The carriage and horses were tiring along the way, and Emperor Yuan He was already tired. After reminding Jing Heng to accompany him to the main hall later, he slowly entered the palace in the imperial chariot.

Next was the carriage of Princess Protector. Before Qin Xiaoxiao knelt down to greet her again, Princess Protector opened the curtain and said with a smile: "You kid, why did you come outside and see me instead?"

Qin Xiaoxiao knelt down and made a blessing ceremony, and said playfully: "In private, no one will know that Her Highness and I are free. Now that people see it outside, they will definitely envy me for being loved by Her Highness, and they will compete with me for favors."

what to do."

After that, she looked at the Princess Protector eagerly, as if someone really wanted to compete with her for favor.

"Haha, I can't bear to pamper another one with such great jealousy." Princess Protector was so amused that if there weren't carriages and horses waiting behind her, she would have wanted to come down and hold the little girl in her arms and give her a good rub.

rub.

Looking at the two people living happily together, the corners of Jingheng's mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Behind them were the carriages of the palace concubines. Even though they were too tired to sit upright, they couldn't wait to enter the palace to rest. After learning that it was Princess Protector who was talking to people, not only did she not show any dissatisfaction on her face, she also felt dissatisfied in her heart.

No complaints.

Although Princess Protector has no military power in her hands, and has lived in the princess's palace for more than ten years and rarely appears in public, no one in the harem or the court dares to underestimate her.

Especially when Emperor Yuan He is getting older and has not yet established a prince, the concubines who have the prince and the forces behind them have no time to curry favor with the Princess Protector, so how can they dare to do anything to offend the Princess Protector.

Princess Protector had no intention of keeping the carriage behind her waiting for a long time. After giving Qin Xiaoxiao some instructions, she lowered the curtain and followed the carriage into the palace gate.

Without waiting for the carriages of the concubines and princes to pass by, Jing Heng left with Qin Xiaoxiao and personally sent her to the small courtyard where she lived.

"Your foot is injured. It's best not to walk around in the past two days. Tomorrow I will ask Shitou to go to the mountain stream to collect prey and bring it to you then." Jing Heng checked Qin Xiaoxiao's injury and did not leave immediately.

Find something to say in a roundabout way.

"No, the ankle injury is not serious. Resting for the night will not affect walking tomorrow." Qin Xiaoxiao refused with a smile on her face. From her attitude, it was not clear whether she was angry about what happened at the palace gate just now.

Jing Heng felt uncomfortable and did not have the confidence to force Qin Xiaoxiao to agree like before, so he had to say: "Then I will go too and call you early tomorrow morning."

Qin Xiaoxiao was sure that he cared about her, and finally couldn't help but said: "Brother Li, if you feel annoyed with me someday, just say so. I know etiquette, justice and shame, and I won't rely on you."

Jing Heng's face changed, and there was a rare trace of panic: "No, I, I don't think you are annoying..."

Before he could finish his explanation, Qin Xiaoxiao, who had been staring at him, suddenly laughed out loud: "Brother Li, are you afraid?"

Jing Heng was stunned, and quickly realized that he had been teased by the little girl. He glared sharply, raised his hand and pinched her face: "You dare to tease me, have you got the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?"

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't feel the pain, so he was too lazy to struggle, and said vaguely: "It makes you feel sad when you pinch it, but it makes it swollen when you tease it!"

Jing Heng couldn't hold it any longer, so he let go and hummed: "My Lord, I have a lot, so I won't argue with you, a little girl."

Qin Xiaoxiao said the words, no longer feeling uncomfortable in her heart, and put away her thoughts of criticizing him, and said: "The emperor is waiting for you, please leave quickly."
Chapter completed!