Chapter 12 - Heartache.

While she was sleeping, she had nightmares.

In her nightmare, she was in the middle of the palace hall on the floor, crying and sobbing, denying that she didn't do it. She didn't do anything immoral.

She looked around her at people who were giving her looks filled with disgust, and then she looked at the person she wanted him to believe her but all she saw was disgust and hatred in his eyes.

By looking at his eyes, she started in sobbing in real and suddenly woke up. It's like her brain does not want her to experience same pain again by witnessing same scene again and opened her eyes like she was possessed.

When she sat up, she started reminiscing the past. When she married in the palace, nobody wanted her to be there, but there was a person who was her guard and her closest friend who came with her after marriage.

He treated her like his younger sister. Whenever she faced people's disgust, hatred, and their schemes, he was always there to comfort her and save her.

He was the only source of comfort in the palace. Even the man she followed to the palace does not pay attention to her.

But he always listens to her sorrow, pain and somehow she could manage to live in a place like her with the support of him. Her relationship with him is pure like her jade.

But ' Xiao Li', the concubine of Ji Cheng, can't see her happy even for a minute. So she plotted against her and started filling Ji Cheng 's mind with negative thoughts. She portrayed her in front of him as immoral and lose character women.

Because of this, he called Zhao Ming and that guard in hall to interrogate and to save his image and to not made himself a cuckold, he accused the guard of alluring and taking advantage of Empress and killed him on the spot in front of people.

Though there were not many people but only his family and his personal guards as it was night and not to spread the word.

Then when she went back to her chamber, while crying, he came banging the door and strangled her neck and said, " I don't love you, but don't you dare cheat me. I strongly despise women with loose character. I don't care if you don't care about your image and could spread your legs in front of everyone. But don't you dare betray me, otherwise, I will not care about you being the empress. And I can even tear your clothes and will fuck you in front of everyone. And no one can save you because you're a slut who sleeps with her guard. But don't get your hopes. Because I won't touch you even if you stand naked in front of me, because I don't touch a slut like you. BITCH".

After saying all this, he retracted his hand and she staggered and fell, still can't believe whatever happened just now. Listening to these kinds of things from her husband makes her heart broke that no medicine can aid it. She felt so helpless and the pain of distrust from his man, she can't express and could do nothing but cry.

In one night, she lost her brother like friend, his trust and also lost love for him.

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When she remembered all this, she unconsciously started crying, and thought to herself that, " In ancient time, man can bring his concubine home as it was normal but if women talk to any man their male ego comes in between, as they want wife who is true to only him but they can't stay true to one woman.

How ironical. ' she snickered and wiped her tears away. And promised herself in heart, that she will not cry again because of him.