Chapter 445 She's on the verge of a medical breakdown!
Thinking of this, Yan Ruya's fear of the Regent naturally diminished considerably.
She deliberately raised her chin a little higher.
But her voice remained gentle, "Your Majesty, I wonder what offense my restaurant has committed that warrants such a drastic move from you?"
Di Jingling ignored her.
The regent appeared cold and calm on the surface, but his heart was filled with anxiety.
As for unrelated people, he didn't even bother to give them a glance.
Yan Jiu and Yan Shi led their soldiers to search the entire restaurant, making quite a show of force, almost turning the restaurant upside down.
Completely ignored, Yan Ruya's hands, hanging at her sides, were tightly twisting her dress, extremely nervous.
She had long heard about the Regent's affection and care for the Queen.
If he finds out that Xiao Tang died in her underground secret room, she'll definitely be in deep trouble.
The atmosphere was truly stagnant and tense.
Besides Yan Ruya herself being nervous, her entourage was also quite nervous.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Seeing that Yan Jiu came downstairs empty-handed, he ran towards the basement and shouted aggressively, "There's a basement down there!"
These words caused cold sweat to slowly drip down Yan Ruya's forehead.
At this moment, I can only pretend to be calm.
Upon hearing Yan Jiu's exclamation, Di Jingling strode towards the basement.
Locked rooms are nothing unusual.
However, Yan Ruya's secret room was particularly unusual, revealing a strange atmosphere.
What catches the eye are venomous snakes crawling all over the ground.
Corpses lay scattered on the ground.
The scene was extremely tragic.
Yan Jiu exclaimed softly, "God..."
The basement was littered with corpses, and venomous snakes slithered around with impunity, as if one had entered a snake pit.
Yan Shi also rushed over because of the commotion, staring in surprise.
I can't believe what I'm seeing.
Di Jingling's gaze swept quickly across the corpses, but Xiao Tang was nowhere to be seen.
The tension subsided once Xiao Tang was confirmed to be absent.
Yan Jiu and Yan Shi were even more nervous.
They were terrified that the regent would go on a killing spree because of the princess's situation; that would be truly terrifying.
Fortunately, it wasn't as serious as they had imagined.
Xiao Tang is not here!
Di Jingling suddenly turned his head, his cold and sharp gaze piercing the woman like shards of ice.
The murderous aura was so intense that the woman instinctively took two steps back.
"I don't know what happened either. I will definitely send someone to investigate. How could there be venomous snakes being raised down here?"
Yan Ruya looked puzzled, and immediately began to act.
She is still conscious for now.
If the illness flares up later, nobody knows what will happen.
Wow, you were really good at acting! Should I come on later?
Suddenly, the voice of his heart entered Di Jingling's ears.
He suddenly looked around.
Looking around, Xiao Tang was nowhere to be seen.
I wonder where that girl is hiding to watch the show.
At the same time, the huge weight in his heart was finally lifted.
Xiao Tang was indeed hiding, taking Ruyi to the most inconspicuous place.
She watched Yan Ruya's performance with a sly grin, secretly giving her scores as she watched.
[For this acting, I'd give it a 30 out of 100. It's terrible.]
[Oh no, 30 points is being generous to her; she's terrible.]
Ruyi said indignantly, "That woman is really wicked. She clearly harmed the princess on purpose, but now she acts all innocent. How despicable!"
Recalling the fright she suffered at the snake pond, Ruyi's face was filled with anger.
She started cursing excitedly.
In particular, he stood up for the princess.
Compared to Ruyi's anger, Xiao Tang remained calm as if nothing had happened.
She chuckled softly, "It's just a small matter, why are you in such a hurry?"
Ruyi glared.
This is no small matter!
"Do you know why this woman wants my life?"
"She ordered you to kill Princess Huanyu?"
Xiao Tang shook her head. "Yes and no. She's just sick."
"ah?"
Ruyi's little head was full of big questions, and she really couldn't understand.
Xiao Tang didn't feel comfortable explaining too much to her.
At this point, she was 100% certain that Yan Ruya not only had mental problems, but was also mentally ill.
She may have been suffering from hallucinations due to the long-term effects of snake venom.
Although she did not ingest the snake venom, she frequently touched it, and over time, the toxins would enter her through her skin, mouth, nose, or the corners of her eyes.
Even if she has wounds, she is even more vulnerable to the venom of these snakes.
She frequently experiences hallucinations, which drive her to the brink of madness.
These are all external factors; the internal factor is that this woman harbors immense hatred towards Yan Ruyu.
A madman doesn't need many reasons once he goes berserk.
Meanwhile, Yan Ruya was still putting on a tearful act, saying, "Your Majesty, you may not know this, but although I am the owner of this restaurant, my health has worsened in recent years, and I have no heart to run it."
"This is the first time I've ever known that my restaurant has a basement like this."
The acting was so convincing that anyone could tell it was fake.
But she insisted on acting relentlessly, as if she didn't care at all.
Di Jingling didn't care how her performance went.
He treated it like watching a monkey show.
All attention was focused on Xiao Tang's inner thoughts.
Just as the woman was getting into her role, Di Jingling deliberately interrupted her, "Since the boss has said so, I will take the liberty of burning this place down, along with all these poisonous snakes."
Yan Ruya, who was pretending to be stupid while crying, was now truly dumbfounded.
They just set it on fire without giving her a chance to breathe.
She stared blankly at Di Jingling, unable to refute him for a moment.
Yan Jiu happened to be carrying two torches when he came over.
He had already ordered people to build a fire below.
"Your Highness, please go outside first. If a fire breaks out here, the flames could be too intense and injure people," Yan Jiu said.
Yan Shi immediately went to dismiss the people in the restaurant.
Xiao Tang also sensed that something was wrong and pulled Ruyi along, saying, "Let's go first."
As expected, someone said, "Are we just going to leave like this? But the Regent will worry about you."
"Let's wait outside."
Judging from the villain's posture, he's probably going to burn the entire Wangchun Tower down.
[Wow, let's burn it! This is amazing!]
At this moment, all I want to say is, well done!
Xiao Tang wished he could burn down the restaurant right now and kill this woman.
However, she held back for now.
The dog system keeps nagging in my ear, so I can't kill the woman for now.
Ten thousand points weren't really that appealing to her at that moment.
But something is better than nothing.
Not long after leaving with Ruyi, Di Jingling also left the restaurant.
The area around the restaurant was packed with people, all of whom could see plumes of black smoke billowing out of the restaurant.
Faced with this scene, Yan Ruya's face turned ashen, and she was on the verge of having a seizure!
Her hands, hanging at her sides, clenched into fists, the veins on the back of her hands bulging, as she suppressed her emotions.
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