Chapter 117 Finalization

After a while, Doctor Meng Yu came out of the inner room, wiping the sweat off his face, his hands trembling slightly as he gave the acupuncture.

Duan Mingchong had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw him coming out, he hurried to greet him.

"How is it?"

Doctor Meng Yu said, "It's just a cold with a fever. Although it looks serious, it won't be a big deal if you take the medicine and the fever goes away."

Duan Mingchong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Doctor Meng Yu was taken away by the palace maid to write a prescription, and Duan Mingchong walked quickly into the inner room of the bedroom.

The bed curtains were spread out, and Sui Yan was lying on the pillow with a pale face and a wet towel on his forehead.

Duan Mingchong sat beside him quietly, staring into Sui Yan's tightly closed eyes. After a long while, he gently held up Sui Yan's hot hand and put it in his palm, lowering his head to rest it on his brow.

Sui Yan was sleeping soundly, and he did not wake up even after being fed medicine and given acupuncture. However, when Duan Mingchong's breath lingered in his nostrils, his eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he was struggling to wake up.

He would get tired very easily when he was sick. Duan Mingchong hurried forward and hugged him gently, whispering, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere."

Sui Yan's frail body moved slightly, perhaps because Duan Mingchong's comfort was effective, and soon he fell into a deep sleep again, without any movement.

Sui Yan was asleep and had no idea what was happening outside.

It was not until the moon rose to the top that he moved his fingers lightly. Sensation gradually spread from his fingertips and soon took control of his body.

Then, consciousness gradually returned.

His eyelashes trembled twice before he slowly opened his dazed eyes.

Sui Yan was still not fully awake when he called out to the man in a daze, "Your Highness..."

Duan Mingchong had been standing by for a day, and when he heard his voice, he quickly grabbed his hand and said softly, "I'm here."

Sui Yan closed his eyes again, and after a while he opened them with great effort, his eyes finally focused.

His voice was hoarse from the fever, and he said with difficulty: "Your Highness, I want to drink some water."

Duan Mingchong stepped forward, gently lifted Sui Yan up and leaned him against his shoulder, brought the prepared honey-mixed water from the side, put the bowl to his lips, and whispered, "Drink slowly."

Sui Yan's lips turned pale, he bit the edge of the bowl hard and drank a few sips of water, then turned his head away.

Duan Mingchong put down the bowl and said softly, "Are you still tired? Do you want to sleep for a while?"

Sui Yan looked out the window listlessly and found that it was already dark. Then he suddenly realized something and asked, "How's that going?"

Although he forced himself to watch the show, he lost consciousness halfway through. After waking up, he was extremely regretful and hated himself for not living up to his expectations.

Duan Mingchong hugged him and said softly, "Don't worry about it. Just have a good rest."

Sui Yan had been lying down for a whole day and felt numb all over. He drank some water and became a little more sober, but he started to feel restless again.

He stretched out his limp hands and wrapped them around Duan Mingchong's neck. He carefully stepped forward and kissed the corner of Duan Mingchong's lips, and whispered, "Go on, tell me. I'm free anyway, and recuperating is extremely boring. If you don't tell me, I'll go find someone else."

Duan Mingchong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he hugged his waist and said, "Isn't it enough for you to be fine? Why do you care about others?"

He hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Or is it that your opponent has become...soft-hearted?"

Sui Yan looked at Duan Mingchong with a look that said, "Are you stupid?" and said, "Am I the kind of person who can be so moved that I can let bygones be bygones?"

Duan Mingchong: "..."

Well, it looks like you really want to watch the show.

Duan Mingchong laid him on the couch, took off his outer robe, tidied himself up, and got on the couch.

"There's nothing to say, actually. Duan Zhisu took all those things for you, and also revealed the scandals in the harem." Duan Mingchong gently hugged Sui Yan and said softly, "I'm still thinking about how to deal with these two people. Although His Majesty said that he gave me full authority to deal with them, who knows if he is deliberately making things difficult for me to test whether I am really cruel enough to kill my brother."

Sui Yan also thought of it, but he was more concerned about what the scandal was, so he blinked his eyes and tried hard to hint at it.

Duan Mingchong was talking about this matter very seriously, but when he saw Sui Yan's expression, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't know much about the affairs of the harem. It was Duan Zhisu who told me."

Sui Yan: “Hmm?”

At that time, Southern Xinjiang was a vassal state of Northern Lan and would pay tribute to it with countless rare treasures every year. Among the treasures one year was the little princess of Southern Xinjiang who had just come of age.

Most people in southern Xinjiang are stunningly beautiful, and the little princess is the most beautiful woman in the world. The emperor, who has always loved beauties, was naturally obsessed with her and took her in as his concubine. Soon, the second prince Duan Ruwang was born.

But the emperor's favor would not last long. Although the little princess of Southern Xinjiang was extremely beautiful, she still did not understand the emperor's love of novelty and dislike of old things. Moreover, since then, Southern Xinjiang had been in war for many years, and the little princess's situation was even more difficult.

Until Southern Xinjiang was no match for other countries, it sent people to Beilan for help.

The emperor did not respond, and took advantage of the situation to order the Sui family army stationed on the border to march to southern Xinjiang to seize cities and land.

Due to internal and external troubles, the war in southern Xinjiang was defeated and the casualties were heavy.

When the battle report reached the capital, the little princess had already learned that the emperor did not go to help but sent troops. Anger swept through the mind of this princess of a fallen country, making her boldly go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to argue with the emperor.

Sui Yan grabbed Duan Mingchong's collar and asked expectantly, "And then what?"

