This shadow guard is kinda nice

It was night, the thunder roared, the big raindrops fell, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard were all wilted into a ball.The eunuch and maid had already hid under the eaves of the corridor. In the haze, there were only two solitary figures kneeling in the huge courtyard. The clothes of both of them were soaked through and stuck to their bodies wrinkledly.

The rain was like beads with a broken thread, rolling down, crackling, and hurting the face.Mo Ran knelt on the ground, a lot of rainwater had accumulated under his knees, it was cold and damp, and his whole body was full of cold air.His eyelashes fluttered slightly, the rain fell into his eyes, the world was blurred, only the whiteness in front of him was real.

"Master, are you okay?" Mo Ran asked aloud, he was used to kneeling, so naturally there was nothing wrong, but the master has a noble status, although he is not favored, he has never kneeled like this before.

Mo Ran's voice was buried in the sound of the heavy rain, but Xiao Yichen could still hear it clearly.

"fine."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was no intention of stopping at all. The raindrops hit the windows in bursts, making a crackling sound.

Inside the Linhua Hall, the candles were flickering, reflecting the warm dim light.Mr. Fu stood beside the emperor, rubbing the ink lightly and slowly. He estimated that it was almost time, "Does Your Majesty want to rest?"

The emperor looked at the booklet on the table, and kept writing, "What time is it?"

"It's about time."

The emperor hummed, and there was no more to say.

Eunuch Fu looked out of the window, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, this, this... King Xuan, His Highness King Xuan is still kneeling." Eunuch Fu closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "It's raining so hard, don't Get on your knees and come here anyway."

Hearing this, the emperor raised his head and glanced at Eunuch Fu who had been by his side for many years, "Why don't you go out and kneel with him?"

The voice was neither cold nor calm, and there was no emotion in it. Eunuch Fu immediately knelt down, and said in fear and fear: "Your Majesty, calm down, this old slave has overstepped the rules."

The emperor snorted coldly, didn't say to let Eunuch Fu get up, and then lowered his head to read the scriptures.

After some time, the emperor asked, "What time is it?"

"Your Majesty, it's time."

The emperor stopped writing, thought for a while, stood up, and moved his lower body bones. He was fine when he was young, but now that he is getting older, he can't sit for a long time.

"Show me, Xihua Palace." He said.

Eunuch Fu heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly stood up in response. His Majesty was about to go back to rest, but he didn't know how to deal with His Highness Prince Xuan, alas.

The door of the palace was opened, and the cold wind, wrapped in rain, blew in in an instant. Eunuch Fu hurriedly opened the umbrella, and the emperor stepped out of the threshold, stood on the steps, with his hands behind his back, looking down at the kneeling people in the courtyard.

Xiao Yichen raised his head, the rainwater rolled down along the outline, pooled on his chin, and dripped down. He squinted his eyes, looked at the condescending person with his back behind his back, and smiled silently.

The emperor walked down the steps, step by step, and finally stopped in front of Xiao Yichen.

"Do you know what's wrong?" The emperor's majestic voice disappeared in the mighty rain.

Xiao Yichen didn't speak, his eyes kept looking straight ahead, he looked at the five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on the emperor's black clothes, showing off his might.

After a while, the golden dragon disappeared before his eyes, Xiao Yichen closed his eyes, and the rain poured non-stop.

……

In the evening, Xiao Yichen woke up and lay down on the bed for a while. After fully regaining consciousness, he got up, put on his outer robe, walked to the table, drank a cup of tea, and felt his throat feel better.

Ran Yue pushed the door open and came in. Seeing him wake up, she couldn't help but rejoice, "How does the prince feel, is it still uncomfortable?"

Xiao Yichen just came back from the palace yesterday evening, knelt for more than ten hours before the emperor let him get up.Kneeling for too long, it was raining again, and his body could not bear it, so Xiao Yichen managed to stand up, but almost fell over on the spot, lost feeling in his knees, trembling so badly that he couldn't stand up at all.

Mo Ran was slightly better than him, but not much better. He stood up, ignoring the pain in his knee, and hurriedly supported Xiao Yichen to prevent him from falling.

The two supported each other all the way out of the palace gate. The people from Prince Xuan's Mansion had been waiting there long ago. In the past two days, the news spread throughout the capital. Prince Xuan Xiao Yichen was fined to kneel for two days because he refused to marry and contradicted the Holy Majesty. Then there will be a full three months of confinement.

Ran Yue led people to help Xiao Yichen into the carriage, Mo Ran originally planned to walk back beside the carriage, master and servant were different, but Xiao Yichen let him into the carriage, he did not dare to disobey his master's order again, he had already disobeyed once before, now It's better to be obedient.

When the two of them came back, the doctor stayed at the palace early in the morning, and treated him, soaked in hot water, drank ginger soup and so on.Fortunately, the two of them had high internal strength and good health, so there was nothing serious about it, except that Xiao Yichen had been exposed to the rain for a long time and developed a fever. After one night, Ran Yue took care of him from time to time, and he was almost fine, and it will be just a period of time to recuperate.

Xiao Yichen smiled, "It's fine, thanks to your careful care."

Ran Yue waved her hand, "Your Highness is serious, servants should do what they should do." After a pause, she felt relieved when she saw that His Highness's face was much better than yesterday.

"My lord, do you want to pass on the meal?"

Xiao Yichen nodded, his stomach was empty, and he was indeed hungry.

Ran Yue smiled, with two dimples on her face, she happily prepared to pass on the meal, Xiao Yichen called her and said, "How is Mo Ran?"

He still remembered this little shadow guard who was like wood, who knelt with him for so long, and couldn't drive him away.

Ran Yue turned her head, her voice was clear and bright, "Don't worry, my lord, the doctor has seen it, and Mo Ran is fine, now rest."

Xiao Yichen felt relieved, "That's good," and then he didn't forget to remind: "I also send a meal to Mo Ran, it's lighter."

"Okay." Ran Yue agreed, and ran to make arrangements.