The little dark guard who travels between two lives

From the moment I entered the door, my mother kept blaming me, scolding me harshly and not even giving me a chance to explain myself. From the very beginning, my mother had already determined that it was my responsibility that my sister was punished.

Xin He raised her head, trying not to let the tears fall. She took a deep breath and looked at Ji Wanran: "Mother, there have been rumors about my daughter in the capital recently, saying things about her that are very unbearable. Have you heard about it, mother?"

Ji Wanran was stunned for a moment, then said nonchalantly: "Why do you care about those gossipers?"

Qin Mingxuan patted Xin He's head, signaling her not to be sad, and then asked Ji Wanran: "Madam, someone is spreading rumors about our daughter outside, why do you ignore it? I, as a father, know nothing about it, and you, as a mother, are also indifferent?"

Ji Wanran still said casually: "What rumors? This is how it is in the capital. You spread rumors to me, I spread rumors to you, rumors are flying everywhere. How can a wealthy family like us fight over these meaningless rumors? Wouldn't it be a disgrace to our Qin family?"

Qin Mingxuan was so angry that he was speechless: "Madam, you! Madam, people outside are jealous of our daughter, and rumors are spreading, ruining our daughter's reputation. How can you, as a mother, remain indifferent?"

Qin Mingxuan thought of the Queen's angry expression and sighed in his heart: "Madam, the rumors have spread to the Queen. Even the Queen knows to vindicate Xin'er, but you, as a mother, don't care! You..."

It would be fine if she didn't mention the Empress, but when she did, Ji Wanran's anger rose again. Her daughter didn't know how to be close to her mother, and she would go to the palace to hang out with the Empress at any time. She was spoiled by the Empress and became lawless, and she didn't even care about her mother.

She said angrily, "As a mother, I have my own way of disciplining my daughter. But the Queen has to interfere and spoil Xin'er so much that she doesn't look like a lady from a wealthy family. No wonder the girls in the capital don't like playing with Xin'er."

"I think the rumors in the capital are because Xin'er offended the young ladies when she was with them, causing them to criticize us, which in turn implicated Yan'er. The Queen scolded Yan'er without asking any questions..."

"Madam, shut up!" Seeing Xin'er's face getting paler and paler, Qin Mingxuan finally couldn't help but shouted at Ji Wanran to stop her complaints.

Ji Wanran was startled by her husband's harsh rebuke, and Qingyan trembled in Ji Wanran's arms. This immediately made Ji Wanran feel distressed again.

She glared at Qin Mingxuan and said, "My husband, why are you yelling so much? Look how scared you are of your daughter. Yan'er was not in good health to begin with, and today she knelt in front of the palace aunt for a long time. If anything happens to my daughter, I will not be willing to let it happen."

Xin He watched her mother keep talking about Yan'er Yan'er but not bothering to even look at her. Xin He couldn't hold back her tears.

Even the Empress and the Emperor knew that they had been wronged. They knew without asking that it was people outside who were spreading rumors, but her own mother blamed herself for the rumors.

Yu Shen had been standing aside watching the Master's wife chattering away and blaming Xin He. He couldn't help but feel angry. How could the Master's wife, who was always gentle and kind, become like this?

She only knew how to protect her eldest daughter and scolded Xin'er without asking any questions. Yu Shen's brows were getting tighter and tighter, but he could not say anything to contradict his master's wife.

Yu Shen could only silently hand the handkerchief to Xin He, signaling her to stop crying and wipe her tears. The fat boy Xin Nan stared at her mother in amazement for a long time, and suddenly said, "Sister is the best sister. Those who spread rumors outside are all bad people. Why doesn't mother vent her anger for sister?"

He hugged Xin He's thighs and comforted her tears: "Don't cry, sister. Nan'er knows that you are a good person. They are just talking nonsense. Let Daddy beat them with a stick! If not, Nan'er will go to the palace tomorrow to ask the Queen to beat them with a stick to vent your anger for you!"

Ji Wanran was so angry that her hands were shaking as she pointed at Xinnan: "Shut up, I said someone must have gone into the palace and said something bad about Yan'er in front of the Queen, and now I know it was you!"

Nan'er looked at her furious mother, hid behind Xinhe in fear, and stuck her head out to say timidly, "I didn't complain, please don't accuse me, mother!"

"Enough!" Qin Mingxuan watched his wife blaming their little daughter one moment and their son the next, and finally couldn't help but yell. He looked at Qingyan.

"Yan'er, why did the Queen send someone to admonish you today, but your words were inappropriate?"

Qingyan was hiding beside Ji Wanran, looking at Ji Wanran with a wronged look on her face as she blamed her sister and brother. When she saw her father suddenly blaming her, she couldn't help but tremble slightly, stood up and faced Qin Mingxuan, and said timidly:

"Daddy, don't be angry. It's all my fault. I usually talked about poetry and painting with those young ladies. Maybe I accidentally said something about my sister and they misunderstood it. It's all my fault that I didn't explain it to them in time, so they misunderstood my sister and made mother angry. It's all my fault. I ask Daddy to punish me."

After saying that, Qingyan knelt down in front of Qin Mingxuan. She turned to look at Ji Wanran, her face full of tears. "I beg you not to be angry, mother. I hurt my sister with my careless words. I should be reprimanded by you. I should never cause your old illness to relapse. It's all my fault. I beg you not to be angry anymore."

Ji Wanran couldn't bear to see Qingyan suffer any injustice. She couldn't bear to see her daughter kneeling on the ground crying. She didn't care about her own body and struggled to get out of bed, and reached out to pull Qingyan up.

"My husband, why are you blaming our Yan'er? Those young ladies must have set a trap for Yan'er. Our Yan'er has never known the evil hearts of young ladies from official families since she was a child. She must have said the wrong thing unconsciously. It's a pity that my daughter was harmed by others and has to be punished by the queen. My poor daughter!"

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly, leaving Yu Shen, Xin He and Xin Nan standing beside them dumbfounded. Qin Mingxuan saw that his wife was weak and looked shaky, so he hurried forward to support her and let Ji Wanran sit on the chair.

He sighed and ordered Nan'er to help Qingyan up from her kneeling position. Then, he said to Ji Wanran in a slow tone, "Madam, Xin'er and Yan'er are both our daughters. Rumors have spread about Xin'er outside, which has ruined our daughters' reputations. We, as parents, were unaware of this and had to ask the Empress to intervene. This is a dereliction of duty on our part!"

"Xin'er has already been wronged, but she silently endured it in front of us. Such a sensible and considerate child came home today, but Madam didn't allow her to explain and just kept blaming Xin'er. Have you ever thought about how Xin'er feels? How hurtful it is to be misunderstood and scolded by your own mother? Madam, do you know?"

Hearing what her father said, Xin'er couldn't hold back any longer. She had just been crying silently, but now she finally sobbed out loud. Xinnan gently hugged Xinhe and said, "Don't be sad, sister. Nan'er is here to accompany you!"

Yu Shen felt extremely sad and wanted to go forward to comfort Xin He, but in the end he resisted the urge to extend his hand and stood aside silently.