Liu Jing and his army did not take the Bashu route, but went to Xiangyang and crossed the Han River to Nanyang County, which they captured last year. Liu Jing stayed in Nanyang County for three days, inspected the training of the newly recruited troops, and accompanied Wenpin to inspect Ye County. When he stood on the top of the city and looked at the north, many generals were speculating whether His Highness the King of Han was considering how to attack Xuchang?

However, the generals guessed that there was no answer. Three days later, the 100,000 Han troops left Nanyang under the leadership of King Liu Jing of Han, and marched towards Chang'an along the Nanxiang Pass.

Liu Jing left Chang'an for expedition after the 21st New Year's Day in Jian'an. When he stepped into Chang'an city gate again, he was welcomed by the people and officials in Chang'an. When the Han army lined up to enter Chang'an City amid the cheers of the crowd, Liu Jing found that the weeping willows on the road turned into thousands of branches of thick green. He suddenly realized that it was March of the 22nd year of Jian'an, and it had been a full year and two months since he left Chang'an.

In more than a year, everything around us has changed a lot. Countless new houses have appeared in Chang'an City, the roads have become wide and flat, the population has increased sharply, the market has also expanded, and I have seen new faces of some lower-level officials, etc.

But what I felt most deeply about Liu Jing was that his family changed. His wives and concubines did not change much. Instead, his children, one by one, have grown up. The eldest son Liu Zhi grew taller, and even his youngest son could stagger and walk.

All of this made Liu Jing feel unreal, as if he was in a dream. Just when he was in love with his wife Tao Zhan at night, he suddenly realized that everything was real, and even his wife's plump and white body was so real that he was almost intoxicated.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Tao Zhan gently hugged her husband's head into his arms, let him bury him in his breasts, gently stroked his husband's thick black hair, and asked with a soft smile: "Just like I just woke up from a dream, do you think you have been dreaming for a year?"

Liu Jing greedily sniffed the unique fragrance of the woman on his wife's body, and the dry land deep in his body and mind seemed to flow into the dry land. After a long time, he sighed softly, "My heart has never been as tired and relaxed as it is now. Now even a child can easily kill me."

"It seems that you really didn't look for women outside."

Tao Zhan's hand gently stroked his hair, and stroked her husband's face with a tough face. She felt satisfied, moved, and a little guilty. She pressed her breasts against her husband's face tightly and whispered in his ear: "Actually, even if you bring a woman back, I will never blame you. This year has made you really miserable."

"This is the cruelty of war. To be honest, I don't have time to consider women. I guess the soldiers are the same. Saving their lives is what I think."

"Then when did you start to miss women?" Tao Zhan asked with a low smile.

"It's now!"

Liu Jing laughed, and he suddenly turned over and pressed his wife under him. The candle that had just been lit was wiped out by him.

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The next morning, Liu Jing reviewed several emergency documents in the inner study room. At this time, the door quietly opened. His wife Tao Zhan picked up a bowl of ginseng tea and a plate of cakes and walked in. Her husband's return nourished her. Overnight, she became radiant and looked particularly charming and beautiful.

"Drink a bowl of ginseng tea first, and then eat a few cakes!" Tao Zhan put the tea bowl and jade plate on her husband's table, smiled with a soft voice, and advised him.

Liu Jing put down his pen, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, picked up a piece of snow-white cake, looked at it, tasted it carefully, it felt loose, soft, sweet and delicious. He said in surprise: "What kind of cake is this? I have never eaten it before."

"This is the jade cake from Baozhizhai, Yedu. It was not available in Chang'an before. It was opened last fall. A small cake costs 30 yuan. It is hard to afford it for ordinary people!"

"Isn't this plate one hundred and fifty dollars?"

Tao Zhan smiled slightly and said, "Our family bought it twice in total. The first time I tried it for the children. This time it was because you went home. If the dignified Prince of Han had never eaten the jade cake, then I, the princess, will be stabbed by someone again."

Liu Jing tasted a piece and smiled and said, "It's okay. You don't have to suffer like this. As long as you are appropriately thrifty and simple, I think that's fine. After all, if you are in a high position, if you demand too harshly, the officials below will be in a difficult situation."

"If you can say this, I will feel more at ease."

Tao Zhan smiled slightly, lowered his head, and after a while she whispered: "I have always followed your requirements. The whole family must wear cloth clothes, try to be simple and simple, and be thrifty. But later I found that many ladies avoid me, or when they come to see me, they deliberately changed into very worn clothes. On the surface, they were simple, but they were wearing silk and satin inside, or the maid was wearing good satin, while the master was wearing old cloth clothes. This feeling made me feel very uncomfortable, and felt very hypocritical, and even a silent protest to me. I have not lived a good life for more than a year."

Liu Jing understood his wife's feelings and pursuing beauty is human nature, but the officialdom also emphasizes the upward and downward effect. Tao Zhan's simplicity will naturally attract many people's resistance and dissatisfaction, which he can fully understand.

