During dinner, Sui Yan absently drank half a bowl of soup, but couldn't hold back, and asked the palace servant who was serving the dishes, "Where's Your Highness?"
The palace servant helped him with a chopstick, which was only a piece of meat in the medicinal meal, and respectfully said, "Your Highness said that he had eaten at the Fifth Highness's place, so he will not come to accompany the little Marquis."
Sui Yan almost broke the chopsticks in his hand.
He thought: Oh man.
Sui Yanshi finished his meal without knowing the taste, and was persuaded by the palace servants to drink half a bowl of medicine, and returned to the side hall in a muffled voice.
Sui Yan sat on the couch in a daze for a long time, and unhappily untied the front of his clothes, intending to go to bed, but when he put the clothes down, the sachet in his arms accidentally fell out.
Sui Yan was stunned for a while, and it took a long while to realize why Duan Mingchong suddenly left him out.
After he figured out all the points, Sui Yan's mood, which had been depressed all night, instantly flew up.
In the bedroom of the East Palace, Duan Mingchong was sitting in front of the book desk with his hair loose, holding a book in his hand and looking down at him. The candle flames the size of bean grains enveloped him, and his handsome profile became more and more gentle.
Sui Yan opened the door carefully, seeing Duan Mingchong's warm and jade-like appearance, his Adam's apple moved with difficulty.
He poked his head at the door for a long time before he asked timidly, "Your Highness?"
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, looked up at the door, saw Sui Yan's vigilant appearance like a frightened little animal, and his eyes sank.
"What are you doing outside? Come in."
Only then did Sui Yan come in trembling. He was wearing a thin coat, but his feet were still bare, and his lips were frozen blue.
Duan Mingchong looked at it, and his face suddenly sank. He left the book that he hadn't turned over all night on the desk, got up and walked quickly.
"Why did you come here without wearing thick clothes? Isn't it cold?!" Duan Mingchong stepped forward and dragged him into the room, pushing him onto the couch with a sullen face.
Sui Yan was originally a bitter planner, because it was expected that Duan Mingchong would definitely eat his way.
He bent his legs, stepped on each other with two cold feet, and whispered: "I suddenly remembered that I have something to clarify with His Highness, so I ran over."
Duan Ming Chong frowned and said, "Is there anything I can't tell you tomorrow?"
Sui Yan took out a purple sachet from his sleeve, carefully pinched the two tassel threads on the tassels with two fingers, handed it to Duan Mingchong, and whispered, "This."
Duan Mingchong's eyes moved, and he said, "Do you want to tell me about the girl who gave you the sachet?"
Sui Yan swallowed.
Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "It's natural that people give you sachets because they are interested in you. You can make decisions about your own life-long affairs. What do you want to say to me?"
After Duan Mingchong finished speaking, his hand in his sleeve clenched violently and pulled out a few folds in the brocade, and there was an unknown sourness in his heart.
"He's so old, it's time to prepare for his life-long event." Duan Mingchong thought sadly, "Since he wants to discuss a relative, he can't stay in the East Palace for too long."
Duan Ming Chong was about to say that he wanted him to return to the Hou's Mansion when he saw Sui Yan lowered his head and untied the sachet, revealing the few pine nuts left in it.
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Suiyan smiled ingratiatingly: "I ran into Jiang Enhe in the palace during the day, and he forcibly shoved it to me. I was afraid that His Highness would not dare to let you know because of the unknown origin of this thing."
Duan Mingchong stared at a few pine nuts in the sachet, not knowing what to say for a long time, his eyes were full of indescribable complexity.
Suiyan shook the sachet and threw it under the bed like a hot potato, and said with a smile, "I threw it away, look at you, I threw it away, and I threw it away. I will never eat it again. Now, your Highness is kind, don't blame me anymore."
Duan Mingchong looked a little helpless by his pitiful expression, he rubbed his brows and said, "I don't blame you, if you want to eat this kind of food again in the future, I will ask the royal chef to help you make it. …”
Sui Yan said, "...It's not clean, I know, I will definitely not eat it again in the future."
Duan Mingchong looked at him helplessly, with a gentle smile on his face.
Sui Yan finally saw Duan Ming Chong's usual gentle smile, and he smiled when he knew that he had talked about it.
Duan Ming Chong said: "Since there is nothing else, you should first..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Sui Yan lifting the quilt and crawling inside.
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Duan Mingchong said with difficulty: "Ayan, what are you doing?"
In one sentence, Sui Yan arched into the quilt like a snake. At this time, only the top of his hair and two eyes like glaze were exposed. He grabbed the edge of the quilt with both hands and winked at him: "I cold."
Duan Mingchong was helpless: "Then I'll send you back to the side hall to sleep."
Suiyan smiled and said, "Your Highness, for the sake of admitting my mistake this time, let me sleep here for one night. I'm not used to sleeping alone, and I had nightmares all night last night."
Duan Mingchong was a little embarrassed.
Sui Yan is cruel: "I can't sleep, I may have to look for incense everywhere."
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Duan Mingchong was completely defeated by him, and nodded helplessly: "Okay, I'll have someone bring a charcoal basin and sleep."
Sui Yan immediately smiled, arched his body and shrank into the bed, and patted on the quilt: "His Royal Highness, come quickly!"
Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "I still have something to do, so it will be later."
Sui Yan rubbed onto the bed, not afraid of Duan Mingchong running halfway, so he nodded obediently.
Duan Mingchong tucked the quilt for him before turning around and leaving.
As soon as he turned his head, the smile on his face became a little cold, and he walked a few steps with a frown, picking up the sachet on the ground and looking at it casually.
Sui Yan was arching around in the quilt, not knowing what he was happy about.
