Chapter 72: Palace Schemes (8)

Chen Xue'er was not sure if it was the icy breeze making her shiver or the idea of needing to face Imperial Consort Xian after murdering her son. She was nervous because she knew the heavens always made people pay for what they have done, eventually.

Chen Xue'er could barely sleep at night, thinking what her retribution was going to be since she killed someone. The nights when she was too tired to even think, then she would wake up in the middle of the night screaming because she would dream about the evening the crown prince had almost assaulted her. 

Li Dong Hai had asked her many times what happened, since her nightmares were too often. Chen Xue'er just brushed it off, saying that she was remembering the time when Xiao Tao had pushed her off the carriage. In reality, she had already put Xiao Tao's betrayal in the past. She never wanted to become one of the emperor's concubine, so it did her no harm that her former maid had betrayed her that way.