The Dragon Queen and her mates.
Chapter 133: Ringmaster

Chapter 133: Ringmaster

When Harley heard the low mechanical ding of the system, her face lit up with glee. After the Dragon Queen recovered from her sickness she thought that the four consorts were getting more and more cold to her but now that she heard the familiar ding of the system, she knew that even now she had a chance to win over these men, all she needed to do was to show the best version of herself.

She was so happy that she lightly giggled causing Yakov to turn his head and look at her, when he saw that she was smiling like a fool for an absolutely new reason, he couldn’t help but frown. All he did was say that she looked nice out of courtesy was there any need for her to act as if he has said something flirtatious to her? And what was more she was smiling shyly with a rosy blush decorating her face causing the servants who were carrying the trunks and luggage to the carriage to look at him suspiciously?

He nursed his throbbing temples, he could already imagine the rumours that were going to start floating in the palace once he was gone, fortunately, the queen will be going with him or else he would have been entangled in another trouble. Not wanting another round of rumours to start spreading all over the palace, he stepped away from Harley but he forgot that it was easier to invite the devil but to send him out. It was close to impossible.

Harley saw that he stepped away from her and thought that he was shy, so she sweetly smiled and said, " First consort, I have been thinking that——" however before she could finish what she was saying, she heard a loud ruckus happening in front of the carriage as the servants placed the luggage and trunks on the ground and hurriedly bowed one after another, at first Harley was stunned but when she turned to look at the woman who was walking towards her and Yakov, she felt as if someone has dumped her in a cold cellar.

The woman in front of her was dressed in a simple gown but the way she was glowing left others speechless, there was this unhidden confidence and charm that Harley couldn’t deny even if she wanted to, as she watched the Queen walking closer to her, she was so stunned that she completely forgot to bow.

All she could do was stare at Bree who was walking towards her with an unhurried pace and then look down at herself, she was dressed in her most beautiful dress and she even applied some makeup on her face, how come it was possible for Bree to look so good and confident when she was bare face and dressed in such simple clothes? How?

What she didn’t know was that while she was lying in the hospital reading romance books, Bree was working in the corporate office day to night, it goes without saying that after working for so long she somehow managed to groom herself into a woman who was confident enough to face the world without any armour.

Though she had her inferiority complex she was smart enough to never show it to anyone, something that Harley couldn’t learn while staying locked up in her room. Thus, even with her beautiful clothes and makeup she was defeated by Bree whose aura when mixed with the Dragon Queen suppressed hers with ease.

" Aren’t you going to bow?" Bree came to a stop next to Harley and Yakov, the latter was respectful as he bowed in front of her but Harley seemed to have completely sent her mind off to the la la land, she didn’t respond when Bree spoke to her causing everyone in the surrounding to suck in a cold breath.

This maid has she lost her mind? Even the first consort, who was believed to become the next Emperor bowed in front of the Queen, who was she to stand tall and haughty in front of the Queen like that wasn’t she scared of becoming entangled in a mess and getting punished what in the world was she doing?

Bree stared at Harley who was dozing off with her eyes and mouth open before saying, "Let’s go, we are already late." After saying this, she turned around and headed towards her carriage, she didn’t want to bother with the leading lady who had a golden finger in her hands, who knows what might happen if she tried to bother herself with the female lead?

" Yes your majesty," Yakov immediately agreed with what Bree said and followed after her but not before shooting a disgruntled look at Harley. He thought that the woman was smart given the high ambitions she has set for herself but now that he was looking at her more closely, he realised that she was no smarter than those who knew only to cause trouble every once in a while. After he shot a disgruntled look at Harley, he rushed after the Queen, his pace brisk and fast, he didn’t even stop to glance at Harley.

Seeing that the first consort was treating Harley so casually the others breathed a sigh of relief, they were after all servants and they have once in a while gotten entangled with Harley in a fight or two, if she was really that important to the first consort then wouldn’t it mean that they will get themselves in a mess? Fortunately, the first consort’s eyes were working properly and he didn’t fall for someone like that maid.

Once the Queen left they all started to busy themselves with work, while the maids who worked in the laundry department looked at Harley who was standing in the same spot with a shocked expression on her mouth and snorted.

" And here I thought that she was someone really smart and was going to have a major turnaround of her destiny but she is just an idiot," one of the maids snorted before turning around and leaving.

The bunch of them came to see Harley because they were worried about getting into trouble, after all, they have gotten into a fight with Harley once in a while, it was simply impossible with Harley’s arrogant and domineering attitude for them to not fight with her but this morning when they heard that the Queen asked Harley to come with her on the journey they thought that maybe they will be getting punished. After all, if Harley somehow managed to fool the Queen and became close to her then what will she do to them?

Most probably she will try to avenge herself for the number of times she was beaten up by them but now that they have seen that the Queen didn’t care about Harley, they were no longer worried. Maybe the Queen just had a shortage of maids and summoned Harley because she once worked with the ladies in waiting, humph—— they got scared for no reason at all!

Harley didn’t know anything about what was going on around her, she only knew one thing and that was —— she was utterly and completely defeated by Bree. She was upset so upset that she wanted to cry but then she heard a low ding in her head and noticed that the favourability points of Yakov decreased again, this time she couldn’t hold it in anymore and started to cry. Why? Why was she not liked by him? She has been working so hard these days and all he needed to do was to like her, what was wrong with her wanting the like of the man she liked?

Now that she was back to her senses she realised that she has made a complete fool of herself in front of Yakov, no wonder that she was being disdained.

Though she was upset, Harley knew that there was no point in crying now, the reason she was losing everything slowly was that the Queen was still alive. She has to make sure that no one in this world was disrupting the plot and let it flow as it was supposed to flow, this was how things were supposed to work!

Since she was the leading lady of this world ...there was no need for another woman to snatch her limelight!

Bree sensed a poisonous gaze locked at the back of her head, stunned she turned around to see who was glaring at her but when she turned her head, she realised that no one was standing at the spot from where she felt the hostility coming from, she frowned wondering whether or not she was thinking too much before Yakov looked at her and asked, " Why did you suddenly think of inviting that maid with us, your majesty? I don’t think we lack manpower."

Abandoning the idea of looking for the person who was glaring at her, Bree turned to look in front and nonchalantly said, " You were the one who brought that girl to the palace don’t you know just how worrisome she is?"

This time there was nothing Yakov could say—— she was right, if Harley was the monkey then he was the ringmaster.

Please send power stones!

This chapter is updated by freew(e)bnovel.(c)om