After Reading His Mind, I Found the Regent Shockingly Broody

After an assassination attempt, a puppet empress with a hopeless romantic streak, too weak to stand on her own, was struck by a bolt from the blue. Not only did she survive, she discovered she could read minds. Zhao Zhen had always thought life was wonderful, even if she did spend her days idling away. The only nuisance was the aloof regent who held her life in his hands and ruled from behind the throne. But once she gained the power to read minds, she discovered that the whole world was nothing like she had imagined! The Grand General, who had always treated her with the utmost respect, was calculating how to send her to her grave while bowing before her. The prince she had risked her life to protect, the one she loved, claimed to love her too. But behind her back, he was in love with countless others and dreamed of marrying the empress so he could become emperor himself. Even her half-sister, the princess who had grown up playing with her and was now the eldest princess, was secretly having an affair and slipping slow-acting poison into her food! The only one who was exactly as he seemed was the regent, who had always been cold to her, threatened her entire family, and used ruthless methods. That’s right, he was just as determined as ever to seize her throne. One day, the regent picked up a cup of poisoned wine and motioned for her to drink. When he thought to himself that the wine wasn’t actually poisoned, Zhao Zhen was so moved that tears welled in her eyes. “Regent, you really are the best. I think I’m starting to like you.” The regent’s lips twitched as the wine sloshed from the cup again and again. “Are you insane?”