The door of the dormitory hall usually opens from the middle. There are two Qiankun bolts covered with gold and inlaid with jade behind the door. They lock the door behind the door by raising and lowering it. It cannot be opened normally from the outside.
But if people are outside the temple, they cannot bolt the door. Even if the door is closed, if you push it, it will open.
"Sir, this is His Highness's oral instruction, you know it!"
Little Hongdou stood in front of the dormitory door, protecting the door behind her with both hands.
There were beads of sweat on her forehead, and her voice was trembling slightly.
The people standing in front of him were all the adults that he couldn't look at normally.
She felt that her knees were shaking, and she couldn't help biting her lower lip lightly.
Nearly two days have passed since His Highness called her into the palace.
For two days, she really didn't dare to close her eyes, let alone relax.
Li Zai in front of him lowered his head and sighed: "Everyone cares about His Highness, and the doctors also want to ensure that His Highness is safe and sound. You... what is your name, Xiaohongdou?"
Little Hongdou nodded, still staring at the people in front of her:
"This, this is His Highness's oral order. No one else is allowed to enter. If a few adults insist on entering, His Highness must agree to it."
Li Zai asked again: "Then, why don't you go and ask His Highness now to see if you can let in a few imperial doctors and my guards?"
Xiao Hongdou was speechless and paused for a long time before saying: "His Highness is resting, so you can't disturb him now..."
This is really difficult for her.
Although the palace maids only serve Han Dongwen and a few empresses, they are still servants who serve others.
Her character, her experience, have never taught her how to resist others like this.
What's more, there are so many adults!
Fortunately, she met Li Zai.
Li Zai shrugged his shoulders and yawned: "Okay, then let's wait until His Highness wakes up..."
Just as Xiao Hongdou breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her head slightly, another person's voice suddenly came from the direction of Li Zai.
Looking up, there was suddenly an extra person standing behind Li Zai.
"Lord Lieutenant!"
The imperial doctors bowed and saluted one after another, and the Xiubu soldiers who were originally beside Li Zai also retreated half a step to make way for Tantai Ming.
Li Zai turned his stiff smile behind him: "Lieutenant Tantai, what kind of wind brought you here?"
Tantai Ming smiled and said nothing, turned his head curiously and looked at the little red bean at the door of the dormitory, which made her feel a little shuddering.
His eyes were like knives and eagles. In comparison, Li Zai's narrowed eyes looked much kinder.
"Your Highness is feeling unwell and needs rest?"
Tantai Ming put his hands behind his back, took a step forward, and stepped on the first step in front of the dormitory.
Little Hongdou reflexively raised her hands higher, swallowed and said nothing.
"Ridiculous, are you an imperial doctor?"
Tantai Ming's voice became colder, and he stepped up another level.
Little Hongdou shook her head.
"Are you the empress?"
His voice was not loud, but at this moment it was like thunder, shaking the surroundings into silence.
Xiao Hongdou gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, Tantai Buwei, forgive me. I am not a royal doctor, and I dare not call you empress. I am just a maid of Yingchun Palace."
"Oh, you know you are a palace maid."
Tantai Ming stood still, now he had reached the last and highest step.
Standing on the same floor tile as Xiao Hongdou, with Tantai Ming's height, he naturally looked down at her pale face.
"Under the Third Division, there are eight generals who are dedicated to the country. Why do you, a palace maid, have the right to speak here?"
Under the gray sunlight, the cold wind in the air seemed to be biting more.
At noon in the haze of winter, between the captain of the National Army in black and red armor and Han Dongwen's dormitory, there was only this little girl who was as fragile as a bud.
Can't let him in.
I can’t remember how many times, Xiao Hongdou said this to herself in her heart.
His Highness was definitely not resting in the dormitory - His Highness was lying on the ground covered in blood, and the rotten flesh on his body was growing and falling off.
She didn't know what was happening, and she was even more frightened at first.
