Chapter 101 Sulking

Sui Yan chased Song Xian away, and before he had even laid down on the bed for a while, he was awakened by the noise of someone repairing the house in the front yard.

Sui Yan tossed and turned for a long time, almost burying his head in the pillow, but still couldn't block out the noise that followed him like a shadow. His body was not feeling well in the first place, and after enduring it for half an hour, he finally couldn't take it anymore.

He threw off the quilt and shouted angrily, "Haitang!"

There were footsteps coming from the outer room, and a half-grown child ran over and asked in a trembling voice, "Young Master, what do you want?"

The child was probably new, and looked only about eleven or twelve years old. When he heard Sui Yan's angry voice, he was so scared that he trembled, fearing that Sui Yan would eat him alive.

Sui Yan's hair was untied and messy, and he looked extremely intimidating when he had a cold face.

"What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy? Where is Haitang?"

The child trembled and said, "Yes, General Nian is repairing the house. Haitang... Brother Haitang went to the front yard and said he would be back soon..."

Renovating the house is really noisy.

Sui Yan rubbed his brows. He had no reason to lose his temper, so he had to endure it.

He looked up at the child whose shoulders were shaking and asked, "What's your name and when did you come?"

The child stammered, "My name is Le An, I came here a few years ago."

Sui Yan had been ill from the beginning of the year until now, and had not paid much attention to him. He nodded and said, "Go find Haitang and ask if the East Palace has sent anyone over. If they haven't come by noon, tell them not to come again."

Le An was so frightened that he trembled again and cried, "But... they are from the Eastern Palace..."

He had never seen anyone so rude as to attack someone sent by the East Palace.

Sui Yan waved his hand at him and said, "Go."

Le An was too scared of him to say anything and just ran away on tiptoe.

Le An left the side yard in fear and was about to look for Haitang, but he saw Haitang hurriedly coming from the corridor of the backyard kitchen carrying a food box.

Le An had been accompanied by Haitang since he came to the Marquis' Mansion. When he saw him, he immediately rushed forward with tears in his eyes: "Brother Haitang."

Haitang was looking at the food box in her hand with a puzzled look on her face and was almost knocked over by Le'an.

He scolded, "Be careful, don't be clumsy."

Le An then stood up straight and whispered, "The young master is in the room having a bad temper and keeps asking if anyone has come from the East Palace."

Haitang felt a little embarrassed when she heard this.

Before, Sui Xun asked him to throw away all the cakes sent from the East Palace, and he had to do it under the pressure. Now the kitchen of the Marquis' Mansion has remade the cakes according to the same pattern, and he doesn't know how to tell Sui Yan.

If he directly said that the Eastern Palace did not send any cakes, Sui Yan would be furious when the truth came out; but if he told the truth, Sui Xun would most likely chase him with a knife.

Haitang was troubled for a quarter of an hour, her eyebrows were almost wrinkled, and she was very upset.

"Don't worry, the East Palace has sent something, I'll be there soon..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Zhaoyang, who was standing by the rockery in the distance, said, "Haitang, come here quickly. The Second Young Master has something for you to do."

Haitang was stunned for a moment and hesitated to speak.

“Come here!”

Haitang took a deep breath and said, "Here I come."

He stuffed the food box in his hand to the confused Le An and said hastily, "Take this to the young master. If he asks, just say you know nothing. I'll tell him after I'm done."

It's better to delay it for a while.

Le An: “…”

Le An looked confused.

After saying these two sentences, Haitang ran away quickly.

Le An held the food box in his arms and was stunned for a long time before he walked towards the side yard tremblingly.

In the side courtyard.

Sui Yan had been waiting for too long. He was leaning on the couch with his chin propped up in a daze. A hint of annoyance unconsciously appeared on his face, and his fingers were still tapping restlessly on the small table.

Le An walked in hesitantly: "Young Master..."

Sui Yan became alert immediately when he saw the food box in his hand.

"Is there anyone coming to the palace?"

Le An didn't dare to say anything. He lowered his eyes and walked over reluctantly, placing the food box in his hand on the small table next to Sui Yan.

Sui Yan waited for a whole morning and finally came. Although he sneered on the surface, he was extremely happy in his heart.

He lowered his eyes and opened the lid of the lunch box. Just as he was about to take the steamed bun, his eyes saw what was in the lunch box and his hands froze in mid-air.

The steamed buns in the food box looked similar in appearance, but they looked completely different from those in the Eastern Palace, not to mention the taste.

Sui Yan said in disbelief: "Duan Mingchong just had someone deliver this thing?"

Le An didn't know how to answer, so he could only whisper, "Young Master, you can't call the Crown Prince by his given name casually."

Sui Yan was so angry that his breathing was unstable. With trembling hands, he pointed at the monster in the food box: "He...he Duan Mingchong...cough cough!"

He was so angry that he couldn't speak, and his sore waist and legs hurt even more.

For a moment, Le An didn't know whether he should pat his chest.

Sui Yan threw the box cover back and said weakly, "Take it down."

Le An didn't dare to disobey and ran away with the lunch box.

Sui Yan was resting on the couch with a listless look on his face, his mind was clouded by anger.

He was already in a bad mood, and after being angry with himself for a long time, he was so angry that he fell asleep.

A quarter of an hour after the hour of Wei, Haitang returned to the side yard, sweating all over her forehead. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Sui Yan sleeping soundly, and she even slowed down her steps.

Haitang walked forward lightly, pushed Suiyan's shoulder, and whispered, "Young Master?"

Sui Yan was woken up in a daze and opened his eyes blankly: "Ah?"

Haitang whispered, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just arrived and has landed at the gate of the mansion. Do you want to go and greet him?"

