The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Shen Yining's body softened, and she fell to the ground, crying. Suqin wanted to get close to Shen Yining to comfort her young lady, but she remembered the hateful look the young lady had given her just now, and she stopped moving.

In that incident in the palace, the young lady originally wanted to plot against Qin Mingxuan. She pretended to be drunk and stayed in the same room with Qin Mingxuan and was discovered, forcing Qin Mingxuan to marry her for the sake of his reputation.

Suqin didn't know how the master knew the young lady's plan, and secretly told herself to act according to the master's plan. She led the young lady to the palace where the emperor often went to rest after being drunk. As a result, they were discovered, and the young lady lost her reputation. She had to enter the palace as the master wished.

In fact, Suqin has always felt that the young lady's infatuation with Lord Qin was simply a result of obsession. As the legitimate young lady of the Shen family, there is no need for her to pursue the cold Lord Qin.

Therefore, when the master ordered her to betray the young lady and do what the master ordered, she only thought that this was for the good of the young lady. She was also very uneasy for a long time.

After entering the palace, the young lady has always been favored by the emperor, and has enjoyed great glory in the palace. She also gave birth to the lovely fourth prince for the emperor. Suqin, on the contrary, feels that the path arranged by the adults for the young lady is truly for her own good.

However, when the young lady knew the truth today and burst into tears, Suqin suddenly realized that what she thought was good might not be what the young lady expected. Perhaps, she really did something wrong.

Moreover, from what the master said just now, Suqin also realized that the master did not really love the young lady, but instead used the young lady as a tool to win favor for the Shen family.

Suqin thought of how heartless the master was, and how the lady at home didn't care about the young lady at all, and only cared about the young master. Her young lady was really pitiful. Suqin looked at the young lady with guilt, and was speechless.

Shen Tuo looked at his daughter who was crying on the ground, but there was no pity on his face. Instead, he felt disgusted with his daughter because she was not like him at all. She had no scheming in her dealings and only knew how to cry.

Fortunately, this daughter gave birth to a grandson for him. Although his surname was Xiao, he had the blood of the Shen family. He only needed to send this grandson to the throne first to avoid the important officials in the court saying that he was plotting to usurp the throne. As for future matters, a naive child could only rely on his grandfather for all matters in the court.

Shen Tuo interrupted his daughter's crying impatiently: "Okay, I didn't risk coming to the palace to listen to you crying here. We still have important things to do."

Shen Yining raised her tearful eyes and looked at her father: "The emperor has been poisoned and is unconscious, what else do you want to do?"

Shen Tuo sneered: "Just being unconscious is not enough, I want to send the emperor on his way again." He took out a packet of medicine powder from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Yining: "I heard that after the emperor fell into a coma, the prince always fed the emperor medicine in person. Before going to court tomorrow, the prince will definitely go to visit the emperor's condition. You put this packet of medicine in the medicine that the prince feeds to the emperor. After the emperor takes the medicine, you can wait for good news from your father in the palace."

Shen Yining's hand trembled as she took the medicine bag, and the bag fell to the ground. She looked at her father in surprise: "Father, are you going to harm the Crown Prince again?"

Shen Tuo was still smiling: "Daughter, father is doing this all for you and Jingyu. If the crown prince is not removed, how can our Jingyu sit on the throne? When something happens to the crown prince, the queen can't escape either, and then the harem will be yours. Daughter, this is all for you and Jingyu!"

Suqin looked at the medicine bag on the ground with trepidation. She was too scared to make a sound. She just lowered her head and looked at her toes, not daring to move.

At this time, Shen Yining wiped away her tears, calmed down her emotions, looked at her father expressionlessly and asked, "Father is so calculating. He got rid of the emperor and the prince, leaving us orphans and widows with only father to rely on. Doesn't this world belong to you, father?"

Shen Tuo smiled and said, "Father has conquered this world for Jingyu. Of course, Jingyu is still young, so father will naturally help you two more. When Jingyu grows up, this world will naturally belong to Jingyu."

Shen Yining sneered: "Father, can you tolerate our Jingyu growing up? Is father willing to give everything he has worked so hard to obtain to my son? Father, don't forget that Jingyu's last name is Xiao!"

Shen Tuo was annoyed: "After all, Jingyu still has the blood of my Shen family. Do you think your father is so cruel? Don't judge others by your own standards! Your father is thinking about you and your son."

