Song Xian looked at him in horror: "What did you say..."
At the same time, Duan Mingchong stumbled under his feet, and his shoulders directly hit the screen next to him, making a loud noise.
Sui Yan and Song Xian looked at the sound.
Duan Ming Chongxu covered his right arm and struggled to keep the soft smile on his face.
Sui Yan: "…"
Song Xian was so frightened that he almost choked on his own saliva. He looked at the prince in amazement, and then at Sui Yan, with big words in his eyes - you're going to be cleaned up!
Sui Yan was also a little guilty, and this was the first time he had tasted fear in the face of Duan Ming Chong.
He laughed dryly and was about to put his legs down on the table, but because he was wearing too thick clothes today, his legs didn't come down.
Song Xian stood up, gave Sui Yan a self-conscious look, and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness."
Duan Mingchong put down his hand and smiled gently: "No need to be more polite."
Suiyan couldn't let go of his legs for a while, so he had to smile at Duan Ming Chong: "Your Highness is well."
Duan Mingchong gave a faint "um", stepped forward slowly, and under Song Xian's terrified gaze, raised his hand to lift Sui Yan's calf and put it down gently.
After Suiyan came down, he quickly stood up and whispered: "Didn't your Highness say that you are still busy with the palace, why do you have time to come here?"
Duan Mingchong said nothing and looked at him lightly.
The atmosphere between the two was too weird. Song Xian, who was on the side, didn't want to stay any longer, and said hurriedly, "His Royal Highness and Lord Hou are busy first, and Chonghui will leave first."
Duan Mingchong tilted his head and looked at him coldly.
Song Xian was actually seen by people who were a few years younger than him.
Soon, Duan Mingchong slowly retracted his gaze, as if the person who had just stared at Song Xian's death was not him.
"Um."
Song Xian was in a hurry to run.
Duan Mingchong suddenly said, "That's right."
Song Xian Dun stayed on the spot: "What else is your Highness instructing?"
Duan Mingchong chuckled lightly and said, "It's not an order, I just want you to give your master a message."
Song Xian was startled.
Duan Mingchong said: "It's not something he should be in charge of, it's best not to interfere."
Song Xian froze all over before salutes and said yes, and turned to leave.
Uncle Sui Yan just had his legs crossed in a whimsical way. When Duan Ming Chong came, he immediately lowered his head like a quail, staring at the begonia pattern on the hem of his clothes.
Duan Mingchong asked everyone who came along to leave, and the dark guard of the East Palace also heard the appalling words of the old man, so he didn't dare to stay any longer, and went out tremblingly - and closed the door thoughtfully.
The door was closed with a creak, Sui Yan's shoulders shook slightly, inexplicably a little scared.
Duan Mingchong sat gracefully on the soft chair, looked at Sui Yan's uneasily shaking hands and dared not sit down, and said with a smile, "Sit down."
Sui Yan looked up at him before carefully saying, "You won't... punish me?"
Duan Mingchong said: "Oh? What did you do wrong? I want to punish you?"
Duan Mingchong's unwavering appearance made Suiyan even more guilty. He walked over, sat opposite Duan Mingchong, and murmured, "I... just now I spoke out loud... and offended His Highness. "
Duan Mingchong didn't feel offended, but felt it was novel.
He has a noble status, and sometimes people will feel offended when they look directly at him, but Sui Yan is better, and said in front of so many people that he wants to marry him.
Duan Mingchong asked for a new pot of hot tea, poured a cup and pushed it in front of Sui Yan, and said lightly, "I don't blame you."
Sui Yan said "Oh", looked down at the cup of hot tea, pursed his lips and looked at it for a long time, before whispering: "There won't be any medicine in it, right?"
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Duan Mingchong laughed: "What are you afraid of, and even if I really want to punish you, what kind of punishment do you think you can bear?"
It is reluctant to beat and scold him, not to mention the other heavy ones.
Sometimes Duan Ming Chong even began to suspect that if Sui Yan did something that would anger him one day, he might explode his lungs and would never say a harsh word to Sui Yan.
