Due to the shadows of his childhood, Sui Yan was still a little afraid of Sui Xun. His elder brother glared at him, and his legs were going weak.
Sui Yan was thinking about how to fool him, and Duan Mingchong, whose face was pale with fright, turned his head and said to Sui Xun, "General Sui, don't scare Ayan."
Suixun: "..."
I was the one who was scared!
Duan Mingchong watched Sui Xun endure his anger and go out, then turned his head to look at Sui Yan tenderly and sadly, and said softly, "Don't be afraid."
Sui Yan felt a little guilty: "I..."
Duan Mingchong forced a smile and said with difficulty: "I... don't be afraid, daddy will protect you."
Sui Yan: "…"
Sui Yan was so frightened that the knife in his hand fell.
Duan Mingchong was probably afraid that Sui Yan would be stimulated again, so he followed his words and continued. Seeing Sui Yan's face full of confusion, he re-emphasized "Daddy protects you" several times.
Sui Yan's pale lips trembled for a moment before trying to put on a confused expression of waking up from a big dream, tilting his head and saying, "Your Highness?"
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Ayan, you finally woke up."
Duan Ming Chong took advantage of a few words, and seeing that Sui Yan didn't seem to be too different, he gave a few words and turned around and walked out of the inner room.
Sui Yan said, "Your Highness, where are you going?"
Duan Mingchong left only his back: "I'll be quiet first."
He sat on the soft chair in the outer room, propped up his head and reflected for a moment, before his blushing face gradually subsided.
Sui Yan had already dressed and came out, holding the handkerchief in the palm of his right hand, blocking the small blood opening, and the bleeding was no longer at this time.
Sui Xun was sitting in the outer room, his nose was either slanted or his eyes were slanted. Sui Yan came out of the outer room. The anger that had accumulated for a long time was about to burst out in one breath, but before he could speak, he smelled a faint smell of blood.
Suixun is a member of the army and is very sensitive to the smell of blood. He frowned and said, "Are you injured?"
Duan Mingchong was also busy to see him.
Sui Yan threw the handkerchief at random, shook the small wound that was no longer bleeding at them, and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just a little blood."
He instinctively sat beside Duan Mingchong and said to Suixun, "Brother, do you have something important to do with me?"
Speaking of this, Sui Xun recalled the fact that his stupid younger brother was holding Duan Mingchong to call his father, and his face suddenly became ugly. He didn't dare to stare at the prince, so he glared at Sui Yan and scolded him in a low voice. Sui Yan didn't hear anything.
Suixun put the scene just now out of his mind and said, "I have planned to take Jiangning to Jiangnan after your birthday."
Duan Ming Chong was frowning to look at the wound on Sui Yan's palm, and raised his head slightly when he heard this.
If it was in the past, he would definitely not let Sui Xun leave the capital so easily. After all, the Ministry of War is very important, and there are not many people in the DPRK who can take on this responsibility. Once Sui Xun leaves, the DPRK will be in chaos for a while.
But now, Duan Mingchong looked down at the wound on Sui Yan's palm, and caught a glimpse of the blue marks in Sui Yan's eyes, and it was rare that he didn't say anything.
Sui Yan was heartless and said, "Okay, ok, Jiangnan is a good place with beautiful scenery."
Suixun looked at Duan Mingchong, who was thoughtfully beside him. Seeing that he hadn't forcibly kept him like before, he hesitated for a long time before sighing softly, and said, "It's good if you have an idea."
Sui Yan did not speak.
Suixun said a few more words before getting up and leaving. Before leaving, he glanced at Duan Mingchong with a complicated expression and sighed inwardly.
As soon as Suixun left, Duan Mingchong said, "Ayan, don't you want to go to Jiangnan?"
Sui Yan was handing the white gauze to Duan Mingchong, when he heard the words, his hands froze, and he smiled: "What am I going to do in Jiangnan, the second sister has always been in love with Jiangnan landscapes, my brother took her to the mountains and waters, and I What's the matter?"
Duan Ming Chong pursed his lips, Sui Yan leaned forward gently, smiled slyly, and said, "Or does Your Highness want to accompany me to Jiangnan?"
The old emperor's health is getting worse day by day, and it is impossible for the crown prince to leave the capital at this juncture.
Duan Mingchong frowned.
Suiyan said: "If you don't go, what am I going to do in Jiangnan by myself? It's boring."
Duan Mingchong did not speak.
After nightfall, Sui Yan still wanted to do the same, taking bitter medicine to refresh his mind, but he got up in the middle of the night and turned around, and found that the secret compartment was filled with candied fruits at some point, and it was so full that he couldn't find a shadow of herbal medicine.