Duan Mingchong glanced at the arched quilt, his eyes darkened, and he quickly threw the sachet into the charcoal basin beside him.
The charcoal fire was quickly swallowed up by the sachet, and in a short while it burned into a mass of ashes.
Duan Ming Chong looked down at the sachet in the charcoal basin that was burnt by the flames, his amber eyes flickered by the fire.
He murmured softly, "Jiang, En, He."
Relying on his own thick skin, Sui Yan managed to stay in Duan Ming Chong's dormitory—although His Royal Highness was still a gentleman who refused to touch him, and wanted to move himself to the edge of the bed to sleep every day.
After half a month, the grass grew and the warbler flew, and the flowers were splendid.
Sui Yan's body was well maintained by Duan Ming Chong, and his face also grew a little fleshy, looking a lot more ruddy, but he was probably at the age of long body, and the muscles and bones of his legs were cramping crazily every night. They were all screaming and screaming in pain, and by the way, they secretly fluttered into His Highness's arms, taking advantage of them.
On this day, Duan Ming Chong went to the cabinet to discuss the matter. Last night, Sui Yan, who had been twitching his legs all night, was trembling and planned to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers. Whispered.
Suiyan waved his hand: "It's okay, don't worry about me, I'll just go for a walk."
The young marquis was physically disabled and moved to the imperial garden step by step.
After a while, a figure hurried along the quiet path.
Sui Yan saw it at a glance, and hurriedly said, "Here!"
The man ran quickly, and when he walked near, a bruised face was revealed. It was Gan Enhe.
When Sui Yan saw it, he was taken aback: "Huh! Lord Jiang, how come you have such a respectful appearance today?"
Gannhe walked up the steps and said angrily, "I invited you to provoke you!? Are you cheating on me so much? Besides, you have already accepted my bribe, so why did you file a complaint with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Sui Yan: "…"
Sui Yan innocently blinked: "What?"
Gan Enhe's anger continued: "Don't say you don't know anything?! I stayed well in the Hanlin Academy. A few days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly came to me and asked me to take charge of an old case! Fuck me! This one No one else dared to answer the matter, so why did it fall on me for no reason? Isn't it because you were blowing the pillow next to His Royal Highness, that I was so unlucky?"
Sui Yan was scolded with a stunned expression, but seeing that the pillow-side wind made him feel very comfortable, and it was rare that he did not care about Gan Enhe, so he patiently said: "What? If you don't take over this case, the prince will still Can't beat you?"
Gan Enhe was a little embarrassed, touched the wound on his face uncomfortably, and whispered: "I was chasing a bear cub who stole my money on the downtown street, that stinky girl, don't let me catch her, Otherwise I want her to look good!"
It was the first time that Sui Yan found out that Gan En and this person were quite interesting. He raised his eyebrows: "So, you called me out because you want me to dismiss this case for you?"
Gann nodded in humiliation.
Suiyan said: "Then tell me first, what case made you want to throw it out like a hot potato?"
Jiang Enhe thought for a while, then leaned into Sui Yan's ear and whispered, "It's the case of Yin Lingfeng's embezzlement. It seems that His Highness wants to re-investigate."
Sui Yan's eyes trembled.
Suiyan said, "Why did he suddenly check this?"
Gannhe almost screamed, "I want to know too!"
Sui Yan glanced at him with hatred: "Calm down, what a big deal, since His Royal Highness wants you to check, you can just let it go, what are you worried about?"
Gan Enhe curled his lips: "It's easy for you to say, in the case of Yin Lingfeng, many ministers in the court pleaded for him and pleaded injustice for him, but the emperor still committed the crime in order to protect the fifth highness. I want to take over this case, not asking for death. ?"
Suiyan remembered Duan Xichen's current situation, and smiled: "That's not necessarily, maybe now is a good time to reverse the case."
Gan Enhe was terrified, his mind did not turn his head, and he said blankly: "What?"
Sui Yan was about to speak when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps. The two who were very close quickly separated and turned their heads to look to the side.
Wearing a black robe, Duan Xichen came out from the side path with a few attendants, and it seemed that he was also here to enjoy the flowers.
As soon as Sui Yan saw Duan Xichen's face, his body instinctively froze, and the fear in his heart came up like a tide, but he was quickly suppressed by him.
Duan Xichen seemed to have seen Sui Yan and walked towards him with a sullen face.
He was seriously ill, and his body was weak. I don't know if it was because of the fragrance of the medicine. His temperament changed greatly, he was gloomy and deep, and his eyes were full of sinister colors.
Sui Yan and Gan Enhe stood up and saluted him.
"I have seen the Fifth Highness."
Duan Xichen stepped forward quickly, looked coldly at Sui Yan, whose legs were trembling and almost unsteady, before saying, "Get up."
The two just stood up.
Duan Xichen looked at Sui Yan coldly, and said, "Little Marquis, long time no see, you are still so beautiful."
Jiang Enhe's face sank beside him, he didn't seem to expect that Duan Xichen would dare to face Sui Yan in front of so many people with such disrespect, and his tone almost treated Sui Yan as a person of the dust.
Sui Yan didn't change his face, and said lightly: "Maybe the fifth highness has not seen you for a long time, but he is still as unreasonable and vulgar as the people in the market."
Duan Xichen: "..."
Gannhe: "… "
It seemed that Sui Yan dared to mock him in public, and Duan Xichen was stunned for a moment.
Sui Yan suddenly made an "ah", and turned his head to accuse him insincerely: "I'm really sorry, Fifth Highness, I've been sick for several days, and I'm still not fully recovered. It is to tell me not to run around, lest I offend people by talking nonsense, and I hope you will forgive me for being blunt and don't complain to the prince."