Sui Yan thought about it carefully, and found that he really didn't need to be punished, and the stone in his heart suddenly dropped.
He picked up the cup and took a sip.
Duan Ming Chong propped his chin on the back of his hand, looked at Sui Yan with soft eyes, and suddenly said, "But do you really want to marry me?"
Sui Yan: "cough cough..."
He almost sprayed the water out, and at the last minute he thought that the person in front of him was Duan Mingchong, who was like a fairy like Guangfeng Jiyue, and he immediately forcibly held back.
Sui Yan coughed twice, and his face turned red: "His Royal Highness..."
He didn't expect that Duan Mingchong would hear his words. Instead of getting angry, he asked him this question with great interest.
Duan Mingchong said with a smile: "Okay, let's not make trouble, I'll take you out to play after drinking tea."
Sui Yan put down the cup, frowned and said, "But my brother told me to go home before dark."
Duan Ming Chong said: "Nothing, I will take you back then."
Sui Yan thought about it, now that Duan Mingchong sends him back, his brother will not make him more difficult than before.
Thinking of this, he nodded.
The two drank another half cup of tea relatively silently. Sui Yan also wrapped a few rose cakes in oil paper and put them in the bag, and went out with Duan Mingchong.
The sky outside was slowly darkening, the lights were bright all around, and the bustling people came and went, it was very lively.
Duan Mingchong and Sui Yan walked side by side into the crowd. Because the crowd was too crowded, they would bump into others from time to time.
Sui Yan frowned and followed Duan Mingchong, "Dang... Ming Chong, where are we going?"
When Duan Mingchong heard the voice, he turned to look at him slightly, and was about to speak when the crowd suddenly surged, and the people behind suddenly squeezed Suiyan forward and staggered a step forward, and happened to be picked up by Duan Mingchong in his arms.
Sui Yan frowned and looked back.
Duan Mingchong put his hands on his side to protect him, and said, "Maybe it's going to set off fireworks."
Suiyan said: "Will the fireworks be so early? It's just dark now."
Duan Mingchong smiled and said nothing. He put his hand on Sui Yan's shoulder and walked through the crowd to a side alley.
Sui Yan followed Duan Mingchong forward. There were few people in the side alley, but he always saw a man and a woman walking by, holding beautiful lanterns in their hands.
Suiyan looked at it and suddenly recalled the first time he and Duan Mingchong went out to visit the Lantern Festival.
The young and inexperienced little Highness read the folk customs found by the people at night under the lamp, and then, under the lanterns all over the floor, he asked Suiyan solemnly and embarrassedly.
"Did you know that only lovers who are in love with each other will go to Minghe to set off lanterns?"
Sui Yan thought and laughed suddenly.
Duan Mingchong looked at him suspiciously: "What's wrong?"
Sui Yan smiled at him and said, "Your Highness, when are we going to Minghe to set off lanterns together?"
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, and then he also thought of the embarrassment that happened a few years ago. He coughed unnaturally, and said in a low voice, "Wait... Wait for the year when the ice melts... Let's talk about it."
Sui Yan said: "Okay."
The two passed through a few side alleys and stopped beside a bright tower on the long street of Tianshui Alley.
This pagoda has been abandoned for many years, and it has only been renovated in recent years. After the renovation, ordinary people cannot go there. Only people with high power can go once or twice a year.
Sui Yan was a little afraid of heights, and didn't think there was anything beautiful in high places, so he never came here once.
Duan Ming Chong said: "We will enjoy the fireworks on the top floor tonight."
Sui Yan: "Huh?"
Fireworks
Duan Mingchong took him into the Ming Pagoda, and as soon as he entered, someone respectfully greeted him.
On the wall of the Ming Tower, there are numerous pulls, which illuminate the entire tower, and the glazed windows are illuminated by the bright and flickering candles.
Sui Yan was the first to come back to the Ming Pagoda, looked around curiously, and was pulled by Duan Mingchong's wrist and stepped on the steps of the glazed stone to the top floor.
There is a warm pavilion on the top floor, with bamboo curtains hanging from all sides, and a charcoal basin inside, which is as warm as spring.
