After a while, Sui Yan was sent back to the Hou residence by his servants.
When the stigma gets into his throat, it usually takes an hour for the poison to develop slowly, but it took only three quarters of an hour from the Third Prince's Mansion to the Hou's Mansion, Suiyan felt dizzy in front of him, and nearly stumbled and fell on the snow when he jumped out of the carriage.
Haitang was changing lanterns outside, and when she saw him coming back, she quickly stepped forward to greet him: "Master, why did you come back so early?"
Sui Yan was only wearing a wide-sleeved jacket, which made his figure thinner. The wind and snow got cold in his sleeves. He didn't know if it was cold or something else.
Seeing that his face was wrong, Haitang was about to help him, but Sui Yan waved her hand away.
"Master?"
Sui Yan walked towards his yard with his eyes down: "You don't have to follow."
What else did Haitang have to say, Sui Yan had already walked into the red plum forest leading to the yard, and a gust of snow came and disappeared.
The snow in Merlin had accumulated so much that his ankles were gone, and Sui Yan stumbled into it while panting slightly.
In a trance, his face was suddenly scratched by a plum blossom, he took a few steps to the side, his feet were unstable, and he suddenly fell to the ground.
Without a cloak, he was thinly planted in the snowdrift, and slowly sat up with his hands on the snow, staring blankly at a jade pendant that fell out of his sleeve.
—That was the birthday present he planned to give to Duan Zhisu.
In the previous life, he also prepared the same jade pendant, but he did not send it out because of the death of Duan Mingchong. In this life, he wanted to make up for this regret, but he didn't want it to be the biggest joke at this time.
The more Sui Yan looked at it, the more ridiculous and sad he felt.
The pattern of the jade pendant was painted by himself before he was reborn and engraved by others. I heard the owner of the jade shop say that the pattern of the jade pendant is often the magpie goldfish evergreen, and the osmanthus peony is three years old. What meaning is good to carve.
At that time, Sui Wanggui felt that the pattern was too monotonous, so he thought of combining several flowers with festive meanings and painted it, and directly painted it into a four dissimilarity, but it was carved out anyway.
It's just that the next time he went to that jade shop, the boss wouldn't accept him again, which made Sui Wanggui very puzzled.
Sui Yan stared blankly at the jade pendant on the snow, and then, as if stunned, clenched his fist and slammed it on the jade pendant.
With a muffled sound of "bang", the jade pendant was smashed into the snow by him. It didn't break the first time. Sui Yan knelt on the ground and smashed it twice again.
The jade pendant cracked and shattered into several pieces, and the broken jade cut his hands blue from the cold and drenched blood.
Sui Yan looked at the broken jade pendant in a daze, and thought to himself, "How on earth did I... make myself a joke?"
When he drank the wine, he could see clearly the expressions of Song Xian and Duan Zhisu, but the clearer he saw, the sadder his heart became.
Sui Yan's first reaction was: "Ah, so they all know."
Only I don't know.
After the daze, the irrepressible collapse came completely.
Sui Yan didn't understand very much. Why did Duan Zhisu and Duan Ruwang put Duan Ming Chong to death on such an occasion? Duan Ming Chong died at his birthday banquet. There are countless reasons for him, and it must be the first. One cannot escape the relationship.
It is not stupid for Duan Zhisu to survive in the DPRK for many years. Why did he do this
If Sui Yan in his previous life could have noticed this, he would definitely consider the overall situation for Duan Zhisu first.
But now, he didn't want to think about anything, didn't want to see the virtuous expressions of the two, and didn't even want to stay at the vomiting banquet for a quarter of an hour.
Sui Yan covered his mouth and collapsed like a cracked snow mountain, smashing all the right things he insisted on in his previous life and this life, leaving nothing but residue.
Can't even pick it up.
He was both desperate and aggrieved, wanted to laugh and cried, his lips twitched but he couldn't laugh, his eyes were sore but not a single tear could fall, only a dull pain hit his heart, making him tremble with pain.
Sui Yan stared blankly and recalled that in his previous life, he had abandoned his shame and dignity and calculated in the court for so many years. He turned himself into a sinister and vicious little person who sometimes hated himself, just to avenge and rehabilitate Duan Zhisu, instead of believing in ghosts and gods. After he lived a new life, he suddenly realized that what he insisted on in his previous life was all in vain, and even... just fell into a scam.
