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

Jiang Ruining said coldly, "Happiness is only temporary. She has a lifetime to live a better life, not to live in false happiness! Besides, who can be sure how long Xie Lanheng can keep up the act?"

"If you get married, Lingyi will have no way out, and that's when she'll be heartbroken and in pain!"

Chu Jinshen agreed: "You're right, we absolutely cannot let Lingyi marry him! But what can we do? Even if Lingyi believes us, their marriage is already arranged, and the Zheng family won't break off the engagement for this reason."

"As long as Xie Lanheng doesn't commit any heinous mistakes, there's nothing we can do about him!"

Jiang Ruining's lips curved into a calculating smile: "If he doesn't make mistakes, we can make him make mistakes!"

Chu Jin: "How? I can help!"

Jiang Ruining turned his head and whispered a few words in her ear.

After careful consideration, Chu Jin thought it was feasible: "That's good. If the Regent can lend a hand, things will definitely go smoothly!"

Jiang Ruining isn't trying to harm anyone; she's just trying to make the Xie family think that Xie Lanheng has committed a capital crime and is doomed! Then someone will come out and put them on the spot, saying that they're clinging to the marriage and deliberately trying to drag Zheng Lingyi down with them, that they'd rather their own son die than let someone else's daughter live a good life!

If the Xie family doesn't want to break ties with the Zheng family, they will definitely take the initiative to annul the engagement!

When Zheng Lingyi plays a character who is devoted to someone through life and death and whose illness is as devastating as a mountain collapsing, who would say she is heartless and ungrateful?

Once the engagement is annulled, Xie Lanheng will be released from prison safely.

And her prepared backup plan will make Xie Lanheng too ashamed to bother Zheng Lingyi anymore!

As for the crisis of the marriage alliance, now that she has transmigrated into this world and become good friends with Zheng Lingyi, she will naturally not be allowed to get into trouble!

"Don't tell Lingyi about this yet. Let her have fun. We'll talk about it when we get back. If she's sad, she can pretend to be sick and stay home, so Xie Lanheng won't notice anything!"

With a solution found for Zheng Lingyi's matter, Chu Jin was relieved: "Okay, I understand."

They then became curious about Jiang Ruining's progress last night.

The idea of ​​pretending to be drunk was hers!

Ningning is good at acting, and the Regent Prince won't be able to tell. He will definitely take the opportunity to ask her something. If he can see through her or has any doubts, he will understand that this is Ningning testing him. If he doesn't have that intention, he will definitely not say or do anything.

But if he notices and then tries to test her again, then he is deliberately trying to let her know what he is thinking!

So there must have been a result last night!

"How was it? Did the Regent say anything while you were drunk last night?"

Jiang Ruining leaned very close to her, her whispered words laced with obvious amusement: "When he asked me who I had my eye on, I rattled off a whole bunch of people on my fingers, which really annoyed him!"

Chu Jin's raised eyebrows seemed to say, "Just as I thought!"

Even though he usually appears cold and aloof in front of others, he is very special to Ningning!

However, having just misjudged Xie Lanheng, she was now unsure whether the Regent's special treatment of her was also an act. After all, Ningning was too clever and her uncle held a high position of power, enough to make those in power patiently put on an act in order to keep them in check!

But then I thought, if the Regent wants to win her over, he can just offer her the position of principal wife. Ningning is qualified for that anyway, so why bother with all this testing?

Having analyzed this far, she nodded firmly: "The Regent definitely likes you!"

Hearing her affirmative answer, Jiang Ruining felt even more confident: "But why doesn't he let me take advantage of him?"

Chu Jin's reserved eyes stared at the pretty, innocent face before her, her eyeballs trembling: "Huh?"

Jiang Ruining spoke boldly: "You heard me right, it's exactly what you think. Such a beautiful face and figure, standing right in front of me every day, and you don't even let me have any ideas? That's really putting me in a difficult position!"

Chu Jin was shocked.

But she accepted it quickly, after all, she had always known that Ningning was different from others!

"When you like someone, it's normal to want to be intimate with them."

Upon hearing Zhiyin's voice, Jiang Ruining nodded vigorously, "You really understand me!" Then, she humbly asked for advice, "Since he likes me too, why does he reject my advances?"

Chu Jin thought for a moment and said, "The more you like someone, the more you will respect them. Since the Regent is infatuated with you, he might lose control during intimate moments. If he leaves traces, no one will dare to talk about him once they are discovered, but some people will definitely speak ill of you."

"He's protecting you!"

Jiang Ruining pondered for a moment.