After Duan Mingchong sat down with Sui Yan, he raised his finger and said, "In another quarter of an hour, there will be fireworks for about half an hour. I'll send you back after reading it."
Sui Yan tilted his head and glanced at him. Originally, he was a little afraid of heights, but when he looked down at Tianshui Lane, which looked like a fire dragon, he was no longer afraid.
"About half an hour? Is it that long?" Sui Yan opened his eyes, "I remember that it was finished in about a quarter of an hour a few years ago."
Duan Mingchong said: "This year will be a little longer."
Sui Yan looked at him suspiciously, but didn't think much, tilted his head and stared at the place where Duan Ming Chong pointed, looking a little expectant.
Duan Mingchong originally sat opposite him, but seeing Sui Yan's bright eyes, he suddenly felt a little moved for some reason.
He was in the soft chair, his toes always wanted to stretch out, and he made a gesture of wanting to go out and sit next to Sui Yan, but every time he retracted his toes and put them away peacefully.
But after a while, he was about to move again, and his toes tried to stretch out again.
Sui Yan suddenly turned his head and said, "His Royal Highness, I thought about it carefully again, wouldn't this fireworks be arranged by you?"
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Duan Mingchong was startled, his toes retracted immediately, his face did not show, he pretended to be indifferent: "You guessed it?"
Suiyan laughed: "No, I cheated on you."
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Duan Mingchong lowered his head slightly, his ears were hot, and said softly: "You told me a few days ago that you wanted to watch fireworks on New Year's Eve but was stopped by General Sui, so I thought... I'll give you something to be happy."
Plus... Sui Yan didn't seem to like the jade ring finger he gave.
Duan Mingchong thought so, his toes began to stretch out again.
At the same time, there was a sudden scream from the sky not far away, and then countless fireworks rose into the sky, and suddenly exploded into streaks of shattering light at the highest point, crackling into pieces.
The fireworks were dazzling and flickering, and they seemed to have more variety than in previous years.
Sui Yan was startled, turned his head and saw that the fireworks in the sky were like falling into the Milky Way, exploding in front of him.
He looked at him in amazement, and his eyes were full of broken light.
Duan Ming Chong Yuguang didn't even share with the fireworks that exploded in the sky, and Sui Yan was full of words and smiles.
It is not unreasonable that someone admires Guang and would rather burn than let go.
Duan Mingchong thought so, suddenly stood up from the soft chair, and quickly walked to Sui Yan's side.
Sui Yan looked happy when he was suddenly blocked, and looked up at Duan Mingchong in surprise.
"Your Highness?"
Duan Ming Chong took a deep breath, and suddenly leaned down and dropped a kiss like a dragonfly on Sui Yan's eyebrows.
Sui Yan was stunned and looked at him in amazement.
Score at the touch of a button.
Duan Mingchong's heart beat faster, but he was still forced, and said, "Ayan, if I ascend the throne one day, I will definitely not marry another woman."
Sui Yan looked at him blankly, but did not respond for a while.
Duan Mingchong gently bent over, his forehead rested on Sui Yan's eyebrows, and he held Sui Yan's cold hand in his palm, his gesture was a little too intimate.
Sui Yan's eyes didn't blink at all, and he seemed to have a hunch that Duan Mingchong would say something very important, and he even let his breathing down.
Duan Mingchong gently rubbed his forehead, his voice lowered, with a little serious awe.
"If one day I have to choose between the throne and you, then I will only choose you."
Sui Yan's pupils shrank suddenly and looked at him in amazement.
Duan Ming Chong's eyes are full of soft light, like a breeze.
"I only want you."
Song Xian came out of Tianshui Lane in a hurry, and met Duan Zhisu who had been waiting for a long time.
Duan Zhisu was holding a lantern given to him by a little girl, and was looking at it casually, when he saw Song Xian like this, his eyes darkened: "So, is it true?"
Song Xian nodded with difficulty: "It is said that His Royal Highness has a noble status and is unattainable, but just now he actually went to support Wanggui's leg..."
If someone else makes such an action, it is nothing at all, but that person is a prince under one person and more than ten thousand people.
