Chapter 69: Vengeance

Duan Mingchong took it hesitantly.

Sui Yan said cunningly, "As a token of love."

Duan Mingchong's hand shook and he nearly dropped the jade.

Sui Yan said nothing, waiting to see Duan Mingchong's reaction.

Duan Mingchong twisted the tassel on the jade pendant between his fingers, lowered his eyes and trembled his eyelashes, and said softly, "Don't mess around."

Sui Yan laughed and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about it. I was just joking."

Duan Mingchong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sui Yan's face turned pale, and his smile slowly disappeared. He looked at Duan Mingchong who lowered his head to accept the jade pendant, his eyes flickering slightly, and he didn't know what he was feeling.

But when Duan Mingchong raised his head again, Sui Yan instantly put on a smile, his eyes curved, as if his expression had changed. Even though Duan Mingchong knew him, he couldn't tell what was wrong for a moment.

Duan Mingchong was a little embarrassed by the topic just now. He asked someone to bring back the tea and changed the subject: "Just now you rushed in and said something like "Think twice". What happened?"

Sui Yan smiled and told the truth about the woman from Southern Xinjiang appearing in the capital. Finally, he said, "I thought someone had led that woman here, Your Highness, so I was rude and rash and barged in. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

Duan Mingchong said: "Every year there are foreigners coming to the capital, it shouldn't be anything unusual, but how did you expect that woman to come to me?"

Sui Yan tilted his head and made up an excuse: "I..."

Duan Mingchong tapped the table lightly with his knuckles and said calmly, "Tell the truth."

Sui Yan was a little frightened: "I originally came to look for His Highness to go out of the city for fun, but when I came, I saw many people from other palaces outside the palace, and I thought they were other people coming to visit."

Duan Mingchong: "So?"

Sui Yan leaned towards Duan Mingchong while leaning on the edge of the table, and whispered, "I heard from people in the streets that the Second Prince seemed to have some connection with the foreigners. I thought he brought people to send you off and planned to harm you. That Duan Ruwang is very bad."

Duan Mingchong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What's the connection? Do you think this excuse makes sense to you and you're using it to fool me?"

Sui Yan pointed to the sky: "It's true. I'm afraid that Your Highness will be deceived by a foreigner. After all, that woman is very beautiful."

Duan Mingchong tilted his head and said nonchalantly, "Really? But I think she's just a mediocre girl, not as pretty as A-Yan."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan was originally upset by Duan Mingchong's rejection, but when he was suddenly praised for his good looks, he just froze in place.

Duan Mingchong seemed to remember something after he finished speaking, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to compare you with that woman. No matter how pretty she is, she can't compare to you in terms of status. I made a mistake."

Sui Yan didn't feel offended. He looked at Duan Mingchong with a gleam in his eyes and whispered, "Your Highness, do you really think I'm pretty?"

Duan Mingchong was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer, so he just nodded: "Of course."

Sui Yan immediately pinched his thigh and thought, "Since I can't get her to fall in love with me, I'll just seduce her sexually. After all, she's pretty so I can do whatever I want."

His mind was full of unspeakable scenes. Duan Mingchong knocked on the table, coughed, and said, "Ayan, what are you thinking about?"

Sui Yan came back to his senses.

Duan Mingchong whispered, "Are you angry?"

"No." Sui Yan shook his head. He was about to speak when he suddenly thought of something and asked with wide eyes, "Your Highness, have you seen that woman?"

Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "I have seen it before."

Sui Yan was nervous: "Did you accept it?"

Duan Mingchong shook his head: "Of course not, she is the princess of the former Southern Xinjiang Kingdom. She was saved by Duan Ruwang when she was stranded in the south of the Yangtze River a few years ago. This time she came back probably to ask him for something. It has nothing to do with me."

Sui Yan hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, don't accept it, that woman is very vicious."

Duan Mingchong asked: "How do you know?"

Sui Yan was distracted and always said the wrong things. He tapped his mouth to indicate that he would stop talking, then he just drank his tea.

Duan Mingchong smiled and said, "I'm asking you a question."

