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

Emerging from the bushes, Cao Yuan was horrified by the sight before her. The path was strewn with corpses, and the stench of blood assaulted her nostrils. Her eyes widened, her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground as if all her strength had been drained away. She couldn't take another step forward; she feared the consequences awaiting her would be far beyond her control.

At this moment, Cao Yuan's face was covered in tears. Large teardrops hung on her cheeks, mingling with the bloodstains that had not yet been cleaned, forming shocking marks.

She kept reassuring herself, "No, General Liu is a brave and skilled warrior; how could these few soldiers possibly be a match for him!"

"I've already done it all over again, they'll be fine! They won't!"

Cao Yuan, supporting herself with her gun, stood up again, feeling as if a heavy stone was pressing down on her chest, making it hard to breathe. She struggled forward step by step, searching for General Liu; she had never imagined that such a short path would be so difficult to traverse.

A bloodstained knife in the distance caught her attention. Cao Yuan stumbled over, grabbed the knife from the ground, and her heart trembled. "This, this is General Liu's!"

She remembered what he had said: "Never let the knife leave your side! The knife is with you, or the knife will kill you..."

Cao Yuan shook her head in disbelief, "Impossible! General Liu, nothing could have happened to you!"

"what!"

The sounds of fighting and screams mingled together ahead. Cao Yuan wiped away her tears, clinging to her last glimmer of hope, and ran quickly towards the scene.

All that could be seen on the ground were the corpses of soldiers from both countries. Xiao Hanjing dealt with the last Chen soldier and walked over.

"Princess!"

Bai Lu and the other two ran forward and surrounded Cao Yuan.

"Bai Lu! Have you seen General Liu? Have you seen General Liu?" Cao Yuan grabbed her arm and asked anxiously.

Bai Lu lowered her head, her eyes dimming.

"Ayin! Have you seen General Liu?"

Cen Yin didn't dare to speak.

Why aren't you all saying anything?!

Xiao Hanjing couldn't stand it anymore. "Princess, you need to be mentally prepared!"

After saying that, he looked at Bai Lu and the others and ordered, "Get out of the way! Hurry up!"

After Bai Lu and Cen Yin made way, Cao Yuan swallowed hard and walked forward slowly and heavily. Her gaze gradually focused on the gruesome scene on the ground ahead: mutilated body parts were scattered all over the ground, and the head and limbs had been separated.

"No!" Cao Yuan suddenly let out a shrill cry, her voice filled with disbelief and despair.

"No! It can't be!" She staggered over, collapsed to the ground, tears instantly welling in her eyes and streaming down her cheeks, her lips trembling violently. She couldn't accept the cruel reality before her, and a wave of grief washed over her.

"General Liu! Impossible!"

Cao Yuan screamed again, her voice filled with pain and sorrow that moved everyone present.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing; it was as if the whole world had collapsed at that moment.

Her mind was filled with memories of her time with General Liu. From the moment she was taken to her maternal grandfather's side at the border, General Liu had protected her like an older brother, both on the battlefield and in daily life. Now, however, he had met a tragic end, his head severed from his body, because of protecting her.

"Bai Lu, this is not General Liu!"

"Ayin, this isn't General Liu!"

"Xiao Hanjing, you're saying he's not General Liu, right?"

Cao Yuan asked them one by one to confirm, but in the end, no one could answer her.

Bai Lu and Cen Yin looked at each other, regretting that they hadn't arrived sooner. If they had come earlier, perhaps General Liu would still be alive.

"Princess! War is merciless, please accept my condolences!" Xiao Hanjing comforted her. "Let's hurry to Liucheng, it's not safe here."

Cao Yuan burst into tears, crying out, "This isn't General Liu! General Liu couldn't have died like this!"

"Ah!" Cao Yuan's heart-wrenching scream pierced the sky and echoed through the heavens, as if she wanted to release all the grief and pain in her heart. However, at this moment she was powerless and could only carefully hold the broken pieces of his body in her arms, trying to feel the last bit of warmth he left behind.

Tears blurred her vision, and each piece of corpse felt like a knife, piercing her heart and plunging her into endless grief.

If she hadn't insisted on defending Chen to the death, how could those 50,000 soldiers have ended up like this?

“When we arrived, General Liu was already on his deathbed…” Xiao Hanjing’s heavy voice broke the suffocating atmosphere, his face revealing his respect for this valiant general.

He continued, "General Liu fought to the very last moment, and his last words were his wish that you, Princess, would be safe." His words were filled with admiration for General Liu.

The crowd remained silent. They knew that General Liu had defended the nation's dignity with his own life, and that he had given everything to protect this land.

"Ah! Why! Why!"

This war never happened in my previous life! General Liu didn't die here either, so why?!

Why is God so cruel!

Why did I have to be reborn? Why did I have to experience the pain of losing loved ones twice?

Cao Yuan felt as if her heart was wrapped in countless nets, the pain making it hard to breathe.

"Fifty thousand soldiers! I'm the only one left who's dead!"

"Why wasn't I the one who died!"

For four whole hours, Cao Yuan sat motionless in the same spot.

"Princess! Please accept my condolences!"

Bai Lu hurriedly stepped forward, tightly embraced Cao Yuan's thin and trembling shoulders, and said softly, "General Liu sacrificed his life for the country, we should let him rest in peace as soon as possible."

Cao Yuan seemed not to hear her. Her once bright eyes were now dull and lifeless, and she kept repeating, "I killed him! I killed him!" as if she was trapped in deep self-blame and pain.

Suddenly, Cao Yuan seemed to snap out of her daze, stood up, stared blankly ahead, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Bai Lu, can you do me a favor?"

Looking at the lifeless woman before her, Bai Lu felt a pang of worry and helplessness, and could only nod gently. Cao Yuan slowly stood up and walked forward like a walking corpse. Before she had gone far, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and a mouthful of blood gushed out.

"Princess!" Bai Lu cried out in alarm, rushing over to support the swaying Cao Yuan. Cao Yuan's face was ashen, and her body slumped to the ground. Bai Lu was frantic and quickly helped Cao Yuan up, trying to wake her, but Cao Yuan's consciousness seemed to be fading, her vision blurred, and she eventually fell into a coma.

"Princess!"

"Xiao Hanjing! Help me quickly!"