The little dark guard who travels between two lives

The Queen was also confused by the Emperor's sudden question. She blinked and replied habitually: "The thunder and rain are all the Emperor's grace. I dare not complain. Moreover, the Emperor is a wise and enlightened ruler. He treats me very well."

The queen looked at the emperor and saw his disappointed expression. She added hastily, "The emperor is very good to me, really very good."

The emperor looked at the queen in great frustration, muttering "Is it all right?" The queen was always like this, smiling at herself without any resentment or anger, and she was a typical noble lady.

If the emperor had not seen with his own eyes the empress and her sister laughing and playing in the peach blossom forest, looking so bright, naughty and lovely, he would have believed that the empress was such a virtuous queen.

But the queen was not like this originally. It was her family and herself who forced the queen to become what she is now.

The emperor sighed and took the queen's hand: "Forget it, we still have a long time, the queen will gradually understand me."

Seeing that the Emperor was no longer obsessed with this topic, the Queen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Emperor's sudden confession whenever he came in always made the Queen feel like she was facing a formidable enemy, and she didn't know how to respond.

After so many years, I no longer have the extravagant dream of being together forever. Now I think about how ridiculous it is. Born into a noble family, I knew from a young age that I would be used by the family to marry and consolidate the family's power. How could I still have such unrealistic ideas?

Ever since the day she entered the palace, she had erased the vague figure in her mind. No, it should have been erased since the day her sister entered the palace.

She wants to be a noble lady who has no love in her heart, who can remain calm when facing a husband with many wives and concubines, who treats her husband with respect and raises her children to live a peaceful life. That is enough.

In the mansion of Prince Cheng, no, it should be the mansion of Prince Cheng. After the coup, the emperor rewarded the people according to their merits. Because Prince Cheng contributed herbs to make the antidote, he made great contributions, so the emperor conferred him the title of Prince Cheng and generously gave him many rewards.

In a short time, Prince Cheng became the hottest new noble in the capital. The most dazzling people in this palace coup were two people, one was Prince Cheng, and the other was Princess Anyi, who was personally appointed by the emperor.

Princess Anyi has been a little celebrity in the palace since she was a child, which has aroused the jealousy of many wealthy families in the capital. This time, Princess Anyi actually stepped forward to save the Queen, which is a great achievement, and no one can say that this is not a great achievement.

Princess Anyi's contribution was even greater than that of her biological father, Lord Qin. Lord Qin had already been promoted to the position of Prime Minister, and there was no more title he could be given. This time, the Emperor generously gave Miss Qin the title of Princess, which was a unique favor in the capital.

No matter how jealous those people in the capital were, they could only grit their teeth and secretly send gifts to the Qin Mansion. They wanted to meet Princess Anyi. Sorry, they couldn't meet her because Princess Anyi had been kept in the palace by the Queen Mother to recuperate.

Fortunately, there is still a Prince Cheng who can curry favor with him. In the past, this Prince Cheng was a nobody in the imperial court in Beijing, but who would have thought that he would rise to prominence overnight and become a first-class prince. The emperor also ordered Prince Cheng to take charge of the Zongzheng Mansion.

For a while, the front of Prince Cheng's house was crowded with traffic and officials came to congratulate him. The key point was that Prince Cheng was humble and polite, smiling and welcoming, without any airs of a prince, and immediately won unanimous praise from the officials in the capital.

After seeing off today's guests, Prince Cheng sat down on the armchair exhausted. He pressed his hands against his eyes and asked lazily, "What letter has been sent from the palace?"

A tall man in gray leaned over and replied, "The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have fallen out. The Emperor demoted Concubine Shen to a beauty and ordered her to serve the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace."

Prince Cheng looked up in surprise: "Didn't that woman Concubine Shen make a fuss?" The man in gray stood up and chuckled. The flickering light shone on his face. It was none other than Mr. Mei, the mysterious strategist in Shen Tuo's mansion.

Mr. Mei replied: "Since Concubine Shen was poisoned, she seemed to have become a different person. She didn't cry or make a fuss, and even asked for death. It was the Queen who pleaded for her."

Prince Cheng also laughed contemptuously: "The Shen family is finished. If you still can't see the situation clearly at this time, you are really a fool."

Prince Cheng fiddled with the jade string in his hand casually: "She was implicated by her father. And at least she gave birth to the fourth prince for the emperor. Even for the sake of the fourth prince, the emperor will not execute her."

