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

Jiang Ruining casually and elegantly sat down in the armchair, smoothing out her wide, flowing sleeves, and smiled, "Who isn't an official's relative? My father is a high-ranking official, a first-rank official with outstanding achievements. And what is your father? Just an empty shell of a down-on-his-luck family!"

"Besides, you were the one who threw dirty water at me first, so I'm just retaliating! As long as I don't kill you, what can anyone do to me? They'll just say a few words about me being undignified and petty. Do you think I care?"

Chen Anran's face twisted as she glared at her fiercely.

I don't believe she would dare to do anything to me; it's just intimidation!

Some people want to act as peacemakers.

Jiang Ruining smiled: "I've already let this idiot who came here to cause trouble go unpunished because we're friends. I advise you not to push your luck."

"But if you really want to suffer this humiliation with her, just say the word, and we'll see if I give you the time of day!"

The person who opened their mouth immediately closed it again.

Although everyone thought she was a fool and brainless, they also knew that when she got domineering, she would offend anyone, and no one wanted to embarrass themselves.

Jiang Ruining gently pressed her slender finger down: "Do it!"

Yun Mi had been tolerating Chen Anran for a while when she kicked Chen Anran's maid aside and pinned her to the ground.

Jin Yu took the paper packet, tore it open, pinched Chen Anran's chin, and poured the powder into her mouth. She then picked up the teapot on the table and poured it into Chen Anran's mouth, forcing her to swallow it down her throat!

Chen Anran struggled, her screams were muffled, and the water mixed with the medicine powder gurgled in her throat, then choked out from the corners of her mouth and nose. The dirty water smeared her face and soaked her body, making her look extremely disheveled.

Jiang Ruining waved his hand under his nose, his condescending expression full of disgust: "Trying to be arrogant with me? Don't you even know your own status! Doesn't your Chen family always love a good show? Today I'll give you a big, lively gift!"

"Go, grab a rope, lead Miss Chen up, and send her back to the Chen family with drums and gongs. Let the whole town see what kind of person the Chen family has raised!"

Yun Mi let out a crisp "Sigh" and immediately found a rope about the thickness of her little finger.

He tied a slipknot and put it around Chen Anran's neck!

Chen Anran finally realized that Jiang Ruining was serious about humiliating her!

The immense humiliation of being treated like a dog filled her with both hatred and horror, causing her to tremble violently.

"No! You can't! I'm an official's wife, my father is a second-rank general, you can't humiliate me like this!"

"When you came here causing such a scene, did you ever consider who my father is?" Jiang Ruining waved his hand arrogantly, "Drag her out! Don't be polite to her! Let Miss Chen see what true arrogance and domineering behavior is!"

"If the Chen family isn't excited enough, let them come and cause trouble! Let's see what a down-on-their-luck family that's in the wrong can do to me!"

Chen Anran was grabbed by both arms, screaming in panic and struggling violently: "I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have listened to other people's nonsense... Jiang Ruining! Don't joke with me, let me go! I apologize to you, I apologize to you, okay?"

He then went to ask Cui Jingwei for help.

"Jingwei! Jingwei, you have to help me! My father serves the Grand Tutor, and I've done so much for you. How can you abandon me?"

Cui Jingwei frowned, her face showing helplessness. Her gaze towards Chen Anran was filled with cold disgust and warning: "Didn't I advise you or stop you? I told you not to believe those unfounded rumors, but you wouldn't listen and insisted on ruining other people's reputations and dignity."

"How can I discipline you? Asking me to force the people you bullied to forgive you is no different from forcing me to bully others with you. Since you've made a mistake, accept the punishment!"

Chen Anran couldn't believe it.

Cui Jingwei clearly stated earlier that she would definitely protect her!

She then looked at the illegitimate daughter of the Cui family.

The illegitimate daughter of the Cui family turned her face away: "Don't even think about trying to pin this on me. I didn't send you here to cause trouble!"

Isolated and helpless, Chen Anran screamed at them, her voice filled with extreme panic and anger: "You've gone too far! How could you treat me like this!"

Jiang Ruining frowned in annoyance: "Shut up!"

Yun Mi grabbed Chen Anran's chin, stuffed a rag into her mouth, and then yanked her up from the ground, half-dragging and half-pulling her out of the bedroom.

Chen Anran couldn't scream or struggle. She kicked the ground with all her might, and when she dragged herself across the threshold of the bedroom, both of her shoes fell off. Her stockings dragged on the ground, and her heels slammed down the steps one by one. Tears streamed down her dirty face like a flood, whether from pain or hatred, she didn't know.

Jiang Ruining glanced at the others in the room: "Some people used to enjoy looking down on me and mocking me behind my back. I couldn't be bothered to argue with gossipy people, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't dare to. If that happens again, don't blame me for going crazy!"

The girls who had come to join the commotion were stunned, completely unprepared for her to humiliate them so shamelessly.

It wasn't until this moment that Cui Jingwei finally realized that the person in front of her was no longer the good-for-nothing she used to be.

It's no longer possible to use her arrogance and domineering attitude to deal with those vile women who try to steal her position as the Duchess of Shao!

She glanced out the window again.

Are all the patrolmen dead? Why aren't they coming in to search?

"girl!"

Another maid came to deliver the news.

"The guards in the manor have caught the thief who tried to break in, ladies, you can rest assured, it's safe now."

Shock, tension, and anger flashed across Cui Jingwei's beautiful face.

Even though she didn't understand court intrigue, she knew she had been used as a pawn this time!

The rumors that people "saw with their own eyes" that there was a man's shadow in Jiang Ruining's room were deliberately spread by someone to make the patrol battalion believe that the Regent was hiding there to recuperate, so that they would try every means to come in and search.

Once the means were used and the perpetrators were caught red-handed, the regent would have an excuse to purge the entire patrol battalion that controlled the defenses of the capital and replace them with his own trusted confidants!

This further weakened the father, who was already at a slight disadvantage!

If she manages to find any man's belongings in Jiang Ruining's room today, she will be utterly disgraced. But if she finds nothing, then forcibly entering Jiang Ruining's bedroom today would be considered a deliberate act of defamation.

Chen Anran was the mastermind, and everyone present was an accomplice.

Once this gets out, her noble reputation will be damaged for nothing!

hateful!

"The person the patrol battalion couldn't catch was actually apprehended at the Jiang residence. It seems the Jiang family's guards are truly skilled!"

The maidservant explained with a smile, "It was His Highness the Regent and Duke Shao who happened to be passing by, and they had their guards help them; otherwise, we really couldn't have stopped them!"

Jiang Ruining's eyes widened slightly: "Who... can help?"

The maidservant replied crisply again, "In reply to Miss, it is His Highness the Regent and the Duke of Shao!"

Cui Jingwei was surprised.

His usually confident and arrogant gaze turned sharp, staring intently at Jiang Ruining's face.

is her!

It must have been a scheme orchestrated by her and the Regent.

definitely is!

Jiang Ruining is numb.

Why is Shao Yunting here?

Why is Xiao Che running outside the manor while still recovering from serious injuries instead of hiding properly? Isn't he afraid of being discovered by the vast network outside and getting riddled with bullets?

Do these two people have some serious illness?

You really like giving her trouble!

Now look what's happened! Who would still believe that she has no connection with these two people?

"Has the person left?"