Chapter 80 Persuasion

In the private room of the tavern, Duan Mingchong had someone bring a few charcoal braziers and placed them next to the couch, fearing that Sui Yan would catch a cold.

Only after the whole room was warmed up did Sui Yan take off his waist belt and said casually, "It's not that cold actually. You don't have to obey me outside. But in my own house, everyone has to obey me. Hiss, Your Highness, you just wanted to kill someone, so strong?"

As soon as Sui Yan felt relieved, he spoke without restraint, saying whatever came to his mind. Fortunately, Duan Mingchong did not care about his rudeness, and sat down with a frown. When he lowered his head, he saw half of Sui Yan's white waist.

Duan Mingchong: "..."

Duan Mingchong quickly turned his head away, his heart pounding like a drum and he dared not look anymore.

Sui Yan did not notice Duan Mingchong's abnormality. He lifted his clothes to look at the bruises on his waist, hissing like a snake.

Sui Yan was a really strange person. He was as sharp as a mirror and could see clearly the feelings that even Duan Mingchong himself was not aware of. However, when it came to himself, he was as dull as Duan Mingchong before he was enlightened.

He boldly undressed in front of Duan Mingchong, studied the finger marks on his waist for a while, then frowned and said, "Your Highness, do you have any medicine?"

Duan Mingchong heard this and didn't care about blushing, he hurried to see: "Is the injury so serious?"

He opened the clothes around Sui Yan's waist and took a glance, and found that there were actually a few finger marks on that fair waist, which looked extremely shocking.

Duan Mingchong frowned, stood up and walked out to ask someone to quickly buy the ointment, then came back and handed the ointment to Sui Yan.

Sui Yan blinked in confusion: "Huh?"

Duan Mingchong said: "You, apply it yourself, don't put too much, just spread it gently."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan thought to himself, you are really good.

Sui Yan lifted his wide sleeves, revealing his elbow which was bruised from hitting the ground just now, and said with a smile: "My hand hurts, I can't wipe it, Your Highness, please help me."

All of Sui Yan's injuries were caused by Duan Mingchong. He already felt guilty, but when he saw Sui Yan's smile, he suddenly felt dizzy and didn't know what he was doing.

By the time he reacted, she had already taken the ointment and was pressing gently on Sui Yan's waist with her fingers.

Sui Yan felt a slight dull pain in his waist and elbows, which also made him give up the idea of ​​causing trouble.

He lay on his side on the couch, hugging the pillow, looking at Duan Mingchong without blinking.

If it were normal times, Duan Mingchong would probably just take care of applying the medicine on his own and wouldn't pay much attention to Sui Yan's gaze, but now things were different. Duan Mingchong absentmindedly massaged Shun Yan's soft and warm waist, and then was stared at by Shun Yan's fiery gaze, his ears almost turned red as if they were about to bleed.

Duan Mingchong pressed for a while, and when he saw that the horrible bruise had faded a little, he took a wet towel to wipe the medicine off, and wrapped the white gauze around Sui Yan's waist.

Sui Yan immediately struggled to sit up, laughing non-stop: "Alright, alright, ahem, it's just a minor injury, no need to wrap it with gauze...Pfft! Hahaha..."

His waist was full of itchy flesh, and Duan Mingchong could only press one spot, but when he wrapped a circle of cloth around it, Sui Yan felt so itchy that he almost jumped up, and laughed until tears came out.

Duan Mingchong held him down and advised, "No, if you don't use the gauze, the medicine will be rubbed off."

Sui Yan lay on Duan Mingchong’s shoulder, laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking, and said intermittently: "Then hurry up... puff... don’t move, hahaha, you’d better kill me..."

Duan Mingchong quickly tied the gauze into a knot, and then draped Sui Yan's clothes over him. He then patted him on the back and said softly, "Okay, slow down a bit. Let me take a look at your elbow."

Sui Yan laughed so hard that he had no strength left. He leaned on Duan Mingchong's shoulder and panted weakly for a long time before sitting back with difficulty.

He handed one hand to Duan Mingchong, and with the other hand he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and patted his sore cheeks before he came back to his senses.

