This time, Duke Cheng did not enter Dingzhou City.

The army was stationed outside the city as per regulations, while Duke Cheng and his personal lieutenant general entered the city at the invitation of the officials of Dingzhou.

This was his city.

Duke Chengguo was in charge of Hebei Road, the three armies obeyed his orders, and the prefectures and governments cooperated.

Although his advance and retreat went against the Emperor's will, and some members of the Three Armies withdrew and refused to obey Duke Cheng's dispatch, Duke Cheng has returned now. He has not violated the Emperor's will and has not been punished or dismissed by the Emperor's order. He is still the supreme commander of Hebei Road.

He dared to lead his army to attack the Jin territory, forcing the Jin army to retreat with all their troops. He still used his military skills like a god and was invincible.

And he is still alive, in good health and spirits.

He is still a mighty mountain in the north, unshakable.

After the meeting in the hall, a banquet was set out with large pots of meat and huge bowls of wine.

The officers and generals of Dingzhou stood up one after another to toast, and saw the young woman standing behind Duke Cheng whispering something in his ear.

Duke Cheng smiled and nodded.

The young woman then instructed the maid beside her to pick up some dishes from the table and place them in front of Duke Cheng.

Everyone in the hall was silent as they watched this scene.

"The Duke was injured and has some food restrictions." Miss Jun explained to everyone with a smile.

It turns out he was injured.

The officers' eyes were all on Duke Cheng, and it didn't seem like anything serious.

However, those people in high positions are particularly careful about their health and need to take good care of themselves after the war.

Everyone nodded in response, and some even wanted to call a doctor immediately.

"No need, the right medicine has already been used." The woman said with a smile.

Everyone looked at Duke Cheng and saw that he was still smiling and silent.

No one dared to say anything anymore.

A maid hurried to take the wine jug away.

"This wine." Miss Jun said, looking at everyone in the hall, "Today is a happy time, we should drink."

You can drink alcohol.

The officials hurriedly held up their wine glasses to invite him.

Miss Jun picked up the wine.

"But Duke Cheng can't drink," she said.

Zhu Zan's heart skipped a beat and he glanced to the side, and sure enough, Miss Jun was looking at him.

"…Father and son fighting together." Miss Jun said with a smile, putting the wine pot over, "Let the prince serve this wine instead."

Everyone looked at Zhu Zan.

Zhu Zan held his forehead with his hand and sat up straight.

"Of course." He laughed and reached out to pick up the wine bottle. "Come on, don't go home until you're drunk tonight."

Everyone in the hall immediately raised their wine bowls and laughed in agreement.

Miss Jun stepped back with a smile.

Everyone was drinking and chatting, watching quietly. They saw her whisper a few words to Duke Cheng. Duke Cheng nodded with a smile, and the woman stepped aside.

Only then did everyone feel a little relieved, but then a strange feeling arose again.

It seemed that both Duke Cheng and the Crown Prince followed the lead of this woman.

Who is this woman?

"You don't know." A general sitting in the back whispered to the newly arrived official beside him, "This is the wife of the prince of Chengguo."

The reason why Duke Cheng was able to return from Yizhou was because the Crown Prince's wife persuaded the Shun'an Army and followed him in person.

"So it's no wonder that Duke Cheng and the Crown Prince listened to her." Another official whispered, "That was a life-saving favor."

The people in front couldn't help but turn around.

"Who is this prince's wife?" he whispered. "I heard she is very powerful, leading the Qingshan Army and holding many magical weapons. Otherwise, how could the Shun'an Army's monkey bastards with only a few thousand men be so invincible?"

"Who can he be?" someone whispered, "Same as Mrs. Chengguo."

The people around him immediately raised their eyebrows and their eyes flickered.

"It's the bandits again?" They whispered, looking at Duke Cheng who was chatting and laughing with the senior generals in front of them, and the Crown Prince who was holding a wine jug and clinking glasses with the generals who came to talk to him beside his father, with some sympathy on their faces.

Both the father and the son owed a favor to the bandit and had no choice but to repay him with their bodies, so it is not a good thing for a man to be good-looking.

But this is not a bad thing.

"If marrying a bandit wife can be so powerful, I would be willing to do it too." Someone couldn't help but say.

