The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Seeing that her brother did not come out to speak for her, the third princess could only glare at Xinhe hatefully and followed the eunuchs to receive punishment.

When Xin He heard the Emperor asking her and her sister to stand up, she knew that today was another day for her to successfully file a complaint. She immediately happily pulled her sister to stand up.

The emperor tapped Xin He's forehead and said, "I see, you, a little girl, have complained about everyone in my palace, right?" Xin He knew that complaining about the princess in front of the ministers today would be embarrassing for the emperor, so she quickly stepped forward to pay her respects to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just can't control my mouth. I won't complain next time."

The emperor didn't believe her lies. He turned to look at Qin Qingyan who still didn't dare to look up: "Is this your sister? Let me see if you two look alike?"

Xin He quickly took her sister's hand and looked up for the emperor to see, saying non-stop: "The Empress said that Xin'er looks like his father and his sister looks like his mother, so it's easy to recognize them. Your Majesty, don't you think so?"

The emperor and several of his close ministers looked at the two sisters and agreed. As expected, one looked like Lord Qin and the other looked like Madam Qin. What a pair of sisters.

Everyone congratulated Qin Mingxuan on finally finding his long-lost daughter. They also heard that he was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. This time when he came back, he was favored by the emperor and the empress, and a special banquet was held for him. This was truly an enviable favor in the court!

The emperor ordered someone to notify the queen and the ladies to come and prepare for the banquet. The ministers followed the emperor to the banquet hall, and Xinhe led her sister to follow the princes to attend the banquet.

Xinhe introduced the crown prince and several princes to her sister, and the princes also greeted Qingyan kindly. Qin Qingyan didn't expect Xinhe to be so close to the princes. Xinhe talked and laughed with the princes, but she felt very uneasy in front of the princes.

Today's situation was something Qin Qingyan could never have imagined before. She could actually meet the most supreme emperor and empress in the world, so many princes, and many dignitaries in the capital.

Today, Qin Qingyan truly realized the prominent status of her Qin family in the capital and the court. The title of the Qin family's eldest daughter meant such respect and overwhelming wealth!

She looked up at her sister who was chatting and laughing with several princes, and secretly made up her mind that she must seize this opportunity. No, she must be better and more outstanding than this sister, so that everyone's eyes will only be fixed on her.

Xinhe had no idea what her sister was thinking. At this moment, she was whispering to the Fourth Prince.

Ever since Shen Tuo's palace coup, the Fourth Prince seemed to have grown a lot overnight. Yu Shen said that the Fourth Prince made rapid progress in his studies and practiced martial arts very diligently.

Xin He took a closer look at the Fourth Prince. He was indeed much thinner and darker, and he looked completely different from the fat boy he used to be. However, the Fourth Prince looked very energetic and did not look depressed.

Xin He was still a little worried and asked, "How is your mother?" The fourth prince paused and said, "Mother has set up a small Buddhist temple in the Queen Mother's Palace. Apart from taking care of the Queen Mother, she usually copies and recites scriptures."

The fourth prince glanced at Xin He, and seeing that she was full of worry, he smiled: "Actually, I think this is quite good. My mother used to complain all day long, and was always competitive. Although she was favored, I don't think she was happy at all."

"But now, although my mother is no longer in favor, she is calm and has no desires, which is good. Moreover, my mother cares about me more than before. I am also very happy."

After hearing what the Fourth Prince said, Xinhe finally felt relieved. Shen Yining had gone through a great disaster and was able to turn back from her mistakes. Now she is practicing in peace and taking care of the Queen Mother and the Fourth Prince. This can be considered a good ending.

Xin He patted the Fourth Prince's shoulder happily: "I feel relieved now. Brother Shen said that you have made a lot of progress in this period of time! When can we practice together?"

The fourth prince begged for mercy: "Forget about practicing. If I can't beat you, I'll be beaten by you. If I can beat you, I'll be beaten by my brothers. I think it's better to forget it. I admit defeat."

Xinhe covered her mouth and laughed. In the past, the fourth prince was always dissatisfied and liked to practice with him. Most of the time he couldn't beat him, and he was always beaten up very badly.

Whenever he was able to win, his brothers would beat him up, saying that the Fourth Prince did not know how to give in to his sister. In the end, the Fourth Prince was so scared that he didn't dare to fight with them anymore.

Seeing the two of them talking animatedly, the Third Prince came up and whispered to Xin He, "Hey, fat girl, today I'm going to give you a credit. You did a good job of confronting the Third Princess. I've disliked her for a long time."

Xin He was annoyed that the Third Prince always called her a fat girl. She glared at him and said, "You don't like her, but you don't do anything to punish her. You just talk nonsense."

The Third Prince scratched his head and said, "As her elder brother, I can't take action to deal with her myself. If I do, it will involve the Queen Mother and the Consort Mother. But she and her Consort Mother are indeed a little too proud of themselves. Someone should have taken action to deal with her long ago."

Xin He was stunned: "Why, what do they have to be proud of? How dare they disrespect the Queen?" The Fourth Prince immediately added: "It's because my second brother has done several important things in succession and won praise from my father. Many ministers in the court also praised my second brother. Concubine Xi and the Third Princess have become a little proud. They got carried away when talking in front of my mother. They were very arrogant, as if my second brother was going to be crowned the Crown Prince soon."

The Third Prince patted the Fourth Prince on the head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Can you say anything about the Crown Prince?" The Fourth Prince felt a little aggrieved and said, "I am speaking up for the Crown Prince. Those important tasks were arranged by the Crown Prince for the Second Brother to do. Without the Crown Prince, there would be no credit for the Second Brother."

Xin He understood. No wonder the Third Princess was so arrogant and wanted to beat her up. She couldn't help but snorted coldly, "If I had known the Third Princess would be like this, I would have beaten her up first and then complained. It's really easy for her."

The Third Prince laughed: "Do you think if the Queen heard that she actually wanted to hit you today, would she let her off easily?"

The three of them exchanged glances and laughed knowingly. The Queen looked at Xin He like a pearl in her eye, and the Third Princess actually wanted to attack Xin He. Even if the Queen was a peaceful and kind person, she would not let her off easily today.

The second prince felt a little annoyed when he saw the third and fourth princes huddled together with Xin He and muttering something to each other.

It has always been like this since I was a child. The few of them, including the prince, always intentionally or unintentionally left me out of the circle. No matter what they played or ate, they were never with me.

This feeling of always being on the outside made him very uncomfortable, just like this time when he received praise from his father and the ministers, the third and fourth brothers looked at him strangely, as if he had done something wrong to the crown prince.

Why must I always stand in the prince's shadow? My moral character and ability are no worse than the prince's. I am much better than the third and fourth brothers in both studying and martial arts.

However, my mother never allowed me to show my talents since I was a child. I used to follow Concubine Shen and curry favor with her and her son. After Concubine Shen fell, my mother became a high-ranking concubine second only to the empress and concubine Shu, and her own background was not bad either.

What's so special about the prince? He was just born from the queen and took the position of eldest son. In terms of talent, he is not as good as me.

The second prince remembered what that person said, that the crown prince did not necessarily have to be the eldest son, and as the son of his father, he was also qualified to sit in that position.

That person said he would help me, and that person also successfully helped me accomplish several big things. With that person's help, I became more confident.