Chapter 108: Royal Palace

The Marquis's Mansion was busy for a whole day before everything was settled.

It was already late at night when Sui Xun finished his work. He asked everyone to go back and rest, and went to Sui Yan's side courtyard alone.

It was late at night. Jun Jingxing hurried out of the small kitchen in the side courtyard with medicine in his hand and ran into Sui Xun head-on.

Jun Jingxing nodded: "General Sui."

Sui Xun looked at the medicine in his hand and frowned, "Is Wang Gui sick again?"

Jun Jingxing looked pale, and it was difficult to say it directly, so he could only nod vaguely: "Yes."

Sui Xun said, "Give me the medicine, and go back to rest."

Jun Jingxing had no choice but to serve Sui Yan's ancestor. He quickly handed the medicine to Sui Xun, bowed, and ran away.

Sui Xun held the medicine in one hand, opened the door and walked in.

The bed curtain was half fallen. Sui Yan was holding a wooden box of candied fruit and looking down at it. He looked listless and seemed to be really ill.

Sui Xun walked over and asked, "Forgot to return?"

Sui Yan was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at him blankly.

"elder brother."

Sui Xun sat beside him and touched his forehead. He found that it was indeed a little hot. He handed him medicine and said, "What's wrong? Wasn't it fine during the day?"

Sui Yan had a sore waist and weak legs. He didn't know if it was because he was tired after fooling around with Duan Mingchong all night yesterday. He just held the medicine and responded vaguely, neither answering nor denying it. He drank the medicine obediently in small sips.

Sui Xun pushed back his loose hair and said, "If you have any problems in the future, remember to ask someone to come to me. If I don't come to see you, will you not know that you are sick again?"

Sui Yan placed the bowl on the bedside table, lowered his head, and gently fiddled with the Buddhist beads on his wrist, saying, "It's just a minor illness. You'll be fine after taking some medicine and sleeping. You're so busy, so I don't want to disturb you."

Sui Xun scolded: "Nonsense."

Sui Yan smiled.

It was getting late, Sui Xun said a few more words to Sui Yan before getting up to leave.

Sui Yan stared at him in a daze, and suddenly he stood up as if possessed by a ghost and grabbed Sui Xun's arm. The wooden box that had been placed on his legs fell to the ground, and the preserved honey inside spilled all over the floor.

Sui Xun turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Sui Yanwei raised his head and looked at him, his hands holding Sui Xun's sleeves trembling slightly. He glanced at the wooden box on the ground and suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "Brother..."

Sui Xun noticed that he seemed a little bit unwell, so she walked back and put her hand on his forehead, asking hesitantly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Sui Yan placed his shaking hand on the back of Sui Xun's hand, and pulled it down slightly, letting his warm palm touch his cheek. He rubbed it gently, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, don't leave..."

Sui Xun was startled, not quite understanding why Sui Yan, who was fine just now, suddenly became like this.

He sat back down, patted Sui Yan's back with his other hand, and tried to speak softly: "Wang Gui, is there something you can't tell me? Or did the prince make you unhappy?"

Sui Yan couldn't help laughing, but soon his eyes turned red. He leaned forward, leaned into Sui Xun's arms, and hugged him tightly.

Sui Xun still didn’t like Sui Yan being so close to him. He was stunned for a moment before patting his back awkwardly.

Sui Yan said in a muffled voice: "Don't go, only you... don't go..."

The only person who treated him sincerely in this life, besides Duan Mingchong, was this cold-faced but soft-hearted brother.

Sui Xun was stunned for a while before he realized that the leaving that Sui Yan meant did not simply mean leaving.

After Sui Yan's rebirth, his eyes, which were blinded by love in his previous life, have become much clearer. More and more people are going against him and gradually drifting away from him.

He devoted his whole life to her, even if it meant sacrificing his life, to treat her with sincerity;

My childhood best friend Song Xian.

And the one who accompanied him in two lives... Li Zhao.

In his previous life, when he was imprisoned in the palace, Li Zhao was in charge of all the affairs in the palace.

The palace at that time was extremely dilapidated, and there were not even servants to serve him. There were many times in the winter when Sui Yan fell ill and could not survive, and he had to serve him all night long without sleep. As a result, every time Sui Yan was sick and dazed, the name he called was "Uncle Zhao".

Sui Yan suddenly couldn't help thinking: "Why do they treat me like this? Duan Zhisu, Song Xian, and now even Li Zhao."