Sui Yan was still not fully awake. He just said "oh" and said nothing more.

Haitang hurriedly pushed him twice again: "Young Master, Young Master, don't sleep anymore, the Crown Prince is here."

Sui Yan lowered his head sleepily and nearly fell off the couch. The movement pulled his aching waist and he woke up in pain.

In fact, the pain was not too severe, but he was used to it due to his pampered lifestyle. The injury was in a hidden place, so it would move no matter what movement he made. It was very uncomfortable.

He held his waist and frowned, "Who did you say was coming?"

"Prince."

Sui Yan's expression suddenly turned cold.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside, and through the half-open window for ventilation, a corner of Duan Mingchong's black clothes could be vaguely seen not far away.

Sui Yan said coldly: "Close the door."

Haitang was stunned: "Huh?"

"I said, shut it!"

Haitang didn't dare to ask any more questions. She quickly ran over and slammed the door. Then she stood aside in fear and tried her best to wink at Sui Yan.

Sui Yan didn't care and continued to lean on the couch in a daze.

Soon, Duan Mingchong walked to the door of the room. The door was wide open just now, but now it was closed. He was stunned for a while before he tentatively knocked on the door.

"Ayan?"

Sui Yan ignored him and pretended not to hear.

Haitang almost knelt down before him, mouthing the words to him desperately: Young Master! Young Master! It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

I've been thinking about him for a long time, why do you lock him out when he arrives?

Haitang was so busy that she completely forgot about the trivial matter she had done before, which she had tried to postpone as much as possible.

Duan Mingchong waited for a while, but didn't hear a response. He knocked again, worried: "Ayan? Can I come in?"

Sui Yan thought to himself, "Just wait outside."

He glanced out the window and saw snowflakes falling without him noticing, covering the window frames with a thin layer of snow.

The knocking on the door stopped, and soon Duan Mingchong's low voice came: "Didn't you say your young master was awake? Why didn't you respond? If he was sleeping, what would have happened if I woke him up?"

The iron heart that Sui Yan had forced himself to build was shattered by Duan Mingchong's casual words.

He rubbed his brows and couldn't help but say, "The door can't be opened, but isn't the window open?"

Duan Mingchong: “…”

Not only Haitang, but even the followers behind Duan Mingchong were frightened by Sui Yan's words - he should be the first warrior who refused the Crown Prince entry and even told him to climb through the window.

Sui Yan actually just wanted to choke him, but he didn't expect that after he said this, there was a sudden silence outside. Then, a few slight "squeaking" sounds of footsteps on the snow came from outside the window.

Sui Yan was stunned.

The branches of the osmanthus tree outside the door swayed for a while, and then Duan Mingchong walked to the window with his hair wet with snow, smiling at him gently with his eyes.

"Ayan, I'm here."

There was a window lattice between the two people. One was holding a small hand warmer in the room, while the other was in the snow with black hair covered in snow.

Sui Yan was stunned for a moment, then he straightened up as if possessed by a ghost and extended his warm hand towards Duan Mingchong's pale face.

Duan Mingchong quickly moved aside and said softly, "It's cold, don't touch it."

Sui Yan hesitated and said, "You..."

Duan Mingchong asked: "Are you still angry with me?"

Sui Yan thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'm still angry."

Duan Mingchong said helplessly: "Even two baskets of steamed buns can't make you feel better?"

Sui Yan calmed down and thought about it, and he knew that the steamed bun was definitely not made by Duan Mingchong. It was just that he was feeling unwell and hadn't seen Duan Mingchong for most of the day, so he inexplicably wanted to make trouble.

"I told you to climb through the window, are you really planning to do that?"

Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "I can't help it. I miss you so much."

Sui Yan: “…”

This man is so scary. He learned how to say such flirtatious words in just one night without any instruction, and he doesn't even blush.

But it could also be that her face was blushing, but it was too cold outside and the blush was not noticeable.

Sui Yan was a little overwhelmed and wanted to make some more noise before he realized that it was still snowing outside.

He asked the frightened Haitang to open the door and said, "Come in quickly."

Duan Mingchong stared at him with tender eyes, as if he was reluctant to take his eyes off Sui Yan even when he walked from the window to the door.

Sui Yan asked someone to bring a charcoal brazier. Duan Mingchong took off his cloak and warmed his body before leaning over and gently hugging Sui Yan.

Sui Yan moved uncomfortably and whispered, "What on earth was that steamed bun you asked someone to send over? It tasted bad and looked ugly. I threw it away."

Duan Mingchong said in astonishment: "I saw them being sent away with my own eyes, and it was exactly the same as before."

He was afraid of something going wrong, so he sent his most trusted secret guard to go there - although the secret guard looked like he wanted to commit suicide out of shame after hearing Duan Mingchong's instructions.

Sui Yan understood, oh, then the problem must be with the Marquis' Mansion.

In such a huge mansion, only Sui Xun dared to throw out the things from the East Palace.

Duan Mingchong also thought of this. He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. After your brother and Jiang Ning get married in a few days, I will take you to the East Palace to stay for a few days. You can eat as much as you want."

Sui Yan nodded gently: "What happened in the palace..."

Duan Mingchong said: "Regarding the recent events in the palace, no matter what rumors you hear, don't believe them easily."

Sui Yan looked up at him, and suddenly recalled the message Wu Mo had given him before. He asked in a mysterious way, "Will His Highness marry?"

Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment by his question, then he chuckled helplessly.

Sui Yan's heart was beating like a drum, afraid of hearing any other answer, he pretended to be calm and asked: "What are you laughing at?"

Duan Mingchong blinked and said softly, "Ayan, do you want to be the Crown Princess?"

Sui Yan: “…”

A fatal blow.

This man is really scary.