Duan Mingchong turned the lantern in his hand unconsciously, and glanced at the five-cornered red tassels spinning slightly.
"Forgetting... He should know what he's doing."
Hearing this, Song Xian's face became even more disheveled, and he said one by one the outrageous words of Suiyan just now, and also emphasized how strange the prince's face was, and he was probably angry.
"If the prince is not serious about him, just this sentence alone will be enough for him to go to prison many times."
Duan Mingchong listened in silence, until the fireworks exploded in the distance, he sighed softly and said, "Forget it, he doesn't need us to worry anymore."
No matter how anxious they were, Sui Yan wouldn't care at all.
After figuring this out, Duan Zhisu also seemed to let go of a concern. He rubbed his eyebrows and said in a low voice, "Go back."
Song Xian looked at the sky and said, "Are you going back now? It's just dark."
Duan Zhisu looked a little tired. Since his birthday a year ago, he started having nightmares every night, but when he woke up, he couldn't remember what he had dreamed about. He just felt tired and sad, and sometimes he touched his face, You can even touch tears.
Duan Zhisu: "Well, go back."
Song Xian didn't have much fun by himself, so he nodded and followed Duan Zhisu back.
Song Xian is a very lively person. Usually, he chats endlessly with Duan Zhisu, and Duan Zhisu responds a few times from time to time without getting bored.
There was still some time on the way back, Song Xian had no words to look for, and said: "Wanggui seems to have lost a lot of weight, and I don't know how his family's Langzhong treated him. I heard that he had a fight a year ago. His Majesty gave him a lot of precious things when he was almost unable to survive the serious illness..."
Duan Zhisu, who was rubbing his eyebrows, suddenly stopped.
"Zhen... my country, how can it fall into the hands of someone with a foreign surname?"
"Huang'er, Huang'er... You are the only one I can entrust to me. He, he, he has forgotten to return to his old age and his ambitions are so obvious. It is absolutely impossible... No..."
"I have already prepared people for 'stigma', as long as you order it to be granted to him, this throne..."
Duan Zhisu's pupils shrank sharply, he suddenly held down his chest, staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Song Xian was startled, and quickly supported him: "His Royal Highness!"
Duan Zhisu's eyes went black for a while, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears, intertwined with the sound of fireworks bursting in the distance, making him dizzy.
"...it's yours."
Duan Zhisu's knees hit the ground hard, and Song Xian supported him against his chest. His pupils were dilated, and he couldn't tell whether he was in a dream or in reality for a while.
"Your second emperor brother died in his hands, so did the fifth emperor brother..." The old emperor's face was full of dead gray sickness, his lips were a little purple, and he seemed to be poisoned. He used his remaining strength to hold on. Holding the solemn hand, he said with difficulty, "Your fifth emperor brother did not make any big mistakes. On the way to the fief... he didn't spare Xi Chen..."
Duan Zhisu, who was kneeling beside the couch, heard this, raised his head slightly, and looked at the emperor who was like a candle in the wind, his eyes were deep.
"The people who followed only said that Xi Chen... When he arrived in the fief, he became seriously ill and died..." the emperor said, "but no one knows that there are no people in the palace..."
It's just that Suiyan had already colluded with some important officials in the court at that time. Even if the emperor wanted to punish him, he could not attack the prince who was proclaimed by him.
"You have to kill him... or he won't let you go."
Hearing this sentence, Duan Zhisu smiled lightly.
The years of confinement in the previous life had long since polished off the last edge of this man. Although he was smiling, the bottom of his eyes was gloomy and indifferent.
"Father." Duan Zhisu said softly, "You are wrong."
The emperor looked at him blankly.
Duan Zhi said solemnly: "The Fifth Emperor didn't kill him, it was me."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, but didn't seem to react. After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him in astonishment.
Duan Zhisu was still kneeling on the ground, but there was no trace of sadness or respect on his face.
"Yongcheng Canglin Temple is not too far from where my fifth emperor brother went to the fief. It's just because of the Shangluo Mountains that one side is barren and the other is rich." Duan Zhisu said softly, "Duan Xichen held you in the palm of his hand since he was a child. , he is heartless and does not know the world, and it is easy to harm him."