Duan Mingchong sighed and said, "Then His Majesty was furious, but he was afraid of giving people a chance to talk about him, so he ordered the palace servants to send the man back to the palace and strangle him to death with a white silk scarf."

Sui Yan's breath was choked, and he sighed a little.

"People told the outside world that she was too grief-stricken, so she committed suicide with a white silk scarf." Duan Mingchong said softly, "But what everyone didn't know was that the young Duan Ruwang had just gone to the palace to look for his mother on a whim, and when he heard the noise, he was hidden by the palace servants..."

The young Duan Ruwang watched helplessly as his mother was strangled to death bit by bit with a white silk by the palace maids in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but he could do nothing.

Sui Yan sighed for a while, then said, "Didn't they say that no one else knew? How could Duan Zhisu know?"

When Sui Yan met Duan Ruwang in Xiangguo Temple in his previous life, he only knew that he was stirring up trouble in the palace because he didn't want everyone to have a good time. He also vaguely knew that this might be related to his deceased mother, but he didn't know there was such a thing.

Duan Mingchong said: "I don't know either."

Sui Yan thought about it carefully, maybe he had found it out in his previous life.

He listened to someone else's story and sighed. Perhaps it was because he was too cold-hearted that he could not empathize with the other person and did not feel the slightest bit of sympathy for Duan Ruwang.

Duan Mingchong asked, "Are you sleepy?"

Sui Yan shook his head: "I slept enough and feel a little uncomfortable."

Donkey Hoof Duan Mingchong asked hurriedly: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Sui Yan nodded his lips, hinting at him implicitly.

Duan Mingchong: "..."

Duan Mingchong said helplessly: "Don't make trouble, you are still sick."

Sui Yan could only pout reluctantly and lower his head to fiddle with the ring on his finger.

Duan Mingchong smiled: "Why are you still feeling wronged? Do you know that you almost scared me to death today? You were fine yesterday, why did you suddenly get sick today? Did you kick off the quilt at night?"

Sui Yan thought for a moment and said in a muffled voice, "I had a nightmare and fell off the bed. I slept on the floor for a long time."

Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with some displeasure.

Sui Yan said confidently: "You can't blame me for this. I didn't know anything. I was lying on the ground when I woke up. I was more scared than you, okay?"

Duan Mingchong was angry and helpless. He gently held him in his arms and said softly, "It's my fault. If it weren't for me, Duan Ruwang would never have involved you."

Sui Yan nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's all your fault."

Duan Mingchong: "..."

Duan Mingchong looked at him strangely and said, "Why are you different from what is written in those stories?"

Sui Yan said: "How can what is said in the play be taken seriously? Your Highness, are you still a child?"

Duan Mingchong: "..."

Even though he knew Sui Yan's thoughts were different from others, Duan Mingchong was still left in tears and amused by his words.

He put his forehead against Sui Yan's and said solemnly, "There won't be a next time."

Sui Yan said hurriedly: "Hey, don't say it, don't say it. Nine out of ten words a man says in bed can't be taken seriously. I won't believe it even if you say it."

Duan Mingchong: "..."

Duan Mingchong was both amused and annoyed, so he could only hug him tightly.

This matter happened too hastily. Sui Yan was kept secret because of Li Zhao, and Duan Mingchong was kept in the palace because of Duan Lushu's incident. No one had expected what happened that day. It has to be said that although Duan Ruwang was a little crazy, he still had some tricks up his sleeve.

Sui Yan knew that it was not Duan Mingchong's fault - even if Duan Mingchong was the emperor, he could not guard against all malicious attacks. He did not want Duan Mingchong to take all the blame on him, so he spoke frankly and carelessly.

Duan Mingchong was originally filled with guilt, but was left in tears and amused by Sui Yan's various ways of comforting him, and his resentment towards himself disappeared without a trace.

"Ayan." Duan Mingchong said softly.

Sui Yan looked up at him and said, "Why? Are you going to kiss me?"

Duan Mingchong was choked for a moment before he said, "No."

Sui Yan looked at him with disdain: "Then just shut up, I don't want to listen."

As he spoke, he shrank back into Duan Mingchong's arms, looking as if he didn't want to listen to what he said.

Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, then he smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, if you don't want to hear it, I won't say it."

Sui Yan nodded, curled up in Duan Ming Chong's arms, and just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly asked, "Your Highness, can you sing Qing Yun Song?"

Duan Mingchong said: "I know a little bit, how?"

Sui Yan smiled at him and said, "Then can you sing it for me?"

Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "Of course I can, but why do you suddenly want to hear this?"

Sui Yan tilted his head and said in confusion: "I don't know, I just suddenly wanted to listen to it. My mother seemed to sing it to me often when I was a child, but I can't remember the tune very clearly."

Duan Mingchong chuckled and said, "Okay."

Sui Yan immediately leaned back and waited obediently.

Duan Mingchong didn't mind Sui Yan asking him to sing the ditty, as the empress often sang this ditty to lull him to sleep when she was young.

"It's heaven."

"The stars are shining brightly."

"It's a bright sky, with bright stars."

Sui Yan stared at Duan Mingchong in a daze, listening to the tune in his ears, and seemed to recall the scenes in his dreams in the past few days. However, when he tried hard to think about it, he could not see anything.

Duan Mingchong was still humming softly. Sui Yan put his arms around his waist, stepped forward and gently kissed him on the lips.

Duan Ming Chong stopped suddenly.

Sui Yan raised his head and said softly, "Don't leave either."

His eyes were as dark as glass, and surprisingly serious.

Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment before he said softly, "I won't leave."

Sui Yan thought about it and decided not to take insurance, then added another sentence as if possessed by a ghost.

"If you really leave, I will never talk to you again."

"good."