The side hall was completely silent.
The only sound was the ticking sound of the hourglass.
Facing the moment of death, the young girl was unafraid. However, when that palm with warmth brushed past her cheek and grabbed Xiao Li's palm, it was like a huge mountain protecting her.
The young girl couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.
After entering the palace for two years, the girl was arranged to be by Li Dun's side and was in charge of his daily life. Every day, she saw Li Dun sitting in a daze like a puppet. No matter who bullied him, he would silently endure it.
The young girl was a palace maid under Li Dun, so she understood the principle of humiliating the master and killing the subject.
When she saw someone coming here to bully him without restraint, the young girl gritted her teeth and protected him, giving him the royal dignity he was born with.
But how long would this life last?
The young girl herself was a little confused.
In the past two years, those people had gone from bullying Li Dun to bullying her. There were even a few times when she was almost beaten to death. Even so, she still felt that it was fine for her to be treated like this, but a prince definitely should not be treated like this.
Today, Xiao Li, who was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, obviously wanted to use the name of the imperial edict to make fun of Her Highness and then claim credit in front of the other princes.
This kind of thing was not uncommon.
The young girl was still as determined as ever, dealing with this bunch of condescending people. At most, she would be beaten up or killed here.
So what?
As long as His Highness was not humiliated, she was willing to give up everything, even her life!
But today, His Highness was different.
The young girl's beautiful red eyes widened as she stared at the white palm that was clearly not big but contained a thousand tons of power.
"Langjun, you-"
At this moment, Xiao Li was staring at the expressionless Li Dun. His gaze was a little erratic, as if he had seen a ghost. Was this still the illegitimate son of the royal family who was bullied and indifferent? When did he have the courage to stand up for this palace maid?!
Xiao Li withdrew his palm and took a few steps back. He sized up Li Dun again, took a deep breath, and bowed slightly. His tone did not back down at all.
"Langjun, there are many rules in the palace. This maid should have been punished for her behavior. Moreover, what she said just now humiliated His Majesty and the imperial court. According to the rules of the palace, she should be beaten to death!”
"If she dies, you die.”
Xiao Li's tone choked, and his face flushed red with anger. However, he also understood that if Li Dun insisted, he would definitely not be able to gain any advantage in this matter.
That palace maid indeed couldn't see the Emperor, but Li Dun could. Although he was an illegitimate child, he was also Li Er's flesh and blood. It wasn't difficult for him to see the current Emperor.
At that time, the matter would be exposed and the implications would be huge.
The first to suffer was him, who had come to deliver the decree today!
Xiao Li gritted his teeth and said with cupped hands,
"Since Langjun has said so, this servant doesn't know what to say. This servant will report this matter to the Ministry of Internal Attendants truthfully and let the palace deal with this maid. This servant has finished delivering the decree and will take her leave now. I hope Langjun will not forget to go to the Dew Palace immediately to participate in the school examination personally arranged by His Majesty.”
After saying that, Xiao Li's face turned ashen, and he turned around and left without looking back.
"The temple demon is strong, the pond is shallow and there are many bastards.”
Li Dun sneered and watched him leave in a sorry state. He then walked to the motionless girl.
He saw a beautiful girl with exquisite facial features with her head lowered. Her tears were like rain, and her lips were trembling as she cried silently.
Li Dun was silent for a moment. Many memories of the girl appeared in his mind.
He finally understood that the original Li Dun had always had a young girl protecting him, not allowing him to suffer any damage to his dignity. However, the young girl was bullied.
Lightly hugging her in his arms, Lytton felt her body tremble slightly. He whispered softly into her ear,
"Cry. It'll be fine once you cry."
"Cry out all the grievances in your heart.”
"From today onwards, no one can bully you.”
"If anyone bullies you again, I'll kill him," Li Dun said softly.”
"Wuwuwu-"
"Ah!"
The girl's low sobs gradually turned into loud wails that resounded throughout the entire palace.
Li Dun stroked her back and patted her gently. He looked at the blue sky outside the hall. His originally confused eyes became firm.
He had always thought that he could be the Freedom King in this life.
However, in reality, Li Dun realized that there were many things waiting for him to do. For example, he wanted to seek justice for this girl and make those bastards die and be crippled.
"Your Highness, can we not go to the Dew Palace?”
The girl cried for a long time, but she still could not forget the contents of the imperial edict. She raised her head and said with red eyes,
"Those people want to see you make a fool of yourself. They want you to make a fool of yourself in front of His Majesty. They want you to lose face. Their goal is to make you lose your place in the Imperial Palace.”
"The imperial edict has come down. If you don't go, you'll be defying the edict.”
Li Dun twirled her hair, lowered his head, and said with a smile,"Don't worry, they won't be able to make things difficult for me this time.”
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In the emperor chat group.
Li Dun did not know that the emperors in the group could see what was happening around him through his gaze.
"This woman looks familiar!"”
Zhu Yuanzhang: " Do any of you still remember the painting you saw at that time?”
"What painting?"
"A portrait of Wu Zetian when she was young.”
Nurhachi was speechless. Why didn't I know?"
Zhu Yuanzhang: " Nonsense, that painting is already ruined in my hands!”
Zhao Kuangyin: " I was wondering why she looked so familiar. So it's really her. Wu Zetian is his palace maid?" This kid was quite capable, but then again, this Great Tang was indeed somewhat different from the one recorded in history.”
"You guys are talking about it again. Why don't I understand?”
Ying Zheng: " Who does Wu Zetian look like? Why are you so powerful? Don't you look like people like us?"”
Zhu Yuanzhang: " Yes, she is also an emperor, an eternal empress!”
Ying Zheng asked,"A girl will be the emperor?" Why were there so many strange things happening in Great Qin in the future?”
Liu Bang: "The hen is in the morning, the country is not a country!”
Ying Zheng: " Look at what you're saying! Why can't a little girl be an emperor? Well, you look like an emperor too, so you should be like me, a little more magnanimous. Well, you seem to care more about her, even if her grave is dug up, well, that's what I care about!"”
Liu Bang was speechless.
Zhao Kuangyin was speechless.
"..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.
Nurhachi was speechless.
[(*^▽^*)] Ying Zheng asked,[Doesn't it seem very uncomfortable?] I just like to see you guys being dug up!”
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