Stigma (Yi Cong Yin)

Chapter 15: Knowing

Sui Yan was unconsciously waited on by his servants and put on his clothes, and he was completely awakened by the oncoming cold wind when he went out.

Duan Zhisu held the umbrella and walked side by side to the front hall.

The heavy snow roared, Sui Yan vaguely remembered the same goose-feather heavy snow in his last life, Duan Su’s birthday. The young man stood in the center of the hall where the guests were scattered, his lips pale and sullen.

Then he said…

What is he talking about? Suddenly Sui Yan couldn’t remember.

After so much effort, the two of them walked through the veranda to the main hall full of guests.

Although Duan Zhisu is not very popular, he has a good relationship with some princes and nobles’ children. They are all young men in Chinese shirts, because they are not disciplined by adults, and they behave extremely unscrupulously.

When Sui Yan was led to the seat by his subordinates, Song Xian and Jiang Enhe were winking at him. He ignored them, and only after sitting down did he find that he was next to Duan Mingchong.

Seeing Duan Mingchong’s gentle face, Sui Yan suddenly remembered how ashamed he was before. His pale little face immediately turned flush, almost burying his head on the table.

It’s just a birthday banquet, and there is no such thing as a first seat or second seat. I sat with a few teenagers and raised a toast to the people: “Thank you for coming to meet in front of you. Today is just a small gathering. You don’t have to be restrained. I will respect you. Everyone, a cup.”

The teenagers in the room hurriedly raised their glasses and drank them.

Then came all kinds of gags and jokes.

Sui Yan’s last life still had the energy to play with them, but now he lost his thoughts. He squeezed a sip of wine while holding the cup, only to find that there was peach nectar in his cup.

Sui Yan raised his head, and Song Xian, who was opposite, was smiling at him, secretly saying, “Don’t tell anyone.”

Sui Yan laughed.

A group of teenagers played together, coupled with the decisive indulgence, the whole hall was not lively, but Sui Yan only yawned on the side.

Duan Mingchong on the side saw his tears falling, and chuckled: “I heard that you were sleeping in Brother Three Emperor’s bedroom that day, why are you still so sleepy?”

Sui Yan blushed with embarrassment as soon as he saw him, but seeing that Duan Mingchong seemed to have no intention of taking the shameful things out of him, he gradually didn’t care so much.

“Xu is going to hibernate.” Sui Yan said solemnly.

Duan Mingchong was amused by him, and said, “You, I don’t know where so many ghost ideas come from, so you can talk differently.”

Sui Yan smiled at him, but Yu Guang glanced straight at Duan Mingchong’s table.

For some reason, there was no wine glass on the table in front of Duan Mingchong, only a crystal clear porcelain bowl, which seemed to contain ginseng soup.

Sui Yan tentatively asked, “His Royal Highness, don’t you drink?”

Duan Ming Chong said, “I injured my right arm while practicing swords with Master Wuyi this morning. The doctor applied the medicine and told me not to drink alcohol for three days.”

Sui Yan let out a “Oh”, and he was puzzled. In the previous life, he had also heard about Duan Mingchong’s injury. So how did he get poisoned? Is it mixed in the ginseng soup?

Sui Yan was wondering, when someone outside the door suddenly reported that the second prince had arrived.

Duan Zhisu quickly stood up and asked someone to come in.

There are many charcoal basins in the main hall, and the door is wide open. It doesn’t seem to be too cold, but the second prince in the dark green shirt came in wrapped in the snow, and it still chilled everyone enough, even the jostling just now. No one dared to speak.

The second prince had a very eccentric temperament. He had a very deep tactics in the imperial court. In the eyes of courtiers and emperors, he was a young and promising weapon, but in the eyes of his peers, he was a cold, surly and weird temper. In addition, there was a period of time when there was a rumors in the city that he had tortured and killed people. It was even more frightening. Every time he was mentioned, his face was full of horror.

So when he came in, even Gann hung his head faintly and did not dare to speak.

Duan Ruwang glanced at everyone, and everyone quickly bowed.

He smiled and squeezed out a smile, saying: “You don’t need to be polite. I originally wanted to come over early to celebrate the birthday of the third emperor’s brother, but the father and the emperor stayed in the cabinet for a while, so it didn’t take too long.”

