HR being HR, a smart *** spoiled brat kept thinking that YG was bad and caused him to be sent to Quanzhen instead of staying at the island and eventually succeeding GJ as the next national hero. If anyone was to be blamed for all the tragedies that happened to YG, HR should be the one.
After YG and XLN reunited at the hero feast HR told XLN about some moral practices and caused XLN to leave and ended up at the Passionless Valley. This in turn caused YG to be poisoned.
Kinda make sense now that she told XLN to bring her head to get the antidote. It was redemption time for sure.
Come to think of it, HR can't even be considered a protagonist. More like a spoilt brat who gave birth to a bunch of worthless kids...GX didn't do much in her life although some may claim that she set up Emei. But I don't recall Emei doing anything good other than going all out to get the golden saber back.Even after they did, ZZR's only intention was to get her vengeance on ZWJ.