She accidentally flirted with the villain and was fiercely criticized as the regent for forcibly mar

Xiao Che exclaimed with slight surprise, "Could it be that the poison has miraculous effects, making me smarter?!"

A tiny flame suddenly shot into his eyes!

Jiang Ruining clenched her little fist as if to punch him: "Xiao Che!"

Xiao Che gently and loosely grasped her fist, which had almost no offensive power, and pinched her wrist bone with two fingers with neither too light nor too heavy a pressure.

The fist loosened.

Jiang Ruining: "..."

"Too weak! He needs to be trained." Xiao Che raised an eyebrow, then changed the subject and continued, "You guessed right. When the Cui family was setting up their scheme, the little puppet's people had already warned Wen Yunliang's son and won him over."

"The so-called trap and being threatened are nothing more than him and the little puppet's group turning the tables on him. They first forced Wen Yunliang to betray them and plot the assassination, and after the assassination was completed, they persuaded Wen Yunliang to become the little puppet's knife and infiltrate Cui Shengan's side."

Little puppet.

It refers to the one on the dragon throne.

Jiang Ruining's thoughts wandered, and he forgot about the punch he was supposed to be hitting.

This assassination attempt made her realize his power and status in the court. Who else could deal with a group of cunning foxes so quickly and find out so many details behind it?

"That kid surnamed Wen is ruthless and decisive; he'd sell out his parents and his entire family without the slightest hesitation!"

"Young Master Wen must feel that even if he helps his master rise to power by following his father, the Minister, he will still be a nobody, so he wants to take a gamble! He wants to win over a Minister while there are still few ministers around the little puppet."

"When rewards are distributed in this way, he will receive even more!"

Xiao Che lightly flicked her forehead: "Smart!"

Jiang Ruining settled both old and new scores and flicked him twice.

Seeing the two red dots on his forehead, one on the left and one on the right, she felt a little guilty, as if she had flicked them a bit too hard!

But upon closer inspection, the two red dots looked exactly like dragon horns about to sprout, and she felt a surge of pride. She truly was a creative genius!

"Did you tell that damned old bastard Wen Yunliang about Young Master Wen and the little puppet's scheme? He's been scheming for most of his life, and now his son has tricked his entire clan into execution. He's probably furious!"

Xiao Che said, "He didn't react much, but the others wanted to tear him apart."

Jiang Ruining was not satisfied with this answer.

Frowning in displeasure.

A lifetime of hard work has been ruined, how can there be no reaction?

After thinking it over, I understood.

He chose to betray, so it doesn't matter who he betrays to.

Both father and son were executioners who killed the entire clan. What face does he have?

"However, if Grand Tutor Cui knew, he would be furious. He has never taken the young emperor seriously, and he never imagined that he would be betrayed by the little puppet he looked down upon!"

"After all that scheming, I didn't get any benefits and even lost a lot because I angered you! I bet I'll wake up in the middle of the night, fuming, and slap myself twice!"

Based on Xiao Che's understanding of Grand Tutor Cui, he wouldn't sit up in the middle of the night and slap himself, but the Empress Dowager would definitely be so angry that she would slap the young emperor.

But she clearly wanted to hear something "pleasant," so she went along with it, saying, "Cui Shengan and the Empress Dowager will definitely teach her a lesson."

Jiang Ruining smiled.

As she laughed, her face darkened.

The Empress Dowager and Cui Shengan's reactions weren't the point; the point was that she finally knew which bastards had almost killed her!

His bright eyes narrowed into slits, the filtered sharp light like a sudden flash of purple lightning, flashing with deadly sharpness and disgust.

Although in the struggle for imperial power, no one's hands are clean and everyone has their ruthless moments, but! Others' poisoned paddles didn't hit her or the people she cared about, but the little puppet's poisoned arrows pierced her solidly, almost killing her!

Then they can only be her mortal enemies!

"The culprits who injured me and nearly killed me are Cui Sheng'an and the young emperor! One day I will return the poisoned arrows to them and let them taste the bitterness of near death!"

"A bunch of bastards!"

"Egg!"

Turning to stare at Xiao Che, she said, "You'll win, won't you!"

Xiao Che's calm words carried the confidence and certainty instilled by his power: "Then you can prick them into hedgehogs!"

Hearing this made Jiang Ruining feel much better!

Then he asked, "Has Wen Yunliang's good son been caught?"

Xiao Che picked a grape from the fruit plate, peeled it, and fed it to her lips: "On the way back to the capital."

Jiang Ruining opened her mouth and ate, her cheeks puffing out: "I'll definitely lock him up with the people who hate him the most! Like their jealous second and third wives or something, it'll be exciting every day!"

"Okay." Xiao Che held out his hand. "Spit out the seeds."

Jiang Ruining casually spat the seed into his palm and said, "Take good care of them, father and son. Don't let them die! They have to live, to watch their loved ones die one by one in front of them! I refuse to believe that these two can remain so self-righteous and indifferent forever!"

Xiao Che: "Okay."

Jiang Ruining: "So easy to talk to?"

Xiao Che said matter-of-factly, "It's nothing. It's not a bad thing to let you decide to eat a few disgusting things."

There was nothing particularly beautiful about those words.

The words of concern spoken by those in power are merely a means and rhetoric to make those in lower positions feel valued. They are spoken to her, and also to all his subordinates, which is why so many people support him wholeheartedly.

For some reason, Jiang Ruining felt a tremor in her heart upon hearing this.

"His Highness is indeed the most considerate master to his subordinates!"

Xiao Che: "..."

Zheng Lingyi and Chu Jin, who had come to take care of Jiang Ruining, were kicked out. Standing on the veranda, they tensed up the moment they saw her flick the Regent's head.

Only after realizing that the Regent was not angry or upset did he gradually relax.

Then he turned to look at Jiu Jing, Shi An and the others beside him, who remained relaxed.

It seemed like they were used to it.

The next second, he was seen peeling grapes for Ningning, looking every bit the virtuous husband, which surprised everyone again.

The two girls looked at each other.

I saw the look of shock on the other person's face.

Zheng Lingyi: "..." Sisters are awesome!

Chu Jin: "..." As long as Ningning doesn't betray him and the Regent doesn't fall from power, he can rely on this backer forever!

Zheng Lingyi: "..." So, does that mean we sisters have someone to rely on now?

Chu Jin thought for a moment and nodded: "..." That's right!

The two excitedly held hands and took small, rhythmic steps in place.

The little tricks of flicking the strings didn't surprise Jiu Jing and the others at all, but they had never heard of the Regent joking with a girl before!

Twelve Winds was so surprised he picked at his ears: "Did I hear that right?"

Shiyihe pulled out his little notebook, flipped through it, and said, "This isn't a joke. In plays, this is called flirting! It's considered teasing."

The guards looked at each other from a distance, then suddenly realized what was going on.