Chapter 77 Agree

Because Sui Yan was not there, Duan Mingchong was absent-minded throughout the entire palace banquet. Sui Xun saw it and felt his heart sinking.

He knew very well what kind of personality his younger brother had. To put it nicely, he was lively and energetic; to put it bluntly, he took advantage of his pampering and did whatever he wanted, and would tear down the house if he was not punished for three days.

And it is precisely this kind of person that can attract the quiet Duan Mingchong the most, not to mention...

Sui Xun looked pale, and although he was unwilling to admit it, he had to admit that his younger brother's charming face could make all kinds of people fall in love with him.

If Duan Mingchong really has feelings for Sui Yan...

This thought just flashed through Sui Xun's mind suddenly, and he broke out in a cold sweat and didn't dare to think about it any further.

Both of them spent the palace banquet absent-mindedly. Perhaps knowing that Sui Yan would definitely not allow her to ask about his marriage, Sui Xun even shamelessly asked a palace maid in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a bowl of sweet soup and put it in a lunch box to take back, so as to avoid Sui Yan getting angry and making trouble.

Sui Xun went all the way home, carrying the food box and heading to Sui Yan's side yard.

Jun Jingxing watched Sui Yan drink the medicine and left. Sui Yan was lying on the table, looking bored at the weird longevity lamp on the table, with a dazed look on his face and no one knew what he was thinking.

Sui Xun didn't knock on the door, but walked in directly and put the lunch box down.

Sui Yan lay on the table and didn't want to move. He just blinked his eyes and said weakly, "You're back."

Sui Xun touched Sui Yan's forehead and frowned, "I knew you weren't sick. If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why are you lying?"

Sui Yan said nothing, looking depressed.

Sui Xun tilted his head and coughed dryly, trying to be more easy-going. He opened the lid of the lunch box and said, "I brought you some sweet soup from the palace. I'll warm it up for you later. How about having it as a midnight snack?"

Sui Yan nodded. He was no longer as lively as usual, which made Sui Xun feel uncomfortable.

Sui Xun was a rough man, not very good at comforting others. The two stared at each other for a long time before Sui Xun called Hai Tang outside the door and asked him to bring some jars of wine.

Sui Yan didn't know what Sui Xun was doing, so he finally got up and looked at Sui Xun in confusion as he put the wine on the table.

Sui Xun took the cup and poured two glasses of wine, saying, "Didn't you want to drink yesterday? It's too tiring to drink alone. I'll accompany you today. Come on, don't leave until you're drunk."

Sui Yan: “…”

Haitang was extremely embarrassed standing aside.

Sui Xun took the cup and stuffed it into Sui Yan's hand. Sui Yan took it, looked at Sui Xun dimly, and said, "Brother, do you know that I can't drink?"

Sui Xun was a little confused: "Can't drink? Why can't I drink? How can a boy from my Sui family not drink?"

Sui Yan glared at him.

Haitang whispered, "Young Master will vomit if he touches the wine, and will definitely get seriously ill. Even a sip will not do. Second Young Master...you..."

Sui Xun was stunned for a moment, looked at the wine in his hand, then looked at Sui Yan, as if he couldn't understand why someone could make himself seriously ill just by drinking a little.

Sui Xun said unnaturally: "When I was young, my elder brother always comforted me when I was in a bad mood. I thought you were the same..."

Sui Yan glanced at him and said, "You can't just let me drink directly, you have to show some concern for me. If I really drink this glass of wine and become immortal, what will you do?"

Sui Xun frowned: "Aren't I just caring about you?"

Sui Yan: "Do you call this caring?"

Sui Xun pretended to be calm and said, "Brother cares about you very much. I was just talking about choosing a date to find a good marriage for you so that you can start a family and career as soon as possible."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan hugged his head and slumped on the table, not wanting to talk to this stubborn man at all.

Sui Xun pushed him and asked, "Are you listening to me?"

Sui Yan said in a muffled voice: "Brother, you should take the wine back and drink it yourself. I want to sleep."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked towards the inner room.

Sui Xun looked at the two glasses of wine, frowned for a long time, and then said, "What about the sweet soup? Did I pour it?"

Sui Yan said "hmm" in the inner room.

