I am the villain in the book

After several months, when Ning Yongnian saw Youjia again, he felt as if she was still the same as before, yet also different.

Last November, he ordered Youjia to go to Shu Prefecture alone to approach and gain the trust of Wei Changtian.

After that, he used Youjia as bait to reach a deal with the evil monk Jing Yuan, attempting to use this to provoke conflict between the Wei family and the Buddhist sect.

However, Wei Changtian's 'feigned indifference' at the time caused the entire plan to fall through, and Youjia was rescued by Wei Changtian.

In the following months, Ning Yongnian never used Youjia again, until the assassination order half a month ago.

And the result was just as Li Huaizhong had 'worried' at the time, Youjia failed to kill Wei Changtian.

Ning Yongnian did not doubt whether all of this was false, because he knew very well Youjia's affection for him.

Youjia lowered her head and said softly: "This subordinate failed to kill Wei Changtian, and is willing to accept all punishment."

"This is not your fault, this son is, after all, different from ordinary people."

Ning Yongnian shook his head slightly: "It would naturally be best if you could succeed, but failing is not a fault."

"Now that you are safe, that is already a blessing."

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You are safe, that is already a blessing.

This was the first time Youjia had heard Ning Yongnian say such a thing to her.

She didn't know what the latter had experienced during her absence, nor did she know whether these words were sincere or false.

If it had been a few months ago, Youjia would probably have been overjoyed.

But now that Wei Changtian had already occupied almost all of her heart, it made her instinctively feel a trace of resistance to these words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness."

Her head was still buried low, and her voice was still very soft.

Youjia unconsciously took half a step back, and Ning Yongnian also noticed something at this moment.

"Youjia..."

"Why don't you dare to look at me?"

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Her heart seemed to skip a beat, causing her shoulders to tremble slightly.

In fact, on the way back to Da Ning, Youjia had already thought about what attitude she should use to face Ning Yongnian.

But when she really saw the latter, all the preparations suddenly became completely useless.

"Your... Your Majesty..."

Struggling to raise her head, Youjia forced herself to look into Ning Yongnian's eyes.

In this instant, the two's gazes finally met in the air, silently, but stirring up a trace of ripples in Youjia's heart, which should have been forgotten.

"This subordinate failed to complete the mission and has no face to face Your Majesty."

Biting her lip, Youjia found herself an extremely lame excuse.

But how could Ning Yongnian not see the strangeness in it?

"Youjia, is there anything you want to say to me?"

Without stern questioning or secret probing, Ning Yongnian just said softly in a still gentle tone: "No matter what it is, I will not blame you."

"Replying to Your Majesty, no."

Youjia lowered her head again.

"Is that so?"

Ning Yongnian paused, not pursuing the matter any further: "Since that's the case, then you should go and rest, we'll talk about the rest later."

"Yes."

As if granted amnesty, Youjia immediately bowed and prepared to leave.

However, just as she turned around, only one step away from leaving the room, Ning Yongnian's voice suddenly sounded behind her again.

"By the way, since I promised to marry you before, then I will definitely do what I said."

"I have ordered someone to look at the dates, the first day of August is an auspicious day, and then I will..."

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In a daze, the voice in her ear grew smaller and smaller.

At this moment, Youjia could no longer hear what Ning Yongnian was saying, only feeling that her thoughts were hindered by extremely chaotic and complex emotions.

Although her heart was now almost entirely filled with Wei Changtian, "almost" meant that it was not all.

How could this be...

No, it shouldn't be like this...

Youjia didn't even know how she left the Shiqu Pavilion Hall in a daze.

However, Ning Yongnian took everything into his eyes.

After the former's figure disappeared, the tenderness on his face gradually faded.

The flames of several ever-bright lamps beside him pointed straight upwards, Ning Yongnian looked thoughtfully at a point of red light, and suddenly asked: "Old Li, do you think Longque really made a move?"

"Your Majesty."

The candlelight flickered, and Li Huaizhong appeared from behind the screen: "According to the intelligence sent back by the spies from Fengyuan, Longque did indeed attempt to assassinate Wei Changtian."

"I didn't ask you what the intelligence said."

Turning his head to look at Li Huaizhong, Ning Yongnian repeated: "I am asking you what you think."

"This..."

Li Huaizhong pretended to hesitate, and after a long while, he slowly replied: "Your Majesty, this old servant watched Longque grow up, and she would certainly not do anything treacherous."

"In that case, she couldn't bear to do it?"

"It should be so."

Li Huaizhong seized the opportunity, echoing Ning Yongnian's guess: "In any case, Wei Changtian once saved Longque's life, and the two have been together day and night for several months. In this situation, it is understandable that Longque feels guilty and is now absent-minded."

"Mm."

Nodding, Ning Yongnian got up and paced back and forth in front of the desk for a few circles, then suddenly stopped and said: "Old Li, you also heard what I said to Longque just now."

"Tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare."

"On the first day of August, I will make Longque a consort, with the title... Zhen."

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"Yes."

Five days later, June 12th.

Fengyuan, Princess Manor.

In the early morning, Wei Changtian and his party finally returned to Fengyuan City from the Western Desert Gobi.

Although this time searching for Old Zhangtou didn't take too much effort, the round trip still took more than ten days.

And now, there are only three days left before the people of Fengyuan City begin to evacuate.

According to the plan formulated by the Dafeng Dynasty, if Wei Changtian failed to kill Yama, then the people in Fengyuan City would begin to evacuate on June 15th, and the entire process would last about twenty days, to ensure that no one would be left in the city on the Zhongyuan Festival on July 15th.

Of course, the evacuation of the people does not conflict with "killing Yama."

So for Wei Changtian, he still had at least a month.

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"Young Master, Princess, Senior Zhang."

Chu Xianping, who had been waiting at the gate for a long time, immediately greeted Wei Changtian and the others as they got off the carriage.

His gaze lingered on Du Chang for a moment, but he didn't ask any further questions, just followed Wei Changtian into the courtyard.

"Young Master, Youjia has returned to the capital."

"Is that so?"

Wei Changtian nodded: "Is there anything unusual?"

"This..."

Chu Xianping lowered his voice, approached Wei Changtian's ear, and said softly: "The Tongzhou Society's spy working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent back news that Ning Yongnian intends to make Youjia the Consort Zhen on the first day of August."

"What? Make her a consort?"

Wei Changtian paused, frowned and asked: "What did Youjia say?"

"A few days ago, Miss You had already sent back a letter via Burning Jade to confirm this matter, and asked..."

Chu Xianping's tone was calm.

"And asked Young Master what he wanted her to do?"