Chapter 103 Compromise

After Sui Yan finished speaking, Sui Xun and Jiang Ning looked at him with strange eyes.

Sui Yan was a little confused when he was looked at: "Why, did I say that wrong?"

Sui Xun asked, "How did you come up with this?"

Sui Yan tilted his head: "It's easy, right? Why can't anyone with a discerning eye see it?"

Sui Xun, Jiang Ning: "..."

The two blind men turned their heads away at the same time and stopped talking.

Sui Yan said, "The intrigues in the court are nothing more than the same few kinds, framing others, diverting troubles to others, etc. Duan Xichen has long been disappointed. As my brother said just now, even if the Yin family is really involved in the Eastern Palace, nothing serious will happen. The emperor is so smart that he can distinguish the importance of a long-dead waste and the prince who is both virtuous and talented."

In his previous life, Sui Yan was fighting openly and secretly with Duan Ruwang and Duan Xichen all day long. If they made a mistake, their lives might be in danger. Duan Ruwang was taken down in a similar way back then.

But if it were an ordinary person, most likely they wouldn't immediately think about it in this way.

Sui Xun frowned and looked at Sui Yan, who looked as if he had no idea what he had said. He seemed to have thought of something and said coldly, "It's all the prince's fault that you have been corrupted."

How could his cynical brother who only knew how to play around have such scheming? To think this, he must have been too close to Duan Mingchong, and birds of a feather flock together.

Sui Yan: “…”

"ah?"

Sui Xun said, "Until you decide whether or not to go with us to Jiangnan, you are not allowed to meet the prince in private again."

Sui Yan said: "I thought about it before and told you, but you didn't listen."

Sui Xun said with a pale face: "No, think about it first!"

Sui Yan: “I’m not going!”

Sui Xun: “Think again!”

Jiang Ning: “…”

Jiang Ning watched the two people quarreling over a small matter, and gently kicked Sui Xun's calf under the table.

Sui Xun, who was about to scold with a stern face, stopped abruptly, glared at Sui Yan coldly, and then closed his mouth reluctantly.

Jiang Ning also learned about Sui Yan and the prince from Sui Xun. This was an extremely shocking thing, but in Jiang Ning's opinion, there was nothing surprising.

She calmly stopped Sui Xun and turned to Sui Yan and said, "Wang Gui, if you love me, don't worry about worldly opinions. Although I don't know much about the prince, I have heard a few words from others. If I think about it carefully, he must be a gentleman."

Ever since Sui Yan started being with Duan Mingchong, everyone around him had been persuading him to turn back and repent, saying that the prince would ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, and that being two men together would never work out. This was the first time that Sui Yan had heard completely opposite advice.

His eyes lit up as he looked at Jiang Ning.

Sui Xun couldn't listen any more: "Jiang Ning, don't persuade him. Isn't he rebellious enough now? If you continue to give in to him, he might go to heaven."

Jiang Ning glanced at him coldly: "My brother has chosen such a path of no return. As his closest relative, are you going to become his saddest stumbling block?"

Sui Xun was stunned, his face looking a little ugly.

Jiang Ning said: "I know what you are thinking. You are just worried that he will be criticized in the future. But look at Wang Gui. Does he care about this?"

Sui Xun looked coldly at Sui Yan who was almost standing up by the small table. Sui Yan quickly gave him a flattering smile, his face full of the expression of "I'm not afraid of being stabbed".

Sui Xun was too stubborn. Even though Jiang Ning persuaded him, he still couldn't accept that his only brother was slandered and abused by an unknown person.

"But if he regrets it one day..."

Jiang Ning said calmly: "If he regrets it, he will know the pain and will be closer to you. But what if he doesn't regret it?"

Sui Xun froze.

"If he doesn't turn back even if he hits a wall, how will he feel about you as the culprit who desperately wants to break them up?"

Sui Xun went to see Sui Yan again.

Sui Yan knew that he couldn't say a word more at this moment, otherwise Sui Xun's heart, which had just been shaken, might become as hard as iron again. So he had to make gestures towards him desperately - he put two fingers together to make a knife shape and drew two strokes on his lifted wide sleeves.

Cut off the robe and break the ties of friendship, and do what you say.

