What methods did the Regent use, and why did Gan Lin remain silent? If you were to ask Gan Lin these questions, he would absolutely not say anything after seeing Gan Qiongying faint from heartache last night.

But Gan Qiongying had to get to the bottom of things.

Intercepting the Regent was not difficult. Sima Rui seemed to have known all along that Gan Qiongying would come to him. He knew last night that Gan Qiongying had entered the palace.

Now, Sima Rui's men have taken control of the situation and found the so-called books that Gan Qiongying mentioned.

Moreover, Sima Rui was extremely clever; he had already guessed that Gan Qiongying's claim that she had planted stakes all over the country specifically to spread rumors about his scandalous affair with the Empress Dowager was completely false.

The Empress Dowager was fooled because she never left the palace, so although she had the powerful Kou family behind her, she was not personally at the forefront of power and could not react in time.

Moreover, the Regent always felt that although the Empress Dowager was very capable, she was somewhat hesitant and indecisive. If she could be fooled by Gan Qiongying's tricks, he would no longer need to be the Regent.

Therefore, when Gan Qiongying stopped his carriage, the Regent's men nervously drew their weapons, but the Regent raised his finger.

He stood with his hands behind his back, tall and long-legged, looking so handsome and dashing in the sunlight, but in Gan Qiongying's eyes at this moment, he was like a devil.

"All of you, step back," Sima Rui said with a playful tone, twirling the thumb ring on his thumb, and asked Gan Qiongying, "Why is Princess Duanrong here? Is she waiting for me?"

Gan Qiongying's eyes twitched slightly. She tried to hold back her pain, but her heart began to ache again. The imperial physician said that if she couldn't control her emotions, her heart meridians would be severely damaged, which might affect her mental state. But when she thought of Gan Lin's body covered in wounds, Gan Qiongying found it really hard to hold back.

Moreover, she now needs to make the regent think she is foolish and lower his guard against her.

Therefore, Gan Qiongying could no longer hold back. She pulled out the hairpin from her hair and rushed towards the Regent, intending to stab him in the neck.

"You devil! How dare you treat His Majesty like that!" Gan Qiongying roared, lunging at the Regent, whose hands were easily restrained by him.

The guards behind the Regent had barely drawn their swords when the Regent shoved Gan Qiongying hard, sending her stumbling back several steps before she fell to the ground.

The fall was quite severe; Gan Qiongying hit her wrist, and the hairpin in her hand flew out of her hand. Moreover, because Gan Qiongying pulled out the hairpin, half of her hair fell down, making her look like a disheveled, crazy woman.

Gan Qiongying tried to stand up and rush over again, but was quickly stopped by the maids who helped her up from behind.

“Princess…” Manyue called out to Gan Qiongying in a trembling voice.

The enemy was strong and we were weak. They didn't bring many people with them this time, and assassinating an important official was a capital offense. Even if it was a princess, the emperor was just a puppet now, and if they were really investigated, she would not escape punishment.

However, Gan Qiongying seemed to have lost her reason, and she pushed Manyue away and rushed towards the Regent again.

The guards around the regent did not even draw their weapons this time. Gan Qiongying rushed in front of the regent, trying to slap him, but the regent grabbed her wrist.

The Regent looked down at Gan Qiongying as if she were a weak, laughable, and lowly ant.

"With your paltry tricks, you think you can fight me?"

Gan Qiongying looked up and stared intently at the Regent, her hatred at this moment was unmistakable.

But it is precisely this reality, this real madness, that reveals Gan Qiongying's weakness and helplessness, because only the weak would become hysterical.

Precisely because of this, the Regent Prince almost immediately lowered his guard. If Gan Qiongying really returned to the Princess's residence without saying a word, he would have to think carefully about how to deal with them next.

Now that Gan Qiongying is like this, the Regent feels that she is not even worthy of being his opponent. It was this woman who frightened the Empress Dowager, who was high and mighty in the palace, so much that her old illness relapsed.

This is really ridiculous.

After admiring Gan Qiongying's heart-wrenching yet futile performance for a while, the Regent lowered his head and whispered in her ear.

He whispered to his lover, "If you behave yourself from now on, I can guarantee that you and your brother will live a miserable life."

“If the two of you continue to be restless… there are plenty of people in this world who want to be puppets, and plenty of people who want to be princesses.”

Gan Qiongying was trembling all over; it was genuine anger, genuine hatred, and genuine disgust.

With a trembling voice, she asked the Regent, "When did it begin?"

The Regent immediately understood Gan Qiongying's meaning, and chuckled, saying, "It was probably a few years ago."

At this point, the Regent released Gan Qiongying's wrist, straightened his robes, and took two steps back. He was disgusted by Gan Qiongying's tearful appearance and thought she was dirty.

The regent took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped his hands, and then threw it on the ground, saying, "At first, I just wanted to see how scared he really was, but he refused to show weakness in front of me."

"Do you know how funny it was? He was so scared that he was trembling all over, but he didn't utter a single word from beginning to end."

Upon hearing this, Gan Qiongying's vision blurred, and the Regent King distorted in her eyes, as if he had truly become a demon.

"Later I became very curious, just how far would it take for him to start screaming? To beg, to crawl all over the place, to say he was scared!"

Gan Qiongying roared and charged at the Regent again, but this time she was kicked to the ground by the Regent.

Man Yue and the others rushed over as well. Chen Wa, his eyes bloodshot, had already drawn his knife, and the two sides were about to clash.

Gan Qiongying lay on the ground, her hateful eyes fixed on the Regent, and said, "I'm going to kill you."

"I will kill you... no."

Gan Qiongying shook her head, large tears rolling down her cheeks with her movements.

"I won't kill you, I'll make you wish you were dead."

I will make you wish you were dead!

She definitely will!