His Highness seems to be gradually recovering from this terrible appearance, but it obviously still needs time.
Because of this, His Highness asked her to come and let her guard the palace door.
Because there is no one else he can trust, Your Highness.
Your Highness is left alone.
"My lord, not allowing you to enter the palace is definitely not a decision that a little servant girl can make."
She bit her lips until they turned white, and raised her head with almost all her strength: "This is His Highness's oral order. Is it possible that Lord Lieutenant is determined to force this slave to disobey His Majesty!"
There was a sparkle in her eyes.
"It is a capital crime to deceive the king. If you want your slaves to die, at least you will die in front of this palace, which is worthy of your highness!"
Her petite body could actually spit out such words.
Under the steps, everyone was silent as they looked at Tantai Ming's frozen back.
The winter wind blew through the courtyard, and the treetops flapped their leaves.
Fallen leaves swirled across the courtyard, and a few lonely birds chirped in the air.
The skirt of Xiao Hongdou's crescent-moon white dress embroidered with gold flowers, and Tantai Ming's black robe with red edges, were pulled and danced by the cold wind.
Tantai Ming's face was as green as iron.
This incident gradually had nothing to do with his original intention of coming to the palace, and turned into an episode that made him itchy and irritated.
Tantai Ming doesn't like interludes.
"His Highness's oral instructions, right?"
He turned sideways and looked down the steps.
"His Highness's oral instructions were only given to you, a palace maid?"
Xiao Hongdou tried her best to restrain her urge to choke and straightened her back: "Of course not, there are two escorting Xiube soldiers who also heard His Highness's order!"
Tantai Ming turned around and glanced at the Xiube guards around Li Zai.
"Who among you heard His Highness's instructions?"
After a brief silence, a soldier wearing short armor stood up, stood at attention and lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency, I was on duty the night before, and I did hear His Highness give you such an order——"
Before he could finish speaking, his voice suddenly disappeared, and his whole body fell to the ground like a puppet that had lost its strings, motionless.
When Li Zai saw this, he clenched his fists.
"this……"
A group of resting soldiers were in a panic. Some wanted to step forward to help their colleague who had fainted on the ground, but were stopped by Li Zai, who was standing at the front, raising his hand.
He looked up at Tantai Ming and opened his squinted eyes slightly.
"Who among you heard His Highness's instructions?"
Tantai Ming in front of the hall spoke again.
This time, no one answered.
Tantai Ming turned around and looked at Xiao Hongdou. There was already panic in her eyes that could not be concealed.
"Sir, you, you can't..."
She opened her mouth and was about to say something more, but she saw Tantai Ming take out a folding fan from his arms, hold her chin up with his backhand, and raise her head.
"Step aside."
Xiao Hongdou's mind was in chaos.
She thought of many things, including the hard work of memorizing the portraits and names of all the officials after entering the Yingchun Palace, and the uneasiness she felt when she heard His Highness was violent.
The sky was so cloudy. If none of these things had happened, I would have been outside the palace, strolling around Siyang with my father.
This kind of weather is perfect for walking in the fireworks-filled shopping streets and buying candied haws and fried chestnuts.
But that was what I ate when I was a kid. Now that I have grown up, maybe I should take my dad to see other things that Si Yang can only see.
I wonder if the other palace maids sent a message to my father on my behalf?
You shouldn't ask your father to wait outside the palace gate...
Confusing thoughts lingered in her mind, making Xiao Hongdou feel a little confused about herself.
At times like this, why are you thinking about such trivial things?
perhaps……
Perhaps because there was nothing to think about in the current situation, she would not leave even half a step.
"squeak--"
Just as Tantai Ming frowned, the door to the dormitory behind Xiao Hongdou suddenly opened a crack.
"temple……"
Everyone's attention suddenly turned to the door of the dormitory, but they were all stunned for a moment.
There stretched out a hand covered in blood.
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