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"Your Majesty...... It doesn't matter if you're scarlet feather......"

Ignoring Scarlet Feather's whispered protest, Zuo Ying put one of her arms on her shoulder and helped her to sit down at the bottom of the stairs.

Scarlet Feather had left so much blood that if she hadn't bandaged it in time to stop the bleeding, even if she was very pain-resistant, she would probably go into shock soon due to excessive blood loss. Fortunately, things like trauma first aid can't stop Zuo Ying, and she has a lot of actual combat experience.

"Let me show you the wound." Zuo Ying reached out to untie Scarlet Feather's clothes, wanting to bandage her.

"Your Majesty......" Unexpectedly, Scarlet Feather arched his waist as if he was electrocuted, his hands tightly grasped his placket, and his eyes flashed with a glimmer of panic and bewilderment, "Scarlet Feather should be damned, Your Majesty, please don't condescend to Scarlet Feather......"

"It's a holy decree." Zuo Ying said in a deep voice. Although she was a little surprised by Scarlet Feather's ultra-conservative and restrained nature, she knew that there was no time for a moment to study it.

Zuo Ying's resolute gaze made Scarlet Feather tremble unconsciously, and her insistent attitude suddenly softened, letting go of the hands that grabbed her clothes.

Zuo Ying quickly untied the scarlet feather's belt, lifted her overlapping placket, and then untied her obscene clothes, revealing a piece of white Shengxue's skin. Inevitably, when she saw her breasts, Zuo Ying was surprised to find that it was not the fullness and roundness that women should have, but the flatness and breadth of men, and even the muscle contours that were not too exaggerated were highlighted! When I looked down to look for the wound on her waist, I could see the powerful curves of her firm, flat abdomen. Zuo Ying also suddenly recalled that Scarlet Feather's voice seemed to be lower than usual today, and she only guessed that it was the hoarse throat caused by the illness and never cared.

Zuo Ying, who has always been unfazed, couldn't help but be stunned: the personal palace maid who has been with the princess for many years is actually a "man"?! Not to mention how her "male body" could not be discovered for so long, if she was a man, she would not even be able to pass the physical examination when she became a palace maid. And how can a man with a sweet singing voice and a gentle temperament like a scarlet feather be?

Despite the almost unprecedented shock and confusion that hit Zuo Ying's brain, she finally understood why Scarlet Feather had been reluctant to let even her sisters of the same sex see her body.

Zuo Ying took a deep breath, did not show the fluctuations in her heart, and continued to use her clothes to carefully help Scarlet Feather wipe the blood around the wound, and a wound nearly half a foot long clearly appeared. The wound was not neat, it should not be a knife wound, it may have been cut by sharp debris when he broke through in the fire just now. Fortunately, although the wounds were not shallow, they were only in the flesh and did not hurt the internal organs.

Because bandaging the waist is more laborious than bandaging the limbs, Zuo Ying simply took off her clothes, leaving only a dirty garment on her upper body, and tore the clothes off and wrapped the wound of Scarlet Feather.

"Your Majesty! Don't ......" Scarlet Feather was stunned by Zuo Ying's actions, and even forgot the pain in an instant. As soon as she reacted, Zuo Ying, who was the noble Ninety-Five, would rather be shirtless in order to bandage her wounds, and she didn't have time to stop it, and the clothes that had been torn into long strips were already wrapped around her waist.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from outside the hall, and because the hall was empty and quiet, both of them heard it very clearly.

The two of them suddenly stuck their heads out of the bottom of the stairs and looked out the window, only to see that there was a pile of fire about fifty meters outside the hall, and seven or eight armored guards were running towards the Yuanzhen Hall with torches.

The chasing soldiers really came, and Zuo Ying felt the efficiency of the agency for the first time in her life. With Scarlet Feather's current physical condition and the only remaining bullets in Zuo Ying's gun, it is impossible to deal with so many people.

The two of them looked at each other, and their eyes fell on the door of the dark room at the bottom of the stairs.

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A moment later, seven or eight armored guards walked briskly into the bottom floor of the Yuanzhen Palace. The torches in their hands illuminated the hall.

Although each of the twenty-four pillars in the main hall has a lit copper lamp, it is still not enough to illuminate the entire ground floor, and there are still many dark corners.

"Your Majesty! Wait for the rescue of the driver! The guard strode to the center of the hall and shouted as he turned around to look back. The empty hall echoed with the shouts of the guards.

Seeing that there was no response, the guard turned to the side and asked in a low voice, "Did you indeed see Your Majesty enter this palace?" ”

"I did!" The two guards next to him both nodded in the affirmative. Zuo Ying is thin and small, and Scarlet Feather is dressed in white, which can indeed be easily recognized from a distance.

"Look everywhere!" As soon as the head guard gave the order, the rest of the people immediately scattered, and while holding "Your Majesty" in their mouths, they searched everywhere upstairs and downstairs.

A guard who walked to the corner of the main hall crouched down and reached out to touch a few drops of red liquid on the ground, then turned his head and shouted, "There are blood stains here!" ”

The leading guard walked over to the bloodstain and looked at it, and while motioning for the guards to continue searching, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! The rebel parties who took advantage of the chaos have all been captured by their ministers! The danger is gone! I respectfully ask Your Majesty to return to the palace with your ministers! He shouted a few more times.

At this time, Zuo Ying and Scarlet Feather were hiding in a dark and narrow space, their bodies were tightly together, not daring to make much movement, and the smell of dust filled their nostrils. Although there is a thick wooden plank between here and outside, you can still hear the shouting outside by sticking your ears to the plank.

"Your Majesty......" Scarlet Feather said in the smallest voice close to Zuo Ying's ear, "Will they ......?"

Zuo Ying knew what Scarlet Feather meant. Because she also guessed the same as Scarlet Feather: whether those people were really the ones who came to the rescue, and whether the situation outside was indeed under control as he said.

"Nope." Zuo Ying reached out to support Scarlet Feather's shoulders leaning forward, and said simply.

Human nature always wants to be silent when doing bad things, and always wants to be famous when doing something good. Now this group of people outside is about to make a great contribution to "save the driver", but in the face of the emperor who may be listening, he never mentions what kind of palace department he is, and he clearly does not think that what he is doing is a fair and righteous good deed.

By this time, the leader of the guards outside had paced to the bottom of the stairs, and his vulture-like eyes were firmly fixed on the secret door at the bottom of the stairs that he had discovered.

He gestured to the two nearby guards, then gently pulled out the saber from his waist with one hand, pressed the other hand on the door panel, and then took a deep breath and suddenly pushed the door panel with force.

However, the door was not pushed open, it was still tightly closed, apparently bolted from the inside.

The first guard frowned, took two steps back, and then kicked the door panel with all his strength, and there was a loud sound of wood breaking, and the door panel was kicked open violently, and several torches illuminated the inside!

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