Sui Xun thought to himself, "She's really angry. She doesn't even want to drink the sweet soup."

Sui Yan, who even gave up sweet soup, was a little difficult to coax. Sui Xun stood in the outer room for a long time before he couldn't help but went into the inner room and lifted the pearl curtain to look at Sui Yan lying on the quilt.

"Forgot to return?"

Sui Yan looked up at him dejectedly.

At first, Sui Yan thought that his brother had finally come to his senses and understood how to care for others, and was still secretly looking forward to it, when he heard Sui Xun say, "What about the amulet? When will you give it to me?"

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan fell back into the quilt again and said painfully, "I'll give it to you tomorrow. Go back quickly. I want to sleep."

The next morning, it was still snowing outside when Sui Yan was awakened by a series of knocks on the door.

He turned over in the quilt and said vaguely: "Yuejian, open the door..."

Jun Jingxing came early to check his pulse, but because Sui Yan had been sleeping, he was drinking tea in the outer room. When he heard Sui Yan's voice, he almost rolled his eyes, but still got up and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, Sui Xun, dressed in hunting clothes and frosty clothes, walked in.

"Forgot to come back? Are you still sleeping?"

He ignored Jun Jingxing and pushed the door open and entered Sui Yan's room.

Sui Yan raised his head in confusion, glanced at Sui Xun in the room, then fell back down again, and said in a daze: "Brother, you didn't go to court this morning?"

Sui Xun said: "Rest - get up quickly, I'll take you out for a ride."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan pulled the quilt and wailed, "I know you care about me a lot, please forgive me, I just want to sleep now."

Sui Xun walked forward dissatisfiedly, lifted Sui Yan's quilt, and said, "Get up quickly, I have everything ready."

Sui Yan, who still wanted to take a good nap, was dragged up by Sui Xun, changed his clothes and went to ride a horse outside the city.

Half a day later, Sui Yan, riding a white horse, followed Sui Xun for a stroll outside the city with an unsuspecting look on his face.

Sui Xun rode over, looked carefully at Sui Yan's expression, frowned and said, "Why do you look a little unhappy?"

Sui Yan felt that Sui Xun really wanted to care about him, but he never used the right methods.

He knew that his brother had tried his best and had reached his limit, so he couldn't refuse his brother's kindness. He made up an excuse: "Hasn't someone been targeting me these days? If I run into an assassin in this remote place, you have to protect me, brother."

Sui Xun said: "That's natural."

Sui Yan nodded. These words sounded like human words.

Sui Xun added: "...as long as you don't run around."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan rubbed his brows and said nothing more.

Outside the city, there was a patch of white snow. As it had just snowed, not many people went out. The two men rode their horses slowly along the way, leaving a trail of horse hoof prints on the snow.

Several retainers followed closely behind. Sui Yan glanced at them casually and couldn't help but said to Sui Xun beside him, "What happened today? Why are you hiding it from me?"

Sui Xun said casually: "Nothing, I just wanted to take you out to relax."

Sui Yan thought about it and still felt something was wrong: "That assassin..."

Sui Xun said calmly: "The Fifth Prince and Concubine Ning were charged with the crime of murdering the Crown Prince yesterday. You don't have to worry about it anymore. You can go wherever you want to play in the future."

Sui Yan was stunned. How come only one night had passed and those two hadn't made any waves yet, but they were suddenly convicted?

Sui Yan asked tentatively: "Is it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...?"

Sui Xun nodded and said nothing more.

The two of them rode their horses for a while outside the city. When they were about to go back, a horse-drawn carriage came slowly from the official road. When passing in front of Sui Yan, the yellow curtain was suddenly lifted.

"My Lord."

Sui Yan's pupils shrank, and his hand holding the reins suddenly tightened.

Duan Ru looked at Sui Yan's eyes, which seemed to be somewhat fearful, and smiled softly, saying, "It's snowing hard outside, why don't you take shelter from the wind in the carriage, Ayan? You are so weak, it would be bad if you get sick at the end of the year."

Sui Yan frowned. Over the past three years, he and Duan Ruwang had been at odds with each other because of Duan Mingchong. Sui Yan didn't look at Duan Ruwang well, either: "What did you call me?"

