In the early morning of the next day, there was a lot of quarrel over Sui Yan's communication with foreign countries, and even Song Xian got involved, arguing with the people from Dali Temple.
The emperor condescendingly watched the people in Dali Temple arguing with several old ministers, his eyes moved slightly, and his eyes fell lightly on the prince beside him.
After Sui Yan entered the Punishment Department last night, Duan Mingchong didn't leave the East Palace for half a step, as if he didn't know anything, so calm and strange.
The emperor stared at Duan Ming Chong's expressionless expression for a long time, then withdrew his gaze thoughtfully and said, "Don't make any noise."
The quarrel came to an abrupt end, and everyone nodded slightly, but they still looked a little unconvinced.
It would be too arbitrary to draw conclusions about the matter between the prince of the dynasty and the princess of the previous dynasty in Nanjiang only based on those letters. The emperor also knew that it was difficult to convince the public, so he asked Dali Temple to continue to investigate the matter, and promised to find out the truth within three days. .
After the dynasty was dispersed, the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment were going to discuss the matter with the prince.
Just before he got close, he saw Duan Ming Chong, who had been standing indifferently, with his face like sinking water, and turned away without saying a word.
Everyone looked at each other.
The sky was bright, and Duan Mingchong went all the way to the Xingbu Yamen with a sullen face, and said to the official at the door, "Where is Marquis Sui An?"
The man was still dozing off, and when he saw Duan Mingchong woke up with fright, he hurriedly said, "Here, inside, your Highness, please come with the next official."
Duan Mingchong took a deep breath on the spot, straightened his sleeves, and forced himself to clear the coldness from his body before walking in with the person.
The people from the Ministry of Punishment brought people over yesterday, but Suixun insisted on following, and even threatened the Minister of Punishment for a meal, frightening the person to half death.
They did not dare to put Sui Yan directly in the prison, nor did they dare to directly violate the emperor's order to release him, so they could only make offerings as if they had invited a Buddha.
The small west wing of the Xingbu Yamen used to hold files. At this time, it was cleaned up alone, and a soft couch was placed in it, which was barely able to live in.
Duan Mingchong frowned when he saw four officials with knives guarding the door of the ear room, and seemed a little unhappy.
But Suiyan was caught by the people of the Ministry of Punishment, and he didn't live in the ice cave that was open to all directions in a prison cell. I think it was also due to Sui Xun's godly credit, and Duan Mingchong didn't do much.
The lock on the door was opened, and Duan Mingchong waved his hand gently to let them back down and push the door in by himself.
The place where the files are placed is often not very big, and it is fortunate that it is ventilated and sunny, and it is not as cool and humid as expected.
The files in the room were moved to other places overnight, leaving only two low shelves in the corner, and two hot charcoal pots next to them.
Sui Yan was lying on the soft couch by the window and was sound asleep. There was an exquisitely carved small incense burner on the small table beside him.
Duan Mingchong gently stepped forward and sat on the edge of the couch, staring at Sui Yan's sleeping face.
Rao is down to this point, Sui Yan is still heartless, as if living in this cramped and broken house is no different from living in the East Palace dormitory.
One of his hands was exposed, and on his fingers he also wore the wrench that Duan Ming Chong had given him. The emerald green matched his knuckles, making his fingers paler.
Duan Mingchong knew that he was very sleepy, and if no one came to call him, he could sleep until three poles in the sun, so he didn't call him, but just sat on the edge of the couch and stared at him in a trance.
About half an hour later, sunlight came in through the gap in the window lattice and fell beside Sui Yan's eyes.
Xu Shi was too dazzling, he frowned restlessly in his deep sleep, and didn't know what to say.
Duan Mingchong was about to stretch out his hand to block the light for him, but before he could stretch out his hand, Sui Yan had already woken up.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at Duan Mingchong for a while, before reaching out to him, and said in a soft voice, "Your Highness."
He opened his hands, his white sleeves slipped to his elbows, revealing a white forearm.
Duan Mingchong knew that he was not awake when he saw that his eyes were half-open, but he leaned down with a smile, hugged him gently, and blocked the light that came in obliquely for him by the way.
Sui Yan squinted his eyes and wrapped around Duan Mingchong's neck, leaning on Duan Mingchong's neck, rubbing non-stop like a lazy cat.
