Chapter 461

However, she has always been proud and valued her pride, and she never showed weakness to him. Now she is crying in front of him. She must be really heartbroken.

He's still just a child!

A pang of pity rose in the Regent's heart, and his voice softened, "Your Majesty, please do not be sad. Your humble servant will share your burdens."

Taking advantage of her young age, Wen Xin took full advantage of him, clinging to him and shaking her head, perfectly portraying a pitiful little girl who had suffered all kinds of grievances.

Xiao Jin: "..."

Master, your performance can start at any moment.

Who was just eating sunflower seeds and encouraging the imperial physician to help her fake illness?

Furthermore, Your Highness the Regent, didn't you just see it with your own eyes?

How could anyone still believe that their master was truly heartbroken?

Single Butterfly says she doesn't understand this tactic at all.

After Wen Xin finished taking advantage of him... oops, I mean, after she finished playing the victim, she reluctantly let go of the Regent.

The young empress seemed to finally realize what shameful thing she had done, her face flushed, and she tried her best to maintain her imperial demeanor, "Your Highness, I lost my composure just now."

The Regent looked down at the girl's flushed face and her darting gaze, which dared not meet his eyes. His heart felt as if it had been brushed by a feather. He suppressed the urge to stroke her head and asked gently, "Is Your Majesty feeling unwell?"

Wen Xin obediently shook her head, then her face turned even redder as she thought of something. "Your Highness, I... I was just pretending to faint. Did I make you worry?"

After saying that, she glanced at him quickly, like a child who had done something wrong and was afraid of being scolded by their parents.

The Regent could no longer be stern. He sighed inwardly and reached out to help the young emperor back to sit on the soft couch.

Wen Xin placed her hands on her lap, sitting in a particularly obedient posture, and said softly, "Your Highness, please sit as well."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The regent lifted his robe and sat down on the other side of the soft couch with an air of grandeur.

Wen Xin secretly glanced at him. No matter the time, this man always carried the iron-blooded aura of a soldier. The cold, bloody, and murderous aura that emanated from him could only be formed after countless lives had been taken.

Therefore, when others face him, they are only afraid of his oppressive aura and fierceness, and easily overlook his overly handsome appearance.

He had deliberately restrained his imposing presence in front of her, but some things were already ingrained in her bones. Besides, the former little empress was just a greenhouse flower raised in the deep palace, who had not experienced any great storms. How could she not be afraid of him?

But now Wen Xin is not only unafraid, she is also always irresistibly attracted to him.

This man was just so pleasing to her eye in every way.

As an empress, wouldn't it be alright for her to snatch a regent as her consort?

Xiao Jin: There's a problem!

Master, you're an empress, not a thug or a robber!

Wen Xin retorted confidently: Which emperor wasn't a rogue or a robber?

Plunder is in the nature of emperors!

Xiao Jin choked and retreated.

No matter what these two do, everyone else is the one eating dog food (being shown affection).

It's best to leave it alone, lest it end up being the one in the wrong later.

How could the Regent not notice that the young empress was spying on him? His hands, hidden in his sleeves, tightened slightly.

He looked up and met the girl's clear, sparkling eyes. His reflection was clearly visible in her pupils, and the tender emotions within them easily touched his heart.

The regent subtly averted his gaze, not daring to meet her eyes for long, unwilling to admit it, nor able to act like a beast.

Besides, their identities...

His eyes darkened slightly as he turned his attention to the matter at hand. "Your Majesty, why did you feign fainting?"

Is Your Highness angry?

"Your humble servant would not dare."

The little empress muttered softly, "It's not that I don't dare, it's that I don't dare. Your Highness is really angry."

Regent: "..."

Wen Xin said with a wronged expression, "Your Highness, it was Prime Minister Liang who stopped me first."

It's not like I deliberately provoked this trouble.

How could he be angry with her?

Regent: "..."

However, he noticed that she addressed him not as "aunt," but as the distant Prime Minister Liang.

His Majesty has really changed a lot.

Under his unfathomable gaze, the young empress pouted, "Are you suspicious of me? Why did I suddenly fall out with Prime Minister Liang? Am I plotting something?"

Under her gaze that seemed to say, "How could you doubt me? I'm heartbroken!", the Regent was both amused and exasperated, and helplessly explained, "Your Majesty, I have no doubts about anything."

The little empress's eyes welled with tears as she tearfully accused him, "You have!"

The regent paused for a moment, then suddenly stood up and knelt on one knee in front of her.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Wen Xin quickly reached out to help him.

"Your humble servant deserves to die."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"It has caused His Majesty to lose trust."

"I never said I didn't trust you!"

What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you even care about loving each other anymore?

The young empress jumped up, glaring at him, "You are not allowed to kneel! You are my teacher! If you kneel before me, are you trying to shorten my lifespan?"

"His Majesty!"

The Regent frowned, clearly displeased that the young empress was always saying things that cursed him.

"Fine, I won't say anything more."

The two stood facing each other. Wen Xin tugged at his sleeve and looked up at him. "I know about my sudden change. It's normal that you feel something is wrong."

The Regent gazed intently at her and said again, word by word, "Your Majesty, I have no doubts about you."

The young empress smiled and said, "I trust Your Highness, just as I know Your Highness will always stand firmly on my side."

As the Regent looked at the young girl's bright and cheerful smile, his clear eyes held undisguised trust, and the flutter in his heart was clear and obvious.

He suppressed certain emotions and upheld the proper etiquette between ruler and subject.

"Your Majesty's injuries have not yet healed. Your humble servant will help you to sit down."

The two sat down again, but Wen Xin noticed that he was sitting a little further away from her this time.

Is His Highness the Regent really avoiding her?

She wasn't mistaken.

But why?

Wen Xin was completely confused. Was she no longer cute?

Or does the Regent simply enjoy seeing the fragments of souls confront him?

No, Your Highness, are you masochistic?

Is it too late for her to come back arrogantly now?

But the soul fragments didn't want her to be arrogant; they wanted her to get along well with the Regent and protect him.

Or was she too abrupt just now, scaring this old-fashioned regent?

Forehead……

But isn't she still a child?

Sigh, why is there such a bumpy road between the emperor and the regent?

So difficult!

Wanting to be a tyrant... never mind, the resources don't allow it, she should focus on her career first.

Well, only by suppressing those jumping-up idiots can she have time to properly cultivate her relationship with His Highness the Regent, right?

Looking at His Highness's incredibly handsome face, Her Majesty the Empress thought to herself: She can do it!

Wen Xin pursed her lips. "Your Highness, I used to be completely loyal to the Liang family, yet I always opposed you and couldn't distinguish between loyalty and treachery. Wasn't that incredibly foolish and incompetent?"