The little dark guard who travels between two lives

The more Qingyan thought about it, the angrier she became. She was about to lose control of her expression when a hand gently tapped her back from behind.

Qingyan was feeling unhappy when she was touched like this. She immediately looked back angrily. She wanted to see which girl was so bold.

When she turned around, she found that it was Lin Ma behind her. Lin Ma was allowed to enter the palace only after Qingyan specifically begged Ji Wanran.

Originally, Mother Lin was not qualified to enter the palace, but Qingyan had an important task to do today, and she was still unsure about relying on herself, so she felt more at ease if Mother Lin followed her.

So she cried and begged Ji Wanran, telling her about the love that Lin Ma had shown her in raising her. Poor Lin Ma, even though she was an eldest daughter who came back halfway, she was looked down upon and had never even entered the palace.

Ji Wanran saw that her eldest daughter was crying pitifully. As a noble lady, she could bring servants with her when she entered the palace, so she brought Lin Ma into the palace as well.

Mother Lin stood behind Qingyan. She also saw how Xinhe and her brother were envied by everyone as they followed the Queen.

Mother Lin was also indignant. She stared at Xin He who was following the Queen, gnashing her teeth secretly. It was all because of this stinky girl. She could have stayed in the Qin family. With her own thoughts and means, she would have dealt with that stupid Ji Wanran. She would have gotten what she wanted and stayed with Qin Mingxuan instead of that bitch Ji Wanran.

But all of this was ruined by that little bitch Xin He. I don't know what happened, but this little bitch kept on chasing me and kept investigating my affairs, eventually forcing me to fake my death to get away.

Fortunately, Prince Cheng took me in, taught me many skills, and finally sent me to Qin Qingyan. I heard that Prince Cheng was also very interested in Xin He. This time when I entered the palace, the things that Prince Cheng told me were very important.

Mother Lin sneered, "You little bastard, I wonder how long you can be so proud." She saw Qingyan's expression. Qingyan was also staring at Xinhe, and the resentful look in her eyes had attracted the attention of several ladies nearby.

In order to prevent Qingyan from losing her composure and ruining Prince Cheng's plan, Lin's mother could only quietly tap Qingyan's back. When Qingyan looked at her, Lin's mother silently reminded her: "Remember not to be impulsive, so as not to ruin the big plan."

After being reminded by Lin Ma, Qingyan knew that she couldn't act impulsively now. She also noticed that several ladies sitting next to her were looking at her with strange eyes.

It must be because her expression just now was too ferocious. Qingyan immediately put away the dissatisfaction and hatred in her eyes, and laughed awkwardly at the ladies and girls. Then she wiped the non-existent tears from her eyes with a handkerchief, muttering, "No wonder I couldn't find my sister just now. I was worried about her, but I didn't expect..."

The voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the ladies sitting next to her to hear. Of course, although she did not finish her sentence, the smart and gossipy ladies had already guessed the deep meaning she wanted to express.

Sure enough, Qingyan heard the ladies whispering, "See, I've said long ago that Princess Anyi never took her sister seriously. Today, on such an important occasion, she was able to abandon her sister and go to curry favor with the Queen alone."

"Yes, yes, I've heard that Princess Anyi often doesn't bring her sister into the palace. She only cares about currying favor with the Queen and even speaks ill of her sister in front of the Queen!"

"I've heard about this, too. I heard that the Queen believed Princess Anyi's slander and even sent someone to reprimand Miss Qin."

"Humph, how can a wild girl who only knows how to fight and kill be named a princess? It's really unfair!"

While listening to other people's gossip, Qingyan secretly rejoiced: "Qin Xinhe, you don't know how annoying you are!"

Xinhe and her brother followed the Queen into the hall, but naturally they couldn't sit in the upper seat with the Queen. After Xinhe and Xinnan bowed to the Queen, they went to the table where Ji Wanran was sitting.

Xinnan called out "Mom" sweetly and threw herself into Ji Wanran's arms. Xinhe also called out "Mom" and sat on Ji Wanran's left hand side.

As for Qingyan, who was sitting on their right, Xinhe and her brother both called her "big sister" in tacit understanding and said nothing else.

At this moment, Qingyan behaved like an intimate elder sister who cared deeply about her younger siblings. She was busy handing snacks to Xinhe and Xinnan, and wiping the sweat off Xinnan's face.

Little Xinnan had everything as long as she had the snacks. She ate the snacks contentedly and chattered with her mother about the interesting things in the Queen's palace.

Little Tuanzi was still a little surprised by the elder sister's enthusiasm today. After all, the elder sister always frowned and said sorry to him when she saw him in the mansion. But little Tuanzi was still young after all, so he didn't think too much and focused on the snacks in his hand.

But Xin He felt very uncomfortable when she saw Qing Yan's enthusiasm for her. She really couldn't accept Qing Yan's enthusiasm for her.

Whenever Qingyan approached her, she would involuntarily think of herself in her previous life lying in a coffin and the long nail that Qingyan stabbed herself with.

Xinhe shivered involuntarily. Qingyan quickly held Xinhe's hand and said with concern: "Are you cold, sister? I'll ask Aunt Lin to get a cloak for you. Don't catch a cold."

Xinhe saw that the ladies and young ladies around them all turned their eyes to them, and she understood in her heart that Qingyan did not really care about her, but was just pretending to be in front of everyone to show her demeanor as the eldest daughter of the Qin family.

Xin He looked at Qing Yan without a smile in her eyes and grinned: "Thank you, sister! I'm not cold." It was a normal sentence, but Qing Yan let go of Xin He's hand with a look of disappointment: "Oh, I'm glad that my sister is okay. It's my sister who is meddling."

Seeing Qingyan's aggrieved expression, Xinhe felt speechless. She didn't say anything, so why did she act like she was aggrieved?

Even Ji Wanran turned to Xinhe and said, "Nannan, your sister cares about you too, don't always speak in such a harsh tone."

"I..." Xin He looked at Ji Wanran and opened her mouth. Forget it, there was no explanation. Suddenly, she felt it was quite boring. Xin He said nothing more and responded in a low voice: "Xin Er knows, mother, I won't speak like this in the future."

Ji Wanran then nodded with satisfaction and started talking softly to the chattering little dumpling.

At this time, the eunuch outside the door shouted "His Majesty has arrived", and all the ladies in the hall hurriedly stood up. The emperor came in with a group of princes and important ministers who were attending the palace banquet.

The emperor was in a very happy mood today. Looking at the graceful young ladies from official families in the hall, he thought that the princes' wives would be chosen from among them, and his sons would be able to get married soon. That would be a really happy event for the Dayin Dynasty.

Moreover, the tribute items and the Saintess from Southern Xinjiang have already entered the palace today. Over the years, Southern Xinjiang's tribute has always been in a disciplined manner, and the tribute is very rich. This year's tribute is particularly rich, which makes the emperor happy.

The emperor, with a smile on his face, gestured to each of the ladies who were paying their respects to him with their daughters to stand up, then walked up the steps and sat down next to the waiting queen.

Then the princes and ministers paid their respects to the queen, and the palace banquet officially began.