Shen Yining stopped talking, staring at her father with tearful eyes, not saying a word, just looking at Shen Tuo motionlessly.

Shen Tuo felt a little uncomfortable with his daughter's gaze. He pulled his cloak and said, "Daughter, now that things have come to this, our Shen family has no way out. Tomorrow is the moment of the final battle. Think carefully about what your father said, and you should know what to do."

Seeing that his daughter still didn't speak, Shen Tuo had to continue, "Daughter, think about it. The emperor has been poisoned because of you. There is no antidote for this poison in the Central Plains. Sooner or later, you will die. Once the queen and the prince know that it was you who poisoned them, do you think they will be able to spare you? Can they spare Jingyu?"

"If you help daddy again, our Shen family will be able to obtain the most honorable position in the world tomorrow, and your son will be the master of the world! Daughter, think about it carefully."

Shen Yining finally spoke: "Thank you, Daddy, for thinking about me and Jingyu. I know what to do now." She turned to look at Suqin, who had not dared to move, and said, "Aunt Suqin, take the medicine and send father out of the palace."

Suqin felt uncomfortable when she heard the young lady respectfully calling her Aunt Suqin. The young lady had never called her like that before, and this time the young lady was really angry.

Suqin didn't dare to say more, took the medicine brought by the adults, bowed respectfully and made a gesture of invitation to Shen Tuo. Shen Tuo wanted to tell his daughter a few more words, but seeing that Shen Yining didn't want to look at him any more, he had to swallow the words on his lips, put on the veil, and followed Suqin out.

Shen Yining heard her father's footsteps getting farther and farther away, and tears finally fell from her eyes. After a while, Suqin came in quietly, bent down and reported to Shen Yining: "My queen, the master has left the palace."

Shen Yining couldn't help but sneer: "My father is really capable. The Queen's control in the palace is so strict, but he can still come and go so freely. What a great ability!"

Suqin lowered her head even lower, not daring to answer. Shen Yining glanced at her and stretched out her hand to her: "Where's the medicine?" Suqin took out the medicine bag hesitantly and handed it to Shen Yining: "Madam, do you really want to...?"

Shen Yining looked at her expressionlessly: "I have my own ideas about what to do, how can Aunt Suqin control me?" Suqin finally couldn't help but fell to her knees: "Miss, I am doing this for your own good! I can't bear to see you..."

Shen Yining looked at Suqin who was kneeling on the ground and crying, but she remained unmoved and directly interrupted Suqin's words: "Where is Jingyu? Is he still in the Queen's Palace?"

Ever since the Emperor fell into a coma and was moved to the Queen's Palace, the Fourth Prince has been waiting there every day for his father to wake up. He does not go back at night, but sleeps beside the Emperor's bed, waiting wholeheartedly for his father to wake up.

The Queen looked at this honest child and didn't want him to return to Concubine Shen's palace and be involved in Shen Tuo's affairs, so she simply kept the Fourth Prince in her own palace. Deep down, the Queen still wanted to protect this child! After all, the child was innocent.

Suqin wiped away her tears and reported to Concubine Shen: "The Fourth Prince has been guarding the Emperor in the Queen's Palace!" Shen Yining smiled: "My son is not like our Shen family, he is a good child! It's a pity that he didn't get a good mother's family!"

Suqin wanted to say something else, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was stopped by Shen Yining. Shen Yining sat in front of the dressing mirror and calmly told Suqin: "Do my makeup!"

Suqin was shocked: "My queen, it's still early, why don't you rest for a while. The emperor has been ill these few days, and you haven't rested well." Shen Yining applied powder on her face and smiled: "Tomorrow is a big day for my Shen family, how can I still sleep?"

Suqin heard a strong sense of sarcasm in Shen Yining's words, but she didn't dare to say anything. She had to come forward to help Shen Yining wash and dress.

Shen Yining stopped talking and silently let Suqin dress her up. Suqin had very skillful hands and she knew how to dress up to show Shen Yining's beauty to the maximum extent.

After a while, a beautiful woman with charming temperament appeared in the mirror. Shen Yining was indeed worthy of the title of the most beautiful woman in the harem. Although the concubines in the harem were very jealous of Shen Yining's favor, they had to admit that they really could not surpass Shen Yining's beauty.

Suqin looked at Shen Yining in the mirror and said hesitantly, "Miss, you are the most beautiful." Shen Yining smiled bitterly, "Now that I think about it, what's the point of having such beauty? I didn't get anything I wanted, and in the end I ended up with nothing."