Duan Zhisu smiled and said: “Brother Erhuang is willing to come over and is flattered enough, there is no talk of delay.”

Duan Zhisu, General Duan Ruwang, was invited to the table, and the two seemed to have a very happy conversation.

Sui Yan casually sipped peach nectar in the throne, Yu Guang kept glancing at Duan Ruwang, perhaps because he was too blatant, Duan Mingchong on the side chuckled lightly: “After the new year, you will go to court and listen to politics. , Will definitely deal with the second prince then, do you want to take this opportunity to get acquainted?”

Sui Yan shook his head quickly, thinking that he shouldn’t deal with such weird people. I think he is just to prevent him from messing up.

Duan Zhisu and Duan Ruwang didn’t know what they were talking about. Sui Yan even drank several cups of peach nectar, even if he likes to eat sweets, he can’t help but feel a little tired.

Just when Sui Yan was a little impatient, Duan Ruwang finally stood up.

The person present had the highest status, and when he saw him standing up, others didn’t dare to sit, and quickly stood up.

Duan Ruwang raised his wine glass and said lightly: “The cabinet still has important things to do, so I won’t keep it any more. I offer you a glass and leave first.”

Everyone was busy picking up wine glasses.

Duan Mingchong’s brows wrinkled. If he was to toast the wine, he could drink it with tea instead of his face. However, Duan Ruwang’s status in Chaozhong was extremely special. He often fought against each other because of political opinions. Chong Bucon allowed him to grasp the handle of his disrespectful brother, and whispered to the subordinate behind him.

Soon, the servant poured a glass of wine for him.

Yan Tongzi shrank drastically.

From the looks of it, Ming Chong would only drink a glass of wine at the entire banquet, and that is this glass of wine that must be drunk as respectable, and the stigma should be in it.

Sui Yan looked back at the man coldly, and found that it was the little servant Duan Zhisu who was waiting next to him.

Sui Yan didn’t know what he thought of, and his face suddenly paled.

And Duan Ruwang had already drunk the wine, and Duan Mingchong was also holding the wine, frowning to drink it.

Sui Yan took a breath, then slammed forward and planted straight towards Duan Ming Chong.

Duan Mingchong was taken aback, and quickly reached out his hand to support him, hugged him full, but his hand holding the wine remained motionless.

Sui Yan buried his head in his arms and gritted his teeth secretly. If he could pour the glass of wine with this pounce, things would be easier to handle, but Duan Mingchong didn’t know the way he practiced, and the wine turned out to be a drop. Not sprinkled.

Sui Yan wailed in his heart: “If your arm is injured, don’t hold it so steady, okay? Doesn’t it hurt?”

Sui Yan’s movement was so loud, everyone in the main hall looked at them.

Duan Mingchong’s face turned red: “Master Xiaohou?”

Sui Yan thought that he had lost his face, so he simply gave up, he deliberately grunted, and pressed his hand **** Duan Mingchong’s right arm.

Duan Mingchong “hissed” and shook his whole body in pain, yet his right hand was still steadily squeezing the cup.

Sui Yan almost knocked down the cup desperately.

Duan Ruwang looked over indifferently, and said, “What’s wrong with Master Xiaohou?”

Duan Mingchong’s face flushed, and he whispered, “Xu is drunk.”

Song Xian on the side stared out, drunk? Drunk with peach nectar?

Suixun’s face turned black, and he lowered his voice and said, “Sui Xun forgets to go home!”

Sui Yan trembled all over, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger. If the toast is interrupted suddenly, he will definitely find other reasons to let Duan Mingchong drink the glass of wine.

Duan Mingchong didn’t know how to live such a big life in the palace full of tigers and wolves, and he was not wary at all.

Sui Yan hated that iron could not become steel, struggling to pounce on the wine again, and Duan Mingchong’s left hand grabbed his shoulder and trapped him in his arms.

Sui Yan: “…” I am going to chop off your arm!

Duan Mingchong lowered his voice and said, “Don’t be fooling around, this is in front of the second prince. Are you not afraid that he will say that you are reckless and reckless in front of your father?”

