bad, i'm a fool

Chapter 204 Little Red Beans

The door of the sleeping hall is usually opened from the middle, behind the door there are two Qiankun bolts covered with gold and inlaid with jade, one up and one down to lock the door behind the door, and it cannot be opened normally from the outside.

But if a person is outside the temple, he cannot insert the latch. Even if the door of the temple is closed, if he pushes it, it will be opened.

"My lord, this is His Highness's oral order, you know it!"

Xiao Hongdou stood in front of the bedroom door, protecting the door behind her with both hands.

There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and her voice trembled slightly.

Standing in front of them were all the grown-ups whom he couldn't even look straight at.

She felt her knees were trembling, and 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 close her eyes, let alone relax.

Li Zai in front of him lowered his head and sighed: "Everyone cares about Your Highness, and the imperial physicians are also here to ensure His Highness is safe and sound. You...what's your name, little red bean?"

Xiaohongdou nodded, still staring at the people in front of her:

"This, this is His Highness's oral order. It is true that no one else is allowed to enter. If the adults insist on entering, His Highness must agree."

Li Zai asked again: "Then, why don't you ask Your Highness now to see if you can let some imperial physicians and the guards from my rest department enter?"

Xiao Hongdou was at a loss for words, paused for a while before saying: "His Royal Highness is resting, I can't disturb you now..."

It was really hard for her.

As a palace maid, although she only serves Han Dongwen and a few empresses, she is still a servant who serves others.

Her character, her experience, never taught her how to resist others like this.

Not to mention such a few adults!

Fortunately, she met Lee Jae.

Li Zai shrugged his shoulders and yawned: "Okay, then wait until His Highness wakes up..."

Just as Xiao Hongdou breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her head slightly, another voice suddenly came from Li Zai's direction.

Looking up, suddenly there was another person standing behind Li Zai.

"Master Captain!"

The imperial physicians bowed and saluted one after another, and the soldiers of the Xiu Department who were at Li Zai's side also retreated half a step to make way for Tantai Ming.

Li Zai turned his stiff smiling face behind him: "Captain Tantai, what wind brought you here?"

Tantai smiled without saying a word, turned his head curiously to look at the little red bean at the door of the bedroom, and she felt a little shudder when she saw it.

His eyes were like knives and eagles. In contrast, Li Zai's squinted eyes were much kinder.

"Your Highness is unwell, do you need to rest?"

Tan Taiming put his hands behind his back, took a step forward, and stepped on the first step in front of the sleeping hall.

Reflexively, Xiao Hongdou raised her hands a little higher, swallowed and did not speak.

"Ridiculous, are you an imperial physician?"

Tan Taiming's voice became a little colder, and he stepped up another step.

Little Red Bean shook her head.

"Are you a concubine?"

His voice was not loud, but at this moment it was like thunder, shaking the surroundings into silence.

Xiaohongdou gritted her teeth: "Forgive me, Mr. Tantai Buwei, this servant is not an imperial doctor, let alone a concubine, she is just a maid in Yingchun Palace."

"Oh, you know you are a court lady."

Tan Taiming stood still, now he has reached the last and highest step.

Stepping on the same floor tile as Xiao Hongdou, with Tan Taiming's height, he naturally looked down at her pale face from above.

"Under the three divisions, the eight major captains, face the saint for the sake of the state of Sheji, why are you, a court lady, here to speak?"

Under the gray sun, the cold wind in the air seemed to be more biting.

At noon on a gloomy winter day, between the black and red armored captain of the National Army Division and Han Dongwen's bedroom, there was only this frail little girl like Chulei left.

Can't let him in.

I can't remember how many times, Xiaohongdou said to herself in her heart.

It is definitely not His Highness who is resting in the sleeping hall - His Highness is lying on the ground covered in blood at this moment, and the rotten flesh on his body is growing and falling off.

She didn't know what happened, and she was terrified at first.