After this thought came to his mind, he suddenly felt a little pretentious. How could he control or guess other people's thoughts?

When he was forced to do that four years ago, he was devastated, but looking back on it all these years later, he no longer felt it was a big deal, and it must be the same now.

It will pass.

"Just get used to it." Sui Yan nuzzled into Sui Xun's arms and thought, "It's not the first time anyway, so it's no big deal."

Sui Xun gently hugged Sui Yan and patted his back. He hadn't heard his voice for a long time. He lowered his head slightly and saw Sui Yan leaning in his arms. He didn't know when he had fallen asleep.

Sui Xun was stunned for a moment before he let out a sigh.

He gently placed Sui Yan on the couch, pulled up the quilt, and sat for a while until Sui Yan fell into a deep sleep, then he turned around and left.

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Before daybreak, the Marquis' Mansion began to get busy, and soon woke Sui Yan up.

As soon as there was movement behind the bed curtain, Jun Jingxing, who had been waiting in the outer room for a while, walked in without hesitation, lifted the bed curtain and hung it on the golden hook beside it.

Sui Yan opened his eyes slightly, as if he had not yet come to his senses.

Jun Jingxing said: "Get up, the people outside have been busy for a long time."

Sui Yan said "Oh" in confusion, then slowly sat up with his hands supported. He sat there for a while before realizing that something was wrong.

"I……"

He reached out and touched his face gently, and found that his face was covered with undried tears.

Jun Jingxing also saw it and frowned, "What's wrong?"

Sui Yan wiped it while wondering, "I don't know either. It seems like I had a dream, but... well, I can't remember what it was."

Before he had wiped his tears clean, they started to flow again.

Jun Jingxing sat down and touched his forehead, but found that he did not have a fever.

Sui Yan had a bewildered look on his face, and it looked like he didn't even know why he couldn't stop crying.

Jun Jingxing frowned and wiped his tears with a handkerchief beside him: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Sui Yan shook his head, wiped it carelessly, and whispered: "No, today is my brother's big day, it's too unlucky to do this."

But as soon as Jun Jingxing wiped his tears, the tears in his eyes began to flow uncontrollably and he couldn't stop them.

Sui Yan was a little confused: "What's wrong with me?"

Jun Jingxing lifted his chin, stretched out his hand and pressed the corner of his eye, saying: "Maybe you pressed something when you were sleeping. Wait for me to give you an injection."

Sui Yan wiped his eyes hurriedly: "No, no, no, I'll be done in a moment, it's just a small matter, don't bother you."

Jun Jingxing looked at him with a smile.

Although Sui Yan said it was nothing, his tears were still flowing. Jun Jingxing watched for a long time and had no choice but to reach out and gently rub the acupuncture points around his eye sockets.

Sure enough, after a while, the tears that had been flowing desperately finally stopped.

Jun Jingxing reached out and flicked his forehead, saying, "Sleep better in the future and stop tossing and turning."

Sui Yan nodded randomly and put on the clothes beside him.

The entire mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and bright red silks were spread everywhere, creating an extremely festive atmosphere.

Because Sui Yan was not at home during the previous renovation, when he went out to take a look, he almost couldn't recognize it.

It was already dawn when he finished his breakfast. The weather was very good today, with clear skies and a lot of snow on the eaves had melted.

Sui Yan carried a small hand stove and walked along the corridor to the front yard. He looked at the servants busying around him without blinking and said, "It's so lively."

Sui Yan has loved lively places since he was a child. Even though he had a gloomy personality in his previous life, he still liked to go to lively places.

This was the first time that the Marquis' Mansion was so lively. He was overwhelmed and wanted to look at and touch everything he saw.

Jun Jingxing followed beside him and saw Sui Yan bending over and staring at the five sacrificial animals that were being carried by the servants. He did not straighten up until the servants' hands became unsteady.

Sui Yan turned around and said with a smile, "I haven't seen anyone get married in a long time."

Jun Jingxing's eyes moved slightly, and he was completely sure that Sui Yan was not sick. He cried like that for no reason just now, and it should be that he was just pressing a certain acupoint on his eyes.

Thinking of this, Jun Jingxing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's stop with the red tape. It's really tiring to read."

Sui Yan was so happy that he winked at him and said, "But my brother must be enjoying it. When we welcome Jiang Ning in later, I will finally be able to see my brother smile sincerely."

