This villain has become a ghost

Yue Liuyun has always been curious about why the system would completely disappear after inexplicably issuing the task, as if it had never existed.

It has great power and can even affect the real world.

When she first came here, she guessed that the system and the so-called "destiny" might be in opposition, and she needed to defy fate and change her destiny.

But later, Nangong Mingzhu's words made her change her mind. No, to be precise, it should be Ling Chaomian's words, "An alien star has entered orbit, destiny will change, variables have arrived, Fuwei and Jueming are both unknown."

Ling Chaomian undoubtedly represents the meaning of "destiny", and the system and "destiny" are not only not in conflict, but also reach a delicate balance.

This made her start to doubt whether "destiny" and the system were the same thing. In other words, the system might very well be the incarnation of destiny.

But today, Ling Chaomian's exploration of "destiny" made Yue Liuyun change his mind again.

The system had promised her that after completing her mission, she would return to the real world and grant her a wish. However, "fate" said that her soul would gradually weaken and even dissipate, and her life or death was uncertain.

So, she now has a bold guess.

Although "Destiny" and the system are not the same thing, they have the same goal, or in other words, they are both essentially the maintainers of this world order. However, "Destiny" has a higher authority than the system, and the system must deceive "Destiny" and let her save Nangong Mingzhu.

"Heaven's Destiny" both acknowledges and disapproves of her existence. It allows her to take on a portion of Heaven's Destiny to bring peace to the world, but it does not allow her to change people's fate.

If she guessed correctly, the gradual weakening of her soul was caused by "Destiny." Unlike Destiny, the system acted as a protector. Although "Destiny" had greater authority than the system within the book world, it could not interfere with the real world outside the book, but the system could.

So she won't disappear.

She will just return to her own world.

But she couldn't tell Ling Chaomian these.

Ling Chaomian didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Yue Liuyun was so sure that she would not disappear, he felt much more relieved and believed her words.

Nangong Mingzhu on the side lowered his eyes expressionlessly, and no one knew what he was thinking.

-

After returning to the Southern Study from Ling Chaomian, Feng Ning immediately appeared and reported his latest survey results to Nangong Mingzhu.

"Your Majesty, I have intercepted the correspondence between the Imperial Censor, Mr. Zhang, and Her Royal Highness the Princess. Please review it."

Nangong Mingzhu took the letter, glanced at it, and put on a sinister smile.

Feng Ning continued, "Besides, according to reports from Yingsha's men, General Kuishao of Zhenbei, the envoy of the Capital Water Conservancy Bureau, the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of the Ministry of Defense, and the Minister of the Ministry of Finance..."

He listed a long list of official titles, then took a deep breath and said, "They have been in close contact with Master Zhang these past few days."

"General Kui Shao, in particular, has been visiting Lord Zhang's residence almost every day during the days His Majesty was in a coma."

Nangong Mingzhu nodded slightly after hearing this, and said calmly: "Well done, please leave."

"Yes."

Feng Ning left after reporting.

The eunuchs and palace maids were waiting outside the door. After Nangong Mingzhu put the letter away, he also picked up a pen and wrote a letter.

Yue Liuyun was floating on the other side and couldn't see clearly what he wrote, so she couldn't help but feel curious.

Nangong Mingzhu wrote very quickly. After finishing, he heated some molten wax and dripped it on the seal of the letter, and then stamped it before closing the letter.

"Someone is coming."

The slightly plump eunuch, with a slightly hunched back, entered the study with great respect and said, "Your servant is here."

"When Xing arrives, take this letter to the Grand Tutor's residence."

After Nangong Mingzhu finished speaking, Shi Xing himself felt a little flattered.

Your Majesty has always disliked eunuchs interfering in politics, so the eunuchs in the palace have very little power and never have anyone serve them personally. At most, they are only responsible for serving tea and water.

The eunuchs in all dynasties served the emperor closely. If there were any eunuchs who could speak sweet words, they could whisper into the emperor's ears. The more powerful ones could even influence the emperor's thoughts.

But when it came to Nangong Mingzhu, things were different. The duties of a Grand Eunuch were no different from those of an ordinary eunuch. No one was so bold as to whisper in Nangong Mingzhu's ear, unless they thought they had lived too long.

The task of delivering letters was usually done by the emperor's personal guard Feng Ning or other people from Yingsha. When would it be his turn as a eunuch to do it?

Shi Xing was suddenly surprised and delighted, and quickly said respectfully: "Your servant obeys your order!"

After Shi Xing left, Nangong Mingzhu put away his pen, leaned back slightly, cast his gaze towards Yue Liuyun, and said lazily, "You guessed right, Zhang Jing is also the eldest princess's man."

Yue Liuyun raised an eyebrow and asked, "You're going to entrust him with something like delivering a letter. Do you trust him?"

"Of course I don't believe it," Nangong Mingzhu said, "but such an action is necessary."

Yue Liuyun understood instantly.

He needed to make such a move to inform everyone that Shen Yue's next actions... were all instructed by him.

"As for the letter, it doesn't matter if others read it." Nangong Mingzhu laughed softly.

Yue Liuyun nodded, as if he had thought of something, and said seriously: "The Autumn Banquet will be held in a few days. According to our speculation, the Autumn Banquet is the best time for them to take action."

"But actually, among those people Feng Ning just mentioned, except for Zhang Jing and the Minister of Revenue, the others did not intentionally become your enemies. It's just... that incident that year forced them to do so."

Nangong Mingzhu looked at her quietly, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I understand. If I can avoid killing her, then I won't."

Yue Liuyun didn't expect that he would agree so readily. He was surprised and a little dazed.

He was somewhat similar to the character described in the book, yet also somewhat different, which made her wonder, what kind of person was he?

-

the other side.

Shi Xing delivered Nangong Mingzhu's handwritten letter to the Taifu Mansion with great fanfare.

Shen Yue was sitting in his study handling official business when suddenly a subordinate came to report that it was a handwritten letter from His Majesty the Emperor.

He recalled the conversation he had with Yue Liuyun in the palace yesterday and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. Such an important matter, yet they didn't need either Shadow Demon or an imperial edict, but instead had the eunuch come in person to deliver it.

After a moment's thought, he understood the emperor's intention and couldn't help but smile.

I just don’t know what this emperor who came from nowhere would write in order to deceive people?

Shen Yue was very curious.

He slowly opened the letter and unfolded it with interest.

But it says:

"The vicious, cruel, and outrageous Shen Yue—"

Then he drew a big, lifelike dog underneath.

Shen Yue: "..."