He paused and sneered, "Not everyone can be as cruel as my father. He can even do it to the person next to him. If my son says no, then I don't want it."

Mr. Mei knew that the prince had recalled the painful past, so he sighed and said, "By the way, the letter from the palace also said that Concubine Shen had told the queen that she had heard Su Peiyun say that she would send the stolen child to a friend of Su Peiyun in Yunzhou. The queen also passed the news to Madam Qin."

Prince Cheng immediately sat up straight and looked at Mr. Mei: "Really?" Mr. Mei nodded affirmatively. Prince Cheng was overjoyed: "Shen Yining, this woman, really helped me a lot. I have been thinking about how to send that girl back to the Qin Mansion without arousing suspicion. Now is a good opportunity."

He instructed Mr. Mei: "Follow this clue and make arrangements. When Lord Qin is looking for someone in Yunzhou, don't let him succeed easily. But in the end, we must make sure that our Lord Qin can find his biological daughter in Yunzhou."

Mr. Mei nodded, then remembered something and asked, "How to deal with that woman?" Prince Cheng hesitated for a moment and asked, "How is her training going in Southern Xinjiang?"

Mr. Mei smiled and said, "That woman is quite clever. She learned quickly what you told her to learn. Moreover, she managed to coax the young lady into obeying her every word. The two of them are very close."

Prince Cheng nodded: "I saw from the beginning that the woman was not ordinary. She could only do petty thefts in the hands of Shen Tuo and his daughter. I put so much effort into training her because she will be of great use."

Prince Cheng stood up and said, "Go and make arrangements for her. Give her a reasonable identity and let her take the girl with her. We want to give Master Qin a surprise!"

Mr. Mei left in response. Prince Cheng held the jade bracelet in his hand and sneered secretly: "Qin Mingxuan, your father took the lead in impeaching my mother's family, causing my mother to have no place to stay in the palace. How can the death of only one old man Qin from your Qin family repay the debt owed to me and my mother?"

Xinhe was kept in the palace by the Queen to take good care of her body. Her little face, which had lost some weight due to practicing martial arts some time ago, has become round again.

Especially when Xinhe and Xinnan, brother and sister, sat together and feasted on the food, they looked like two identical little gluttons.

The Queen sat opposite the two siblings, watching the two foodies wolfing down their food, and she felt happy in her heart. The Emperor's overt and covert expressions of affection these days really made the Queen unable to resist, so she had to hide in her own palace and watch the two little foodies happily.

The queen looked at Xinhe and thought of the child that Shen Yining mentioned was stolen by Su Peiyun. She felt sad. She didn't know where such a good child was now.

The queen sighed softly, but Xin He noticed it. She dropped the chicken leg in her hand, wiped her greasy mouth and hands, rubbed against the queen, and asked with concern: "Queen, don't worry about Xin'er. You see, Xin'er has recovered. Now she can eat and sleep well. She is in good health. She is just waiting for her father and mother to take Xin'er back home."

The little fat boy said while chewing on a chicken leg: "Mom has been very busy these days. She has been anxious to find our big sister and has not even taken care of Nan'er."

"Big sister?!" Xin He looked at the little fat boy in surprise. After the little fat boy had eaten, he asked the maid to help him wipe his hands. He also rubbed against the queen's arms and complained: "My queen, mother used to care about Nan'er, but now mother cries at every turn, saying that there is a poor big sister. Mother also urges daddy to send someone to find big sister every day, and chases daddy to ask every day."

The little fat boy pouted unhappily: "What big sister? I already know that I have sister Xinhe, but mother only knows about big sister now, and doesn't care about sister and Nan'er anymore."

Xin Nan glanced at Xin He and continued to mutter, "It's been... a long time since I came to the palace to see my sister. Even Nan Er didn't care. Nan Er is a little angry."

The queen's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she quickly looked at Xinhe. Fearing that Xinhe would be unhappy, she told Xinhe what Shen Yining had said about stealing Madam Qin's daughter.

When Xinhe heard that some information had been found, the huge rock that had been weighing on her heart seemed to be lifted, and she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

You know, the secret that she has a sister who has been away and her life or death is unknown has become a big stone in Xinhe's heart. Every time she wants to tell her father and mother, she is unable to explain to them her adventure of rebirth and returning to her previous life.

Sometimes when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Xin He would always ask herself, maybe she was just a selfish person. She didn't want her sister to come back from the bottom of her heart.

