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

Xue Xiqiong was caught in Cao Yuan's trap. "Who, who's lying? I didn't! If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place!"

"I have discovered that the wine my mother gave me yesterday was laced with an aphrodisiac! Was it you, my mother, or Xi Nian!"

"What aphrodisiac? I don't know!" Xue Xiqiong lowered her head, and Old Madam Xue and Xue Xinian also lowered their heads and remained silent.

"They won't admit it! Then I'll go and reason with Father! I'll ask Father to uphold justice!" Cao Yuan stood up and prepared to leave.

Xue Xinian finally stood up and grabbed Cao Yuan, "A Yuan! Isn't there some misunderstanding?"

"Xue Xinian! Don't tell me you don't know! Luckily, you were fortunate enough to run into Chu Yan, otherwise your Xue family's glory would only go so far!"

Cao Yuan waved her sleeve and left.

Xue Xinian slumped onto the stool.

Xue Xiqiong exclaimed anxiously, "How could she have found out! What should we do, Xinian?"

"Didn't I tell you not to do that! It's a good thing Chu Yan is disabled and can't do anything! Otherwise, we would have done all the work for him for nothing and dragged our whole family down with us!" Xue Xinian started shifting the blame again.

“I’m sorry, little brother, who knows? That cripple is there too! What if they’re both really…” Xue Xiqiong said.

"Probably not! After all, Chu Yan is a cripple. Even the most blind woman wouldn't let me fall for him!"

"Why don't we try again later?"

"Try it again?" Xue Xinian looked at her in disbelief.

"No one can save her at home this time! Watch me!" Xue Xiqiong said confidently.

It was the dead of night.

Xue Xiqiong sneaked to Cao Yuan's door.

Take out a pipe and insert it into the room.

Xue Xiqiong blew the incense stick for almost a full incense stick's time, while Xue Xinian had been observing from a distance for quite some time!

Xue Xiqiong beckoned to him, "Don't worry, Xinian! This time it'll definitely work! I've prepared enough for five people! I guarantee they'll all sleep until tomorrow!"

Xue Xinian unfastened the bolt that was locked from the inside and quietly entered the room.

Xue Xiqiong waited outside for any movement.

Xue Xinian quietly entered the room and went to the inner bedroom. He was about to sit down on the bed and reach out to the person on the bed when the person on the bed pressed him to the ground.

"Uh……"

"You scoundrel, how dare you enter my room! I'll break your arm!"

"Ah! No, no..." Xue Xinian screamed.

Xue Xiqiong, sensing something was wrong, pushed the door open and went inside.

"What are you doing! Let go! Let go!"

Jinzhu lit the candles when she heard the noise.

Jinzhu and Xue Xiqiong saw Cao Yuan pin Xue Xinian to the ground.

"Get out of my way!" Xue Xiqiong pushed Cao Yuan away and helped Xue Xinian up. "Xinian, how are you? Is your arm hurt?"

"It's you, Xi Nian! I thought a thief had broken in!" Cao Yuan flexed her wrists.

"Princess! You did this on purpose!"

"How could I have done something on purpose? Xi Nian, why didn't you knock before coming in, and you even unlatched the door! I really thought a thief had broken in!"

Cao Yuan smiled enigmatically. Fortunately, when Chu Yan saw her being drugged yesterday and sent her back to the manor, he left her a bottle of antidote. Otherwise, she would have been in real trouble.

"I..." Xue Xinian really didn't know what to say, she just felt ashamed.

"Princess, what do you mean? This house belongs to the Xue family. It's not appropriate for you to lock the door every day and not let Xinian in!"

"Husbands and wives should live in the same room!"

"Sister is mistaken! This house was a gift from Father!"

"Jinzhu, see the guests off!" Cao Yuan called out deliberately.

Jinzhu, holding a wooden stick, said, "Your Highness, Miss Xue, please leave! Please leave!"

"Hey, how dare you hit someone!"

Jinzhu locked the door again.