Sui Yan was so sleepy that there were double images in front of him, and it took him a long time to react.
Duan Mingchong didn't know when he woke up, so he sat on the side quietly watching him flip through other hidden boxes, and didn't say anything to stop him.
Sui Yan turned over several times, and without exception, all the herbs in it were replaced with candied fruit.
The candied fruit is sweet and fragrant and soft, not to mention refreshing, even if it is not hypnotized, it is good.
Sui Yan turned his head with trembling hands, looking at Duan Mingchong almost resentfully.
Duan Mingchong had never been seen by his eyes before, so he took a breath, but didn't speak.
Always haunted by nightmares, Sui Yan's temperament has also changed somewhat. In the past, Duan Ming Chong looked at him and felt distressed, but now he has no strength to hide the resentment and anger in his heart.
He was both angry and desperate.
After struggling for a while, Sui Yan reached out to Duan Mingchong tremblingly, smiled reluctantly to please, and said with a trembling voice, "Hall, Your Highness, where are my herbs..."
Duan Mingchong put his hand on Sui Yan's palm and said softly, "It's time for you to sleep."
"Sleep? Sleep?" Sui Yan stared at him blankly, and suddenly threw Duan Mingchong's hand away, his face full of horror, "I don't sleep, I'm not sleepy at all..."
He struggled to go under the pillow to get the small carving knife he had hidden, and almost turned the mattress over, but he couldn't even find the scabbard.
"Where's my knife?" Sui Yan turned around anxiously, "Where's my knife? Where did you hide it?"
As he said that, he was about to crawl over to turn over Duan Mingchong's body, but was instead held by Duan Mingchong's hands and imprisoned in his arms.
Duan Mingchong gently stroked Sui Yan's palm, and said, "Do you think I don't feel bad for you to mutilate yourself like this to stay awake?"
Suiyan immediately retracted his hand from Duan Mingchong's palm, clasped it tightly behind his back, and forcibly defended with eyes full of fear: "I accidentally scratched it - where is the knife? Your Highness, Your Royal Highness, where is my knife? ?"
Duan Mingchong said nothing, and took out from his sleeve the small carving knife that Sui Yan had hidden on the bed, which was still stained with blood that Sui Yan had not had time to wipe.
Sui Yan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to reach out to grab it, but Duan Mingchong pressed him into his arms.
Sui Yan didn't know why.
Duan Ming Chong's warm hand gently caressed Sui Yan's neck, and followed the acupuncture point that Jun Jingxing handed him to press down slightly.
Sui Yan's limp body trembled, and the already sleepy body couldn't hold it any longer.
Duan Mingchong put him on the couch, staring at Sui Yan's frowning face even in a drowsiness, before gently hugging him after a while.
The crown prince is so powerful that no matter what he wants, he will get it. This is the first time he has tasted powerlessness since he was a child.
Even if Sui Yan was in pain and despair, he could only watch from the sidelines, and there was nothing else he could do.
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Sui Yan fell into a nightmare that was repeated countless times.
He was still running back and forth in the deserted palace as usual. After a long time, he finally felt tired, so he staggered and sat directly on the steps next to him, staring blankly at the void.
Sui Yan lowered his head and looked at his hand, feeling that something was missing from his fair knuckles, and he couldn't remember how much he thought about it.
He stared at his hand intently, the cold wind whistling around him, like a ghost crying.
Suiyan suddenly said "ah": "My wrench..."
The memory deep in his mind made him subconsciously remember that he should have a finger on his hand.
Emerald green, I don't know who gave it, it's very beautiful.
It's gone now.
Sui Yan struggled to stand up, and began to look for what he was missing in the huge yard.
"Finger, wrench..."
Sui Yan ran around in the palace like a ghost, and when he saw the green color, he jumped up and carefully identified whether it was something he lost.
He hooked a jade bracelet on one of his fingers, tilted his head to recognize it for a moment, and then murmured, "It seems too big."
After all, just throw it away and continue to search for the lost thing on your finger.
After looking for him, he suddenly looked down, and then the whole person woke up with fright.
- He has no feet.
Only true ghosts have no feet.
Sui Yan suddenly opened his eyes, covered his chest and leaned aside, panting, his face covered in cold sweat.
It was already bright, and Duan Mingchong heard the movement and lifted the curtain and entered: "Ayan!"
Sui Yan was panting rapidly, and when he was almost out of breath, he suddenly vomited out a mouthful of blood.
Duan Mingchong was almost stunned, he rushed forward like a madman and hugged Sui Yan, while calling sharply: "Mukou, Jun Jingxing!!"