Duan Mingchong looked straight ahead and treated the wounds on Sui Yan's arms in the same way, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Sui Yan stared at Duan Mingchong the whole time, and only when he let go of his hand did he whisper, "Your Highness, Duan Ruwang does things based on his likes and dislikes, and never has any logic. He is not after the throne, but just wants the world to be in chaos. You must be careful in the future and don't fall into his trap easily."

Duan Mingchong was just putting the cork on the medicine bottle when he looked up in surprise: "How did you know?"

Sui Yan said nonsense: "I saw it myself. He looks clear and bright, but he is actually a complete lunatic who bites whoever he sees."

Duan Mingchong hesitated for a moment before asking, "Is it because of his biological mother?"

Sui Yan tilted his head: "Your Highness knows?"

Duan Mingchong said: "I have been in the palace for many years, and I know a little bit. There are rumors in the palace that his biological mother is the elder sister of the previous emperor of Southern Xinjiang. The eldest prince died when he was young. Although he is the eldest son, he is not loved by his father because of his bloodline. Some old ministers in the court also have complaints about him."

Sui Yan didn't know all these. The reason why he knew Duan Ruwang's original purpose was that he had gone to see him off when Duan Ruwang was imprisoned in Xiangguo Temple in his previous life. The man who lost with great grace told him himself.

Sui Yan said: "Your Highness knows, so I won't say more."

The two of them ran out of topics to talk about, and they looked at each other in silence for a long time. Duan Mingchong finally summoned up the courage to speak: "Is that woman... the one that General Sui Xun found for you to marry?"

Sui Yan blinked and saw that Duan Mingchong looked uneasy after asking the question. He tried to hold back his laughter until his stomach hurt.

Duan Mingchong couldn't help but urge him: "Well? Ayan, are you listening to me?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Sui Yan said with a smile, "Yue Jian, she is not like that. I don't want to marry that kind of fierce woman."

Duan Mingchong paused for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief, and even his brows showed a hint of joy.

He coughed dryly, not wanting to appear too weird, and quickly added: "I think Miss Yuejian is both good-looking and has a good temperament. It's not an exaggeration to say that she is willing to sacrifice her country for him. Why doesn't A'Yan even look down on her?"

Sui Yan said with a smile: "To admire someone is not just to look at his beautiful appearance, but to admire and love him from the bottom of your heart. What do you think, Your Highness?"

Duan Mingchong narrowed his eyes and said softly, "That's it."

The more Sui Yan looked at Duan Mingchong, the more he liked him. Knowing that he also loved her, Sui Yan no longer had any reservations.

He has always been a person who likes to drink and enjoy life today, so he simply walked up to Duan Mingchong, winked at him, and said ambiguously: "So, Your Highness, what do you think of me?"

Duan Mingchong looked up at him in surprise.

Sui Yan tilted his head and repeated with a smile: "How about me?"

Duan Mingchong didn't expect him to be so straightforward and just stood there in a daze.

Sui Yan was just about to move forward to kiss him to scare him when the door to the side was suddenly pushed open.

The two were startled and turned their heads to look.

Sui Xun walked out with a cold expression on his face and glanced at Sui Yan with sinister eyes.

Sui Yan stood up in surprise: "Second brother, why are you here?"

Sui Xun didn't know how long he had been here. His hands in his wide sleeves were clenched into fists and he kept exerting force. He forced himself to suppress his tremendous anger and bowed to Duan Mingchong.

"Your Highness."

Duan Mingchong felt a little embarrassed. He stood up and raised his hand to let him get up.

Sui Yan walked up to Sui Xun and was about to say something, but Sui Xun suddenly grabbed his wrist and pulled it back with all his strength.

Sui Yan was caught off guard and thrown behind Sui Xun, looking at him in shock.

Sui Xun gritted his teeth and said stiffly to Duan Mingchong, "Your Highness, Wang Gui and I still need to discuss his marriage with the Ninth Princess, so I will not accompany you for long."

Duan Mingchong was stunned, his face turned pale.

Sui Yan even jumped up directly. His hand was held by Sui Xun, so he couldn't move. He could only circle Sui Xun and said angrily: "Why do you want to discuss marriage all of a sudden? How come I didn't know that I and that Nine...Nine or Eight, are getting married? Brother!"