Sui Yan was so angry that his chest hurts, and he almost roared in his heart: “I am saving you!”

Duan Mingchong seemed to want to hug him back to his seat, and the wine glass was about to be set aside. Sui Yan’s brain suddenly became hot, and there was a sudden buzzing in his ears.

In a daze, he seemed to be out of his body, and watched as he struggling a little and threw himself on Duan Mingchong’s arm.

In front of him was the alternation of black and white like snowflakes, and the ghost-like voice sounded in his ears again.

At the lake outside the Xiaonian Palace Banquet, the voice whispered: Come here, you won’t be afraid anymore.

But only a few days later, on the birthdays of all people, the voice sounded again: Take it, take it, just drink it, and you won’t be in pain anymore.

Sui Yan stared at the wine cup in Duan Mingchong’s hand in a dazed manner, and Duan Mingchong’s voice seemed to be coming from far away, making him completely inaudible.

He was stunned to listen to the sound that echoed in his ears. He didn’t know how long it had passed. It might be a day or a moment before he was suddenly stunned.

-Since his rebirth, the voice that made him seek death has been echoing in his ears, and it turned out to be his own.

No, maybe in an earlier life, he was alone, and when he had no worries, the voice would always be there.

As if in a dream, he watched as he took the wine glass from Duan Mingchong’s hand, drank it directly after reaching his lips.

Duan Mingchong was taken aback, and quickly supported him, saying: “You… are you really drunk?”

And Song Xian, who was standing by the side, suddenly paled for some reason, his gripping hands were a little unstable, the wine was spilled, and even Duan Ruwang’s brows wrinkled.

Sui Yan’s body seemed uncontrollable, almost staring at the cup in his hand in amazement.

Seeing his pale face, Duan Mingchong hurriedly helped him sit back on his seat.

Sui Yan fell to the ground with the wine cup in his hand, and his body was as soft as a puddle of water, and he lay motionless on the table.

Everyone present saw the farce Sui Yan threw out, and they all looked at him with a good show. Jiang Enhe’s eyes were full of light, and he consciously got Sui Yan’s handle, and he was sure to make fun of him someday.

Sui Yan drank the glass of wine, Duan Mingchong sighed, and ordered another glass of wine. He toasted to Duan Ruwang and drank it all in one go. It was considered that he had just returned to the glass of wine.

Sui Yan buried his head in his arms and closed his eyes, and his whole body was trembling when he took a closer look.

“Am I crazy? What the **** am I doing?” Sui Yan Sese shivered, “My brother is still alive. My brother is alive, and I don’t want to die anymore. If I want to live, why should I drink this glass of wine for him? Isn’t the lesson learned enough?”

I don’t know if it was his illusion. I always felt that the wine was swallowed all the way down his throat, faintly aching and itching, making him want to cut his throat.

“Forgetting to go back every year!”

He recited his name silently over and over again, his mind was hazy, and he even couldn’t tell whether he didn’t want him and Duan Zhisu to repeat the same mistakes, or he didn’t want Duan Mingchong to be killed, so he willingly swallowed this poisonous wine.

In a daze, the words he had said with Duan Mingchong a few days ago rang through his ears.

“His Royal Highness is kind, please help me this time, I will definitely find opportunities to repay you in the future.”

Sui Yan thought about it, suddenly laughed muffledly, and said in his heart: “It seems that you can’t owe favors casually. If you don’t pay attention, you will lose your life.”

“It’s not a bargain.” He thought to himself.

Sui Yan didn’t want to pay any attention to what happened after that. He waited until Duan Ruwang left, then staggered to his feet, turned around without saying a word, and left.

Suixun frowned and grabbed him, and said, “What the **** is going on with you today?”

Sui Yan’s face was pale, and he whispered, “I, I want to go home.”

Suixun said: “If you want to go back, you have to talk to the Third Highness. It would be rude to leave without saying a word…”

Sui Yan’s lips quivered, and he said bitterly, “Brother, go and talk to him. I’m leaving now.”

As he said, he didn’t even put on the Greatcloak, and quickly got into the roaring snow outside.

The author has something to say: Sui Yan: When it comes to tasting drugs and alcohol, no one can do my best.