Chapter 2 — Fake Dark Guard and Sister Get Promotion

Every time my older brother lies face down on the beam and looks at me brightly enjoying everything without having to work hard, without having my face beaten and bruised, or having to lie in the dark for hours, I can't help but regret it endlessly:

"I told you before, being a eunuch serving noble people has a better future than being a secret guard! Just one wrong door, in exchange for a lifetime of sadness!"

What's even more ridiculous is that the Crown Prince's palace is filled with beautiful concubines and concubines, yet every time he goes on a trip, the Crown Prince only calls me to follow him, sit in the same carriage, and attend the same banquet table. Soon, I became acquainted with the princes and noblemen of the capital. Now everyone knows that the Crown Prince has a favored maid named Thanh Thao. Moreover, as long as I appeared, the Crown Prince would definitely appoint my brother to be his secret guardian, making his mission rate extremely high, his achievements extremely good, and at one time he became the champion of the Thanh Camp. The other secret guards all laughed at him, leaning on the woman's breath to climb up, but my brother just laughed:

"If you have the skills, you should also find a sister as good as this! Wait until the day my sister enters the palace to become a lady, and see who dares to say more!"

After listening, the secret guards thought carefully... and saw that it was indeed possible, so they embarrassedly shut their mouths. In fact, whether I can be a mother or not, my brother is not sure in his heart. He hid in the darkness every day to protect the Crown Prince and me, seeing everything more clearly than anyone else - when no one was around, the Crown Prince didn't bother to pay any attention to me, just conveniently gave me a plate of breakfast for me to eat myself. From time to time the Crown Prince would leave, and my brother would crawl down from the rafters:

"Tieu Thao, give me a piece of breakfast, and that cup of fragrant tea too. Lying on my stomach all morning, my neck is about to stiffen."

I still haven't forgotten about him eating alone, so I hugged the plate and refused to hand it over. He begged and begged, finally I softened my heart and agreed to share some, then the Crown Prince returned. He didn't say a word, picked up the plate and jumped up to the rafters. I didn't fight back and just glared at him angrily. The prince was attentively reading a book when suddenly a series of scattered breakfast crumbs fell down, covering the pages of the book.

“What is that?” He frowned and looked up.

“Number Nine – rat goblin!” I pouted and replied.

“Oh?” The Crown Prince calmly turned his eyes back to the page of the book. “Cut a month of benefits!”

From the rafters there was a sharp "ding" sound, then another shower of breakfast crumbs fell down.

“Plus one month of not eating braised meat!”

The rain of breakfast crumbs immediately stopped.

5

It wasn't until two months later that we understood the Crown Prince's intention to support our brothers and sisters. That day, the Crown Prince attended a banquet at An Duong Vuong's palace. Normally, there would be three groups of Dark Guards taking turns guarding. But for some reason, all three groups were blocked outside the door. The Crown Prince brought only one maid into An Duong Vuong's garden. The commander of Thanh Doanh was worried, walking back and forth like a shuttle:

“Your Highness only brought a girl inside who doesn't know martial arts, what would you do if something happened?”

The commander of Xich Doanh did not seem worried at all:

"His Royal Highness has not yet given an order, we cannot act arbitrarily. Furthermore, An Duong Vuong's banquet could happen. What happened?

Not long after, the grass outside the courtyard wall suddenly rustled and shook, the Dark Guards guarding were immediately alert:

“Who is that?”

I only saw me emerging from the grass, my hair stuck in dry stalks, my face, hands and feet covered in scratches!

“Miss Thanh Thao?” — The two commanders widened their eyes:

“Why are you here? Didn't you follow His Highness inside?"

I was confused, hesitant, not knowing how to answer. This morning, as soon as I climbed into the carriage, I saw a lady next to me dressed exactly like me.

“Ca?! What are you doing..." - I widened my eyes.

My brother took out a small mirror from his sleeve, meticulously adjusted his makeup, then calmly said three words to me:

“Do your duty!”

When getting off the car, the Crown Prince personally held my brother's hand, and at the same time used his eyes to signal me to stay in the car. I angrily looked at his contorted gait and gritted my teeth in anger: I don't normally walk like that! Soon, I suddenly remembered something - I was about to miss the banquet this time! But this is not an ordinary banquet, it is An Duong Vuong's sea bass banquet! Every year, during the season of the most delicious fatty sea bass, An Duong Vuong holds a banquet to entertain. The sea bass passed through the hands of the chef of An Duong Vuong's palace is extremely delicious, with chrysanthemum wine as bait, and every year it attracts the royal family and nobles in the capital to come and enjoy it. Knowing that the Crown Prince wanted to take me to attend An Duong Vuong's sea bass banquet, I was so happy that I couldn't sleep for three nights in a row. Who would have thought that half way through, my brother would block me from attending! The more I think about it, the more unwilling I become. If I miss this kind of banquet, I don't know how many years I'll have to wait to have it again. So I decided to use my secret technique from when I used to beg, looking to see if there was any hole the dog could get into, hoping to sneak into the line of maids and get a taste to satisfy my cravings. Who would have thought that An Duong Vuong's palace was so big, even the dog hole was blocked, not only could I not get in, but my face was also scratched by the weeds and branches around it. Seeing the two commanders of Thanh Camp and Xich Camp each holding one of my hands, their faces full of worry, I suddenly felt a little guilty. How to explain... I just want to crawl into a dog hole and taste a piece of sea bass!

6

After knowing the situation, the two commanders' reactions were completely opposite. The commander of Thanh Doanh was excited and rubbed his hands excitedly:

“Your Highness will definitely take another big action! This kid Thanh Cuu is not bad, Thanh Doanh is about to make a big contribution!”

The commander of Xich Doanh's face was bloodless, scratching his head and muttering incessantly:

“It's chaos, it's chaos!”

This guy has too much courage, dare to say that the Crown Prince is... confused? Not long after, the door of An Duong Vuong's palace opened wide, Dong Cung guards poured in from nowhere, quickly taking control of the entire palace.

"An Duong Vuong's nefarious plot, failed to assassinate the Crown Prince, immediately escorted him to Thien Lao to await trial!" — The guard leader loudly announced.

While the Dark Guards were still bewildered, the Crown Prince leisurely stepped out, followed by my brother - who was striding bravely. I only saw his brooch falling off, his makeup smeared all over his face, his skirt pulled up to his waist, his long sleeves rolled up to his elbows, but His face is still extremely arrogant. He grabbed An Duong Vuong's neck with one hand, made a "thud" sound and threw him straight to the ground. An Duong Vuong was thrown until his eyes widened and he shouted:

"This king has clearly sent someone to try, this maid doesn't know martial arts at all, why is she suddenly so powerful today? The attack is still as rude as a man, oh, miscalculated, miscalculated!"