Wen Wen spread and held the umbrella, Wen Mu Yan carried the medical kit. Both father and son entered the Imperial Palace on the day when the whole sky was filled with snow as far as one’s eyes could see.
The Emperor’s illness, as each day passed by, became more and more heavy. The old injuries which accumulated from many years ago had also shown their effects. Day by day, the Emperor was thinning down, his spirit had been broken as well. All the famous doctors from the Capital had known that the Emperor’s illness had hit its critical point. It had already spread to all over his body and the marrow cavity of his bones. There was no way to reverse the desperate situation anymore, however, they had no choice but to routinely do the acupuncture and decoct the medicinal herbs every day to extend the life of the Emperor.
Since the day they entered the Palace, half a month had passed.
Wen Mu Yan and his father lived together in a residence which was not too far from the Imperial Pharmacy. He was still a youth, every day he only stayed inside the room to read books, once in a while he would play in a place near the Palace.
One day, the half month which was filled with snowing finally ended. The hard to see sun finally appeared. Its brightness of golden light shone upon the soft hair-tip of the youth.
Wen Mu Yan was very delighted from the bottom of his heart. He draped a thin fur coat over his shoulder and went out the room to have a walk in the snow.
Since the weather was so dazzlingly bright, he couldn’t restrain himself from walking further. On the ground was the thick and deep snow accumulated from many days. The eaves, the benches and the steps, also had been covered by the thick snow. From faraway, each and every place in the Palace looked the same. The pathway was covered and couldn’t be seen too. Wen Mu Yan was moving and rolling about on the whole ground which was covered by the white snow. He already didn’t have any awareness about where he was actually at.
From behind, there was a door of one of the Palace room which suddenly moved by itself despite the windless weather. Making a creaking sound that passed to his ears.
Wen Mu Yan jumped in shock. He turned his body. He could see that there was a moving figure which compared to himself was slightly taller from inside the room. Most probably the figure was of a youth. A sense of curiosity rose from his heart. He treaded on the knee-length deep white snow, stepped forward to climb on a flight of steps, sticking his body in front of the door to peek inside the room.