CHAPTER 1773: CHAPTER 1780: ZHAO GUI REMARRIES SECOND WATCH (3)

She also requested to leave the Palace, to keep vigil for Helan Qi as Empress Dowager. Helan Hao mocked her, saying: "As far as I know, your feelings for Helan Qi are not deep. Since you married here, the number of days Helan Qi stayed with you can be counted on one hand. So, just forget about keeping vigil. Letting a woman he doesn’t like keep vigil for him would only disgust him!"

All the paths were blocked for her. She had no way to enter heaven, no door to go underground, and could only bite the bullet and accept the puppet empress’s treasure book and seal, and held the wedding with Helan Hao.

After the wedding, Zhao Gui returned to her sleeping chamber, exhausted, and sat on the bed. She didn’t expect Helan Hao to come to her here tonight and share the bridal chamber, because she knew clearly he didn’t like her.

Moreover, she didn’t want him to come to her here. Hanna was an extremely jealous woman. Once, when a palace maid waiting upon Helan Hao painted her eyebrows, Hanna concluded that the maid harbored ulterior motives and wanted to seduce Helan Hao. After a bout of anger, she ordered the maid’s eyebrows to be burned with a hot iron, then broke her legs and threw her into the cold palace, never to emerge again, making Zhao Gui’s heart tremble.

Because of Hanna’s fierce jealousy, none of the entire palace maidens dared to apply makeup. Those who looked good also voluntarily requested to be transferred to remote positions, lest they be suspected by Hanna and lose their little lives innocently.

Zhao Gui felt that taking Hanna’s place and sitting on the throne of Helan Hao’s Queen Consort had made Hanna hate her to the bone. So, she tried her best to distance herself from Helan Hao to avoid incurring Hanna’s burden.

Although she didn’t dare to treat herself like the palace maid, the consequences of a woman’s jealousy were far more severe than people imagined. She originally didn’t have any thoughts about Helan Hao and didn’t want to provoke Hanna’s jealousy because of him and invite undeserved disaster.

After returning to the palace, she sat on the bed, exhausted, with the heavy crown and cumbersome thick auspicious clothes on her head. Despite knowing that Helan Hao wouldn’t come, she didn’t dare to sleep and didn’t dare to remove her makeup. Otherwise, if Helan Hao happened to come over, who knows how he might erupt?

Xiao Man, seeing Zhao Gui was struggling, couldn’t help but say: "Queen Consort, why don’t you first take off the crown? I’ll watch outside for you. If His Majesty the King comes, you can put it back on?"

"No need! I’m not tired!"

Zhao Gui pulled the corners of her mouth into a faint smile at Xiao Man.

The last time she got drunk, Xiao Man and Dong’er were punished by Helan Qi to kneel the whole night, making her still apprehensive to this day. Now, her life only has Xiao Man and Dong’er left, and only these two girls are genuinely good to her, so she can’t let them be angered or punished because of her again. She couldn’t bear it...

Once, she was the most noble princess of the Great Jin Nation, although not the legitimate princess. Because of her foster mother’s identity, all the young ladies of Great Jin had to flatter her and watch her mood. Later, Jin Guifei died, the Crown Prince Faction was wiped out, she became the street rat that everyone wanted to beat, and she finally seized the opportunity, gained Empress Mu’s favor, narrowly escaped again, and became the most remarkable princess of Great Jin Nation. Unfortunately, because of her momentary greed, she committed an unforgivable mistake by Empress Mu, thus once again falling from heaven to hell, into the unrecoverable.

Until now, she’s still struggling in hell, trying to survive in the cracks. Now, she no longer yearns for wealth and honor, only hopes to spend peaceful days with Xiao Man and Dong’er quietly. However, looking at the current situation, hoping for peaceful days is also a luxury for her!

"Queen Consort, the servant just learned that His Majesty the King has gone... to rest with Miss Hanna!"

Dong’er cautiously said, while secretly glancing at Zhao Gui, truly feeling heartbroken, the princess is such a good girl, so gentle, so kind, how did she end up with such a turbulent destiny? And these men, why can’t they see the good in the princess?

"Understood, you’ve both been busy all day, go rest now. I’m also weary, I’ll sleep first!"

Zhao Gui naturally spoke while looking at the dark circles under the eyes of the two girls. Her heart couldn’t help but ache a bit. She only had them left, seeing them suffer and worry with her made her truly heartache. As for her new husband sleeping with another woman on their wedding night, it was well within her expectations and did not affect her emotions.

Xiao Man said: "I’ll wait upon you to brush your teeth and wash your face and change clothes!"

After finishing, she reached out to remove Zhao Gui’s crown, while Dong’er started to untie her auspicious clothes. These two girls were probably afraid she would be sad and distressed, carefully comforting her, saying: "Madam, why don’t we go to the hunting ground for some relaxation tomorrow? Staying inside the Palace all the time, even a good person would vomit with distress!"

Zhao Gui knew they were worried about her, feeling touched, even though she didn’t want to go out for relaxation, she still put on an interested look to reassure them and happily agreed!