Sui Yan drank his tea and shook his head: "I didn't listen."

Duan Mingchong was so angry that he laughed. How old is he, why is he still acting like a child?

But Sui Yan refused to tell him anything, so he stopped asking and asked the cook to make him two baskets of steamed buns, eating one and taking the other with him.

This time, the chef named Mo did not play tricks and prepared the dish properly, making it delicious.

Sui Yan had something to eat, and his previous gloomy expression disappeared. He took the small food box with charcoal in it, said goodbye to Duan Mingchong, and left happily.

Sui Yan followed the servants of the East Palace out of the palace. The carriage of the Marquis' Mansion had been waiting outside the palace for a long time.

The servants of the East Palace escorted Sui Yan to the palace gate and then bowed to take their leave.

Sui Yan placed the food box on the carriage, sat on the edge of the carriage and looked at the red wall and the snow scene, as if waiting for someone.

A moment later, a thin palace maid walked out of the palace gate in small steps. She saw Sui Yan bowing to her, but before she could bow, Sui Yan, who was getting impatient, dragged her onto the carriage.

Sui Yan sat on the couch with his sword and axe in hand, glancing at the thin palace maid from the side, and said in astonishment: "You really know how to shrink bones? It's amazing!"

The palace maid tore off her outer robe, and then her body joints made a series of crisp crackling sounds, and she turned from a skinny palace maid into a burly man.

The man shrugged and said, "I don't want to be a disguised person. The only thing I can do is shrink bones. Unfortunately, it has never been of any use to me in all these years."

Sui Yan said: "Nonsense, your best skill is obviously cooking."

For no reason - that is, Chef Mo glared at him unhappily.

"The old marquis asked us to secretly look after the young marquis in the capital. Even when you needed someone to do something a few years ago, you had nothing to do and were unwilling to do it by your side. I never had a chance to show up from beginning to end. How did you know me?"

I recognized him at first sight in the East Palace.

Sui Yan looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Do you have no chance to show up, or do you not want to show up?"

Playing dumb for no reason: "Hmm? Why do you say that, Lord Hou?"

Sui Yan said slowly, "Wu Shi once told me that among the secret guards left by my father, there is a stubborn and stubborn fool who is nostalgic for the secular world. He has always looked down on me and thinks that I am just a playboy who is just making jokes and messing around, so he has never been willing to work for me."

Wuduan suddenly felt guilty.

"Although Wu Shi has always refused to tell me, I have heard some things about you from other secret guards over the years, and I have roughly guessed it."

Wu Yuan angrily said: "Which idiot told me about this? Lord Hou, tell me his name!"

Sui Yan raised his foot and kicked him angrily: "Name, name, you should change your name. You dare to walk around outside with such a swagger after offending the royal family's surname. I think you don't know how to write the word "seeking death", right?"

Wu Yuan was originally unwilling to be used by Sui Yan, since the name of secret guard was just a title. But now he has been tricked by Sui Yan. If he doesn't help Sui Yan, he might die and never get out of the palace. So he had no choice but to compromise and feed the tiger with his own body.

Since I'm following Sui Yan, I can't use the treasonous word "无难".

Wuyuan flattered: "Then according to your opinion, what name should I change to?"

Sui Yan said: "Wuben is pronounced as Mo in the surname, so you should call it Xiaohei."

Xiao Hei: “…”

Xiao Hei used his rough face to glare at him as if he was staring at a dead person.

Sui Yan said, "Okay, okay, Wu Mo Wu Mo, why are you so troubled? Others are fine when they have nothing to do and nothing to wish for, but why do you have so many problems?"

Wu Mo curled his lips and reluctantly agreed: "Let's make a deal first. I will help you protect the prince. When the time comes, you will quickly return the household registration book to me. I can't live a peaceful life without it."

Sui Yan said gently: "Silly child, you can be a eunuch in the palace, and your life will be stable."

Wu Mo: “…”

Get lost!

Wu Mo was so angry at Sui Yan that he shrank back to his original shape and returned to the palace with the token. Along the way, he gritted his teeth and cursed Sui Yan for who knows how many hundred times.

