Chapter 264 Your Highness, see you in the next life
Zhou Buyan took several carriages and left quietly. Shen Cangzhu, Xiao Wang and Ling Zhou saw him off together.
Lingzhou couldn't hold back, "Zhou Buyan, do you really want to leave? You won't regret coming back in the future, right?"
Zhou Buyan glanced at him, "What if I come back?"
Ling Zhou: "...No matter what I can do, I can't beat you."
Shen Cangzhu asked Zhou Buyan why he left the palace, but Zhou Buyan did not answer.
Shen Cangzhu saw that Zhou was ignoring him and did not continue to make trouble for himself. He shook his head and walked away.
Xiao Wang helped him check things, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Why can you leave the palace? Is there something wrong?"
Zhou Buyan glanced at Xiao Wang and did not answer his question. He only said, "Protect His Highness."
Xiao Wang inexplicably heard some hint of entrustment in Zhou Buyan's voice. Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Buyan had already got on the carriage.
The carriage took Zhou Buyan back to the house that Chu Xingchen gave to Zhou Buyan, and everything was placed properly.
Chu Xingchen packed this for him. She prepared everything carefully, such as brushes and paper, clothes, socks and shoes, everything was done down to the smallest detail.
Zhou Buyan touched it and was overwhelmed by reluctance.
He didn't want anyone to interfere, so he sent everyone away and tidied everything up himself.
Finally, his eyes fell on the food box, which also contained those cute little buns.
Zhou Buyan ate them all one after another.
This is probably the best meal ever.
After Zhou Buyan left, Chu Xingchen couldn't keep up his spirits all day long. Seeing the time passing by, Tianliu became more and more anxious.
He looked at Chu Xingchen and wanted to remind him countless times, but there was no chance.
After spending the day peacefully, when it got dark, Zhou Buyan opened the neatly arranged wardrobe, picked out a blue gown, put it on and left the house.
His Highness asked him to wear clothes of other colors, so he wore them.
He walked around the city, visited Yuelao Temple, then went to White Horse Temple, saw the lively life of the people that His Highness had been talking about, and finally left outside the city.
He had always been alone, but when he reached the deserted mountain, there was suddenly another person in front of him.
A familiar commander, Zhou Buyan was not surprised to see him.
The commander didn't say anything, but handed him a small medicine bottle and said, "Seal your throat when you see blood."
This is the death method that their shadows pursue most. It is fast and not too painful.
Zhou Buyan took it without saying a word.
"You can say your last words." The commander glanced at him, "Or do you want to escape?"
Zhou Buyan glanced at the shadows that appeared silently and surrounded him, then looked at the arrows and weapons aimed at him, and twitched the corner of his mouth. At this point, it was difficult for him to fly, so how could he escape.
He didn't have any last words, he just sarcastically wondered if he should thank them for thinking so highly of him. Most of the Shadows were dispatched, and the treatment was high enough.
Everything you say at this time is nonsense.
Zhou Buyan turned around and looked in the direction of the palace. Under the watchful eye of Shadow, he opened the medicine bottle, raised his head and swallowed the only pill.
Zhou Buyan looked in the direction of the East Palace and touched his chest. There was a pamphlet sent by His Highness. He read the pamphlet over and over again, and he already knew it by heart.
But the booklet didn't teach him what to do at this time, nor did it teach him how to bargain with them.
Blood quickly spilled from the corner of Zhou Buyan's mouth, "Your Highness..."
See you in the next life.
In Jinhua Palace, Chu Xingchen, who finally fell asleep, suddenly woke up from his dream.
I can no longer remember what I was dreaming about, I just feel palpitations.
She touched the cold sweat on her forehead, touched her chest and shouted out of habit, "Zhou Buyan."
Zhou Buyan always responded immediately even late at night, but this night was lonely and silent.
Chu Xingchen was stunned for a moment before he remembered that yes, Zhou Buyan had left the palace.
She sat for a moment and said, "Tianliu, are you on duty?"
After a while, a voice came from the roof, "Yes."
There was no warmth in the voice, which made Chu Xingchen not used to it, and also reminded her of Zhou Buyan when she first met.
Zhou Buyan's voice was also like this at that time, without any fluctuations, like a robot.
He spoke very little and was cold and cold. Even though she was the princess, he always ignored her.
But it was still different from Tianliu's. Chu Xingchen thought with some sadness that this might be her filter.
"Do you shadow talk so little? How long have you known Zhou Buyan?"
"Twelve years."
"Twelve years. You met Zhou Buyan when you were only a few years old. Wasn't he cute when he was a child? Has he always talked so little?"
Tianliu didn't answer. At that time, he was busy trying to survive, and each of them wanted to kill each other. There was nothing cute in their world.
And is it too late to understand the commander now?
Chu Xingchen also realized his problem, "Sorry, you don't need to answer this question."
She just suddenly wanted to know Zhou Buyan when he was a child. His experience was so special. He must have had a difficult time as a child, and he probably wasn't cute at all.
But she still wanted to, but she also knew it was impossible.
"Should I not talk to you like this? I will change it in the future, but I was used to talking to Zhou Buyan before."
Chu Xingchen looked out the window, "What do you think Zhou Buyan is doing? Where is he?"
Tianliu breathed rapidly for a moment, "The leader is..." dead.
He wanted to tell her that Zhou Buyan was dead because you, Your Highness, were dead.
But he couldn't say it, or he would die if he did.
After he dies, there will be no one left to help the leader fulfill his instructions during his lifetime.
When someone comes to take over, he still has to help the leader collect the body.
He was unwilling, but he could only swallow the word "dead", "The leader has... gone to sleep."
"I guess so."
Chu Xingchen nodded.
Before dawn on the sixth day, I followed the marks and traces left by Zhou Buyan to collect the body, but I didn't find the body. I don't know if it was taken away directly by the commander. I only saw blood stains on the ground.
Unwilling to give up, he searched for it for a while, but couldn't find it. He had no choice but to quietly bury his things under the tree that Zhou Buyan had chosen and set it up as a tomb of clothes.
That location is right opposite the imperial mausoleum.
Tianliu did all this quietly, and everything in the East Palace remained as usual, as if Zhou did not exist.
No, there are some differences.
His Highness still remembered the leader, but she seemed not used to it. During the following period, she kept dreaming intermittently, and occasionally she could be heard calling him the leader.
No matter whether he is busy eating or sleeping, he always calls Zhou Buyan. When talking to him, if he encounters something delicious, he will ask Zhou Buyan to try it. When he sees something Zhou Buyan likes to eat, he will also call him.
I shouted to Zhou Buyan again and again, but after I got no response, I finally came to my senses.
I was disappointed like this for seven or eight days, and gradually it became less and less. I just couldn't help but mutter, why Zhou Buyan didn't reply, and why he didn't know how to write.
During these seven or eight days, Tianliu would be sent out every day to see if Zhou Buyan had returned.
After receiving negative answers time and time again, I refused to let Tianliu go.
Tianliu heard late winter and summer solstice and autumn coming murmuring that His Highness was always in low spirits during this time because he was always depressed because of the departure of Mr. Zhou.
His Highness only said that he was suffering from autumn sleep, but no one believed it.
Something was indeed wrong with Chu Xingchen, and for some reason, she always felt uneasy.
She didn't know why she was uneasy, it was inexplicable, but it kept happening intermittently, making it impossible to ignore.
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