Chapter 277: Punished for knocking him down in the middle of the night
Xiao Jinyan paused and reached out to touch her forehead.
Shen Chuwei looked at Xiao Jinyan's actions with doubt, then raised his eyes to glance at the hand on his forehead, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Xiao Jinyan frowned, "I don't have a fever."
Shen Chuwei: "...I really don't have a fever!"
Xiao Jinyan asked gently, "Are you having a nightmare again?"
Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously, "Yes, I dreamed of an earthquake, and many people died."
Xiao Jinyan asked: "What is an earthquake?"
Shen Chuwei was a little surprised, "Your Highness, have you never heard of an earthquake?"
Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "No."
Shen Chuwei was stunned. It was strange. Earthquakes are natural disasters. How could she not have heard of them?
Was it true that in ancient times, earthquakes were not called earthquakes?
She thought for a moment and explained, "That's right. Earthquakes cause the ground to shake, crack, and collapse houses."
Xiao Jinyan listened to Shen Chuwei's description and suddenly understood what she meant by earthquake.
"You mean the ground subsidence."
Only then did Shen Chuwei realize that earthquakes in ancient times were called land subsidence, which means almost the same thing.
“It’s a sinkhole.”
Although Xiao Jinyan had never experienced a land subsidence, there were records about the dangers of land subsidence in books. It was no wonder that Xiaojiu was so scared after seeing it in his dream.
He comforted her, "Dreams are all fake, don't be afraid."
"I understand." Shen Chuwei asked again: "Your Highness, have you finished reviewing the memorial?"
Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "Not yet."
Shen Chuwei urged, "Then your highness should hurry up and review the papers. Finish early and rest early. Refuse to stay up late."
Xiao Jinyan was a little worried, "Are you afraid of going alone?"
Shen Chuwei: "I am not afraid."
Xiao Jinyan: "Don't try to be brave in front of me."
Shen Chuwei had a puzzled look on her face. Was she trying to be stubborn?
Xiao Jinyan said: "You go to sleep first, and I will leave after you fall asleep."
Shen Chuwei said, "With this time, Your Highness could have reviewed and reviewed a whole memorial."
Xiao Jinyan didn't care: "I don't care about that little time."
Seeing that he insisted, Shen Chuwei had no choice but to agree. She closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Xiao Jinyan sat at the head of the bed, looking down at her in the dim light, thinking about how she had just run into the study room wrapped in a thin quilt. How scared must she be to run over so recklessly?
Xiao Jinyan sat for a long time until he heard her regular breathing. Knowing that she had fallen asleep, he got up and left the Hehuan Palace.
I still climbed over the wall to return to the bedroom.
Dream Palace
Xueyan waited until three o'clock in the morning, but still did not see Xiao Jinyan. She asked Shuiyao to ask about it, and the reply she got was that the prince was still busy reviewing memorials.
Knowing that Xiao Jinyan did not go to other palaces, I felt relieved.
Late at night, the East Palace was completely silent.
After reviewing the memorials, Xiao Jinyan went to take a bath, then climbed over the wall to the Hehuan Hall.
At this time, Shen Chu was sleeping soundly.
There was only one candle left in the room.
Xiao Jinyan walked slowly to the bed, looked at the person sleeping soundly, undressed quietly, then lifted the quilt, got on the bed, and lay down beside Shen Chuwei.
Wei Chi and Qin Xiao worked overtime all night and broke through a wall.
They tried to speak as quietly as possible for fear of making too much noise and attracting other people's attention.
It's just inevitable that there will be times when you are careless in operation and accidentally make a big mistake.
The bed suddenly shook and there was a "bang" sound beside her ears. Shen Chuwei, who was sleeping soundly, was so frightened that she opened her eyes suddenly and instinctively wanted to turn over and get out of bed.
Xiao Jinyan was lying next to Shen Chuwei, and she turned over and naturally pressed on Xiao Jinyan.
Xiao Jinyan has been surviving in struggles over the years and is quite alert. He woke up instantly when he heard someone smashing the wall next door.
It was pitch black inside the bed curtains, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
Xiao Jinyan was certain that the person pressing down on him was Shen Chuwei, and she probably hadn't fully woken up yet.
"Xiaojiu, what's wrong?"
Shen Chuwei didn't turn over at once. She was stunned for a moment, then she heard Xiao Jinyan's voice and became a little more sober.
She raised her head and glanced at the dark bed. After the sound, there was no more.
She lowered her head, but unfortunately she couldn't see Xiao Jinyan's face. "Jinyan, I had a dream again."
Xiao Jinyan sat up, held her in his arms, and asked gently, "What did you dream about?"
Shen Chuwei said: "I dreamed that the ground collapsed. It was so real that the bed shook."
Xiao Jinyan's eyes paused, "Just now?"
Shen Chu nodded slightly, "Yeah, I woke up with a fright, luckily it wasn't a landslide."
The chance to escape from a ground collapse is very short. If you don't run out in time, there is a high possibility of death.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyan immediately understood that Shen Chuwei's dream of the ground collapsing was actually caused by Wei Chi and Qin Xiao smashing the wall.
"It's okay, go to sleep first."
"Yeah." Shen Chuwei yawned and lay down.
Xiao Jinyan also lay down and held Shen Chuwei in his arms with his uninjured hand.
Shen Chuwei went into his arms, closed her eyes and fell asleep soon.
At this time, a few candles were lit on the corner of the wall connecting the Prince's bedroom and the Hehuan Hall.
Qin Xiao whispered, "Be careful, what if you wake up the master and Shen Liangdi?"
"I didn't mean to do that." Wei Chi promised, "I promise to be careful this time."
After saying that, the two continued to smash the wall carefully.
Next day
Xiao Jinyan came back from court and looked at Qin Xiaowei standing on his left and right.
Qin Xiaowei saw from the corner of his eye that his master had stopped in front of him, and thought that his master had something to tell him, so the two of them lowered their heads and waited.
Xiao Jinyan ordered, "Come here, prepare ten bowls of water."
Liu Xi ordered the eunuch to bring ten bowls of water.
Wei Chi and Qin Xiao looked at each other, neither of them knowing what their master was going to do.
Xiao Jinyan glanced at the ten bowls of water and continued to instruct: "Each of you should take five bowls of water."
Wei Chi and Qin Xiao were confused.
They had no choice but to follow their master's orders.
The two stood side by side with their arms outstretched.
The two young eunuchs placed five bowls of water on the top of Wei Chi and Qin Xiao's head, shoulders, and backs of their hands.
After everything was placed, the eunuch retreated.
"Stop spilling." Xiao Jinyan glanced at Wei Chi and Qin Xiao, said a few words, and turned away.
Wei Chi and Qin Xiao were still confused, not knowing what they had done wrong and why they should be punished.
Qin Xiao looked at Liu Xi in confusion, "Eunuch Liu, why is the master punishing us so easily?"
Liu Xi said: "I don't know either. Maybe you did something wrong and made His Highness angry?"
Wei Chi and Qin Xiao said in unison, "We didn't make His Highness angry."
"Think about it carefully." Liu Xi said and turned away.
Even though Wei Chi and Qin Xiao were martial artists, holding five bowls of water for two hours was almost life-threatening.
That’s not all.
Xiao Jinyan walked out of the study and looked at Wei Qin and the others. His body began to tremble and he could hardly hold on any longer.
"Do you know what went wrong?"
"Master, was it because I was too loud last night and disturbed your rest?"
This is what Wei Chi and Qin Xiao thought about for two hours, eliminating various possibilities, and finally came up with the idea that it was a stupid thing that someone accidentally did last night.