I am the villain in the book

Half an hour later.

A full hour passed, and Ning Yu Ke's speech finally came to a close amidst rousing cheers.

The reaction from the crowd showed that her speech had achieved its intended effect very well.

After all, for these common people who couldn't read, it was already not easy to listen quietly for an hour, let alone understand and be deeply moved.

So Ning Yu Ke's "public speech" undoubtedly perfectly completed the "master's task".

However, Wei Changtian himself did not celebrate the success with her, or give some "master's reward" in a timely manner, but had already disappeared.

"Where is Young Master Wei?"

Walking back to the Golden Hall in the glow of the setting sun, Ning Yu Ke asked the little eunuch beside her, "Has he already left?"

"Your, Your Majesty..."

The little eunuch replied with a stutter, "Young Master Wei returned to his residence a quarter of an hour ago."

"Understood."

There was no trace of disappointment on Ning Yu Ke's face, she just nodded calmly.

"Return to the palace."

"..."

Soon, guarded by hundreds of Imperial Guards, the golden carriage slowly left the city wall and moved towards Weiyang Palace.

Most of the surrounding people had not yet dispersed, and at this moment they stood still, crowding both sides of the road to watch the excitement.

Although they couldn't see Ning Yu Ke herself, it was a rare and precious thing to witness the imperial carriage with their own eyes.

"Long live the Empress!!"

Suddenly, someone took the lead and shouted.

This sentence was like lighting the fuse of a powder keg, instantly heating up the surrounding atmosphere.

"Long live the Empress!"

"Long live the Shu Kingdom!!"

"Down with Ning Yongnian!!"

"Her Majesty the Empress is the only one worthy of being the Emperor of Da Ning!!"

"..."

The common people were not highly educated, so naturally they couldn't shout words like "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", they could only use the simplest language to express their excited mood at this moment.

In just a few breaths, the people blocked on both sides of the road all knelt down, and as far as the eye could see, the entire street was like this from south to north.

Of course, not everyone among them was already loyal to Ning Yu Ke, most of the people were actually just following the crowd.

After all, if everyone else knelt down, it would be too abrupt if they didn't.

But even so, this kneeling would definitely affect their choice between the two "Emperors".

This is the power of "collective".

"Interesting..."

Inside the carriage, Qingxian glanced out through the crack in the curtain, shaking her head with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Ning Yu Ke didn't know what she meant by "interesting", she just slowly said:

"Senior Qingxian, I have already asked the master about Tianling's matter."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Qingxian immediately withdrew her gaze and looked over: "What did he say?"

"The master said that I should make the decision on this matter myself."

"Heh heh... Then are you willing?"

"..."

Without much hesitation, Ning Yu Ke quickly gave the answer she had already told Wei Changtian.

"Senior, I am willing to try."

"Good!"

A dozen years can also be waited.

Perhaps it was because Qingxian had already lived for eight hundred years and really didn't care about these mere dozen years.

Or perhaps it was because she was afraid that Ning Yu Ke would regret it if she pushed too hard.

In short, Qingxian can be said to have no restrictions on Ning Yu Ke's spirit transformation time at all.

However, the latter had already planned for this.

"Senior Qingxian, you know that I have a family feud with Ning Yongnian."

"I must avenge this feud, so I will never transform into a spirit before that."

"But if one day I really avenge my great revenge, the empty dragon chair will always have to be filled by someone."

"If the master needs me to sit in that seat at that time, then senior will have to wait a few more days."

"And if the master doesn't need me to sit, or there is a more suitable candidate... then I will transform into a spirit as soon as possible."

"I wonder what you think of this?"

"..."

Ning Yu Ke had actually preset the conditions for her spirit transformation, which Qingxian did not expect.

After pondering for a long time, she suddenly asked a somewhat inexplicable question.

"Ning girl, I know that Wei Changtian saved you, and I also know that he helped you become the King of Shu."

"However... you are a smart person, you should know that he is not doing this entirely for you, but more for himself."

"To put it bluntly, he is just using you."

"It is understandable for you to repay him, but why go to such an extent? Even to the point of serving him as your master?"

"This king doesn't quite understand."

"..."

The carriage moved forward steadily, and the shouts of the people outside the carriage were still rising higher and higher.

Faced with Qingxian's question, Ning Yu Ke just smiled and shook her head, and the elaborate nine-phoenix golden crown in her hair also swayed slightly.

"Senior, if you don't understand, then you don't understand."

"It's good as long as the master understands."

That night.

Only three hours after Ning Yu Ke's public speech, all 60,000 Shu troops set out and headed for Guanghan County with great momentum.

Liang Zhen served as the commander of this battle with the title of General of the Northern Expedition, from this temporarily added title it is not difficult to see that Ning Yu Ke, or rather Wei Changtian's goal is not just "defending Shu Prefecture".

Liang Qin, who had rekindled her "fighting spirit", also went with the army, but Wei Changtian was going to leave two days later.

The reason why he wanted to wait two more days in Shu Prefecture City was of course because he still had important things to do.

On the one hand, it was to integrate the power of the Tianluo Sect and some Freemasons, and then form a "tactical squad" with a "small number of people but a very high average combat power".

On the other hand, he also wanted to see Shen Ran again.

Previously, Wei Changtian had asked Ning Yu Ke to send a message to Shen Ran, asking the latter to come and find him when he had time.

As a result, so many days have passed, but this Son of Heaven has not made any movement at all.

According to Ning Yu Ke, he and Gui Peian were meditating in the room all day long, and had not even left the palace.

Good fellow, is the power of Zhang Zai's Four Maxims so strong? He hasn't figured it out after five or six days of comprehension?

Or do these two have other ideas? Are they deliberately not coming to find him?

Wei Changtian couldn't guess, and didn't bother to guess anymore.

He was about to go to Guanghan to command the battle, so how could he have time to care about Shen Ran's affairs.

So no matter what Shen Ran and Gui Peian were thinking, he was prepared to take the initiative to attack tomorrow and talk to the two of them directly.

This matter was not a big problem in itself.

After all, it would be best if they could reach an agreement, and he wouldn't suffer any losses if they couldn't.

However...

"..."

"Shen Ran? The Holy Son of the Kui Xing Academy?"

In the study, Xu Sui Sui's eyes widened: "Is he handsome?!"

"Uh... he's okay."

Wei Changtian first answered insincerely, and then praised sincerely: "But he has a good temperament."

"Is that so?!"

Xu Sui Sui's eyes lit up immediately.

"I'll go with you tomorrow!"

"Introduce me to him!"