not believe it, if it is possible, I really don't want to do this, because now our Ming can be said to be the sound of the world, except for the wild people in Africa, I am afraid that no one does not know the prestige of my Ming."

"If my cousin is willing, I can actually take my father and mother to Xiangzhou Mansion, to Nanzhou Mansion, or even to Europe."

"At that time, my cousin will rule the Central Plains, my branch will rule the south and the west, and the east and west will stand side by side, I dare not say that I can guarantee that my Ming will not be destroyed, but I can also be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time."

"I know, I'm a little suspicious of being a cousin and setting up a chaste archway when I say this, but I really think so, but most of the results in this world are unacceptable, just like you did at the beginning, we have no choice."

"Just as you were worried about whether Emperor Taizu Gao would forgive you, I hope that when your grandson sees you in a hundred years, you can forgive your grandson."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan kowtowed respectfully again, and then stood up.

After one last glance at the tablet, Zhu Zhan sighed and turned around and walked towards the place outside the door.

"Big brother."

Outside the Qi'en Palace, Zhu Zhanyan was standing at the door waiting for his eldest brother.

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanyan nodded, took the oil pot in his brother's hand, and added some lamp oil to the ever-bright lamp at the entrance of the Qi'en Palace.

Standing in front of the ever-bright lamp, the flickering candlelight made Zhu Zhanyan look in a trance.

I don't know what is added to the oil of this ever-bright lamp, but it smells very good and makes people feel at ease.

The lights flicker, the candles flicker, extinguishing is not the intention, and the afterglow of burning out always has to go where it belongs.

Or with people's thoughts, or with people's regrets.

……

Imperial Palace, Qianqing Palace.

After returning from Changling, Zhu Zhan still did not return to Renshou Palace, but came to this Qianqing Palace first.

Looking at this familiar and unfamiliar Qianqing Palace, Zhu Zhanyan thought not of this Shuntian Mansion, but of the days when he was repeatedly called into the palace by the old man when he was in the Heavenly Mansion.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu!"

Just when Zhu Zhanyan was remembering, a eunuch stumbled out of the Qianqing Palace, and he knew that he was very panicked at a glance.

"Oh? It's you? Looking at the eunuch kneeling in front of him, the corners of Zhu Zhanyan's mouth pulled a sneer.

"His Royal Highness Hui Shizi is the villain." Wang Zhen lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Zhu Zhanyan at all.

"Hmph." Zhu Zhanyan snorted coldly, and without even waiting for Wang Zhen to lead the way, he went straight into the Qianqing Palace.

"Zhan Yan has seen the eldest aunt."

After entering the hall, looking at the already old man in front of him, Zhu Zhan bowed on his knees.

For his eldest aunt, Zhu Zhanyan still admires him.

From the time he saw Wang Zhen, Zhu Zhanyan discovered that the current Wang Zhen was different from the Wang Zhen he had seen before.

Wang Zhen, who used to be by his cousin Zhu Zhanji's side, although he was not a promise, was also well hidden, and it can be said that he was inconspicuous.

But after many years, when he saw Wang Zhen again, he found that this Wang Zhen was a little different.

This is actually simply a feeling, because if a person has lived in someone for a long time, he will naturally develop a momentum, or habit, which will be inadvertently revealed between gestures.

To put it simply, today's Wang Zhen has begun to fake the tiger.

However, it is precisely because of the existence of his eldest aunt that this Wang Zhen does not dare to be too presumptuous.

According to Zhu Zhan's estimate, the current Wang Zhen should still be at the point of seeking property, at most pretending in front of the palace maids and eunuchs.

"Coming back?" When Zhang saw Zhu Zhanyan kneeling on the ground and saluting, he stood up with a smile and personally helped Zhu Zhanyan up.

For Zhu Zhanyan, the nephew, Zhang has a feeling that he can't explain it.

There is appreciation, there is hatred, and there is distress......

Zhang is a sensible person, she knew that her son was actually blinded by a heart barrier, so she embarked on that road of no return.

At the same time, she also knew that Zhu Zhanyan owed nothing to Daming, but Daming owed Zhu Zhanyan.

She also knew that if there was no Zhu Zhanyan, Daming's situation would have taken a turn for the worse, because she knew very well that her daughter-in-law was actually not a good mother.

Perhaps, Da Ming can experience a short period of stability under her arrangement, but in this world, after all, it must be handed over to the person who should be delivered, and she can't always help her grandson.

In the past few years alone, she has already felt that she is a little powerless, although this is due to the bad situation faced by her grandson, but it is more caused by her own aging and hard work.

But......

Even so, the hatred for Zhu Zhanyan in her heart was not erased because of this.

She is still a mother in the end, a grandmother, and she can't give up her family affection for the sake of the overall situation.

"Let the eldest aunt worry, but fortunately not disgraced." Zhu Zhanyan raised his head and looked directly at Zhang.

"If there are no accidents, it will be two years soon, four years at the slow, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty will expand again."

"It's been a hard work." When Zhang heard this, he felt very uncomfortable.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty expanded again, which was completed during the Xuande and Orthodox years, although the history books may focus on recording Zhu Zhanqi, but after all, it is still impossible to escape the two years of Xuande and Orthodoxy.

However, Zhang also knows that the stronger the Ming is, the more disadvantaged his grandson is.

"Where is the eldest aunt, where is the duty of the descendants of the Zhu family." Zhu Zhanyan lowered his head and bowed to Zhang.

"After Zhan Yan came back, he went to Changling first, worshiped his grandfather, and has not returned home, and asked his aunt for forgiveness."

"Go ahead." Zhang came back to his senses and smiled at Zhu Zhanyan.

Zhu Zhanyan bowed slightly when he heard this, and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

Zhang looked at the direction in which Zhu Zhanyan had retreated and sighed softly.

After coming back, I first went to Changling, and then came to this Qianqing Palace to say goodbye, and finally went home......

Zhu Zhanyan's set is not leaky, so people can't find the slightest fault......

Thinking about Zhu Zhanyan, and then turning his head to look at the grandson who was still babbling, Zhang sighed again.

It's just that she patronized and sighed, but she didn't see her daughter-in-law's eyes with a heavy yin owl.

Since entering this Qianqing Palace, Zhu Zhanyan has never said a word to their mother and son, and he has not even looked at their mother and son.

……

Inshou Palace.

When Zhu Zhanyan came back, he saw his parents holding their children in the sunbath in the greenhouse.

When he saw the child in the swaddling clothes, Zhu Zhanyan only felt a little strange, and there was a feeling that he couldn't explain it.

Zhu Gaoxu was the first to see his son return, he patted his wife on the shoulder and stood up.

Princess Wu raised her head, and after seeing her son, her eyes were full of tears, and she asked people to open the conservatory, but she didn't go out, but beckoned Zhu Zhanyan to come over.

Zhu Zhanyan smiled slightly, and walked towards the greenhouse.

(End of chapter)