Chapter 36: Flame [2nd update]

Jun Jingxing felt that he could no longer understand Sui Yan, so he asked tentatively, "Why did you tell him?"

Sui Yan looked at him in confusion and asked, "Why didn't I tell him?"

Jun Jingxing put down his pen and had no intention of writing a prescription anymore: "I noticed that you have a good relationship with the prince, and you never mentioned this to him before, so I thought..."

I thought you just wanted to protect Duan Mingchong silently, and in order to prevent him from feeling guilty, you were willing to swallow your anger and keep the matter secret for the rest of your life.

Sui Yan looked at him as if he were a fool: "Have you read too many novels? Or do you think I'm the kind of person who quietly dedicates myself to others without asking for anything in return?"

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing said in a gloomy voice: "I thought you were sincere to the prince, who could have known that you were so cold-blooded and heartless?"

Sui Yan looked at him strangely: "You just realized it now, isn't it a little too late?"

Jun Jingxing really wanted to stab him to death with a needle.

"Besides, whether I am serious about the prince or not is completely different from whether I tell him about this matter or not."

Jun Jingxing asked, "What do you mean?"

Sui Yan reached out and took the candy box on the bedside table, pinched a candy and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "If he really knew about this, he would not pursue your affairs anymore..."

Jun Jingxing interrupted him and said, "Why don't you pursue my case? He should have found out my identity and knows that I have nothing to do with the Sui'an Marquis Mansion. If he wants to protect you, he only needs to catch me and get rid of the Sui'an Marquis Mansion cleanly."

Sui Yan smiled slightly and said, "Because when he came to see me today, I cried and shouted to him that I only wanted my family Jingxing to be cured. He felt guilty about me, so he naturally wanted to fulfill my wish for such a small thing."

His family Jingxing: "..."

Jun Jingxing was silent for a long time before he said sincerely, "You really are an unprecedented jerk."

Sui Yan was about to throw the box at him, but Jun Jingxing said, "There are candies in the box, five candies a day. If you throw it away, you won't be able to eat them."

Sui Yan then snorted and put the box back.

Jun Jingxing asked, "What about the second one?"

"Second, of course, is to make him more cautious." Sui Yan said nonchalantly, "His brothers are all coveting the position of the crown prince and wish he would die immediately, but he is not vigilant at all and thinks everyone is a kind and gentle person like him. If he continues to be so respectful to his brothers, I'm afraid he won't even live to adulthood."

Jun Jingxing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Are you going to... help the crown prince?"

Sui Yan said: "No, I just don't want him to die."

Jun Jingxing was speechless.

Sui Yan saw his disbelief and frowned as he explained, "I don't want to get involved in this mess of seizing the throne. If Duan Mingchong wants to survive, he has to rely on himself. I can help him once, but I can't help him forever. Who knows if there will be other poisoned wine waiting for him later? Can't I drink it for him every time?"

Although Sui Yan's words were correct, Jun Jingxing felt something was strange. He pondered for a long time before he suddenly had an idea and asked a fundamental question.

"Then why do you want the prince to live?"

Sui Yan was stunned for a moment, and his ears suddenly turned red.

Jun Jingxing raised his eyebrows: "Hmm?"

Sui Yan threw the candy box away carelessly, and the four unfinished candies were scattered all over the floor. He didn't even look at them, but lay down and pulled the quilt over himself, saying in a muffled voice: "Why are you talking so much? I should have known not to call you back and let you fend for yourself outside!"

Jun Jingxing was even more speechless. He had just heard Sui Yan speak so confidently and thought that he was really indifferent and cold-blooded. After carefully tracing the reason, he found that it was because this man treated the prince differently from others.

But it is also true that if Sui Yan only wanted to use Duan Mingchong, he would not have risked his life to save his life, and he would not have pretended to be cold-blooded on the surface, while actually trying hard to find another way for Duan Mingchong to survive.

Jun Jingxing sighed: "I hope you understand what you are doing."

Sui Yan couldn't help turning over in the quilt, and soon he couldn't bear it anymore. He suddenly opened the quilt and said angrily: "Yes! I did it for him! So?! Who made the rule that I can't be nice to him?!"

Jun Jingxing was writing a prescription while trying not to laugh, saying, "I dare not do anything. It's Young Marquis's business, so anything is fine."

Sui Yan's face turned even redder. He sat cross-legged on the couch, tidied his messy hair, and said in a muffled voice, "I threw the candy away. Bring me a few more."

Jun Jingxing said: "The amount of candy I give you every day is calculated, no more, no less, don't try to cheat."

Sui Yan said angrily: "I didn't eat anything!"

Jun Jingxing: "Didn't I just remind you not to throw it away? Why did you insist on throwing it away? Do you blame me?"

Sui Yan's eyes were red, and he glanced at him again and again, looking pitiful.

Jun Jingxing finished writing the prescription, shook the paper to let the ink dry as quickly as possible, and said without looking up: "Don't look at me with that expression. The prince will buy into this, but I won't."

Having lost four candies for nothing, Siu Yan was so angry that his ears went numb: "Get out!"

Jun Jingxing shrugged and said, "I have to keep watch over you at night. Where do you want me to go?"

Sui Yan: "Go wherever you want!"

Jun Jingxing had long been accustomed to his tough-looking but weak character, so he ignored him and went about his own business.

Sui Yan fluttered around on the couch for a while, but soon got tired and covered himself with the quilt with a pout.

Jun Jingxing lit the charcoal basin, walked up to him and touched his still hot forehead, and said softly, "Call me if you feel uncomfortable at night."