Ridiculous.
"Is there anyone in this world who is more stupid than me?" Sui Yan murmured, and replied to himself, "There must be none."
Sui Yan knelt and sat in the snow for a moment, the frenzy in his eyes gradually dissipated.
"I can't die yet." He staggered and stood up, holding the plum tree beside him, his eyes were lost, and he muttered, "I lived again, not to let myself die so uselessly."
After taking a bath, Jun Jingxing was reading a medical book under the lamp. In the stillness of the snowy night, there was a faint knock on the door. He frowned and put on his coat to open the door.
The door had just been opened, and before Jun Jingxing could react, a person fell straight towards him, he instinctively helped him, and was stunned to find that it was Sui Yan who was covered in snow.
Sui Yan grabbed Jun Jingxing's sleeve in a daze, barely opened his eyes, and said intermittently, "Poison... you will solve it..."
Before he could finish speaking, he vomited out a mouthful of blood.
Jun Jingxing was startled and hurriedly carried him into the house.
Sui Yan has been holding his arm tightly, and he has lost his mind because of his skill: "Yue, see you in the moon..."
Jun Jingxing almost freaked out when he saw that he couldn't stop vomiting blood, he ripped off Sui Yan's clothes soaked in snow, stuffed him into the warm quilt, and hurriedly said: "What is it? What's the matter? Are you poisoned?"
He said that he was about to call someone, but Sui Yan grabbed him, even though his throat was tingling unbearably, he still weakly urged: "Don't tell, other people..."
After laboriously saying this sentence, Sui Yan felt that he was really cheap, and at this time he was still thinking about Duan Zhishen.
"Sui Wanggui, you deserve to die." Sui Yan thought to himself.
Soon, the stigma began to spread, and the chill and heat swept through his body, burning his whole body into a daze, so painful that he could not wait to turn over to the bed.
Ah, right.
Before falling into chaos, Suiyan suddenly remembered what Duan Zhisu said to him back then.
He said, "Wanggui, are you willing to believe me?"
Duan Zhisu's eyes were lost in those days, and he looked at him blankly, looking weak and desperate.
The young man Sui Wanggui had never seen Duan Zhisu look like this, so he couldn't control anything and nodded.
"Of course I believe in you."
Naturally...
Believe in you.
And what are you doing with my trust
It snowed heavily for several days. On New Year's Eve, the ice on the eaves was solid. The snow on the roof was melted by the sunlight, and slowly dripped down the crystal clear ice.
Early in the morning, Suixun tied the cloak on his shoulders, straightened his collar, frowned, and turned around and said, "You haven't woken up yet?"
Haitang's face was full of worry: "Yes, Doctor Jun said that when the young master came back that night, the coldness entered his body, and it would not heal in a while, and it would take a few days of careful care to wake up."
After Duan Zhisu's birthday banquet, Sui Xun has been busy in the army all the time. He came back today on New Year's Eve. He originally wanted to bring Sui Yan into the palace, but he didn't want to be told that Sui Yan was still ill.
Sui Xun waved Haitang's hand to tidy up the girdle for him, and said, "How come no one told me that he is so ill, let the driver wait for a while, and I'll go see him."
Haitang hurriedly said yes.
Sui Xun walked quickly to Sui Yan's yard in the east. Before entering the door, he smelled a medicinal smell mixed with blood. He pushed in the door, but unexpectedly bumped into someone head-on.
Jun Jingxing took a few steps back and saw that it was Suixun who hurriedly bowed.
Sui Xun knew that Sui Yan had found a gentleman in the rivers and lakes to live at home, but he didn't care, he looked down at the blood-stained handkerchief in Jun Jingxing's hand, his eyes froze, and said, "Didn't you say you're sick? Still bleeding?"
Jun Jingxing hurriedly said, "It's just the bruises that came out, it's not in the way."
Sui Xun glared at him with a look of a quack doctor.
Jun Jingxing hurriedly took the water basin and went down to draw fresh water.
Sui Xun ignored him, thinking that when he entered the palace today, he was going to invite an imperial physician to come over to show Sui Yan. He walked to the couch in the inner room while thinking about it. Startled.