"Let me take you down! Don't you even look at what you look like?" The people around laughed.

There were laughters coming from all directions, and the atmosphere in the hall was filled with joy.

…

Zhu Zan just felt a splitting headache.

He pressed his forehead, turned over, and hugged the soft quilt.

"This group of grandsons bully the weak with their size and the few with their numbers," he muttered.

A cool towel was placed on his forehead, which made him wake up.

Someone, a stranger, approaches him.

Zhu Zan suddenly opened his eyes and saw Miss Jun's face leaning towards him.

"Oh my god! What do you want to do?" he shouted, raising his hand to push.

Miss Jun has already dodged.

"See if you're awake." She said, turning her head to look at the low table beside the bed, where there was a bowl of soup. "Drink the medicine, and your headache will go away."

Zhu Zan withdrew his hand and looked at her warily.

"You don't have to do this yourself," he said. "Just let a maid do it."

As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the medicine bowl.

"Don't come into my room unless you have something to do." He said vaguely while taking the medicine.

Miss Jun looked at him and smiled.

"This is my room and you're in my bed," she said.

Zhu Zan spat out the medicine with a "pu" sound, and without even bothering to wipe it off, he shook his head to look around.

They were arranged to live in the Dingzhou Prefecture government office, which was renovated very luxuriously.

There is warm fragrance, soft furnishings, and colorful beads hanging on the four corners of the bed. It is playful and cute, obviously a woman's room.

It turned out not to be my room.

"How did I get here?" he shouted, looking down at himself. He was wearing his usual underwear.

He couldn't help but let out a cry.

"You..." He looked at Miss Jun, his expression anxious and angry, "You took off my clothes!"

Miss Jun rolled her eyes.

"The governor of Dingzhou has arranged five of the best maids for you," she said. "Even if you are drunk, they can help you bathe and change your clothes."

Zhu Zan then carefully lowered his hands from in front of him.

"Why am I here with you?" he asked.

"I don't know. Those people sent you here." Miss Jun said, "Or they forgot that we were engaged and got drunk, and they thought we were already married."

Of course the husband lives with his wife.

"I can't just kick you out," Miss Jun said, "but don't worry, I didn't sleep with you."

Bah, bah, bah, she said such dirty words like sleeping together so easily, what a dishonest person!

Zhu Zan stared, sat cross-legged on the bed and suddenly sneered.

"So that's what you were thinking," he said.

Miss Jun looked at him.

"What have you thought of now?" she said helplessly.

"No wonder you asked me to drink for my father last night, it turns out this was your plan." Zhu Zan pointed at her and said, "Take advantage of me being drunk to make things a done deal..."

Miss Jun was angry and amused, and raised her hand to hit his hand down.

"Zhu Zan," she shouted, "what good things are you thinking of!"

…

"I didn't mean any good. Then tell me why you did this?" Zhu Zan said, putting away his sneer and looking gloomy. "You said it yourself. If it wasn't for my father, you wouldn't have risked going to Yizhou."

Miss Jun was silent.

"I know there are righteousness in this world, but there is no love or hate without reason." Zhu Zan continued, "Why do you care so much about my father and mother that you are willing to risk your life for them?"

Miss Jun smiled.

"Because it's a good thing," she said, then turned and left.

Zhu Zan jumped off the bed and ran after him barefoot.

"Don't go, this matter needs to be made clear," he said.

The whispered arguments in the house sounded lively in the early morning of spring, noisy and warm.

The girls standing outside looked at each other.

The Crown Prince and his wife have a very good relationship.

A talented man and a beautiful woman, and a harmonious relationship between husband and wife, are always a pleasant thing.

The girls' eyes were full of smiles.

But at this time in the capital, Huang Cheng, who was sitting in his study in his underwear, did not feel that there was anything pleasant in this world.

As the weather grew warmer, his cough and asthma became more severe, and the smell of spring flowers and willow catkins made his breathing uncomfortable.

Another spring came, and he was one year older, and each year older brought him one step closer to death.

It's not that he is afraid of death, but it's really not a pleasant feeling that the person who wants to die hasn't died yet.

"He can't even die. Zhu Shan is really lucky." He sighed.