Chapter 56 Return

Sui Yan kept on talking to himself for a long time, and was dragged into the room by the frightened Jun Jingxing, who made him drink a few cups of tea to clear his mind. Only then did he sober up a lot.

Sui Yan rubbed his brows: "What did I just say?"

Jun Jingxing looked pale: "No, you didn't say anything, that's good."

Sui Yan had just spoken without thinking and couldn't remember what he said at all. He looked at Jun Jingxing in confusion for a long time.

Jun Jingxing was afraid that he would bring up the club again and cause him trouble, so he quickly took the calming incense in the box and lit it in the incense burner, saying, "Prince, don't go over there. I've sent someone to tell him that you're not feeling well. You can go over there after lunch and go out with him."

Sui Yan only then recalled Duan Mingchong's words in a daze, and immediately said angrily: "What kind of lunch is this? Let him starve to death!"

Jun Jingxing: "Lord? Lord, I think you might be a little confused right now, how about you have another cup of cold tea?"

Can this prince be driven away just like others?

Does this poor kid know who he is scolding?

Sui Yan rubbed his forehead with even more headache: "Okay, pour me a cup of cold tea."

Jun Jingxing hurried to make him some tea. Sui Yan drank another cup before he became completely sober.

He stood up and said, "It is very rude to leave the prince in the front hall. I'd better go and entertain him."

Just as he was about to leave, Jun Jingxing grabbed him and said, "My Lord, can you guarantee that you went there to entertain people, not to chase them away?"

Sui Yan looked at him in disbelief: "Am I the type of person who would kick someone out just because I can't get what I want?"

Jun Jingxing turned his head to look at him.

The surroundings suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

After a moment, Sui Yan said, "Okay, I am."

Jun Jingxing: "Just look."

Sui Yan still felt angry: "You don't know what he said to me just now. I asked him about marrying a wife and concubines, and he actually said it was a good idea. He also urged me not to interfere in his affairs. I, I, I..."

Seeing Sui Yan's reaction just now, Jun Jingxing probably guessed what happened. Now, when he heard Sui Yan talk about it, he also sighed.

"You didn't jump up and hit him?"

Sui Yan said angrily: "Am I that kind of person?"

Jun Jingxing: "Ahem!"

Sui Yan changed the subject and said, "...Actually, I wanted to hit him, but...didn't I tell you before that I'm a little afraid of him now! I don't dare!"

Jun Jingxing: "...Oh, you deserve to be sad."

Sui Yan sneered: "I didn't dare to hit him, but I overturned his teacup before I left."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Really courageous.

Jun Jingxing was afraid that he would really behave rebelliously and start a fight with Duan Mingchong in the front yard, so he just detained him in the back yard and did not let him go out to play.

After lunch, Sui Yan finally stopped going crazy.

He used a spoon to stir the after-meal sweet soup in the bowl, took a sip absentmindedly, and said, "Do you think I should go and make amends?"

After all, directly overturning the prince's teacup and walking away without saying a word was a very rebellious act. If the prince was anyone else, Sui Yan would have been in the prison of the Ministry of Justice by now.

Oh, by the way, actually he didn't say nothing. He said something after he lifted the teacup.

Go and become your relative.

Sui Yan almost buried his face in the sweet soup and didn't want to go out to see anyone.

Jun Jingxing took the cloak and said, "Don't be a quail. Get up quickly. I'll take you out."

Sui Yan finished the remaining half bowl of sweet soup, then lay on the table for a while before reluctantly getting up.

Sui Yan raised his arms slightly and let Jun Jingxing put the cloak on him. He glanced outside the door and frowned, "Is it going to snow?"

The sky was gloomy, as if the first snow was coming.

Jun Jingxing sorted out Sui Yan's clothes and casually responded, "It should be - do you want to wear a hood?"

Sui Yan looked at him in confusion: "Divine Doctor, I'm just going to the city gate to pick someone up. I'm not going to the Northern Frontier to risk my life. Do you really have to wrap me up tightly from head to toe?"

Jun Jingxing said, "I'm afraid you'll get sick again. Didn't you just go to the city gate the year before last and you got so sick when you came back? If it were someone else, they might not be able to save you."

Sui Yan didn't want to listen to his nagging, so she took the small hand warmer from his hand and said, "I will take good care of myself, don't worry about me, I'm leaving."

After saying that, he slipped away like a rabbit.

Duan Mingchong was having lunch alone in the Marquis's Mansion for the first time and felt very uncomfortable, but he could guess that his words had displeased Sui Yan, so he considerately did not go to the side courtyard to provoke him.

It was not until after lunch that Sui Yan came out from the backyard somewhat embarrassedly. He caught a glimpse of Duan Mingchong drinking tea in the front hall and bowed awkwardly, "Your Highness."