"Your Highness, they are utterly despicable! They actually drugged you again! Why don't we speak to His Majesty and ask him to help you get a divorce!"

"It's okay, I suddenly find it a bit more interesting than before!"

Xue Xinian and Xue Xiqiong were herded into the corridor like two drowned hens.

Before Xue Xiqiong could speak, Xue Xinian interrupted, "Sister, can you please stop doing this? I shouldn't have listened to you!"

"Xi Nian, how dare you blame me! I was only doing this for your own good! Look at you, so pathetic! You can't even handle a woman! I don't even know what Princess Cao Shang likes about you!"

"Princess Cao Shang won't let me touch her! If she finds out, she'll eat me alive!"

"Why should we be afraid of her! Princess Cao Shang can't even protect herself! And her family is like a big Buddha! How can our Xue family stand up for ourselves!" Xue Xiqiong said.

"Think about it carefully! You've been married for so long and you're sleeping in the study every day. If word gets out, you'll be incredibly embarrassed!" Xue Xiqiong turned and left.

Xue Xinian stood there, having originally planned to rely on the two women, but it seemed he would have to rely on himself after all.

-

Within Anzhou.

In a narrow alley.

A woman, looking hurried, rushed forward carrying a bundle on her back.

Chu Yan, in his wheelchair, slid in front of her, blocking her path. The woman was startled and turned back. Before she could take more than a few steps, Xuan Feng emerged carrying a sword. "Madam Li! Trying to run away again!"

"Lord Chu, I didn't run away! I just wanted to go for a walk! Don't scare me by saying I'm a woman who can't even kill a chicken." Madam Li trembled with fear; after all, she was just a woman.

"Madam Li, do you know what punishment you will receive for framing an official of the imperial court?" Chu Yan threatened with a dark face.

Madam Li sneered, "Don't try to scare me! You arrested the person, and you tried the case! Now you're saying the retrial is because I deliberately framed you! Using me as a scapegoat?"

Xuanfeng retorted, "You still have the nerve to talk back? If you hadn't reported Grand Tutor Li, would he have been tortured in prison and had his hand broken?"

"A severed hand? Which hand was severed?" Madam Li smiled slightly upon hearing that a hand was severed.

"Right, right hand!"

Madam Li laughed loudly, "Hahaha, his right hand is broken, so he can't write anymore!"

Madam Li suddenly regained her composure, "So what if he lost a hand? Can it compare to the agony my son suffered from illness and died? He deserved it!"

“We have found out that the reason you reported Grand Tutor Li is because you blamed him for your son’s death. That’s why you framed him!” Chu Yan said.

"That's right! A Grand Tutor like him has no money at all! He even has to buy medicine for my son on credit! He can't even bring himself to ask the Imperial Medical Bureau for help! Why can't I blame him!" Madam Li was filled with resentment, her red eyes brimming with hatred.

"I know you're being used. Just tell me who it is, and the Dali Temple won't arrest you!"

Madam Li wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and after a moment said, "You're overthinking it. No one is using me. It was because one day I saw the Vice Minister of Rites come to my door, carrying an expensive box. That box was clearly not an ordinary box. That's why I reported him."

"I just didn't expect the Censorate to find tribute items. If a Grand Tutor like him is really capable of embezzling, I'd have to think twice about him!"

Chu Yan and Xuan Feng boarded a carriage and returned to the capital.

"Young master, aren't we taking her back? How are we going to explain this?"

"This case can't be investigated any further!" Chu Yan pondered, fiddling with his fan.

"Ok?"

"I think if we continue this investigation, we'll be in great danger! Grand Tutor Li was the late Crown Prince's teacher. He must have discovered some clues related to the late Crown Prince's death to be framed like this!"

What if it is discovered that the death of the former crown prince was not an accident...?

The deaths of crown princes in the inner palace were mostly due to either the emperor's fear of them or the open and covert struggles between brothers.

Having seen so much, he was even less inclined to get involved.

He needs to think about how to report back to the capital tomorrow!