The emperor clung to Duan Zhisu's hand tightly, his fingernails sinking into his arm, and a trace of blood flowed out.
Duan Zhisu did not change his color in the slightest, and still looked at the emperor mockingly.
"You... are rebellious..."
Duan Zhi said solemnly: "Father Miaozan, this is all taught by you."
He slowly opened the emperor's hand a little bit, stood up and looked at him condescendingly, and said softly: "The blood of the royal family is cold, and only those who are ruthless and insensitive can inherit the great lineage."
After Duan Mingchong was born, the emperor appointed a prince, and he taught his brothers, friends and brothers to respect teachers and teach them every day, but the other princes did not care so much. They either spoiled him like Duan Xichen or ignored them directly.
From the emperor's point of view, the prince must be gentle and courteous, so that when he inherits the throne one day, he will not be able to kill each other, and he will be able to embrace other emperors.
But he never thought about whether other people would like to give the gentle prince a way to live.
In the previous life, the little prince obeyed the emperor's orders in everything, but in the end he died unexpectedly.
Duan Zhisu didn't have much affection for the emperor in the first place, and even if he did, he was consumed by the years in Canglin Temple.
He glanced coldly at the dying emperor, who was still desperately staring at him, without the slightest sympathy.
All the people in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were spent by the serious people. He took the bed curtain and walked out slowly and said, "Chonghui."
All these years, he has been following his men, clasping his fists and saying, "Your Highness, Lord Song has just left the palace."
Duan Zhisu frowned: "What is he doing out of the palace?"
The subordinate said: "Just now, you seem to have sent someone over, handed Master Song a glass of wine, and let him go out of the palace."
Duan Zhisu's eyes froze.
liquor
He turned around suddenly and went back to the inner room.
"You let people..."
Before he could say a word, the emperor laughed hoarsely. He was so weak that he still had the strength to laugh out loud.
"Stigma... stigma! Seven years ago he... survived and died, and now..."
Duan Zhisu: "You..."
"... Does he still have this life?"
Duan Zhisu looked at him almost gnashing his teeth.
The emperor smiled happily, and perhaps it was a flashback. He struggled to reach out, grabbed Duan Zhisu's sleeve again, and said hoarsely: "I don't blame you for hurting Xichen, you just... don't go looking for him, this throne is still the same. It's yours, and no one can take it away."
Duan Zhisu sneered: "You are the only compromise that I can entrust, and you don't want the world to fall into the hands of Wanggui."
The emperor said: "You don't doubt... The thing that happened back then was because he betrayed you, so he escaped the catastrophe. I also remembered that he was able to make him the king of the county, right?"
Duan Zhisu is silent, it is the default.
The emperor coughed twice before saying hoarsely, "Huang'er, do you believe him?"
Duan Zhisu: "I..."
He hesitated.
The emperor smiled: "If you don't believe him, you're right. He won't live for long. If you wait here for an hour, I will order someone to bring the edict that has been drawn up a long time ago. Otherwise, even if you ascend the throne, you will end up in It's a misnomer..."
Duan Zhisu lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment.
"Zhisu, think about it, a betrayal, is it worth your exchange for the throne?"
"Stay, don't go looking for him."
"it's OK?"
On the Lantern Festival of the new life, Duan Zhisu, who was kneeling on the bluestone street, clutched his chest, as if awakened from a nightmare, waved Song Xian's hand supporting him, and said in a hoarse voice, "No..."
Song Xian was so frightened that the two of them were just walking. Duan Zhisu looked a little wrong. He knelt on the ground with his chest covered for a long time, as if he had lost his soul, and whispered something he couldn't understand. .
And it's hard to say a normal sentence, but it's still a no-brainer "no".
Song Xian was afraid that he would fall, and supported him again: "Your Highness, Your Highness! What's the matter?"
Duan Zhisu's eyes were red, wondering if he was awake or not, he struggled to walk back.
He murmured: "I want... to find Wanggui..."