Duan Mingchong looked at him and said with a smile, "Are you not angry anymore?"

Sui Yan thought about it and told the truth: "Actually, I am still a little angry."

Duan Mingchong: “…”

Duan Mingchong didn't expect him to say it so directly. He was choked and could only say dryly: "Then calm down..."

Sui Yan hummed, and said, "I'll try my best. Anyway, please don't say those things anymore."

Duan Mingchong: “…”

"good."

The atmosphere between the two was a little awkward. They drank half a cup of tea in silence before getting into the carriage together.

Sui Yan sat by the window, holding the small hand stove and looking outside, not knowing what he was thinking.

Duan Mingchong sat aside, feeling a little helpless.

The two had known each other for three or four years. Normally, it was Sui Yan who jumped up and down, while Duan Mingchong listened with a smile on his face. He had never thought about how the two would get along if Sui Yan suddenly became mute one day.

Duan Mingchong was a little uncomfortable. After the two of them were silent for a while, he couldn't help but say, "Ah Yan."

Sui Yan turned around: "Hmm?"

Duan Mingchong said: "Regarding what we said at noon..."

Sui Yan immediately became alert and asked, "Didn't you say not to mention that? Do you regret it?"

However, the current awkward situation between the two was caused by that incident. Duan Mingchong felt that in order to break the current deadlock, it would be better to talk about that incident.

Duan Mingchong said: "I just think..."

Sui Yan lifted the car curtain and threatened, "If you mention it again, I will jump out, right now!"

Duan Mingchong: “…”

What's wrong with this child?

Is your love for your brother so crazy that it reaches this point?

Duan Mingchong said, "Okay, okay, I won't mention it. Just calm down and put down the curtain."

Sui Yan still felt that this man was unreliable, so he simply sat next to the car door, pinching a corner of the curtain with two fingers, and looked at Duan Mingchong vigilantly.

Whenever Duan Mingchong wanted to speak, he would immediately pretend to lift the curtain and jump down, which frightened Duan Mingchong so much that he dared not speak at all.

Sui Yan knew that if he had an attack, things might be bad, so he didn't want Duan Mingchong to say anything to provoke him, and the two of them remained in a stalemate all the way to the city gate.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Sui Yan rushed out. If Wu Shi, who was following the carriage, hadn't helped him, he might have fallen to the ground.

The sky was gloomy and the wind was freezing cold.

Duan Mingchong knew how weak Sui Yan was. Seeing him swaying slightly in the wind, he advised, "Ayan, General Sui Xun will probably be here in a while. Go back to the carriage and sit down to avoid the cold wind."

Sui Yan said: "No, I'll just stand here."

He is feeling dizzy now, and some cold air may help him clear his head.

Duan Mingchong had no choice but to wait with him.

Less than half an hour after the two of them waited, snow began to fall.

Duan Mingchong held up his umbrella to block the increasingly dense snow particles, and could no longer hold back and said, "Ayan! It's snowing, let's go back to the carriage first."

Sui Yan was looking at something not far away when he suddenly shouted, "I'm back!"

Duan Mingchong turned around and saw that a dark shadow seemed to appear faintly on the flat ground obscured by the snow not far away. Soon, a silver-clad army broke through the snow like a sharp sword.

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and I could vaguely see a large military flag fluttering in the cold wind in the front.

Sui Yan: "Yes, brother!"

Sui Yan almost jumped up, his face full of joy.

Duan Mingchong smiled when he saw how happy he was.

After a while, Sui Xun came riding on horseback wearing a cold hunting coat. Three years had passed, and he had become even more violent and majestic. He rode on the tall horse with an expressionless face, and his eyes were almost colder than the wind and snow.

Sui Yan ran out from under Duan Mingchong's umbrella and waved desperately at Sui Xun who was not far away: "Second brother! Brother!"

He almost jumped up.

Sui Xun frowned and looked forward, and when he caught a glimpse of Sui Yan waving at him joyfully in the wind and snow, his pupils shrank slightly.

The two had not seen each other for three years. Sui Xun's appearance had not changed much, except that he was more fierce and cold than before. Sui Yan had changed a lot, from a naive and childish boy to a handsome and vigorous young man.

Sui Xun rode over, and when he reached Sui Yan, he pulled the reins, jumped off the horse, and caught Sui Yan who was rushing towards him.

Sui Xun had been walking in the snow for half a day, and her clothes were completely dry. When Sui Yan approached her, he shivered from the cold, but he didn't care and snuggled into Sui Xun's arms.