Before Duan Ming Chong came, he was full of worry and anger, but after being rubbed by him like this, he was full of tenderness, and he wished to rub this person into his arms and never part again.
Duan Mingchong smiled lightly and stretched out his hand to cover Sui Yan's eyes, and said softly, "What time is it, why are you still asleep?"
Sui Yan instinctively rubbed for a while, then suddenly froze and blinked a little blankly.
Duan Mingchong's palm was swept by his long feathered eyelashes, and it was a little numb and itchy. He moved his hand slightly by half an inch, revealing one of Sui Yan's eyes.
Suiyan was fully awake at this time, he stretched out his hand to hold Duan Mingchong's hand covering one of his eyes, and whispered, "What time is it now?"
Duan Ming Chong moved his hand slightly, letting the light shine on Sui Yan's eyes, and then moved back immediately.
"Three poles in the sun."
Sui Yan gently turned to his side, pulled Duan Mingchong's hand on his face, and yawned, "Anyway, there's nothing to do here, I can't go out, I can't go out, play and play. No, just sleep a little longer."
Duan Mingchong laughed directly. He leaned down and pressed the forehead of Suiyan gently together, and said softly, "Aren't you worried that you won't be able to get out again?"
Suiyan said: "With His Highness here, I'm not worried about anything."
Duan Mingchong was startled.
Sui Yan smiled at him and said, "Didn't you say that you will protect me no matter what happens?"
Duan Mingchong looked at him silently, and after a while, he hugged him tightly in his arms, and murmured, "I said it."
Duan Mingchong stayed with Sui Yan until noon before getting up and leaving.
Suiyan didn't know why he was extremely lethargic during these days. After Duan Mingchong left, he opened the window to soak in the sun for a while, and then fell asleep in a daze.
When he was asleep, he always seemed to have a dream of unknown content, but when he woke up, he didn't know what it was, only full of lingering fears and fears.
Suiyan often had nightmares when he was ill before, and he just thought he was in a bad mood and didn't take it to heart.
The Ministry of Punishment led people to investigate the side courtyard of Hou's mansion, and found no evidence of collusion with the princess of Nanjiang. For a time, the people in the court who firmly believed that Sui Yan would not do this were even more confident.
After two consecutive days of arguing, Sui Yan ate and slept all day in the yamen of the Punishment Department. After sleeping and eating, he gained some weight.
On the afternoon of the third day, Sui Yan was sleeping on the soft couch when he heard someone talking outside the room.
Duan Mingchong came only in the morning, so it shouldn't be him.
Just when Sui Yan was still in doubt, the door was opened, Song Xian and Jiang Enhe holding a bunch of things in their hands were led in.
Sui Yan: "…"
Sui Yan sat up slightly and asked curiously, "What are you doing here?"
Song Xian asked people to close the door, turned his head, and said maliciously, "Come on, what else can you do?"
Gan Enhe kicked Song Xian on the calf, glared at him, and said, "If you talk nonsense, go out."
Song Xian pouted, and together with Gan Enhe, put the things in their hands on the small case next to Sui Yan.
Gan Enhe has a good temper, not as bad as Song Xian, and said directly: "We have heard a lot of interesting rumors outside these few days. You are probably going to be boring and moldy when you are locked here, so I came here to talk to you. , relieve the boredom."
Sui Yan got up and dialed it, and found that it was full of snacks wrapped in oil paper, and several bags of frosted candied fruit.
Sui Yan's originally full of disgust immediately took it all away, and unceremoniously took two bags and ate them in his arms.
Song Xian and Gan Enhe also pulled a stool and sat around the small table. Those who didn't know it thought the three of them were drinking tea and watching a play in a teahouse.
Jiang Enhe said: "The news that you were arrested and brought to the Prison of Xingbu has spread all over the capital. There are many young masters who were bullied by you before, and all of them were brought to the ground by Xingbu, and all of them were stopped by the Crown Prince and General Sui."
Song Xian said: "Tsk tsk, from this you can see how much people hate you."
Sui Yan squinted at him and said, "Enhelai, I can understand what you are doing."
Song Xian was immediately angry. He poked the candied fruit in Sui Yan's arms with his finger, and said, "This! This! And this! I bought them all!"