Suqin said quickly: "How come you have nothing in your hands? The young lady is the most favored in the harem, and there is also such a lovely child like the Fourth Prince, and..."

Shen Yining squinted at her: "What else? Can't remember?" Then she picked up a pearl hairpin and compared it to her hair, then threw it on the dressing table with disgust: "I just realized that I have nothing except Jingyu!"

Shen Yining pulled a bitter smile from the corner of her mouth: "Mother only has her husband in her eyes. She obeys father's words and gives all her love to my younger brother."

"As for my father, you've seen that he only cares about power and gain. I didn't have the love of my parents, a happy family, or a caring husband that I wanted."

"Fortunately, God gave me a good child, but I didn't know how to appreciate it. I asked too much of Jingyu and showed too little love. I feel sorry for my Jingyu."

Shen Yining gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes to avoid ruining her makeup. She looked at Suqin and said, "Aunt Suqin, go ahead and let me be quiet for a while."

Suqin noticed that the young lady's expression was a little strange and wanted to say something but Shen Yining didn't even look at her. She just stared blankly at the medicine bag on the dressing table.

Suqin turned around and walked a few steps, then turned back to Shen Yining and said, "Miss, I still want to presumptuously say that although the emperor was poisoned this time because of you, you didn't know about it! But, but, if he poisoned me again this time, you..."

Shen Yining turned to look at Suqin: "I feel a little comforted by your words. Aunt Suqin still thinks about me after all. Thank you, aunt. You go, I have my own plans."

Suqin knelt down again with a thud: "Miss, please forgive Suqin, I...I..." Shen Yining stood up and helped Suqin up, chuckling: "Aunt, you don't have to do this. After all, you grew up with Yining. What's there to talk about forgiving or not forgiving? Go ahead, I want to be quiet for a while."

Suqin walked out with tears in her eyes, looking back every few steps. Shen Yining sat back in front of the dressing mirror and sat there blankly until dawn.

After daybreak, Suqin pushed open the door and came in, and found Shen Yining sitting in front of the mirror as she was last night. Her face was calm, but her eyes were empty, as if her soul had left her body, leaving only a beautiful shell.

Suqin was startled, and hurried to Shen Yining's side, and asked softly: "Madam, you..." Shen Yining seemed to come back to her senses, and adjusted her makeup in the mirror, and said to Suqin: "You are here, let's go, it's time to serve the emperor to take medicine."

Suqin felt that Shen Yining was indescribably strange now, and felt uneasy in her heart. She said hesitantly, "My queen, are you really going?"

Shen Yining chuckled: "Of course I have to go. For the sake of my Shen family's overwhelming wealth, I must go." She remembered something and asked Suqin: "By the way, how is my aunt's condition these days?"

Suqin lowered her head and replied, "The Empress Dowager had gotten much better, but the Emperor's illness these past few days has made the Empress Dowager's condition worse again. However, the Empress has sent a capable imperial physician to guard the Empress Dowager's palace!"

Shen Yining whispered, "The Queen is kind-hearted. No matter what the Queen Mother does, she always treats the Queen Mother with respect." She stood up and said to Suqin, "Let's go to the aunt's palace to pay our respects first."

Shen Yining arrived at the Cining Palace, and the Queen Mother had just taken the medicine in the morning and fell into a deep sleep again. Shen Yining asked the imperial physician about the Queen Mother's condition, and then dismissed everyone in the palace and sat alone in front of the Queen Mother's bed.

The dignified and solemn Queen Mother looked sick and now looked like an ordinary old lady. Shen Yining reached out to brush the hair off the Queen Mother's face and said softly to her, "Aunt, Yining has been carefully raised by you since she was young. You love her more than her mother. But Ning'er has failed your careful education and has accomplished nothing."

Shen Yining stood up and took a step back, then kowtowed to the Queen Mother in a very upright manner: "Aunt, do you know that my father has gone mad, but you are sick and unable to stop him. What should Yining do now? Aunt, can you tell Ning'er?"

There was no response in the room. Shen Yining stood up and tucked the quilt for the queen mother. "Aunt, Ning'er is gone. Please take good care of my Jingyu in the future. He is a poor child."

After saying that, Shen Yining turned around and walked out of the room, instructed the imperial physician to take good care of the empress dowager, and went to the queen's Kunning Palace.