This villain has become a ghost

Yixin Hall.

Feng Ning told Yue Liuyun everything that happened in Shangxian Palace.

Yue Liuyun was playing with a caged parrot in the hall. When he heard Feng Ning's description, he tried to hold back his laughter so hard that his shoulders trembled.

Brother Liu, you've suffered so much! Not only do you have the appearance of a great beauty, but you also have such an infatuated admirer.

Yue Liuyun patted Feng Ning on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Well done!"

Feng Ning's expression immediately turned as ugly as if he had eaten a fly, and his face turned ashen.

Yue Liuyun was puzzled. What happened to him?

Feng Ning held it in for a long time, and finally squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Your Majesty, have you washed your hands?"

Yue Liuyun: “…”

I almost forgot that although Feng Ning is a martial arts expert and loyal to the villain, he is a super mysophobe.

In other words, if you throw a piece of bird shit at him during a fight, he will definitely collapse on the spot and live a life worse than death.

After Feng Ning left, Yue Liuyun looked at Nangong Mingzhu with a smile and said jokingly, "After listening to Feng Ning's words, do you feel green on your head?"

Nangong Mingzhu: “…”

Nangong Mingzhu glanced at her sideways: "Boring."

He raised his eyebrows leisurely and said, "Nangong Wanqing did send someone to kill him, which means he is trustworthy."

"Not only is it believable," Yue Liuyun said, "it also proves that the original Qiu Shuangwan really had feelings for you."

From the perspective of Zhongqiu Shuangwan in the book, her family has fallen into poverty, and the eldest princess saved her just to use her. Her childhood sweetheart had no idea that she was still alive at the beginning.

After entering the palace, he took every step carefully and cautiously.

However, the emperor, who was rumored to be cold-blooded and ruthless, actually treated her very well. Although he never favored her, he was willing to consider her in everything and was particularly partial to her among other concubines.

She didn't have a God's perspective, and she didn't know that his affection was just an act, and that the kindness he showed her... was just to make her a target for the entire harem.

She gradually fell in love while lurking, and fell deeper and deeper into despair, until she was doomed.

There was a gloomy look in Yue Liuyun's eyes.

Nangong Mingzhu is... a very dangerous person.

"A good chess piece shouldn't get emotional," Nangong Mingzhu said indifferently, "If you get too deeply into the role... you'll get yourself trapped."

Once you get stuck in it, you are doomed to fail and lose everything, including your life.

Yue Liuyun stared at him inquiringly and said calmly, "What about your own feelings? Aren't you afraid... that the person you like will also treat you as a pawn?"

"What if one day, Concubine Shu betrays you? What will you do?"

Nangong Mingzhu's knuckles curled slightly, and he turned to stare at her sharply, saying with a half-smile, "You are so powerful that you even know my feelings for Tong'er."

It is clearly written in the original book, how could she not know it?

He thought for a moment, then said something incomprehensible, half true, half false: "No one can use me, unless... I do it willingly."

"Besides... you are Nangong Mingzhu now, and these are the things you should consider now." He curled his lips and smiled, saying indifferently.

Yue Liuyun rolled his eyes.

This person is just like this, true and false, real and unreal. It is clearly his own life, his own body, his own emotions, but he seems to not care at all and throws it to Yue Liuyun easily.

Yue Liuyun sat down, picked up a book, and flipped through two pages before suddenly looking up as if something had occurred to him. He asked, "Did you know about the incident between Qiu Shuangwan and General Qi Sha?"

Nangong Mingzhu said lazily: "I know."

The moon and the clouds paused.

He knew about this...

She suddenly came to her senses, her expression became solemn, her eyes revealed a hint of seriousness, she put down the book in her hand, and doubts surged in her heart.

"You should use her..." Yue Liuyun muttered to himself.

Nangong Mingzhu said as a matter of course: "General Qisha holds military power, and she is his weak spot, so I will naturally use her."

In Daying, the Song family held 40% of the military power, and the remaining 60% was controlled by four people: General Qiming of Zhendong, General Qisha of Zhennan, General Changgeng of Zhenxi, and General Kuishao of Zhenbei.

Yue Liuyun stared at him with a sharp gaze: "Then will you kill her?"

"Of course not," Nangong Mingzhu said in surprise, "Killing her would cause General Qi Sha to turn against me, so why would I kill her?"

That's right.

But... in the original novel, it was indeed Nangong Mingzhu who killed Qiu Shuangwan, and then General Qi Sha turned against the emperor and became a capable assistant general under the male protagonist.

Nangong Mingzhu is so smart, there is no way he would kill Qiu Shuangwan. It would be harmful to him and would not benefit him in any way.

There must be something else going on here.

Nangong Mingzhu's eyes moved slightly, and he asked casually, "What did you think of?"

"Nothing," Yue Liuyun calmly covered up the past and changed the subject calmly, "I was thinking that the food and fodder issue is just the beginning, the real highlight... is still to come."

Nangong Mingzhu smiled faintly and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you figured out what to do?"

"Let's give it a try." Yue Liuyun said with a burning gaze.

-

Princess's Mansion, Buddhist Temple.

Nangong Wanqing listened quietly to her subordinates' description, stroking the Buddhist beads in her hand.

From the failure to block the grain supply in the court, to the failure to assassinate Qiu Shuangwan...

She smiled instead of getting angry, a stern look brewing in her eyes as she muttered to herself, "I really underestimated Qiu Shuang. I didn't expect that she could actually hide it from me and recognize General Qi Sha..."

If anyone wants to kill her in the future, she will definitely be protected by Nangong Mingzhu and Xia Ruzhi, and it will not be that easy.

Qiu Shuangwan is not a person to be feared, but by some strange coincidence... she became enemies with General Qi Sha.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" The man knelt on the ground and asked respectfully.

Nangong Wanqing slowly walked to the altar, took out the letter she had prepared long ago, stared at it for a moment with her beautiful eyes, and then handed it to the man.

"Give it to him."

"I obey my orders!"

-

The autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves, and they return to their roots in the mud.

Golden sunlight filtered through the sparse leaves, casting dappled shadows on the bluestone floor. The pavilion's roof, composed of ancient wooden beams and cyan tiles, exuded a faint wood fragrance and the refreshing freshness of autumn.

A man in white sat opposite Yue Liuyun. He had an extraordinary temperament, like a banished immortal. His face was handsome and delicate, but there was a hint of unruly and aloofness between his brows.

He took a sip of tea, placed a piece on the chessboard, and smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, how come you have time to play chess with me today?"

"Of course I have questions to ask the Grand Tutor." Yue Liuyun glanced at Nangong Mingzhu calmly.

Nangong Mingzhu smiled and pointed his knuckles at a certain place on the chessboard.

Yue Liuyun immediately went down to the place where Nangong Mingzhu pointed with great speed, accuracy and ruthlessness.

...There's nothing I can do about it. It's her fault that she doesn't know how to play chess.

The handsome man in front of him was the current Taifu, named Shen Yue.

He has the same name as Shen Yue, a real-life figure from the Southern Dynasties period who was known as "Shen Yao and Pan Bin".

And the Shen Yue in front of him was naturally also a beauty, no, a powerful person.