Sui Yan was in a good mood and returned to the Marquis' Mansion leisurely.

Wu Shi had been waiting in the side yard for a long time.

Sui Yan walked in and asked casually, "Is it done?"

Wu Shi hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Yes."

Sui Yan rubbed his brows and asked, "Where is the person?"

Wu Shi said: "Outside the city."

Sui Yan said: "Kill him."

Wu Shi was shocked: "But that is the princess of the former dynasty of Southern Xinjiang..."

Sui Yan smiled: "The previous dynasty of Southern Xinjiang has been destroyed for five years. The princess of the previous dynasty was bent on revenge and was willing to give herself to the enemy who indirectly destroyed her dynasty. She is indeed a ruthless character. Such a person should not be kept. Who knows if she will become a disaster in the future."

Anyway, in the previous life, the emperor almost died at the hands of that woman, and it almost caused chaos in the court.

Moreover, if Nanjiang and Beilan had not fought each other, so many troops would not have been consumed, allowing thieves to take advantage of the situation and usurp the throne. The Princess of Nanjiang would not have been stranded in the enemy country for so many years, struggling to survive.

That woman is cruel and ruthless, and she hates Bei Lan to the core. Although she compromised for the sake of restoring her country, once the situation improves, those who helped her might be used as stepping stones and trampled under her feet.

The people who have nothing to rely on and nothing to worry about are the ones who are most deserving of fear.

Nothing looked at him in surprise.

Sui Yan said calmly: "Duan Ruwang can't give her what she wants. No one can give it to her. The former dynasty, oh, the princess of the former dynasty, how can a stone stir up waves in the ocean?"

Wu Shi lowered his eyes slightly for a long time before saying, "Yes."

Sui Yan watched him turn around and leave. After a moment, he called Wu Yuan back, gave him some instructions, and said, "Go."

Wuyuan nodded slightly, and just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped, hesitated for a long time before saying, "Young master, please apologize to Master Jun for Wuyuan."

Sui Yan smiled: "Okay, I'll remember it."

Wuyuan then left.

Sui Yan rubbed his brows, feeling a little uncomfortable. He originally wanted to look for Jun Jingxing, but after asking Haitang, he found out that Jun Jingxing had gone back to Yin's house for something.

Sui Yan frowned, drank a cup of cold tea to sober himself up temporarily, changed his clothes and went to the front yard.

It was already late in the evening. Sui Xun had just returned from outside the city and was hanging his longbow on the weapon rack. There were some bloodstains on his clothes.

Sui Yan went up to him and said, "Brother is back."

Sui Xun had been with Jiang Ning for a day and was in a good mood. He even liked Sui Yan a lot better. He raised the corners of his lips, nodded lightly, and said, "Where did you go to play today?"

Sui Yan said: "I didn't go anywhere."

The two walked side by side to the front hall. When they sat down to drink tea, Sui Xun suddenly said, "Jiang Ning and I went to the hunting ground in the north of the city and shot a whole deer."

Sui Yan looked at him blankly and said, "I didn't ask."

Sui Yan said "Oh" and said dryly: "That's great, brother is awesome."

Sui Xun pretended to be calm: "Yeah."

After a while, Li Zhao told the two that it was time for dinner.

The two of them got up again to eat.

Sui Xun suddenly said something irrelevant: "Jiang Ning also praised me like this."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan looked at him blankly.

Sui Xun seemed to feel that something was wrong, and said with a straight face, "But I said that killing a deer is not that great, so I asked her to kill another one tomorrow."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan trembled and said, "Jiang Ning... agreed?"

Sui Xun looked very happy and nodded, "Well, we plan to go to the south of the city tomorrow. There are sika deer there. Do you want some antlers? I..."

Sui Yan was speechless and looked at him with a little expectation: "I want it."

Sui Xun seemed to have expected him to say this, and said coldly: "Oh, then I'll ask Uncle Zhao to buy some for you from the shop tomorrow."

Sui Yan: “…”

Dear brother, is this the way you remember grudges?

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