Sui Xun: “…”

Jiang Ning said: "If you still insist on your own opinion after all this, I think this family..."

Sui Xun paused for a moment and looked at her in shock.

He thought with fear and trepidation about Jiang Ning's next words: "I don't even want to enter this house?"

Sui Yan was also startled.

Then Jiang Ning said, "This home is the place to forget about returning to."

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Xun heaved a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at Sui Yan.

Jiang Ning had said it all, so Sui Yan had no choice but to cooperate and put on a brave and unyielding face, saying "I don't want to stay in this mansion", and repeated in a very low voice: "... I don't have to wait any longer."

Jiang Ning said, "It's getting late. I'll go back first."

Sui Xun stood up and said, "I'll take you there."

Jiang Ning said calmly, "No need to send me off. You two can talk about it later. The sooner we talk about it, the sooner we can get it over with."

Having said that, he turned around and left very nonchalantly.

There was a dead silence in the room. Sui Xun stood there for a long time before turning around and meeting Sui Yan's eyes.

At this moment, Sui Xun didn't know what he was thinking about, and his brows furrowed even tighter: "You..."

Sui Yan didn't wait for him to finish, and quickly lifted up her wide sleeves, placed her fingers across her sleeves, and made small gestures while looking at Sui Xun warily.

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Xun almost laughed out of anger at his action.

"Can't you be more capable?!"

Sui Yan whispered, "Are you going to scold me again? Every time you pretend to be magnanimous in front of outsiders, you will scold me as soon as others leave..."

Sui Xun said coldly: "Does it hurt you if I scold you? If you could make me worry less, would I be so angry?"

Sui Yan still refused to accept it, he pouted and lowered his head, two fingers still scratching on his sleeves.

Sui Xun got angry when she saw him like this, and said unhappily, "Don't worry, if you are fine, I will not bother you anymore. But if the prince does you any wrong in the future, don't expect me to avenge you. Then you will immediately follow me to Jiangnan."

Sui Xun's compromise with Sui Yan before was always casual and vague. He only agreed verbally because he was afraid that Sui Yan would get sick again and it would be bad for his health. In fact, he still wanted him to separate from the prince.

Until now, he has completely gone with the years.

When Sui Yan heard this, he stopped rolling his sleeves and asked happily, "Really?"

Sui Xun was too lazy to repeat himself, so he walked forward, touched Sui Yan's forehead, and said, "Does it hurt?"

Sui Yan grabbed his hand and pulled it down, saying, "Really? Really?"

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Xun tapped his forehead unhappily and said, "Really."

Sui Yan finally felt relieved and smiled at Sui Xun with his head tilted up.

Sui Xun said, "Why are you grinning like an idiot? Go to bed quickly. The whole mansion will be busy in a few days. I may not have much time to accompany you then."

Sui Yanyan smiled and said, "It's okay, the prince will come to accompany me."

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Xun probably had nothing to say, so he gave him a sidelong glance, gave him a few more instructions, then turned and left.

Since then, the Marquis' Mansion has indeed become busy. Although the side courtyard is far away, the noise outside can be heard early in the morning.

Sui Yan didn't get enough sleep and was a little grumpy when he woke up, but he never wanted to lose his temper and get angry at others, so he could only endure it.

He couldn't fall asleep lying on the couch, so he got up and sat in the yard to bask in the sun.

Haitang was making tea nearby, Sui Yan was sitting with his legs crossed, holding a candy string that Le An had just bought.

"Where is Le An? Why is he taking so long to find someone?"

Haitang handed him the brewed tea and said helplessly, "Master, Le An just left a while ago. The Yin Mansion is so far away. Even if you run, it will take more than half an hour to go back and forth."

Sui Yan took a bite of the hawthorn candy and said vaguely, "Too slow, too slow."

Haitang knew he was bored, so she just followed suit: "Too slow, too slow, I'll ask someone to hurry it up later."

Before Haitang could finish her words, Le'an, who had been gone for a while, suddenly came back in a hurry from outside.

Haitang was stunned, exclaimed "Ah", and said stupidly: "This is too fast."

Le An ran back quickly, panting, "Young Master, Doctor Jun is here..."