Sui Yan led Jun Jingxing forward, and when they turned the corridor, they saw the whole courtyard was red, almost burning his eyes.

It was still early, but the mansion was already full of people inside and outside, but those people did not look like servants or guests. Sui Yan looked carefully and found that some of them seemed to be lieutenant generals in the army who often came to the mansion to look for Sui Xun.

Sui Xun abused his power for personal gain and even dragged soldiers from the army to do hard labor.

As Sui Yan walked over, several lieutenants who knew him nodded and saluted: "My Lord."

Sui Yan's eyes narrowed and he asked, "What are you guys doing?"

A deputy general held a small dish of fried tangerines with honey and said in a serious tone, "Decorate the hall and the banquet. It's too noisy here. The Marquis's precious body should stay away from it."

Sui Yan glanced at the honey fried dough sticks in his hand, then nodded thoughtfully: "Okay, I'll leave soon - hey, brother!"

The deputy general turned around quickly to look, but after a quick look he saw no trace of Sui Xun. He turned back in confusion, but the tangerine in his hand had disappeared without a trace, and Sui Yan had also disappeared.

Deputy General: “…”

It is said that the Marquis has an unruly and reckless character, and his reputation is indeed true.

Next to the rockery in the mansion, Sui Yan sat on a stone with a plate of honey-fried tangerines beside him. He hung his legs and lifted them alternately back and forth, pinching the tangerines still covered in sugar with his slender white hands and stuffing them into his mouth.

Sui Yan ate one, and his hands were covered with sugar water. He was a clean person, so he rubbed his sugar-soaked hands on Jun Jingxing in disgust, frowning and saying, "It's delicious, but it's sticky."

Jun Jingxing rolled his eyes and said, "Then don't eat it!"

How could Sui Yan give up something he had finally obtained? He randomly asked a servant to get him a pair of chopsticks, then he ate the food with a satisfied look on his face.

The ice in the pond of the marquis's mansion had been broken, and koi were swimming around in it, occasionally popping their heads out to take a bite of the fish food floating on the water.

There was still a loud noise all around. Sui Yan tilted his head to look at the people in the yard and said with a smile, "It would be great if the Marquis' Mansion was this lively every day."

Jun Jingxing lowered his head and used a handkerchief to wipe off the sugar water on his clothes. Hearing this, he said calmly, "Aren't you bothered by the noise?"

Sui Yan bit his chopsticks and added: "It would be better if the voice was a little quieter."

As he was speaking, he was about to pick up the oranges from the plate when for some reason his vision suddenly went dark.

Then the sound by my ear seemed to be cut off by something and stopped abruptly.

Sui Yan raised his head in confusion and looked around, only to be shocked to find that at some point, the people in the yard disappeared in an instant, and the fiery red lanterns and red silk slowly turned into spider webs and dust, floating down.

Sui Yan seemed to be frightened, and in a trance he seemed to stand up from where he was.

He was completely unconscious and could only watch himself walking forward in a daze, passing through the desolate and dilapidated corridor.

Looking up, I saw crows flapping their wings and landing on the eaves.

Sui Yan raised his voice with some fear: "Brother?"

"Your Highness?"

He hurried back to the place where he had just been, but Jun Jingxing was nowhere to be seen.

Sui Yan didn't know whether he was dreaming or not. He ran back and forth in the desolate mansion in a panic, but he couldn't get out no matter what.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly realized that this was not the Marquis's Mansion, but...

Jun Jingxing: "Lord Marquis?"

Sui Yan was startled.

"My Lord!" Jun Jingxing gently shook Sui Yan's shoulder and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly in a daze?"

The emptiness in Sui Yan's eyes dissipated like mist, and he stood there in a daze. Only then did he realize that he was still sitting on the stone, and the surroundings were extremely lively.

Hearing the noisy clamor around him, Sui Yan felt a chill running down his body, the cold air like an invisible hand crawling up slowly from the soles of his feet.

Jun Jingxing saw that his face looked amiss, and hurriedly supported his shoulders: "Lord Marquis?"

Sui Yan's eyes were unfocused as he murmured, "I...I seemed to have had a dream last night."

He had said this when he got up in the morning.

Jun Jingxing said: "Well, do you remember what you dreamed about?"

Sui Yan nodded blankly.

"I dreamed that..."

I dreamed that I was trapped in the desolate and deserted palace of my previous life, and I would never be free.