The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Despite this, the Queen Mother was still worried about Xinhe. After not seeing Xinhe enter the palace for a few days, the Queen Mother sent someone to summon Xinhe to the palace again.

Of course Xin He couldn't refuse the Queen's summons, not to mention that Xin He also missed the Queen. So Xin He washed and dressed up and went to the palace to see the Queen, accompanied by a fat little boy Xin Nan.

Xin Nan held onto her sister's skirt and refused to let go. She pouted and insisted on going into the palace with her sister. She also complained to Xin He, "I want to go with my sister. I don't want to stay at home. Mother ignores Nan'er. If my sister goes to the palace too, Nan'er will be too lonely."

Xin He looked at the little girl's lost eyes, and thought of her mother's distant attitude towards her and Xin Nan. She couldn't help but sigh, leaned over and picked up the little girl: "Okay, sister will take you to the palace, you have to be good."

Xin Nan happily hugged her sister's neck: "Nan'er has always been very well behaved. The Queen also misses Nan'er, and the Crown Prince also likes Nan'er, and..."

Little Dumpling counted on his fingers and told his sister how popular he was in the palace. Xinhe suppressed her laughter and agreed with her brother: "Yes, yes, yes, our Nan'er is the best, everyone loves her!"

Her sister’s praise made Xinnan even more proud. The little fat boy immediately raised his big head proudly, as if he owned the whole world.

At this time, in the palace, the Queen was discussing matters with the Crown Prince. The Queen invited the Crown Prince to come over, handed him a stack of portraits of noble ladies in the capital, and smiled at him: "You are now old enough to get married. The Emperor is also very worried about your marriage. These are the noble ladies of the right age in the capital that your father asked me to pick out. See if there is one that suits your taste. If there is, we will quickly decide and marry you a satisfactory Crown Princess into the palace."

The prince looked at the portraits handed to him by the queen, but his brows were furrowed. He flipped through them and looked up at the queen: "Mother, why is there no portrait of sister Xin'er?"

The queen looked at the prince calmly, as if she was not surprised that he would have such a question: "Jingrui, Xin'er is very good, but she is not suitable for you. It was I, the queen mother, who pulled out Xin'er's portrait."

The prince did not expect this result. He looked at the queen excitedly and said, "Mother, why? You clearly know that I like Sister Xin'er."

The Queen took a sip of tea and said, "Mother has long seen that you like Xin'er, but you are the Crown Prince and will be the future Emperor. You can't have only the Queen. In order to balance the power in the court, you will constantly accept new people into the palace."

The Queen couldn't help but smile when she thought of Xin'er: "Xin'er is a good child. Mother likes her. She is not suitable to stay in the palace. Mother hopes that she can find a caring person who will love her wholeheartedly and accompany her for life. But you can't do that."

The queen looked at the prince again: "Jingrui, you grew up with Xin'er since childhood, you naturally know Xin'er's personality and temper, and you also know what Xin'er likes. Do you think Xin'er is suitable to stay in this Sifang City? Do you have the heart to let her give up her hobbies and be a queen in a proper manner?"

The prince wanted to fight for it: "Mother, I know that sister Xin'er is free-spirited and she prefers freedom to the palace. But I really like her, I will make her the queen, and no one in the palace can bully her."

The prince recalled something and said, "Mother, just like father, he also had other concubines, but he always treated you well. No one could bully you, not even Concubine Shen who was so favored back then. I can do the same."

The queen sighed: "Jingrui, you don't understand. For a woman, what they always desire is to be with one person for the rest of their lives. If she can easily allow other women to share her husband, then there may only be family affection between her and her husband."

She looked at the prince again and said, "You will be the future ruler of a country. The situation in the court does not allow you to have only one person in your harem. Even if you bring other women into the palace and you do not favor them, you have already lost the qualification for your wife to be truly devoted to you."

"Jingrui, your mother doesn't want you and Xin'er to end up in a quarrel over harem affairs. This would be the worst outcome for you."

"So, Jingrui, your mother hopes that you will give up Xin'er and choose someone who is suitable to be the queen. Your mother also hopes that Xin'er will have a smooth and happy life."

The prince heard the queen's words and shook his head. No, he could not accept what his mother would say. He could not give up Xin'er, the little girl who had always followed him around and called him "Brother Prince" was so lovable.

At first, he did treat her as a little sister, but as he grew older, he suddenly realized that his eyes would always fall on Xin'er involuntarily, and it was a very happy thing to laugh and play with her.

He was told since he was a child that he was the crown prince of a country and that he had to strictly follow the rules of etiquette and set an example for his younger brothers and sisters. He always followed the rules to restrain his words and deeds and never dared to deviate from them.

In the future he will be an emperor, and follow his father's words and deeds to be a good emperor who is diligent in government and loves his people. His future can be seen to the end at a glance, and he will live out his life peacefully in this square city.

However, when Xin He entered his world, her brightness, kindness and bravery attracted him deeply. He didn't know there were other women who could grow up so happily and freely.

Originally, he treated Xinhe as a little sister, but things gradually changed. He liked watching Xinhe laugh and play, liked watching Xinhe's frustrated expression when she couldn't recite, and liked Xinhe's heroic appearance when she practiced martial arts.

He knew that the time had come for him to select a Crown Princess. He did not want to choose one of the noble ladies in the capital. They would only behave respectfully and politely when they saw him. They were a group of dull and boring people, and their desire for power was clearly revealed in their eyes.

He wanted Xin He to accompany her. If the days in the palace were destined to be uneventful, and Xin He was such a lively life, she seemed to have infinite vitality. Wouldn't it be much more interesting to have Xin He's company?

But now his mother told him that he couldn't be with Xin He. The prince looked at the queen with pleading eyes: "Mother, why not? I only like Xin He and I will treat her well. Just like father and mother, there are other concubines in the palace, but you still live well. Why can't I be with you?"

The queen looked at the stubborn prince, closed her eyes, opened them again and looked at him steadily: "Jingrui, mother and your father are not as you see. Mother is not living well, mother wants to be together for the rest of her life, but mother can only enter the palace to be the queen, this is mother's responsibility and obligation as a daughter and sister. But mother does not like this harem life. Mother knows Xin'er doesn't like this kind of life either, so mother does not want Xin'er to enter the palace, even as a queen."

The prince was stunned by the queen's words. He stared at his mother in a daze. From what he had seen, his father and mother had always treated each other with respect and had a good relationship.

But today, his mother told him that she didn't like the palace and that she stayed here only because of responsibility and obligation. Didn't his mother like his father?