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

Madam Jiang is selfish.

Her goal was to drive the original owner of the body insane and kill her at someone else's hands, leaving her clean and bloodless. But once everyone believed that she was the one who killed her own daughter, her good reputation and her sense of justice would be gone!

When she is insulted and scorned, she will feel hatred and panic, which will lead her to restrain herself and reflect on her actions!

Of course, even if her reflection at that time was not because she knew she was wrong, but to salvage her reputation and glory, the goal of making her regret hurting the original owner could be considered achieved, right?

The next morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the city gates had just opened.

Jiang Ruining and Chu Jin then left the city together.

When we arrived at the foot of Baiyun Temple, it was almost the end of Chenshi (7-9 AM).

The two knelt and kowtowed three times and walked step by step up the mountain.

Baiyun Temple is very popular, with a constant stream of worshippers, many of whom are acquaintances. Seeing this, they all came to inquire out of curiosity.

Upon learning that the two sisters were there to pray for the ailing Madam Jiang, he couldn't help but praise them.

"These are all pampered children, always traveling by carriage or sedan chair. They've never experienced hardship, yet they knelt and kowtowed three times and nine times all the way from the foot of the mountain to the top for their elders. They are truly filial!"

"What's the use? Madam Jiang still finds fault with everything."

"I hope she understands that the most important thing to look at when a child is well is their heart!"

……

The murmurs came and went in waves around me.

Jiang Ruining seemed not to hear, and continued her devout worship, undisturbed by anything.

Although it's tiring, it's worth the effort to turn around the reputation.

As the sun rose higher, the temperature increased rapidly. Even on the mountain, where there was dense shade along the way, it was still extremely hot. Sweat soaked their clothes, sticking to their bodies and hindering their movements, requiring them to exert even more effort to kneel and worship.

In order not to implicate Chu Jin if something "happened," she sped up, leaving the other person far behind.

When we reached the halfway point of the mountain, we were so tired that we could barely move our legs on flat ground.

The maid accompanying her was distressed and handed Jiang Ruining some lightly salted water to help her regain her strength: "Miss, you've sweated so much, your face is all pale. If you don't rest, your body won't be able to take it!"

"Kneeling and praying for blessings doesn't require you to do it all in one go; as long as you're sincere, that's enough! Take a break, have some water, and no one will blame you!"

He then pointed to a location fifty paces away.

"Look, that's a resting platform built by the Taoist temple for worshippers to repair themselves. It shows that the gods also allow those who pray to stop and rest!"

Jiang Ruining nodded, deciding to stay for a moment.

Shouldn't we give those who have been watching her all along a chance to make their move?

I drank some lightly salted water to replenish my fluids.

Instead of sitting down to rest, I stood by the wooden fence, gazing into the distance, where a cliff lay below!

She had barely stood still for a few moments when several "passersby" dressed in ordinary people's clothes appeared on the platform, standing a few steps away from her, their eyes constantly glancing at her, clearly looking for an opportunity to make a move.

"what!"

"Snakes! So many snakes!"

Terrified screams suddenly rang out, startling birds into flight and throwing the crowd on the platform into chaos.

Jiang Ruining turned around and was completely stunned!

In the pile of fallen leaves under the tree roots, reflective scales darted about rapidly, heading towards the resting platform, rustling and densely packed!

She was terrified of snakes, and her already tired legs went weak. She forgot how to run!

In the chaos, she was shoved hard and tumbled over the half-height fence.

As I fell, the wind howled in my ears, and my heart pounded in my throat.

With my eyes tightly closed, I counted to three when a strong rope wrapped around my waist. Suddenly, the fall turned into a tumble towards the cliff face. The speed was so fast that my heart went from feeling weightless up and down to feeling uncontrollably thrashed left and right.

After crashing into a wall of flesh, it finally managed to steady its wildly swaying body as it fell.

His soul hadn't returned to its place yet; his pupils were trembling.

brush!

The person who caught her whispered "Hold on tight" in her ear, and without giving her a chance to reply, jumped down with her.

This time they were holding onto the vines, but the tension was no less, for fear that the vines wouldn't be able to support the weight of the two of them and would snap, bidding farewell to the human world together!

The speed was too fast, and the fall was too violent; Jiang Ruining's scream was stuck in her throat and she couldn't let it out at all.

The word "numb" is used.

I'm really tired of talking about it!

With a sway, a fall, and a push off the cliff, repeating this several times, they finally landed on a boat that was already waiting at the bottom of the cliff.

Jiang Ruining had only ever seen masters flying around in TV dramas.

You only realize how thrilling it is when you're actually on the steep cliff face!

Eleven cranes loosened their branches and opened her arms.

Jiang Ruining's legs were still shaking violently, her heart was still pounding in her chest, and without support, she fell down.

Eleven cranes had no choice but to calm the person down again.

It took Jiang Ruining a while to finally feel the ground beneath her feet. She glanced at the man who had brought her down; his chest rose and fell evenly, as if she were walking on a flat road.

She was utterly impressed: "My God, how did you manage to stay so calm?"

Seeing that she could stand on her own, Shiyihe let go of her and took a few steps back: "Jump a hundred or eighty times, and you'll get used to it."

Jiang Ruining: "..."

Jump it a hundred or eighty times?

This is like tempering your heart into iron!

It's really not easy to be a bodyguard for a big shot!

She pointed to the vine he had used to "grab" her earlier: "If you practice swinging vines to 'grab' someone a hundred or two hundred times, can you master it?"

Despite his youthful voice, Shiyihe spoke in a serious and authoritative manner, as if he were an adult threatening a child: "To practice this, you need to train your arm strength for a year first, so that you can lift at least 200 pounds without any pressure."

Jiang Ruining opened her mouth: "How many kilograms?"

"At least two hundred pounds," Eleven Crane repeated. "If a fifty-pound object falls from a height, it would take more than one hundred pounds of force to barely catch it. To 'catch' a person weighing around one hundred pounds, you would need at least the strength to lift two hundred pounds."

"Even if you were wrapped in a whip, you would still be thrown away by the force of inertia."

Jiang Ruining: "..."

She can easily lift 200 pounds; just how muscular are her biceps?!

You'd better train yourself to become a steel Barbie!

He shook his head, leaving afterimages: "No, no, no! That's not my style, I'd better not practice!"

Eleven Crane: "..." Such a clean break! Just like when I kill someone!

……

When news of Jiang Ruining's "death" reached the Jiang family residence.

The imperial physician had just finished giving Lady Jiang acupuncture, which slightly alleviated her severe pain.

Upon hearing the news, he froze, his mouth trembling several times before he finally managed to ask, "Who's gone?"

The maid who brought the news: "It's the eldest young lady! She had an accident halfway up the mountain and fell off a cliff. The monks in the temple and the passing pilgrims all helped search, but they only found a piece of silk and a broken hairpin."

"The cliff is a raging torrent; the young lady would likely...fall off and be swept away!"

Madam Jiang didn't want to admit it, but over the years she had been mentally prepared to hear the news that "Jiang Ruining is gone."

But hearing it today, she felt no relief at finally settling a karmic debt. Instead, her heart and lungs felt like they had been filled with salty, bitter seawater, making it hard for her to breathe and causing her excruciating pain, as if she were about to die.

"Get the car ready!"

"Get the car ready immediately, let's go to Baiyun Mountain!"