His Highness seems to be gradually recovering from this terrifying appearance, but obviously it will take time.

Because of this, His Highness called himself here and let her guard the palace gate.

Because His Highness, he has no one else to trust.

Your Highness is left alone.

"My lord, not allowing your lord to enter the palace is definitely not a decision that a servant girl can make."

She bit her lips until they turned white, and raised her head almost with all her strength: "This is His Highness's oral order, is it true that the captain is determined to force the servants to disobey the Holy Majesty!"

There was a sparkle in her eyes.

"Being bullied is a capital crime. If your lord wants to let your slaves and maidservants die anyway, at least die in front of the gate of this palace, which is worthy of His Highness!"

In her petite body, she can actually spit out such words.

Under the steps, looking at Tantai Ming's frozen back, everyone was silent.

The winter wind blew through the courtyard, and the treetops flapped their leaves.

The fallen leaves swirled and swept across the courtyard, and there were a few lonely birdsong in the air.

The hem of the crescent moon white dress embroidered with golden flowers on Xiao Hongdou's body, and the black robe with red border on Tantai Ming's body were pulled by the cold wind and danced.

Tantai Ming's face was as green as iron.

This incident has gradually had nothing to do with his original intention of coming to the palace, and turned into an episode that made his teeth itch and irritated him.

Tan Taiming doesn't like interludes.

"His Royal Highness's oral order, is it?"

He turned sideways and looked down the steps.

"Your Highness's oral instructions were only given to you by a court lady?"

Xiao Hongdou tried her best to restrain the urge to choke, and straightened her waist: "Of course not, and the two guards from the Xiubu soldiers also heard His Highness's order!"

Tan Taiming turned around, and glanced at the guards of the Xiubu who were beside Li Zai.

"You guys, who heard His Highness's order?"

After a brief silence, a soldier wearing short armor stood up, stood at attention and lowered his head, and said, "My lord, I was on duty at a humble position the night before, and I did hear His Highness order—"

He hadn't finished speaking when suddenly he lost his voice, and he fell to the ground in a daze like a puppet that had come off its strings, motionless.

Seeing this, Li Zai clenched his fists.

"This……"

The soldiers of the rest department were a little flustered. Someone wanted to go forward to help the colleague who was unconscious on the ground, but Li Zai, who was standing at the front, raised his hand and stopped him.

He looked up at Tantai Ming, his eyes slightly opened.

"You guys, who heard His Highness's order?"

Tan Taiming in front of the hall spoke again.

This time, no one answered.

Tan Taiming turned around and looked at Xiao Hongdou, there was already an unconcealable panic in her eyes.

"My lord, you, you can't..."

She opened her mouth and was about to say something more, but she saw Tan Taiming took out a folding fan from his arms, held her chin up with his backhand, and raised her head.

"Step aside."

Little Red Bean's mind was in a mess.

She thought of many things, she thought of the hard work of memorizing the portraits and names of all the officials after entering the Spring Palace, and thought of her anxiety when she heard that His Highness was violent.

The sky was so cloudy, if these things hadn't happened, the current self should have been outside the palace, visiting Siyang with my father.

This kind of weather is most suitable for walking in the commercial street full of fireworks and buying candied haws and fried chestnuts.

But that was what I ate when I was a child, now that I have grown up, maybe I should take my father to see other things, only what Si Yang can see.

I don't know if the other court ladies have passed the message to daddy for themselves?
You shouldn't ask Dad to wait outside the palace gate...

Chaotic thoughts lingered in her mind, making Xiaohongdou a little puzzled about herself.

At a time like this, why do you think about these trivial things?
perhaps……

Maybe it's because there's nothing to think about right now, she won't leave even half a step away.

"squeak--"

At the same time that Tantai Ming frowned, the door of the bedroom behind Xiao Hongdou suddenly opened a crack.

"temple……"

Everyone's attention turned to the door of the bedroom, but they were all stunned for a moment.

There stretched out a bloody hand.

(End of this chapter)