Sui Yan nodded gloomily, thought for a moment, and said, "Can I call you if I have a nightmare?"

Jun Jingxing said: "Okay."

Sui Yan whispered: "Then you have to come quickly."

Jun Jingxing laughed: "How old are you? Can you still be scared to tears by nightmares?"

Sui Yan hit his hand.

Jun Jingxing tucked in the quilt and said, "Go to sleep."

Sui Yan asked: "Then...can you light some incense?"

Jun Jingxing said calmly: "What did I say before?"

Medicinal incense cannot be used frequently.

Sui Yan curled his lips.

Jun Jingxing: "Close your eyes."

Sui Yan was also tired, so he obediently closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep soon after.

Jun Jingxing sighed silently, thinking that this arrogant little marquis would only be so well-behaved when eating candy and sleeping.

Since Jun Jingxing arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, Sui Yan slept well every night. Jun Jingxing thought he was just joking about having nightmares, but after midnight, Jun Jingxing actually heard Sui Yan calling him in fear while he was drowsy.

Jun Jingxing quickly opened his eyes and was about to get out of bed to go to the inner room when he saw Sui Yan walking out of the inner room holding a candlestick with an uneasy look on his face.

He stood on the ground barefoot with disheveled hair. The candlelight made his profile pale. He mumbled, "I... I had a nightmare..."

Jun Jingxing quickly pulled him back to the couch, and when he patted his back he discovered that he was trembling slightly.

Sui Yan looked at him timidly. He no longer had his usual arrogance and looked much more gloomy and timid. It seemed that he was quite frightened.

Jun Jingxing lowered his voice: "What did you dream about?"

Sui Yan murmured, "I dreamed that I was burned by fire, and you...you were just watching..."

Jun Jingxing didn't expect that he would be in his dream, so he said softly, "Don't be afraid, it's just a nightmare. If you were burned by fire, I would definitely not just sit there and watch."

Sui Yan didn’t know if he heard what he said or not, he was still a little panicked: “I…I saw Duan Zhisu coming over and yelling at you, he, he wants to kill you, run away quickly…”

He talked incoherently, but Jun Jingxing just thought he was talking nonsense, because he and Duan Zhisu had no connection at all, and they had only met briefly before. How could he want to kill him for no reason?

Sui Yan was still trembling: "Run away quickly..."

Jun Jingxing coaxed him: "Okay, okay, if he comes to kill me, I will run as far away as possible."

Sui Yan nodded hurriedly.

Jun Jingxing said, "It's still early, can you sleep a little longer?"

Sui Yan looked at him blankly and said, "Then can you light some incense for me?"

Jun Jingxing frowned, "I've told you so many times that you can't use too much of that medicinal incense. I'll have someone prepare some calming incense tomorrow. Just be good and bear it all night, okay?"

Sui Yan nodded, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered, "If I have a nightmare again, you must run away quickly and don't let him catch you..."

Jun Jingxing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and could only praise it.

Sui Yan closed his eyes again. Perhaps he was too tired. He fell asleep again soon. The flames rising into the sky were still in his dream.

He felt like he was in a sea of ​​fire, but he could not feel any heat all over his body. From the cracks in the burnt ruins, Sui Yan vaguely saw Yue Jian in red clothes from his previous life again.

He stood in the open space in front of the sea of ​​fire, tall and slender, his expressionless face full of tear stains.

The fire was raging, and the heat melted the surrounding ankle-deep snow into water.

Heavy snow fell from the sky, and Yuejian was soon covered with a layer of snow. He stared blankly at the corridor that had turned into a sea of ​​fire, tears streaming down his face.

There seemed to be a chaotic sound of footsteps behind him, but Yue Jian did not move, still quietly staring at the flames rising into the sky in front of him.

"Forgot to return..."

Someone was talking behind me, and his voice was shaking violently.

Yue Jian said calmly, "Inside."

Duan Zhisu, who had hurried over, was covered in snow and water. He stared blankly at the corridor that had been burned to ruins, and after a long while he said, "What?"

Yue Jian smiled softly, tears falling from his eyes as he smiled. He turned around and looked at the bewildered Duan Zhisu, and said very seriously, "A person who has been stigmatized cannot be buried in the ancestral tomb of his family until his death. Your Majesty, don't you know this?"

Duan Zhisu was shaking all over, staggering back a few steps, muttering, "Dead?"

Yue Jian looked at him coldly.

"Dead?" Duan Zhisu asked, "He's dead?"

He muttered these words over and over again, and then rushed towards the sea of ​​fire like a madman, but was stopped by Song Xian who finally rushed over.

"Your Highness!"

Duan Zhi said sternly, "Let me go!"

Song Xian grabbed him tightly: "Sui Wanggui is already dead!"

"He's lying to me!" Duan Zhisu stared at Yue Jian, his voice unsteady, "He must be lying to me! It's not even two hours yet, the poison hasn't had time to take effect, Sui Wangui cherishes his life so much, how could he choose such a way to die?"

Sui Yan was so afraid of pain, how could he endure such a painful death by being burned alive?

Yue Jian wiped the tears from her face gracefully, suppressed her laughter and said softly, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. He drank that glass of wine and died within half an hour."

Duan Zhisu looked at him in astonishment.

"He can't be buried in the ancestral tomb, so he can only be a wandering ghost." Yue Jian said softly, "So his body will be burned into ashes along with the palace. Isn't that the best destination?"

Only those who have committed heinous crimes will have their bones crushed and ashes scattered, without even their bodies being left behind.