Liu Jing held his wife's hand and said softly: "No need to work so hard. Everyone knows that I, Liu Jing, is one of the most powerful people in the world. If his wife and children only wear cloth skirts and thorn hairpins, I am afraid I will become Wang Mang's second. In fact, it's better to let it go."

Liu Jing picked up another piece of cake and tasted it gently, and smiled and said, "For example, the children must like this cake, so they buy it for them, but they must be eaten and they are not allowed to waste it. For example, women should have silk skirts, and women should have it, too, but my wife should have it, but she should not have it for hundreds or thousands, and there are jewelry. Which woman doesn't have a few favorite jewelry? My wife should be the same, but she can't fill the room. This is frugality, do you understand?"

Tao Zhan nodded. She understood what her husband meant. Liu Jing smiled and said, "Chang'an has indeed changed a lot. I will go out for a walk later, otherwise I will not know this capital."

Tao Zhan put away the tea bowl and walked out of the house. When she reached the door, she hesitated for a moment and turned around and said, "Husband, please go and see Shangxiang!"

When Liu Jing came back last night, he also found that Sun Shangxiang was a little abnormal. There was an indescribable sadness in her smile, which made him feel moved. He was going to find her tonight.

"What's wrong with her?"

Tao Zhan sighed, "She received a quick letter from Jiangdong a few days ago and was silent. She rarely saw her smile again, and we don't know what happened?"

Liu Jing nodded, "I understand!"

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In the room, Sun Shangxiang was listlessly packing the clothes that had just dried. Although her husband came back from a year away, she couldn't be happy. She kept repeating the request from her brother in the letter in her mind. Jiangdong was about to perish, and only she could save Jiangdong and save the Sun family's foundation.

These words were like big rocks, pressing heavily on her heart, depriving her of smile, depriving her of happiness, and suppressing her so much that she couldn't breathe.

She longed to escape from here and all these troubles, but she had nowhere to escape. She even hoped that her husband would never come back so that she would no longer have to face such choices that made it difficult for her to speak.

"You don't seem to be very happy?" Suddenly, the voice of your husband Liu Jing came from behind.

Sun Shangxiang was startled and turned around quickly. She saw Liu Jing leaning against the door, holding her hands in front of her chest, looking at her with a smile.

"You should say something when you come in, which scared me." Sun Shangxiang didn't dare to look at her husband, folded her clothes and said in a low voice.

Liu Jing walked forward slowly, walked to Sun Shangxiang, reached out and gently raised her jaw, stared at her for a while and smiled, "I feel like you don't welcome me when I'm back, may you have a new love again?" As soon as he said that, Liu Jing knew that he was wrong and he shouldn't have made such a joke.

"What are you talking nonsense?"

Sun Shangxiang pushed her husband's hand away and said coldly: "Do you think I am an unfamiliar woman?"

"I'm just kidding because, halfway through, many soldiers were joking, and they were afraid that he would be a father again after he got home."

"It may be possible for others, but who do you think dares to touch your woman?"

Sun Shangxiang threw her clothes onto the bed, gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "I hope you don't joke with me again in the future, and never say such things again, otherwise I can't kill you, and I will kill myself."

Liu Jing hugged her in his arms, stroked her face, and whispered: "I actually just want to see you angry, and I'm back to Princess Shangxiang back then. I still owe you two arrows, do you still remember?"

Sun Shangxiang gently stroked her husband's hand. Although it was a bit rough, it was warm and generous, which made her feel a kind of support. The displeasure in her heart disappeared without a trace in an instant. She suddenly realized that her husband was actually deliberately making her angry and covering up her uneasiness. She was no longer the silly princess she used to be, and she was as delicate as her mind.

"I'm really happy, I'm very happy when you come back safely!" Sun Shangxiang whispered.

Liu Jing nodded, "I want to go to Chang'an, please go with me!"

"Okay! I'll change my clothes."

Sun Shangxiang quickly walked into the inner room. After a moment, she put on a red long skirt and smiled and said, "This long skirt is made of silk, you won't let me change it to a cloth skirt!"

"That's it! It looks great, I like it very much."

Sun Shangxiang burst into laughter, "You are like this, it seems like we are meeting for the first time, let's go!"

She took her husband's arm and walked out of the yard with joy.

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Liu Jing's carriage slowly drove on Ping'an Street. This was an important road that was east-west. This road led directly to Weiyang Palace outside the city. Liu Jing used to pass by almost every day, but he had not seen it for more than a year. He felt the obvious changes on both sides of the road.

It turned out that the dilapidated houses disappeared and turned into newly built houses. There were many shops near the West City, one by one, most of which were renovated and filled with various goods from north to south.

"Is it a big change?" Sun Shangxiang asked with a smile while sitting opposite her husband.

Liu Jing nodded, "I can't believe that the changes have changed so rapidly in just one year."

"Then where are we going now?" Sun Shangxiang said with a slight smile again.
Chapter completed!