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

Cao Yuan hurried out of the Cold Palace. All she wanted now was to see Xiao Shengxi immediately and let her elder sister go home. One of them had to be able to return!

"Your Highness, are we really going to find His Majesty? Won't we anger him?" Jinzhu asked.

Suddenly Cao Yuan stopped in her tracks. Not far away stood a man dressed in a blue robe.

Xiao Jingfeng swayed and staggered over.

"Oh, isn't this the princess of Wei?"

"Did you go to the Cold Palace to visit your elder sister?"

Cao Yuan bowed and said, "Fifth Prince! I have other matters to attend to and will take my leave first."

Cao Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him. She just bowed and tried to leave, but Xiao Jingfeng wasn't going to let her go so easily.

Xiao Jingfeng said to her back, "Princess Zhaoyang is really pitiful. After being in the cold palace for so long, she has finally met her family in a foreign land."

"It's a pity he went insane and doesn't recognize people anymore."

"Fifth Prince, if you want to tell me something clearly, why don't you just say it outright!"

Xiao Jingfeng smiled and whispered in her ear, "Why don't you go ask your lover!"

"I do not know what you're talking about."

Cao Yuan pulled Jinzhu and turned to leave.

Xiao Jingfeng called out from behind her, "Princess of Wei! You know who I'm talking about! Ask him why His Majesty banished your elder sister to the Cold Palace, and who drove her mad!"

Cao Yuan hurried away, wanting to get out of his sight as soon as possible.

Jinzhu jogged after Cao Yuan, "Is Your Highness still going to see His Majesty?"

"Let's go back to the palace first!" Cao Yuan said in a deep voice.

Back in her palace, Granny Qiu came to inform her, "Your Highness, His Majesty just sent someone to ask if you will be attending the banquet tonight."

"They said it was to welcome you back!"

"Why are there so many banquets! Wasn't there just one a few days ago?" Jinzhu asked.

"Our Emperor usually enjoys large crowds and lively gatherings, and banquets are held every two or three days. Princess, you should get used to it!"

"Okay! I'll go."

After Granny Qiu left, Jinzhu closed the palace door and said nervously, "Your Highness, will His Majesty try to humiliate you again?"

Cao Yuan shook her head. "Probably not."

Chu Yan will probably go too; she needs to ask him about her elder sister.

It was time for the banquet.

Cao Yuan and the other princes walked into the banquet palace one after another.

They bumped right into Chu Yan and Liu Xueqing. "Oh, you're Princess Huayang!"

Liu Xueqing took a step forward, and a strange smell rushed into her nostrils.

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess greets you."

"Oh, is Princess Huayang settling in well in Shu?" Liu Xueqing asked, taking Chu Yan's hand.

"Thanks to the Crown Princess, everything is fine." Cao Yuan's gaze fell on their hands, and she paused before saying this.

"I heard His Majesty went to your bedchamber last night?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan frowned and turned to look at her.

"Ok!"

"They probably didn't stay long, right?"

Liu Xueqing's words carried a hint of smugness and sarcasm, because after leaving last night, she had been summoned to her bedchamber without her consent.

"Let's go!" Chu Yan didn't even look at Cao Yuan, and put his arm around Liu Xueqing as they entered the hall.

Liu Xueqing nestled happily against him, but she seemed to have smelled that strange scent on Chu Yan this morning as well.

At the banquet, Cao Yuan sat down next to Xiao Shengxi.

Xiao Shengxi put his arm around Cao Yuan's shoulder, and Cao Yuan gripped her clothes tightly, looking nervous.

"Don't be so nervous! Have a drink!"

Cao Yuan accepted the wine from Xiao Shengxi and drank it all in one gulp. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Shengxi's lips curled into a wicked smile as he reached out and gently tugged at the woman's hair. He held the strand under his nose, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. The faint, sweet fragrance instantly filled his nostrils, like a refreshing spring flowing through his heart; he wished he had a bed right then and there.

"Are you ready to come to my bedchamber tonight?" Xiao Shengxi opened his eyes, staring aggressively at the woman before him.

"Your Majesty, please have a few more drinks!" Cao Yuan lowered her head and filled his wine cup to the brim.

Throughout the banquet, Liu Xueqing's attention was focused on Cao Yuan. Looking at Cao Yuan, who was seated at the head of the table, and then at the people beside her, Liu Xueqing began to wonder if the woman in the East Palace was Cao Yuan.

No, we still need to verify it.

Xiao Jingfeng seemed to have noticed something amiss with the three of them, and looked like he was waiting to see a good show.

Chu Yan also saw through Liu Xueqing's thoughts, picked up the food in front of him and put it into Liu Xueqing's bowl, "Eat!"

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, do you think I'm prettier or Princess Huayang is prettier?"

Chu Yan paused, looked up at Liu Xueqing, and smiled, "You two are not comparable!"

"Your Highness, Princess Huayang's hairpin looks quite beautiful. Do you think it's from the Wei Kingdom?"

Chu Yan glanced at it suddenly. It was the plum blossom hairpin that he had randomly picked at the market earlier. She was still wearing it. With so many expensive pieces of jewelry, she chose the most ordinary hairpin, which naturally aroused suspicion. "If you like it, I'll make you one later."

"But I want the one on her head! Surely the princess wouldn't be so stingy!"

"That thing doesn't look like a good item, we don't need it. Why would we want something that someone else has used?"

Liu Xueqing pouted, pulled Chu Yan along, and said coquettishly, "I want it, I like it, Your Highness, please go and ask for it for me!"

Seeing that Chu Yan wouldn't go over, Liu Xueqing had no choice but to go over herself.

"Your Majesty, Princess Huayang! Is the hairpin in Princess Huayang made by the Wei Kingdom? It looks so beautiful."

Cao Yuan glanced at Chu Yan, who was drinking in his seat, and assumed that he had deliberately sent Liu Xueqing to ask for it. She directly pulled off the hairpin, saying, "If you don't mind, you can give it to the Crown Princess. However, it's not a very good one..."

"Thank you so much! Then I won't be polite."

Liu Xueqing snatched it directly from Cao Yuan's hands.

"Such an ordinary hairpin, yet you two are fighting over it. I'll give you an even better one later!" Xiao Shengxi said casually.

“It’s alright, I don’t usually like these kinds of fussy jewelry anyway,” Cao Yuan explained.

Xiao Shengxi pulled Cao Yuan into his arms, slowly bringing his head closer to her. The distance between them instantly closed. He lifted Cao Yuan's chin, and she tried to back away. Xiao Shengxi wrapped his arms around her waist. "In my palace, not wearing gold and silver would be a disgrace to me."

Liu Xueqing happily took the hairpin and waved it in front of Chu Yan, "Your Highness, does it look good? Why don't you help me put it on?"

"Super ugly!"

Chu Yan downed the wine in one gulp. "Ah Yuan, is this the result you wanted? In that case, I'll grant your wish."

The wine glass shattered in two the moment it hit the table, and my hand was also cut.

"Your Highness, is your hand alright?"

Liu Xueqing used a handkerchief to bandage his wound.

Chu Yan didn't want to see their affectionate display any longer, so he abruptly stood up and walked outside.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"