Sui Yan didn't even raise his eyes, but knocked his legs on the small table beside him and said, "Oh, go ahead."

Jun Jingxing came over from a distance, slapped his hair crown, and said unhappily: "What do you mean by 'proclaim'? Do you really think you are the Crown Princess?"

Sui Yan's hair crown was almost knocked crooked. He looked up and glared at him, saying, "What are you doing?"

Jun Jingxing asked Haitang and Le'an to go down, stood behind him and untied his crooked hair, then tied it up again with his eyes downcast: "I told you not to tie your hair when you are sick, and you don't have to worry about the golden tassel pricking you when you sleep."

Sui Yan said, "The prince is coming today. What will he look like with his hair dishevelled? Do you want to eat?"

Jun Jingxing tilted his head: "That candy string is covered with saliva, who wants to eat it?"

Sui Yan: “…”

No saliva!

Sui Yan took it back angrily, too lazy to argue with him.

Jun Jingxing pushed Sui Yan's legs down and said, "After receiving your message last night, Xianye left at night. I sent people to look for him, but we couldn't find him in the City God Temple, and we don't know where he went."

Sui Yan said, "Don't worry about her for now. That girl won't die easily no matter where she goes. And we don't need to worry about it. Someone will find her. I'm looking for you now to ask who else knew about the assassination of the fifth prince when you went to find Yanye?"

Jun Jingxing frowned: "I even avoided you when I talked about that. How could I tell anyone else? Even Shenqiu didn't know about it."

Sui Yan still didn't believe it: "Are you sure?"

Jun Jingxing thought about it carefully again, and then said: "When I went to the City God Temple, I was afraid of being too sneaky and attracting attention, so I took a carriage, but the driver at that time was someone from the Marquis' Mansion..."

He paused and said, "You are suspicious..."

Sui Yan raised his legs again and said nonchalantly, "I had some suspicions years ago, but my brother said that it was impossible for people in the mansion to have spies, so I didn't investigate it in detail."

Jun Jingxing said: "This matter is still a little strange, let me check it out, as nothing major is happening in my house."

Sui Yan said: "Yeah."

Sui Yan was still eating his candy skewers, and before he finished, Haitang came to report that the prince had arrived.

Sui Yan was almost scolded when he heard this, and hurriedly put his legs down from the small table.

"Your Highness."

Duan Mingchong saw him from a distance, and a smile appeared on his face. He walked over quickly and said softly, "I'm here."

Sui Yan pulled his sleeve and walked towards the soft chair, saying as he walked: "You came just in time, I have good news to tell you, you've been waiting for it all night."

Duan Mingchong followed him calmly, unable to hide the smile in his eyes.

When Jun Jingxing saw the two of them holding hands, he wished he could poke his eyes out. With a cold face, he handed the prepared medicine to Haitang, gave some instructions, and turned to leave.

Just as he was leaving, he looked back for some unknown reason.

Sui Yan pulled Duan Ming Chong to the soft chair. As there was no place to sit, Hai Tang was about to ask someone to bring another soft chair when she heard Sui Yan casually say, "No need."

Haitang: "Ah?"

Duan Mingchong also looked at him puzzledly.

Sui Yan didn't answer. He turned around and pushed the confused Duan Mingchong to sit on the soft chair.

Duan Mingchong was stunned, and before he could react, Sui Yan also leaned over and sat down, rubbed Duan Mingchong's waist, and said: "Move a little bit there, a little bit more... That's right, luckily I'm thin."

Duan Mingchong: “…”

Haitang was so scared that her face turned pale and she ran away in a hurry.

The soft chair was not very big. Sui Yan found it very spacious and comfortable when sitting on it alone, but it would inevitably be a bit crowded if there was one more person sitting on it.

He leaned almost half of his body against Duan Mingchong, and handed the candy string he had not finished to Duan Mingchong, saying, "Do you want to eat it?"

If it were in the past, Duan Mingchong would definitely not eat this kind of food from the market, which was not clean, but now he only wanted to indulge Sui Yan, and he didn't even think about it and went forward to bite off a piece.

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Goodbye.

Author's words: Jun Jingxing: I'm just a little cat, why are you doing this to me? You shouldn't.