I am the villain in the book

Ning Yongnian and Li Huaizhong were about to make a deal in order to ferret out the spies around them.

However, the two did not know that there was more than one mole lurking in the imperial court of Da Ning.

After all, the Tongzhou Society had been hiding very deeply, not only were all its members powerful ministers, but they also secretly covered for each other, so it was indeed difficult to be suspected.

But since Li Huaizhong had agreed to this deal, it meant that he must already have a “suitable” candidate.

Obviously, this person could only be You Jia.

You Jia was indeed Wei Changtian's person, and she was indeed the one who leaked Bai Youheng's whereabouts to the latter.

Li Huaizhong knew these things very well.

Then, for him, the only question now was—

Should he betray You Jia?

To be more specific, it was “Should he betray Wei Changtian?”

In fact, saying “betrayal” was not very accurate.

Because Li Huaizhong was not Wei Changtian's subordinate, the two had always been in a relationship of mutual benefit from beginning to end.

The former needed a way to cure the hidden injuries of the Yin-Yang Skill, and the latter needed a nail buried next to Ning Yongnian.

In addition, although he had not seen it with his own eyes, it was a certainty that he had killed Jing Yuan with one move and defeated Meng Shi with one move. Without a doubt, Wei Changtian definitely possessed a supernatural power that could kill a Second-Rank expert, and could use it multiple times.

Therefore, the fear in Li Huaizhong's heart towards Wei Changtian had actually exceeded his fear of Ning Yongnian.

Now that he had reached the point where he had to choose a side, and regardless of who he chose, he would offend the other, Li Huaizhong's first reaction was to completely defect to Wei Changtian.

However...

“Pa da, pa da!”

The fluorescent light of the eternal lamp slightly illuminated the carved balustrade and jade steps of the long corridor. The torrential rain crashed down on the ground along the sloping tiles, and then flowed into a small pond along the ingeniously designed drainage ditch.

This small pond was not large, but after adding so much rain, the water level was still as high as before, for some unknown reason.

Li Huaizhong lowered his head and hurried through the long corridor, his shadow vaguely unreal.

Then, he stopped in front of another equally unclear figure.

“Long Que, prepare yourself.”

“Tonight, you will accompany His Majesty out of the palace to Yuanzhou.”

The next day, the Dafeng Imperial Palace.

Hard stone walls, humid air, narrow stone paths, flickering firelight.

Wei Changtian learned the news of Ning Yongnian and You Jia leaving the capital on the way to see Yu Pingjun.

He glanced at Li Wutong, who was following behind him, not knowing what she was thinking, and then whispered to Chu Xianping beside him:

“Brother Chu, what do you think Ning Yongnian is going to do in Yuanzhou this time?”

“I don’t know.”

Chu Xianping shook his head: “Perhaps he is going to Feng County to reward the soldiers on the front line.”

“Well, but why did he go at this time?”

Wei Changtian boldly guessed: “Does it mean that there will be changes in the Yuanzhou war?”

“This... it shouldn't be.”

Chu Xianping understood that Wei Changtian meant “Da Ning is going to counterattack”. After thinking for a while, he gave his own opinion:

“Ning Yongnian has not increased troops in Feng County, and the 500,000 elite troops of Dafeng are all retreating to Yuanzhou City. Under such circumstances, a rash counterattack will not gain any advantage, and may even lose the natural barrier of Feng County.”

“Therefore, Ning Yongnian has no reason to choose to counterattack Yuanzhou City at this time... unless he has a bigger plan.”

A bigger plan.

As soon as these words came out, Wei Changtian instantly thought of Yu Pingjun and Bai Youheng.

Could it be that the conspiracy they are plotting with Ning Yongnian is related to the Yuanzhou war?

But what kind of plan requires the participation of Bai Youheng and Yu Pingjun?

Even if Bai Youheng is the Son of Heaven, one person, no matter how awesome, cannot influence the situation of the war.

What's more, Yu Pingjun is far away in Fengyuan, so she has no way to intervene in the Yuanzhou war, right?

If viewed from God's perspective, Wei Changtian had finally connected the known clues at this time and had a correct direction.

However, even if he found the right direction, he was still far from the truth.

“Young Master Wei! Young Master Chu!”

Suddenly, a voice from the front interrupted Wei Changtian's thoughts.

Several jailers stood up and respectfully greeted them, and then their eyes stayed on Li Wutong, who was following closely behind.

“Greetings, Your Highness!”

Although they reacted immediately, it could be heard that the tone of several people was actually quite surprised, as if they did not understand why Li Wutong would appear here.

However, Wei Changtian certainly had no time to explain to them, he just restrained his mind and waved his hand.

“Open the prison door.”

“Yes!”

“...”

“Boom!”

After a full day, the No. 1 prison door of Tianzi Jia opened again, and soon closed again.

Standing calmly in front of Yu Pingjun, Wei Changtian was silent for a long time, and then reached out to untie the former's acupoints.

“Cough, cough cough!”

Several rapid coughs sounded. Not having a drop of water for two days and two nights made Yu Pingjun's face even paler.

However, her expression was still the same as yesterday, with teasing in her eyebrows.

“Young Master Wei, looking at you like this, you probably didn’t make it in time last night, did you?”

Slowly sitting up, Yu Pingjun looked at Wei Changtian, who was silent, and took the lead in mocking: “Why don’t you tell this palace what that bastard looked like after knowing her identity?”

“Well, she must be distraught and probably hates this palace to death, right?”

“Giggle, I really want to see it with my own eyes.”

“What a pity...”

In the chilling laughter, there seemed to be the complacency of revenge.

However, Wei Changtian didn't have any excessive reaction when he heard the words, he just glanced at Yu Pingjun and then shook his head.

“Empress, since you want to know, then I will tell you.”

“You guessed half right. After the princess knew that she was a demon, she couldn’t accept it, and even wanted to commit suicide for a while.”

“However... she doesn’t hate you.”

“...”

The smile instantly froze, and Yu Pingjun's shoulders suddenly trembled slightly.

But she quickly suppressed this emotion, and her tone became a little colder.

“Young Master Wei, this little trick is useless to me.”

“Even if she really doesn’t hate this palace, this palace’s hatred for her will not change. With this alone, you don’t have to waste your efforts.”

“Empress, believe it or not, it’s up to you.”

Looking at Yu Pingjun, Wei Changtian's expression did not change in the slightest: “I’m just telling you the truth.”

“Whether you hate the princess or not is your business, anyway, the princess has never hated you from beginning to end.”

“Even today, she insisted on coming with me, saying that she wanted to say something to you.”

“What? You, you mean...”

Yu Pingjun's pupils shrank suddenly: “She’s here too?!”

“Yes.”

Nodding, Wei Changtian calmly pointed to the tightly closed prison door.

“She’s right outside the door at this moment.”

“Empress, will you see her?”