"Brother, you're finally back! The sand at the border is so delicious that it's not worth it for you to not come back for three years!" Sui Yan hugged him and jumped on the spot, "Before you left last time, you clearly told me that you would be back in a year."

Sui Xun held Sui Yan in his arms with his large cloak, shielding him from the wind and snow, and said in a cold voice, "Call me brother."

When he was young, Sui Xun always resented that Sui Anhou favored Sui Yan, an unlearned good-for-nothing. But blood is thicker than water after all. Ever since there were only him and Sui Yan in the entire Sui family, the boy seemed to have grown up overnight and was no longer living in darkness and causing trouble like before. At that time, Sui Xun began to dote on Sui Yan as a brother should.

In the past, Sui Xun would only come back once every two or three years, but he was not troubled at all, because there was no one in the mansion that worried him except Sui Yan, who was always causing trouble and did nothing serious.

Now, Sui Yan has become much more well-behaved and likable. When Sui Xun saw how Sui Yan had been standing there waiting for him for who knows how long, he felt as if something gently touched his heart, a feeling of warmth and a little sourness.

In his previous life, Sui Yan had not had much communication with his two brothers. After their death, it felt like a piece of his heart was hollowed out, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't even cry.

After living a new life, Sui Xun lived another life in a strange way, and Sui Yan finally knew what the missing piece was.

Sui Yan jumped around in Sui Xun's arms: "Second brother! Brother! Brother! I'm about to call you, you did something wrong, and you don't allow me to tell you? Tell me quickly, did you do anything wrong?"

Sui Xun asked, "You want to be beaten again, right?"

Sui Xun had just returned, so naturally he was reluctant to hit him. Sui Yan felt fearless and kept rubbing against him in his arms.

At this time, Duan Mingchong came over holding an umbrella, and seeing Sui Yan's extremely dependent look, he sighed worriedly.

"General Sui."

Sui Xun caught a glimpse of Duan Mingchong, grabbed Sui Yan's collar and tore him off his arms, then bowed to Duan Mingchong and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince is well."

Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "I am waiting for you here in compliance with the order of His Majesty. The soldiers have worked hard all the way. You have made great contributions this time, and General Sui has made an indelible contribution. Please return to your residence to reorganize and then follow me to the palace."

Sui Xun was not proud of himself, but simply said: "Your Majesty, thank you."

Sui Yan said happily, "Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. My brother is invincible."

Duan Mingchong glanced at him with a smile.

Sui Xun said: "Don't be rude."

Sui Yan had no choice but to retract his head, pouting and holding Sui Xun's arm without saying anything else.

Sui Xun and Duan Mingchong exchanged some pleasantries before everyone assembled and headed for the city.

Sui Xun climbed onto his horse and was about to leave, but Sui Yan stood by and looked up at him eagerly.

Sui Xun frowned: "What's wrong?"

Duan Mingchong coughed not far away and said, "Ayan, let's go. Let's take a carriage back."

Sui Yan whispered: "If I don't sit, who will know..."

Who knows if you'll bring up that crazy thing again?

Duan Mingchong probably guessed what he wanted to say and felt helpless.

Sui Yan ran to the horse, stretched out his hand to Sui Xun, and blinked: "Brother, I want to ride with you."

Sui Xun scolded, "Call me brother - what are you talking about? Hurry up and follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back to the palace."

Sui Yan raised his hand and grabbed the sachet on Sui Xun's waist to prevent him from leaving, acting coquettishly.

Sui Xun couldn't stand his harassment anymore, so he said to Duan Mingchong, "Your Highness, please go back first."

Duan Mingchong said helplessly: "Okay."

Sui Yan immediately stretched out his hand towards Sui Xun happily.

Sui Xun had no choice but to grab his forearm and pull him onto the horse.

Sui Yan had never ridden a horse with anyone before, so he swayed from side to side with joy as he sat in front of Sui Xun.

Sui Xun was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he took off his cloak and wrapped it around Sui Yan, covering half of his face and leaving only a pair of eyes as clear as glass.

Sui Xun said: "Hold it steady, don't move."

Sui Yan leaned his whole body into Sui Xun's arms and said obediently: "Okay, I will definitely not move - drive!"

As soon as he said "don't move" with his front foot, he kicked the horse's belly with his hind foot. The warhorse was frightened and almost kicked its hoof.

Sui Xun quickly pulled the reins of the horse, and several lieutenants behind him tilted their heads and laughed secretly. This was the first time for them to see their cold-faced and cold-hearted commander being tortured like this.

With Sui Xun holding him, Sui Yan didn't worry about falling at all.

He leaned on Sui Xun's chest, raised his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Brother, hurry up and leave. What are you doing standing there? You're just sitting there waiting for nothing."

Sui Xun: “…”

This little bastard!