The domineering and vicious Madam Yu in the previous life turned out to be her elder sister. Xinhe didn't know what kind of person her sister had become in this life. If she was still so vicious, she couldn't be sure whether it would be a blessing or a curse for the entire Qin family if she told her parents to find such a daughter.

Moreover, she has such a happy family in this life. Xinhe cherishes these happy days that she never dared to imagine in her previous life.

Xin He subconsciously thought that everything she cherished would be gone once her sister came back, so she hesitated for a long time and finally did not tell anyone the secret.

Seeing the way the Queen looked at her, Xinhe knew that the Queen was worried about her, and she quickly smiled at the Queen.

She hugged the Queen and said, "Don't worry, Queen. Xinhe knows that mother has lost a daughter. Mother will definitely not let go of this sister. This sister must have suffered a lot out there. Xinhe also hopes that mother can find her sister soon."

A child who is stranded outside will definitely suffer a lot, just like myself in my previous life. I spent my short life wandering around. Who would have thought that the daughter of the prime minister would end up becoming a small secret guard and eventually lose her life. She didn't know her own life experience until she died.

Now that I have been reborn and changed my destiny, what is my sister who has been living outside like now?

Xinhe thought again of herself lying in a coffin in her previous life, the vicious words spoken by Madam Yu, her own sister, and the long nails that were about to be driven into her, and she couldn't help but shudder.

The queen immediately sensed something was wrong with Xinhe beside her. She said that she didn't mind, but she was still a child after all, so how could she not mind?

Even the Queen felt that Madam Qin had neglected Xinhe in recent days, so how could this child not feel it?

The Queen held Xin He in her arms lovingly and said with a smile: "Our Xin He is a good and sensible child! The Queen loves you and cares for you!"

The little fat boy immediately started to act like a spoiled child in the queen's arms: "Your Majesty, why don't you praise Nan'er? Nan'er is so well behaved. Oh, mother doesn't care about Nan'er. Your Majesty doesn't love Nan'er anymore!"

The queen was amused and laughed: "I love Nan'er, so Nan'er is naturally my good child!" Xinhe rolled her eyes at her brother with disdain, humph, these are all the tricks left by this princess!

At this time, Ziqi came over to report: "Your Majesty, Master Yu is here to visit you and the princess." The queen smiled and looked towards the door: "Please invite Master Yu in."

Xinhe was recuperating in the palace, and Yu Shen couldn't go to the Yu Mansion as freely as he did, so Xinhe hadn't seen her brother Shen for a long time.

As soon as Yu Shen walked into the main hall, the little fat boy rushed over excitedly and hugged Yu Shen's legs: "Brother Shen, are you missing Nan'er? You even came to the palace to see Nan'er!"

The queen covered her mouth and laughed. Yu Shen looked down at the little meatball, and the corners of his mouth twitched. This little fat boy had been eating and drinking in the palace for so long that he was really fat like a ball, even rounder and fatter than Xinhe when she was a child.

With a fat ball weighing him down on his legs, Yu Shen could only stand still and respectfully greet the Empress. Then he tapped the fat ball's forehead and said, "Master's wife told you to eat less, but you must have been eating a lot in the palace. When you return home, I'll see how Master's wife will punish you."

Ji Wanran raised a fat daughter, who never had the slender waist of a lady from a wealthy family since she was young. This has always been a regret for Ji Wanran. When her son grew up, he was even taller than her sister. Ji Wanran thought about how she and her husband, who both had graceful figures, could have raised such two fat kids, and she wanted to cover her face and sigh.

Seeing that her son could eat more than her daughter, Ji Wanran repeatedly taught her younger son to eat less, hoping that her son could become a handsome young man instead of a little meatball.

Fatty Xinnan is not happy when he eats at home. How can he be happy if he can't eat to his heart's content? Therefore, little Master Xinnan always likes to eat at other people's houses. Of course, he is happiest when he eats and drinks for free in the palace. Otherwise, how could little Master Xinnan be so happy in the palace under the pretext of accompanying his sister?

When he was told not to eat, Young Master Xinnan became unhappy. He let go of Yu Shen and immediately ran back to his mother, grabbing another piece of dessert and stuffing it into his mouth. He couldn't help but mutter, "Mother doesn't care about me. She's only concerned about finding my elder sister!"

Hearing him talk about this again, the Queen looked at Yu Shen and said, "I heard from the Emperor that some information has been found in Yunzhou. Has Lord Yu also sent people to Yunzhou?"