Chapter 347 Qin San

Upon hearing Qin Jinzhi's words, Huo Chun and Huo Qing immediately exclaimed, "Xiao Bao!"

Li Hongxue looked at Qin Jinzhi with red eyes, "Does Xiaobao think his aunt is interfering too much?"

Qin Jinzhi stepped forward and wiped away Li Hongxue's tears with her sleeve.

“Aunt, ever since my father died, the Huo family has taken on the responsibility of protecting me. Every time Uncle Huo returns to Beijing, he sits in front of my father’s coffin for a whole day. I know he is blaming himself. My father’s death was not our fault. I will make all our enemies pay the price. The Huo family should not be trapped in the past.”

From childhood to adulthood, not only Huo Tingshan, but the entire Huo family spoiled and pampered Qin Jinzhi to the point of indulging her. Everyone in the Huo family was trapped on the day her father died.

As a junior, she can gladly accept these kindnesses.

However, Huo Chun and Huo Qing should not be held responsible for her life.

Li Hongxue sat at the table to the side.

"When I was pregnant with your eldest brother, I encountered trouble and was kidnapped by thieves."

Your Uncle Huo went into the deep mountains to fight, and it was your father who rushed there overnight to rescue us.

But eighteen years ago, when your Uncle Huo returned to the army after a long march, he only found your father's body.

He couldn't help but blame himself.

Xiao Bao, listen to your aunt, don't go to the battlefield, it's too dangerous.

You are Ziyi's only bloodline; you cannot be harmed.

If anything happens to you, your Uncle Huo and I really won't be able to survive.

Qin Jinzhi chuckled, "Auntie, I am Qin Ziyi's daughter. My father was a hero of the Great Jin Dynasty. How can I disgrace him?"

Li Hongxue quickly said, "If your father knew this in the afterlife, he wouldn't want anything to happen to you!"

Huo Qing immediately shouted:

"Mother! You can't force Xiaobao like this, what you're doing is wrong!"

You're doing this just to make yourself feel better.

Xiao Bao is the future Prince of Zhenbei. Do you want the Zhenbei Army to think that Xiao Bao is just a spoiled brat who only hides in the background?

You've never seen Xiaobao on the battlefield! She's a commander of the Zhenbei Army, just like Uncle Qin. You can't force her to desert!"

Huo Chun closed his eyes and said, "Erdan, well done! I'm so proud of you!"

He then quietly moved to the side.

Li Hongxue immediately roared, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you to death!"

Huo Qing's temper flared up as well. "I'm not lying! Even if you beat me to death, I'll still tell the truth! You can't use the excuse of doing what's best for Xiao Bao to force her!"

Enraged, Li Hongxue grabbed a feather duster and rushed over.

Huo Qing didn't dodge and just let Li Hongxue hit him.

Huo Chun quickly said, "Erdan! How dare you talk to your mother like that? Quickly apologize to your mother!"

Huo Qing retorted, his neck stiff, "I did nothing wrong!"

He watched as Li Hongxue raised the feather duster high in her hand.

He closed his eyes.

"Smack!"

"Xiao Bao!"

Huo Qing opened his eyes immediately upon hearing Huo Chun's shout.

Qin Jinzhi stood in front of him, her brows slightly furrowed.

The feather duster in Li Hongxue's hand fell to the ground.

He rushed forward, "Xiao Bao!"

Huo Chun and Huo Qing looked anxious. "Mother, how could you hit Xiao Bao!"

Huo Qing quickly said, "I'm tough, a couple of hits won't hurt me. Xiao Bao, why are you rushing over here!"

The two were anxious, yet dared not get up.

Qin Jinzhi grabbed Li Hongxue, "Auntie, I am a child of the Qin family, destined to go to the battlefield. Erdan was right."

Li Hongxue couldn't stop the tears from flowing. "You two brats, you're going to drive me crazy!"

After saying that, he turned around and went back to his room.

Huo Chun and Huo Qing immediately stood up when they saw Li Hongxue enter the room. "Xiao Bao! How are you? I'll go call the imperial physician!"

Qin Jinzhi grimaced and said after seeing Li Hongxue enter the room, "It hurts so much! I should have known better than to take the pain for Erdan."

Huo Qing was so touched that tears streamed down his face. "I knew it! You're my best friend!"

Huo Chun said speechlessly, "Get out of my way!"

Qin Jinzhi chuckled at the two of them, "It's alright, big brother, I'll just apply some medicine when I get back."

If this blow hadn't landed on her today, things might have really gotten out of hand.

After the affairs of Jin are settled, she will soon go to the border to start a war with Chu.

If Li Hongxue's inner conflict isn't resolved, she's truly afraid that he'll run outside the military camp and start crying, making a scene, or even threatening suicide.

Huo Chun immediately said, "I'll have someone send you some wound medicine right away. You should go back and rest!"

Qin Jinzhi said with a smile, "Big brother, you should go and rest too."

She turned around and looked at Huo Qing, who was crying with snot running down his face, with disgust, and said, "Erdan, come with me."

Huo Qing cried as she said, "Brother is here."

Qin Jinzhi said with obvious disdain, "How old are you and you're still crying!"

Huo Qing continued crying, "What do you know! I couldn't even protect you properly."

Qin Jinzhi was speechless. "Everything I just said to my aunt was for nothing."

Huo Qing wiped away his tears. "I'm different from them. I'm your brother, so it's my duty to protect you. It's only natural for a brother to protect his sister. It's not because of any sense of responsibility or guilt."

He added, "I don't know about my older brother."

Qin Jinzhi grinned and said, "Fine, then you can write all the official documents I need to review during my few days away from the capital."

Huo Qing immediately covered his head, "I'd rather have my mother beat me up."

Qin Jinzhi walked forward, "Dream on."

Two people who least liked writing sat together in the study.

When Huo Qing sighed for the 108th time, he said, "If only writing could be as simple as fighting a war."

As Qin Jinzhi flipped through the official documents, she said, "Hurry up and write it. We still need to take Liuyun and Pearl to meet later."

As Huo Qing listened to Qin Jinzhi's account, he said, "She's so old now, but she still doesn't want to write like she did when she was little."

Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow, "Write whatever you want, I'll let you."

Huo Qing wrote with a droopy expression, seemingly casually asking, "So, Xiao Bao, you went to the battlefield under the alias Qin San and didn't acknowledge us, just because you were afraid Mother wouldn't agree?"

Qin Jinzhi stopped flipping through the official documents, and her smile gradually deepened.

"Erdan, how come I never realized you were so smart before? When did you find out?"

Qin Jinzhi never expected that Huo Qing would be the first to discover it.

Huo Qing didn't look up. "When I first heard the name Qin San, I joked that my sister was also Qin San. I never expected that she really was my sister."

He finished writing the remaining few words, then looked up at Qin Jinzhi.

“I grew up in a military camp and I am very familiar with the combat styles of the soldiers, including the Qin San you are disguised under.

Qin San rose to prominence in the army quickly because of his unpredictable and ever-changing combat style. I studied his combat methods carefully and felt that they were very familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on why.

When we attacked Fengchi Kingdom, I discovered that your fighting style was so similar to Qin San's. That's when I realized that what I was familiar with was not fighting style, but personality.

Today, my elder brother said that you were so skilled in your first time leading troops into battle, and I guessed it by combining all the suspicious points.

"You are Qin San."