It was only a few days after being sick that Sui Yan almost lost weight, her brows were wrinkled on the soft pillow, her face was pale but her lips were unnaturally red.
Sui Xun sat gently on the edge of the bed, touched Sui Yan's forehead with his hand, and whispered, "Forgetting to go home?"
Sui Yan moaned in a low voice, his lips moved lightly, not knowing what he was dreaming about.
At this time, Jun Jingxing poured hot water and came in from outside, looking at Suixun with a shy look.
Sui Xun frowned and soaked the handkerchief in hot water, gently wiped the cold sweat from Sui Yan's forehead, and asked, "When will he wake up?"
Jun Jingxing thought for a while and said, "Two more days."
"Two days..." Sui Xun rubbed his brows, feeling a little irritable, "Can you be faster?"
Jun Jingxing seemed to want to roll his eyes, thinking that your younger brother is not a common illness, he is poisoned, saving a life is already a blessing from the ancestors, do you want to be faster? I can do it by kicking my legs a little faster.
But before he went to bed, Sui Yan told him not to tell others, and Jun Jingxing rarely listened to what he said. These days, there have been people coming to visit from the Marquis Mansion, but they were all pushed back by him with a cold wind.
It was getting late, Sui Xun was in a hurry to enter the palace and did not wait much longer. After a few words with Jun Jing Xing, he left full of worry.
Today is New Year's Eve, and it is also the winter festival.
All dynasties and dynasties sacrificed to heaven on New Year's Eve. Dew sacrifices were built in the palace, red candles were erected on the altar, and sky lanterns were hung in the southwest. After the hour, the emperor climbed to the altar and the prince was on the side, burning the blessings and praying for the coming year. .
Along with the civil and military officials, Sui Xun looked at the emperor on the altar and worshipped the ancestors.
When he followed the bow to greet the Emperor God, he absently took a half step, and Duan Mingchong, who had just come down from the altar, looked at him strangely, and finally whispered, "General, go back to your seat."
Only then did Suixun regain his senses, and frowned, he returned to his seat and sat down on his knees.
He was a little absent-minded the whole time, and even Duan Zhisu, who was far away, saw it. When the Taihe Bell rang, he couldn't help but said to Song Xian, who was beside him: "Is Wanggui still ill?"
Song Xian whispered: "Your Highness, keep silent during the sacrifice."
Duan Zhisu had to sit back again.
The tedious sacrifice ceremony continued for most of the day, and finally stopped at noon.
Sui Xun was in a hurry to go back to see Sui Yan, and after speaking with a few colleagues, he quickly walked out of the palace.
When leaving Cheng'anmen, Duan Zhisu suddenly stopped him.
Suixun turned around to see him and bowed.
Duan Zhisu seemed a little hard to tell, and said, "Is Wanggui ill these days? Today's sacrifice to the heavens has not arrived yet."
Suixun said, "Yes, probably because I forgot to put on thick clothes and suffered some cold when I returned to the mansion that day. The doctor said that it was nothing serious, and I would be able to wake up in a few days."
Duan Zhisu finally breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile: "That's good, I'll go see him in a few days."
Suixun said "um", said goodbye and left.
Song Xian came up from behind, looked at Sui Xun's hurried steps, and frowned, "How's it going?"
Duan Zhi said solemnly, "It's just the wind and cold."
Song Xian hesitated.
The two walked side by side on the way back to the mansion. Halfway through the road, Song Xian suddenly couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, why do you think Sui Wanggui drank that glass of wine for the prince? As far as I know, he and the prince seem to be together. No friendship, do you think he might know something?"
Duan Zhisu was stunned.
Song Xian said: "You and I both know what the wine is mixed with. Although I don't know what deadly poison is, but according to the year, I forget that..."
Duan Zhisu whispered: "Shut up."
Song Xian closed his mouth, but the anger in his eyes remained undiminished.
Duan Zhisu took a deep breath and said, "I didn't think well about this matter. I'll go see him in a few days and explain this matter to him clearly. You, don't talk nonsense in front of him, forget about it. Gui looks at Lingtong, but his mind is very heavy, and saying the wrong word may cause a gap in his heart."