I think her analysis makes a lot of sense.

No wonder she clearly sensed his desire the other day, yet she stopped herself!

In the dead of night, when no one is around, he is probably both annoyed at missing the chance to be intimate with her and struggling to warn himself that he must never take advantage of her again.

But that’s not right either!

If he really cared that much about her reputation, he would have been sneaking into her room late at night quite often!

"Because I wasn't sure if I liked him too, I didn't show it at all. That means I don't like him enough." Thinking this, she became annoyed again. "If I don't make him beg for forgiveness, I don't believe Jiang!"

Chu Jin said, "Men in high positions and with great power are all very proud and concerned about their image. I guess he wanted to make sure you were sure of his feelings before speaking up. But after he learned about your criteria for choosing a husband, he became afraid to speak up, afraid of being rejected by you."

"Since you've already come of age, take this great opportunity to get to know those young men and see how they treat you. You can go back and discuss marriage! If you don't make a move, then no matter how handsome a man is, you shouldn't pursue him."

Jiang Ruining wholeheartedly agrees!

The two sisters smiled mischievously, with a hint of excitement!

When the two of them leisurely arrived at the front of the stands, Xiao Che was already there, sitting imposingly in a round-backed chair, listening to his ministers whisper in his ear.

I saw her come.

He waved his hand.

After finishing his words, the minister bowed to Jiang Ruining, exchanged a few polite words with a smile, and then took his leave.

Jiang Ruining greeted Xiao Che: "Good morning!"

Looking at her carefree and cheerful appearance, Xiao Che guessed that she didn't remember anything about what happened last night!

On second thought, perhaps not.

The evening before last, they almost made love, and the next day she acted as if nothing had happened. She's the epitome of heartless!

What a despicable fellow!

Jiang Ruining frowned slightly, concerned about his expression: "What's wrong? You still seem to be in a bad mood today! Did something happen? Why don't you tell me, and we can think of a solution together!"

Xiao Che observed her calmly and intently, then suddenly said, "You drank too much last night and caused a scene at my place!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Jiang Ruining shrugged at him, her face saying, "I saw through your little trick again." "When I'm drunk, I just sleep soundly, how could I possibly act crazy!"

"Besides, last night I hadn't even finished grilling the meat before my head was completely blank, and I just collapsed into bed. You weren't even back yet, how could I be acting crazy with you while drunk? Was it from a distance?"

"You can even sense my drunken rant from a distance, that's really impressive!"

Xiao Che couldn't detect any trace of her lying, and scoffed, "Does that mean I'm so bored that I'd deliberately spread rumors about you?"

"Ah!" Jiang Ruining seemed to think it made a lot of sense, and her expression, which had been firmly maintained that she hadn't gone on a drunken rampage, started to falter: "What did I do? No one heard or saw me, right?"

Xiao Che's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, a deep, dark light piercing their depths: "Who are you afraid of being seen? Who are you afraid of being heard?"

"Do you want to hear what kind of nonsense you're spouting!" Jiang Ruining pointed at herself: "Me! One of the most beautiful women in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the daughter of a high-ranking official. Wouldn't it make me look good if someone saw me acting crazy while drunk?"

Xiao Che: "..."

Jiang Ruining changed the subject: "Besides! I've finally made some new friends. What if they find out I have a bad drinking habit and they won't want to hang out with me anymore?"

As she said this, a hint of a young girl's musings appeared on her face.

Xiao Che's hands were hidden by the wide sleeves of his robe, and no one noticed that beneath his serene expression, his hands were almost crushing the armrest into powder.

Seeing that he felt tightness and discomfort in his chest, Jiang Ruining felt much better!

He's so infuriating!

Xiao Che suppressed the turmoil in his heart: "Which young punk has she taken a fancy to?"

"No!" Jiang Ruining denied, her expression anything but frank, then corrected him, "What 'young punks'? They're just a few years younger than you! You're so old, yet you're jealous of others' youth—aren't you ashamed?"

Xiao Che took a deep breath, clenching his teeth tightly: "I'm not exactly young anymore?"

Jiang Ruining kicked at the grass on the ground with her toes and said matter-of-factly, "Teenagers and twenties are definitely different! Sometimes when I talk to you, I can clearly feel... a generation gap."

Generation gap!

Xiao Che laughed in exasperation.

He was a few years older than her, but only a few years, not a dozen or more years older!

The way she described him made it sound like he was from her father's generation!

"I didn't realize that anything I said made you feel like there was a generation gap! But when you were clamoring to see my pecs and abs, you didn't seem to care about any generation gap at all!"