As a result, Zhou Buyan was not at Zhou's house, he was nowhere to be seen, but Chu Xingchen saw the bell ringing late.
Looking at the layout, Zhou Buyan moved to the front yard, while Zhong Shengwan lived alone in the backyard.
She stayed in the west wing and never slept in Chu Xingchen's main room.
But Zhou's residence has changed its appearance. Compared with Chu Xingchen's before, which was empty and deserted, Zhou's residence is now very bright.
Chu Xingchen's eyes fell on the star lanterns outside the house. When she came in, she discovered that there were familiar star lanterns hanging in both the front and back yards.
The same goes for the yard where the bells are staying late. The whole house is decorated with star lights. From a distance, one might think that stars have landed in the yard and shine brightly.
This light adds a bit of warmth, as if no matter when you go back, there will be someone waiting for you to come back.
Obviously, in the past, the star lantern was only made for her in the East Palace, but now he has also made it for other girls.
Chu Xingchen twitched the corner of his mouth, standing on the wall and watching the bell while doing needlework. Under the candlelight, the bell seemed hazy and warm.
Chu Xingchen was not interested in reading any more and was about to leave when the little maid said.
"Girl, the general is not in a hurry to put it on. He can rest as soon as it gets dark. Didn't you say that sewing under the lamp is not good for your eyes?"
Chu Xingchen looked at the clothes in Zhong Shengwan's hand. It turned out that they were for Zhou Buyan.
Zhou Buyan doesn't like to be served by others. There used to be no one, but now there are a few more people. There are grooms, cooks and servants, and the little maid is one of them.
"It's just a few stitches to finish." Zhong Shengwan shook his head, "The weather is slowly getting warmer, and it's time for the general to change into spring clothes. I have to make a few more."
As she spoke, the clothes were finished. She bit off the threads and shook the clothes off.
The little maid looked at it and praised her, "The girl's craftsmanship is excellent, the stitches are fine, the general will definitely like it."
The tip of Tianliu's ears heard the sound of teeth grinding coming from beside him.
In the house, Wan listened to the bell and had a bright smile on her face.
Chu Xingchen looked at her smile and felt quite unhappy. She was so young and so bright, which made people feel happy just looking at her.
But she didn't like it. She just wanted to cut off the clothes with scissors and rake them into pieces.
Zhong Shengwan folded the clothes himself, and the little maid said beside him, "Girl, the general hasn't returned yet. Do you want to have dinner first?"
"Well, let's use it first and keep the flames on in the kitchen. If the general comes back and hasn't eaten yet, I can cook."
Very ordinary daily conversations, full of warmth.
Chu Xingchen was stunned. When you go home every day, no matter when there is a light waiting for you, someone cares about you, and can make you clothes and soup. It is really good.
"Let's go." Chu Xingchen said in a low voice.
After saying that, he saw a yard of star lanterns again. Chu Xingchen was so angry that he suddenly blurted out, "Give me all these star lanterns."
The star lanterns that are not in the East Palace and not in the Imperial Palace are really not pleasing to the eye.
She became angry when she thought that Zhou Buyan might have used the things he had given her to please the little girl. She was not a guinea pig.
Even if Zhou Buyan didn't, she didn't want Zhong Shengwan to see these lights or use the star lights.
There is no star in her name, so why use a star lamp?
I really want to issue an imperial decree that stipulates that only people with stars in their names can use star lanterns.
Tianliu was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty?"
He didn't react for a while, but when he reacted he immediately turned on the nearest light tentatively.
The star lamp was broken and the lights inside were out.
Seeing the star lights go out, Chu Xingchen suddenly realized, what is she doing?
It was impossible for her to really issue such an edict, nor to come to light these star lanterns every day.
"I'm just kidding, let's go."
She spoke with a straight face, Tianliu did not dare to say or ask any more questions, and left quietly with Chu Xingchen, without disturbing the people in Zhou's house, but almost not being seen by the old man next door.
The old man Chu Xingchen looked familiar, and he remembered that she had met the old man when Zhou Buyan came to live here earlier and secretly visited him.
Chu Xingchen was almost knocked over the wall and turned his face sideways as if he didn't see the old man.
But the old man could see Chu Xingchen, and he even remembered her, saying, "You came to see General Zhou before."
The old man was still in the stage of "Although I am shocked, it does not affect my pride" about the fact that Bing Cube Zhou Buyan disappeared for a while and transformed into General Zhou.
He could tell a story about him and his neighbor's general.
Chu Xingchen was wearing regular clothes. The old man had never seen her up close and didn't know her identity. He was very happy to see her at first, but when Chu Xingchen looked at him, he felt a little confused.
At first he swore that Zhou Buyan would be honest, but then he found a little girl in Zhou's house.
He could only smile awkwardly, "So you and General Zhou are really friends."
The smile on Chu Xingchen's face became even stiffer, "You have seen her too."
The old man smiled and nodded, and just as he was about to separate, Chu Xingchen asked a question out of nowhere, "Who do you think is more beautiful, me or her?"
Tianliu couldn't help but show a strange expression, and the old man was also stunned for a moment. Then he realized something and said decisively, "Of course you are beautiful."
He knows the answer.
Chu Xingchen smiled and said, "Thank you for your compliment, I understand."
She actually regretted asking the question. When she got back on the carriage, Chu Xingchen couldn't help but ask, "Are you childish?"
She looked like a psycho tonight.
Feeling uneasy, Chu Xingchen didn't want to go back to the palace like this, "Look for a restaurant."
Shortly after Chu Xingchen left, Zhou Buyan returned to Zhou's residence.
When the bell rang late, he told him that a cake had been sent from the palace.
When Zhou Buyan heard about the cake, he remembered last night and what Shen Cangzhu said about having Yu Kitchen make it and deliver it to him.
Unexpectedly, he actually had someone make it and send it to him, and he even said he wanted to apologize.
"Feed the dog."
Zhou Buyan uttered two words and was shocked by the sound of the bell.
"General, isn't this appropriate? I heard from the palace people that this was specially ordered by Shen Jun. Now Shen Jun is favored in the palace and he is from the Shen family. If he knew that you fed the cake he sent to the dog, I'm afraid you would
meeting..."
Zhong Shengwan was worried, but Zhou Buyan still said the same two words, "Feed the dog."
No matter how Shen Cangzhu is Shen Jun, he is still Zhou Jun.
Zhou Buyan left immediately.
After taking two steps, he stopped, looked up, and noticed with sharp eyes that a star lamp was not on.
He flew up to take a look and frowned. The lamp had a hole in it, as if it had been broken by someone.
He pursed his lips. He made these star lanterns at night when he missed His Highness. When he came back last night, he remembered the scene he saw in Mingxuan Hall and stayed up all night, so he accidentally made too many.
After he made it, he filled his entire house with them. After he ordered them, it was as if stars were falling all over the empty home.
With the star lights, it won't be so cold here.
He took down the broken little star lamp.
It seems that I still have to go out.
At the same time, Chu Xingchen was drinking in the restaurant. She was in the private room on the second floor, drinking while watching the people coming and going downstairs.
There was someone selling candied haws in the middle, and she couldn't help but murmur, "Why are there things related to Zhou Buyan everywhere..."