Duan Ruwang smiled and said, "Ayan, isn't that how the prince calls you? Don't you like this title?"

When Duan Ruwang's narrow and cold eyes glanced over at him, Sui Yan felt as if he had been seen through by him and was frightened, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

He nodded slightly: "Your Highness, you are joking. Just call me back to forget my past."

Duan Ruwang looked at him with a smile.

Sui Xun, who was standing by at the side, also rode over. Seeing Duan Ruwang, he was a little surprised, but he still saluted in a dignified manner: "Second Prince."

Duan Ruwang smiled at Sui Xun, then retracted his gaze, glanced at Sui Yan with a smile, and said in a low voice: "The Marquis is of noble status, and he can get whatever he wants. Why does he have to hang himself on a tree of the stupid prince? He will become the heir to the throne sooner or later. Do you think someone like him will be entangled with a man?"

Sui Yan froze, and for a moment he could hardly suppress the shock in his heart.

He…knows?

Sui Yan took a deep breath and calmed down his emotions in an instant, not letting Duan Ruwang see any clues. He said calmly, "I don't quite understand what the Second Prince is talking about. As you said, it's freezing cold now. You'd better return to the palace as soon as possible. If you get hurt and fall ill, it will be Wang Gui's fault."

Duan Ruwang smiled and ignored his words. She said quietly, "Does the Marquis know who went to the Marquis' Mansion that night to assassinate you?"

Sui Yan said calmly: "I don't want to know, and I'm not interested in knowing."

Duan Ruwang was not embarrassed at all, and said calmly: "My Lord, you are really stubborn. If you regret it one day, just come to me."

Sui Yan said nothing.

Duan Ruwang nodded slightly, lowered the curtain with a smile, and the carriage started moving suddenly and slowly left.

Sui Xun frowned and asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

Sui Yan raised his head, and stared at Sui Xun with his glass-like eyes, and said, "Brother, have you interrogated the assassin who broke into the Marquis' Mansion a few days ago?"

Sui Xun nodded.

Sui Yan asked again: "They confessed that they were the prince's men?"

Sui Xun felt a little uncomfortable, but still nodded and said, "It is definitely not the prince who did this. I can guarantee that if he wanted to kill you, he would not have taken you to Xiangguo Temple."

Sui Yan nodded: "I know, I just want to do one thing."

Sui Xun asked, "What's the matter?"

Sui Yan tilted his head and said, "You told me yesterday that you were still thinking about arranging a marriage for me?"

"Yes," Sui Xun said in surprise, "Are you willing?"

Sui Yan nodded and said calmly: "But I need to choose this person myself."

When Sui Xun went to the border, the person he was most worried about was Sui Yan. He didn't intend to force Sui Yan to do something he didn't like, he just selfishly wanted Sui Yan to find someone to accompany him so that he wouldn't be alone, which was quite pitiful when he thought about it.

A few years ago, Sui Yan resisted so much that Sui Xun didn't want to force him, but now Sui Yan actually took the initiative to ask for a kiss. Sui Xun could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Not to mention that it was his own choice, as long as he liked the man, it didn't matter.

Sui Xun thought again and said, "Oh no, men still can't do that."

Sui Yan chuckled and said, "Then I would like to thank you, brother."

The two of them walked back slowly from outside the city. Sui Xun was in a good mood today and asked the kitchen to make sweet soup for Sui Yan to drink. All he knew about his brother's daily life was that "Sui Yan liked to drink sweet soup."

Sui Yan finished drinking the sweet soup and returned to the side courtyard.

After nightfall, Jun Jingxing looked at a goose yellow women's dress on the table and remained silent for a long time.

"so?"

Sui Yan sat on the chair, his chin propped up by his fingers, and looked at Jun Jingxing with a graceful and lazy look, and said lightly: "Miss Yue Jian, I want you to perform a play with me, for this amount."

He held up five fingers.

Jun Jingxing had a blank expression on his face: "Five hundred taels?"

Sui Yan shook his head: "Five taels, and I'll give you this dress as well. I picked it myself, and I think it suits you very well."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing turned and left.

Author has something to say: Jun Jingxing [roars]: My performance fee is very high! This little money is just for beggars!!