Sui Yan struggled to push him away, but after spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face quickly turned pale like a dead man.
Duan Ming Chong wiped the blood from the corners of his lips with red eyes, his voice trembling: "Ayan, don't scare me... Ayan!"
Sui Yan bowed his head and fainted again.
On the day of the Huachao Festival, the entire Hou Mansion was in chaos.
Sui Xun listened to Sui Yan's hard breathing in the inner room, and he was so irritable that he almost wanted to go out and chop people, and he couldn't sit still.
Jiang Ning sat on the side and gently held his hand, and said softly: "If you forget to return so young, you will be fine."
Suixun didn't know what to say, so he could only nod his head.
Jun Jing was busy working without touching his feet for a long time, and Sui Yan, who was also extremely restless in his sleep, finally fell into a deep sleep.
There was still a trace of blood on his lips, which was wiped off by Duan Mingchong's shaking hands.
Jun Jingxing looked at Sui Yan's face, frowned and said, "His health is not good, and he will not be able to endure it if it goes on like this."
Duan Mingchong grabbed Sui Yan's hand, his pupils shrank, and he murmured, "Is there no way to cure it?"
Jun Jingxing hesitated for a while before saying: "I was in Jiangnan when I was young, and I was taught medical skills by the famous doctor Qian Lao at that time, but I have only learned a little over the years, and I can't use it. After Qian Lao passed away a few years ago, the medical hall It is run by his direct disciple, that is, Qian Lao personally passed it on, so his medical skills are naturally better than mine."
Jun Jingxing looked at Duan Mingchong's face and said cautiously, "Does His Royal Highness want to summon someone from Jiangnan?"
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a long time before shaking his head gently: "No."
Sui Yan's fate seems to have already been decided in the dark.
Master Geng Xue personally approved the catastrophe that one must stay away from the capital before the age of 23, and what Jun Jingxing said might be the famous Jiangnan doctor who could save Suiyan's life.
Jiangnan…
Perhaps for Suiyan, Jiangnan is really a good place.
Even if a famous doctor was summoned to the capital to treat Sui Yan, he might not be able to survive this catastrophe.
Even if he manages to get through it, there may be more unbearable sufferings waiting for him in the future.
Sui Yan slept all day and night, and only barely woke up on the third day.
When he woke up, the room was empty.
At this moment, Sui Yan was completely unable to distinguish between reality and dream. She timidly shrank in the corner and pinched her fingers, her pupils being scattered and unable to focus.
After a long time, he found the wrench on his finger that he couldn't find after searching for a long time.
Sui Yan Wushen's eyes lit up slightly, stroking his wrench lightly, and muttering: "This is..."
It was like trekking thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally came to an end.
Even if Sui Yan was in a daze at this time, he instinctively held his wrench and showed a smile in a trance.
Duan Mingchong lifted the curtain of the bed, looked at Sui Yan who was shrunk in the corner, stunned for a moment, and said, "Ayan."
When Sui Yan heard the movement, he immediately raised his head and looked at him in horror.
Duan Mingchong was not sure whether he still recognized him, so he tentatively stretched out his hand and said softly, "Ayan, I'm Ming Chong, do you remember?"
Sui Yan looked down, stared at Duan Mingchong's slender fingers, and murmured, "Am I dead?"
Duan Mingchong was taken aback.
He blankly remembered that he seemed to have no legs and was already a ghost. It seemed that it was nothing unusual for the poisoned prince to see him.
He made an "oh" and didn't speak any more. He still casually turned the wrench on his fingers, looking like he couldn't put it down.
Duan Mingchong saw that he really didn't recognize anyone, and his heart ached, so he tried his best to keep a soft smile, handed him the medicine in his hand, and said, "Drink the medicine first."
Sui Yan looked at him suspiciously: "Do I still need to take medicine when I die?"
Duan Mingchong coaxed him: "I want to eat."
He waved his hands twice like a wandering dragon, and said, "It's said that ghost ghosts have monstrous mana, and even if I die, I still need to take medicine. Which Daluo Immortal has set this rule?"
Duan Ming Chong said, "Just take a sip."
Sui Yan was very good at fooling around when his mind was unclear. After being coaxed by Duan Mingchong, he obediently took the bowl and took a sip.
Duan Ming Chong took the bowl and said, "Is it bitter?"
Sui Yan's small face wrinkled: "Bitter."
Duan Mingchong said again: "Then do you remember me?"
Sui Yan looked suspiciously at Duan Mingchong, who had a faint expectation on his face, and said, "Aren't you the crown prince? I remember you."