Sui Xun held Sui Yan's hand to prevent him from struggling, nodded slightly to Duan Mingchong, turned around and strode away.

Sui Yan tried desperately to turn around and look at Duan Mingchong, but Sui Xun was too strong and dragged him to the outside of the tavern in an instant and stuffed him roughly into the carriage.

Sui Yan didn't even have time to utter a word of protest before the carriage quickly rushed into the alley and turned several corners before entering the official road.

Sui Yan peeked out through the window curtains, but couldn't see Duan Mingchong. He dropped the curtains and said to Sui Xun, suppressing his anger: "Brother, what are you doing? What marriage? How come I don't know anything about it?"

Sui Xun sat aside with his arms folded indifferently, and said coldly: "I just came down."

Sui Yan: “…”

Although Sui Xun had cared about him before, he had never been as overbearing as he was today. Sui Yan, who was smart, guessed the reason after calming down a little.

Sui Xun...I'm afraid he has been standing outside the door for a long time and heard everything he should have heard.

Now that everyone knew about it, Sui Yan no longer hid it. He leaned against the wall of the car, took a deep breath, and said straight to the point: "I will not marry anyone."

Sui Xun sneered: "This is not up to you."

Sui Yan said: "As you can see, I like men."

Sui Yan had not expected that he had not concealed anything at all and had openly said such a heinous and unethical thing. He was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Sui Yan.

Sui Yan didn't try to hide, but looked straight at Sui Xun.

Sui Xun's hand stopped at Sui Yan's ear in time, and his palm, which had been able to hold weapons weighing hundreds of pounds without moving for years, was now shaking badly.

Sui Yan knew that Sui Xun was reluctant to hit him, so he just said everything at once to avoid any trouble later.

"I like the prince." Sui Yan said calmly, "Brother, this is the first time in my life that I like someone so much. You don't agree. Do you want me to dig my heart out?"

Sui Xun was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He suppressed his anger tightly, fearing that he would beat this rebellious person to death if he got too angry.

"You... aren't you afraid of violating the moral principles and not having a good end?"

Who would have thought that Sui Yan would actually laugh when he heard this: "Not a good ending?"

He laughed until tears came out, and after a long while he said, "Brother, do you know what Master Gengxue said about my fortune?"

Sui Xun said coldly: "I don't believe this."

Sui Yan insisted, "There are many obstacles and dangers. If you make a mistake, you will not have a good ending."

Sui Xun said nothing.

Sui Yan said calmly: "For me, if I don't stay with him, that would be a bad ending."

Sui Xun couldn't agree with him, feeling uncomfortable and puzzled: "You just...you just have to...be with the same man..."

"He is..."

Sui Yan tilted his head and thought for a while before finding the right words. He said solemnly, "He is my salvation."

A moment later, the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion suddenly stopped beside the street. Sui Yan opened the curtain and jumped down from underneath. He waved at Sui Xun with his eyes crooked, "We left in such a hurry just now. I will apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and will return soon. I will not stay any longer."

Sui Xun glared at him coldly, then suddenly dropped the curtain.

Sui Yan watched the carriage go away, then he stroked his arms, shuddered uncontrollably, and muttered, "How disgusting! It's hard for him to listen to it."

The cheesy words he said gave him goosebumps all over his body. He originally thought that if Sui Xun still didn't let her go after he said this, he would say something fatal like "I love His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I miss him so much that I can't sleep every day. He is everything to me."

But by then Sui Xun might not be trembling with anger anymore, but trembling with disgust towards him.

Fortunately, Sui Xun was afraid that he would really do something stupid, so he released him temporarily. However, when he returned to the Marquis' Mansion at night, Sui Yan might have to face a new storm again.

Sui Yan walked back the way he came, but before he had taken a few steps, he saw Wu Shi walking towards him.

He was wearing plain clothes. As soon as he walked over, Sui Yan jumped up and hit him hard on the head, saying angrily: "I told you to wear night clothes, why are you wearing night clothes in broad daylight? And you think you are not conspicuous enough? Do you even need me to teach you how to assassinate?!"

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The author has something to say: Just as the prince was about to stick his head out to take a look at the new world, he was hit back by his second brother with a stick.