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

"Of course not!" Jiang Ruining waved his hands repeatedly: "There are many kinds of loyalty! My father is such a capable official, he is meant to do things for the prince, why should we let him get entangled in party and government affairs?"

What do you think?

Xiao Che remained noncommittal, simply tossing the token toward her.

Jiang Ruining hurriedly caught it, asking, "Your Highness, what is this?"

Xiao Che propped himself up on one leg, his posture nonchalant: "The token has already entered through the Jiang family's gate. If you return it to me now, who will see it? Who will believe it?"

Jiang Ruining was holding a hot potato, unsure whether to accept it or throw it away.

They were forced onto a sinking pirate ship.

Ever since she transmigrated, everything has been pushing her toward an inescapable fate. The thought of the evil god's failed rebellion and the ministers and their families who had sided with him being beheaded or exiled, with none of them having a good ending, makes her want to scream!

The string that had been taut in my mind snapped at that moment!

Since she's destined to meet a bad end, why should she act like a coward? Why should she play the fool?

She slammed the token into his arms: "What are you doing! Am I some kind of person destined for bad luck?"

"My biological mother is a psychopath; she's guilty, yet she wants to torture and kill me to pay for her life! Then my cousin came along, took everything from me, and after I suffered a little injustice, she targeted me, righteously trying to drive me to my death!"

"Shao Yunting, who was avoiding me like the plague just the day before, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, using his good looks to seduce me, pretending to be all lovey-dovey in public, as if he was afraid those girls who were infatuated with him wouldn't come and kill me!"

"And you!"

"It's either strangling me or brandishing knives. Just because you're the Regent doesn't mean you can repay kindness with enmity! I don't understand political maneuvering, so why drag me into your struggle?"

"Power is not for me to enjoy and squander, yet you force danger upon me? Why should I?"

Xiao Che wasn't angry, surprised, or apologetic; he simply looked at her with an indifferent "interesting" gaze.

put on a show?

reality?

do not know.

He never makes judgments lightly.

But in all his life, he had never been thrown around and scolded like this before. Even the radical faction in the court who considered themselves the most loyal ministers did not dare to be so arrogant in front of him!

This little coward has really grown bold!

Compared to her emotional outburst, his voice was indifferent: "Perhaps you did something bad in your past life, and you were born to suffer and pay for it in this life."

Jiang Ruining gritted her teeth, her body trembled, her eyes were red, and tears welled up in her eyes, stinging her eyeballs.

My eyelids trembled.

Large tears fell, slamming heavily onto the floor in front of the bed, shattering and scattering.

"Yes! I committed murder and arson in my past life, so not only is this life full of suffering, but I also met you!"

Xiao Che: "..."

The more Jiang Ruining glared at him, the more tears she shed.

My nose is also a bit uncontrollable.

Not wanting anyone to see her in such a pathetic state with tears streaming down her face, she squatted down, buried her head between her knees, and her thin shoulders trembled as she cried.

Xiao Che's gaze fell on her delicate neck, his tongue gently pressing against her itchy canine teeth: "If I remember correctly, you provoked me first, first with aphrodisiacs, then with muscle relaxant."

Jiang Ruining grabbed his shirt, wiped her face hard, raised her chin, and glared at him with bloodshot eyes: "Yes! I did it, I did it on purpose, I'm vicious, kill me!"

"Since you've tricked me like this, I'm doomed anyway, I might as well just disappear and be done with it!"

Xiao Che glanced at the dirty hem of his clothes hanging along the edge of the bed, his brow furrowing: "...Jiang! Rui! Ning! I'm going to rip your eyes and nose off!"

Jiang Ruining almost lost control of her bladder, yelling back while tears streamed down her face: "Why are you yelling at me!"

"If you have suspicions, send people to investigate and monitor me. With your intelligence network as Regent, you can find out exactly how many grains of rice I swallow in a single bite, let alone who's directing me!"

"There's no evidence right now that I've plotted against you. Treating me like this is repaying kindness with enmity! If I'd known you were this wicked, I should have put some poison in your medicine and sent you flying!"

He cursed while sobbing.

Just like when her parents swindled her out of all her money for treatment, she was single-minded and irrational, only wanting to be free as soon as possible.

"With such a cold-blooded and ruthless ruler as you, what hope do your subjects have? Destroy them all!"