Sui Yan hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'm looking for someone to hate me, I'm guilty of a heinous crime, keep going, what have you been listening to these days?"
Gan Enhe chewed the candy-fried peanuts, looked left and right, closed the window, and whispered mysteriously, "I heard people say that the prince has a habit of breaking his sleeves."
Sui Yan paused while holding the candied fruit, then tilted his head: "Oh?"
"Anyway, it was rumored by someone in the capital a few days ago, and now almost the whole capital knows it, it's very scary." Gan Enhe was overwhelmed by eating peanuts and said, "Think about it, when the prince of the dynasty, the future Prince, actually likes a man, tsk tsk, many people are sighing that Guozuo is worrying."
Sui Yan continued to eat: "Oh."
Song Xian looked at Sui Yan vaguely while eating, and said nothing to Jiang Enhe's words.
Gan Enhe didn't notice the difference between the two, and continued: "And the rumored person who made His Royal Highness obsessed with madness, guess who it is?"
Sui Yan acted with him and blinked: "Who is it?"
Gan Enhe patted the small case and said mysteriously, "You."
Suiyan: "Oh."
Gan Enhe had been chatting so much before, just wanting to say this sentence and seeing Sui Yan's surprised look, at this moment, Sui Yan's reaction made him a little stunned.
Gann He said dryly: "Ah... what, you, aren't you surprised?"
Suiyan said: "Didn't you say it, it's just rumors, it can't be taken as true."
Gann and Nan said: "Although you say that, but you... are you really not surprised at all?"
Song Xian sneered aside and said, "What is he surprised about? Whether these rumors are true or false, maybe they can save his life, so what's the matter with the stigma?"
Gan Enhe: "Why do you say this?"
Song Xian said: "Wanggui was framed this time. The evidence is conclusive and there is no evidence against it, so it is difficult. It is rumored that the Dali Siqing and the second prince have too much personal relations, so they will not easily let this opportunity go. If they kill Wanggui Guizhen has access to foreign countries, do you think that forgetting Guizhen can be completely innocent?"
Gann and Ben thought that Sui Yan would be innocent before he brought something to break up the rumors with him, but when he heard this, the whole person was stunned.
"Then, what to do then?"
Song Xian gave him a stern look.
Sui Yan was still eating candied fruit leisurely, and said lightly: "If this rumor comes out, and Your Majesty punishes me again, it will be a guilty conscience and want to get rid of me, a demon minister who is obsessed with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What's the difference between directly admitting that the future prince of Tangtang really loves the last man?"
Gann and some did not come back to their senses, and were stunned for a long time.
Suiyan stuffed a candied fruit into Jiang Enhe's mouth, and said with a smile, "And our Majesty is the one who pays the most attention to face. In this case, do you think he will punish me severely?"
Gannhe blinked blankly before turning around.
Sui Yan stretched and said lazily, "So even if I really want to collude with the princess of Nanjiang to murder the emperor, he will not kill me at all."
Song Xian said: "And the reason why Wanggui is in the Xingbu Yamen is that Dali Temple bites those letters and doesn't let go, but the discerning person in the court can see it, except for those too deliberate letters, the former princess of the southern border. He died after the incident, and there is no evidence to completely convict him."
Gannhe frowned: "So this matter is big or small?"
Sui Yan stretched out his hand and flicked his head, and said with a smile, "It all depends on how Your Majesty decides."
But now that this has happened suddenly, even if the emperor wants to put Sui Yan and his death, he will not hold on to this matter.
Only then did Gan Enhe recover, and murmured, "Then the person who spread the rumors really did not care to make a will."
Sui Yan couldn't help laughing, what did he want to do? After he figured out this incident, he could immediately guess that Duan Mingchong's handwriting must be behind this incident. Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence. Chong's relationship was shaken out in such a grand manner.
Sui Yan looked at Gan Enhe and patted his chest, suddenly he had a bad intention and wanted to make fun of him.
He leaned slightly, leaned in front of Gan Enhe, tilted his head, and said softly, "And the fact that I am in love with the prince is not a rumor."
Gan Enhe was about to grab peanuts to eat, when he heard the words, he was stunned, "Huh?"
Sui Yan hooked his lips into a smile, lowered his voice, and said, "I said, this is not a rumor, I have already made a private life with the prince."
Gannhe: "… "
Song Xian's face turned green.
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