Duan Mingchong looked a little lonely.
Sui Yan only thought that this person was very strange, and said that he was still so lost when he remembered him. Should he answer that he didn't remember
He played with his fingers for a long time, before his chaotic brain remembered everything between lightning and flint.
Sui Yan shivered all over, and his eyes were instantly clear.
"Your Highness..."
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, then he restrained his loneliness and said with a chuckle, "It's me."
Sui Yan didn't dare to think about what happened just now, but felt scared after a while.
He rolled and crawled from the bed and threw himself on Duan Mingchong, and said in a panic, "Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Duan Mingchong patted his back and whispered, "I'm here."
Sui Yan hugged him for a long time before letting go of his hand with red eyes.
Duan Mingchong looked at him with guilt and fear, his heart trembled as if a sharp blade had passed through him.
He forced a smile and said as softly as possible: "Ayan, your brother will go to Jiangnan in a few days. I may have something to do and I can't always accompany you. It's not easy for you to recuperate in the capital. Why don't you..."
Suiyan was most afraid of others saying this now, he was stunned for a moment, pushed Duan Mingchong's chest and stepped back, Liuli's eyes stared at Duan Mingchong with little light.
"You want me to go to Jiangnan?"
Duan Mingchong didn't know what to say, but after thinking about it for a long time, he said with difficulty: "Yes."
Sui Yan's expression turned cold and he said, "I'm not going."
Duan Mingchong didn't want the two of them to be so stiff because of this kind of problem, so he reluctantly calmed down and said softly: "As you said, Jiangnan is a good place. Pick you up without delay."
Sui Yan pushed him away, inexplicably angry, and said sharply: "I can't say it!"
Duan Mingchong was startled by his sudden anger, and looked at him in amazement.
"Ayan..."
Not only him, but Sui Yan himself was not frightened by this unreasonable resentment. He stayed in place for a long time before raising his hand to cover his eyes and muttering, "I'm not going."
"I'm not going anywhere, I don't want to be separated from you..."
Afraid of scaring him, Duan Mingchong said cautiously, "It's only a few years, soon..."
Sui Yan took a few steps back to the corner of the bed with his hands up, inhaled lightly, put his hands down from his eyes, and took a closer look at the rims of his eyes that were already red, and his eyes were full of begging.
"You... why do you have to send me away?" Sui Yan begged, "I had a good time in Beijing, what's wrong with it other than having nightmares? Recuperating, I can also recuperate in the capital, Those medicines from Jun Jingxing... I will not pour them in the future, I will make sure to finish every meal.”
Duan Mingchong wanted to pull him.
Sui Yan broke free from his hand, his back was against the wall, and there was no way to retreat.
He asked Duan Mingchong, "Is it alright?"
Duan Mingchong met his eyes full of light, and shook his head gently after a while.
"no."
Sui Yan's eyes full of Ji Yi slowly lost their light and became sad.
Duan Mingchong couldn't bear to see him like this, he stretched out his hand towards Sui Yan and said, "Ayan, I don't dare to gamble with you with the destiny, and I don't want to watch you torture yourself like this but you can't do anything. , just listen to me this time."
Sui Yan looked at him in disbelief, his body slumped in the corner, shivering.
"You... you're going to drive me away... "
Duan Ming Chong said: "It's only three years..."
Sui Yan murmured, "Can I trust you?"
"If you..."
He hesitated.
Duan Mingchong is very aware of Sui Yan's temperament, and he has always felt that a person like Sui Yan who cherishes his life will not be so hypocritical and stupid that he would rather take his life because he has been separated from Duan Mingchong for three years.
But after thinking about it, he still couldn't figure out why Sui Yan insisted on refusing to leave the capital. At this time, when he heard this, he felt as if he had caught something, and he said softly: "What if it was me? You say it, and I will tell you. ."
Sui Yan looked at him blankly, and said softly for a long time, "If I see you next time, will you send someone to bring me wine?"
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, wondering where he came from.
"Before I separated from Duan Zhisu, it was as good as it was before. I tried my best to rehabilitate him. I worked hard for so many years..." Sui Yan was shaking all over, and his voice was getting weaker and weaker, "When we finally met again, but only Ended up with a cup of stigma."
Duan Mingchong was stunned.
Sui Yan huddled in the corner and hugged his head, his messy long hair blocked half of his face, but he couldn't stop him from being full of despair.
"We are so good now, but if three years pass, you..." Sui Yan said, "you, like him, want my life..."
Sui Yan's voice finally took on some fearful cry.
"His Royal Highness, that poisonous wine, should I drink it or not?"