After being reborn, I went on a killing spree in the imperial court.

"Prime Minister!"

"Your Highness! Your Highness Prince Shuo!" The Prime Minister of Chu stood in front.

"Prime Minister Chu! And these gentlemen are..."

"This is someone who just passed the Ministry of Justice's examination last month and became a principal officer!"

"Hurry up and pay your respects to the Second Prince and Prince Shuo!" Prime Minister Chu reminded them.

"Your humble servant pays respects to the Second Prince and Prince Shuo!"

Cao Yuan looked at the person standing at the end. Although he had his head down, she felt like she had seen him somewhere before.

"You! Raise your head!" Cao Yuan commanded.

Everyone looked at the person behind them.

The moment the man raised his head, Cao Yuan finally saw his face clearly.

It's him!

Luo Jiulan?

He was actually an official in the Ministry of Justice.

"Your humble servant pays respects to Your Highness Prince Shuo!"

Luo Jiulan met her eyes without flinching, showing no remorse for her deception.

“Your Highness, this is Luo Jiulan! He used to be the registrar of Lin County in Anzhou! He participated in this Ministry of Justice examination and is the son of an old friend of mine.”

"Linxian County, Anzhou!"

Cao Yuan carefully examined Luo Jiulan, thinking to herself, "This rascal has fooled himself completely! I said that he was the only one in Anzhou who had no profit to be made, and he kept pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy and stay by my side. Turns out he's a spy."

"I was also in Anzhou before, we might have even met!"

Luo Jiulan replied, "Your Highness, my official rank in Lin County, Anzhou is too low to be qualified to meet with you."

"Your Highness, if there's nothing else, we'll take our leave now," Prime Minister Chu said, bowing.

"Then Prime Minister Chu, please wait!"

The Prime Minister of Chu led them away.

"When did the Ministry of Justice start judging people by their looks?" Cao Ji exclaimed.

"Fourth Princess, could it be that you've also taken a fancy to that official from earlier? He is indeed more handsome than Minister Xue!"

Cao Yuan looked at him coldly, thinking to herself, "How could I be such a shallow person?"

"Brother, if there's nothing else, I'll leave the palace."

"Please go ahead, my dear sister!" Cao Ji said with a smile as he watched her leave.

Lord Liu from the Censorate approached, “Second Prince, His Majesty has issued a death order, and this humble official…”

Cao Ji fell into deep thought and remained silent.

"However, there's something strange! Chief Clerk Liu in this prison said that the torture they received in Anzhou was from a staff member of His Highness Prince Lai Shuo, and that staff member was from the Court of Judicial Review. But since the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review passed away, those horrific tortures have long been abandoned!"

"I see, that explains everything." Cao Ji suddenly had a sudden realization.

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Cao Yuan sat in the carriage and left the palace with a heavy heart.

The carriage moved slowly along the street outside the palace walls.

Just as the carriage was halfway there, it suddenly stopped. Cao Yuan was startled, and then someone boarded the carriage.

Just as Chu Yan lifted the curtain, a cold arrow suddenly shot towards him.

Chu Yan reacted quickly, nimbly dodging the arrow to the side. The arrow struck the door frame with a dull thud.

Chu Yan's eyes sharpened instantly. He looked warily at Cao Yuan sitting inside the carriage, a look of surprise on his face.

On Cao Yuan's wrist was something unidentifiable; the arrow had been shot from there.

Cao Yuan looked at him smugly, "Who is it that's all of a sudden! Why are you suddenly getting into my carriage!"

Aren't you afraid you'll actually shoot me?

"That's your own fault!"

Cao Yuan proudly showed off her wrist, "But mine seems to work quite well! Back in Chen Kingdom, Miss Mu Yezhi was wearing this on her wrist!"

"Let me see!" Chu Yan grabbed her wrist.

Cao Yuan quickly dodged, "I won't let you see!"

"You don't need these skills!"

"This is something I asked Ayin to make for Jinzhu! In case Jinzhu encounters any danger someday, she can save herself even if I'm not by her side!"

"She originally asked me to teach her martial arts! But how can she learn it in three to five years? It would be faster if I just made her a hidden weapon."

"When did you go to see her again? Did she say anything?" Chu Yan suddenly became nervous.

"Are you so afraid of me having contact with her? Could it be that you two are really hiding something?"

"Nonsense! I'm upright and honest!"

Chu Yan looked serious.

Seeing that he seemed angry, Cao Yuan quickly changed the subject, "By the way, you just sat in my carriage like that? Without a mask, aren't you afraid of being seen!" Cao Yuan nervously lifted the carriage curtain and looked around.

"From now on, you have to wear a mask when you go out! I have a feeling someone saw me that day!"

Cao Yuan's serious demeanor didn't make Chu Yan nervous; instead, he found it amusing.

"Afraid people will say you're having secret meetings with your lover?" Chu Yan raised an eyebrow.

Cao Yuan turned her head to look at him, "How did you know?"

Chu Yan remained silent.

Upon seeing this, Cao Yuan suddenly realized, "You entered the palace? You really have audacity! Do you really think the Imperial Guards of our Great Wei are useless!"

As soon as she said that, Cao Yuan regretted it.

As it turned out, the Imperial Guards of their Great Wei were indeed incompetent, and Chu Yan did indeed enter the palace quietly.

"What are you doing in the palace?" Cao Yuan asked curiously.

"I've never experienced the Qixi Festival before, so I wanted to see what it was like!"

Are you here to watch the show or to watch me?

Chu Yan looked away, rubbing his hands on his knees. "I'm just wandering around since I have nothing better to do!"

Cao Yuan covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Although you were able to enter the palace that day, you probably have no idea who I ran into today!"

"Hmm?" Chu Yan became interested.

"Luo Jiulan!"

"He became a eunuch?"

Cao Yuan laughed so hard she almost cried, pointing at the other person and saying, "How come I only realized today how vicious you are!"

Hearing this, Chu Yan still didn't understand what she was laughing at, and couldn't help but ask, "Besides eunuchs, what other men are there in the palace?"

This made Cao Yuan burst into laughter again.

"It seems you really don't know, he's the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Justice! I heard he's the son of a friend of Prime Minister Chu, aren't you curious..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chu Yan suddenly grabbed her belt, forcing her closer to him. Their eyes met, and Chu Yan's warm breath brushed against her face, making her blush.

Why are you suddenly so close? Could it be that he's going to...?

Cao Yuan blinked and lowered her head shyly.

Chu Yan suddenly moved his face closer to hers, looking carefully into her eyes. "Are your eyes bothered? Why are you blinking so much?"

Cao Yuan pushed him away forcefully, "Why are you so stubborn!"

The carriage suddenly fell silent.

Chu Yan, unsure of what he had done wrong again, returned to the previous topic, "What I was trying to say was..."

"Can we stop talking about unrelated people from now on?"

Cao Yuan smiled slightly and turned her head, "Then kiss me!"