"You perverts! What kind of serious illness do you all have?!"

"Come on, kill them quickly!"

Xiao Che glared at the filthy clothes with utter disgust, and finally couldn't bear it any longer when she reached for his hand again.

Get out of bed.

He grabbed the woman from the ground and threw her onto the bed.

He took off the pajamas she had soiled, smeared them on her face, vigorously wiped away her tears and snot, and threw them on the ground.

"Want to die? Not so easy! Without my permission, even if you take poison or slit your throat, I can still snatch your life back from the jaws of death!"

"Try crying again, and I'll rip out your tongue and throw you into the Spring Playground!"

A fate worse than death!?

After Jiang Ruining finished cursing and crying, he released his pent-up emotions. His idea of ​​"just die" was shattered by his threat, leaving him bare, like a sapling that had been swept away by a tornado, with only the deep regret of "Am I crazy?"

Why did my emotions suddenly break down?

She went crazy in front of the ruthless and domineering man, and her neck... felt so cold!

What should I do?

She doesn't want to die anymore!

Yet, a sliver of pride remained, making her unwilling to turn around and beg for mercy. Instead, she turned and threw herself into the soft quilt.

Play dead!

Xiao Che watched as she went from a fierce lioness to a cowardly quail, and laughed in exasperation: "Sit up."

Jiang Ruining quietly moved her hand to cover her ears, her voice muffled by the blankets: "I'm asleep, I was just dreaming."

Xiao Che threatened her, "If you don't get up, I'll have someone catch the snake!"

The threat worked.

Jiang Ruining bristled, sitting up abruptly with a "whoosh," glaring at him with her big, teary eyes. Tears streamed down her face, her nose was red, and her voice was muffled, both fierce and pitiful: "Don't grab me, I'm scared!"

Seeing her pitiful and weak appearance, Xiao Che's anger subsided considerably, and he even didn't know what to do with her.

Having never tried to soothe anyone, he continued his threat: "If you don't stop crying, I'll send men to arrest you right now! Come here!"

Jiang Ruining, succumbing to his tyranny, quickly crawled to the edge of the bed, then reached out to him, her slender body trembling with suppressed sobs.

Xiao Che looked at her hand, pondered for a moment, then took her hand in his and sat down on the edge of the bed, looking pitiful.

Jiang Ruining was taken aback.

She was pointing at the things he needed to wipe his face, so why was he holding her hand?

But she was too timid to ask.

She obediently let him hold her hand.

Xiao Che used his other hand to forcefully wipe away the tears on her face: "You insulted me, and you still dare to cry so loudly!"

Another faint red mark appeared on Jiang Ruining's fair face: "It's not you who was repaid with ingratitude."

Xiao Che flicked her forehead with his finger: "Still arguing!"

Jiang Ruining pouted, about to cry again.

Xiao Che took a deep breath: "I didn't say I was going to punish you, so don't cry!"

Jiang Ruining's pink lips twitched a few times, as if she wanted to swallow the words she was about to say to him.

But she couldn't swallow her anger. She retorted, "You're not the one being threatened! You're not the one being repaid with ingratitude! You, with your power and influence, were ambushed and seriously injured. I'm just a nobody, surrounded by wolves. How am I supposed to deal with those bastards?"

"It's just that I slept with you once, why are you being so petty, you grown man!"

The fiery sunset shone through the back window curtains and fell on her, bathing her in a faint, intoxicating blush, making her appear incredibly soft.

Even her voice sounded intoxicating.

Xiao Che thought he might have been confused by the smell of the bathwater, and he actually found her quite cute!

I laughed in anger, not knowing whether it was at her shamelessness or my own inexplicable thoughts.

"Then what do you want?"

Jiang Ruining knelt beside him, grabbing his arm and gazing at him pleadingly: "I'm on your pirate ship now, you have to protect me! As long as you're alive, you can't let me die, not even get hurt!"

He paused for a moment.

She quickly added, instinctively moving her knees closer to him, pressing herself extremely close: "You can't treat me like a servant! No choking, slapping, or any other rough treatment!"

"Furthermore, my father and brothers are people who do practical things for the people. We cannot allow them to be targeted by the Empress Dowager and the Cui family, and to be put in danger for no reason!"

Xiao Che sneered, "You dare bring that up! Weren't you just acting like you wanted to die?"