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

"Yan'er! After your uncle abdicates, you must become a wise ruler! Don't follow in your father's footsteps!"

"Did you forget it?"

Xiao Shengxi's eyes were bloodshot, his gaze sharp and full of questioning.

Chu Yan shook his head; how could he have forgotten?

That year, the late Emperor Xiao Shengquan suddenly fell ill and passed away.

The court and the public were thrown into turmoil, and officials began to take sides.

Crown Prince Chu Yan was only eight years old and had no one to rely on.

Therefore, most of the supporters are Xiao Shengxi. However, if Xiao Shengxi ascends the throne, it is questionable whether Chu Yan and his mother can survive. Since ancient times, there have been countless bones under the dragon throne, and the struggle for the throne has left the palace walls stained with blood.

Before he ascended the throne, Chu Yan's mother often went in and out with Xiao Shengxi, which had already caused controversy in the palace.

In the end, Xiao Shengxi successfully ascended the throne.

That day happened to be the Lantern Festival.

As a child, he was playful and would secretly slip out of the palace with Xuanfeng. When they returned, he would clutch the osmanthus candy he had bought from outside the palace, intending to deliver it to his mother.

When he arrived breathlessly at the palace gate where his mother lived, she lay quietly in a pool of blood, her entire body covered in it.

"Mother! Mother!" Chu Yan threw away the osmanthus candy in his hand in terror and rushed over without thinking. He fell to the ground and carefully picked up his mother with trembling hands.

But at this moment he was completely panicked and had no idea how to move his mother's body so as not to cause her any more harm.

His eyes widened, fixed on the dagger plunged straight into his mother's chest, crimson blood gushing from around the sharp blade like a blooming flower of death.

"Mother! What happened? Why did this happen? Who did this?" Chu Yan cried out hoarsely, his voice echoing in the empty palace, sounding particularly mournful and desperate.

"I'm going to kill him!"

"It's your royal uncle! Did your royal uncle force you to do this?"

"Yan... son! Your mother is leaving first! You must listen to your royal uncle."

"Once your uncle abdicates, you must become a wise ruler! Never follow in your father's footsteps!"

Blood spurted from his mouth, splashing onto Chu Yan's body. From that moment on, his scarlet eyes could no longer bear to look at any bloody scene.

That scene and smell haunted his nightmares every night.

"Your mother died for you! And you gave up everything for a woman! Then her death was in vain!"

Looking at his good-for-nothing nephew, Xiao Shengxi felt a chill in his heart, and his emotions became even more agitated.

"Think about it carefully!"

"By imperial decree, the Crown Prince shall oversee the state from this day forward."

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The Wei Kingdom's imperial palace.

The time has passed.

Within the deep inner palace grounds, a dark figure moved like a ghost between the palaces.

She nimbly evaded the patrolling soldiers, moving as silently as a ghost in the night. After a difficult period of dodging and stealth, she finally reached the vicinity of the emperor's bedchamber. There, she carefully hid behind a rockery, observing the surrounding area of ​​the bedchamber with tense focus through the gaps in the rockery.

The emperor's bedchamber was surrounded by a dense array of heavily armed soldiers, wielding spears and swords, their expressions solemn and vigilant, watching every rustle of wind. Such a formidable defense made infiltrating silently no easy feat. She calmly considered how to break through this line of defense.

As she was engrossed in her thoughts, she was completely unaware that a slender, delicate hand was slowly reaching out to her.

When that hand was completely placed on her shoulder.

"what!"

Bai Lu was startled.

"Shh!" Consort Hua covered her mouth. "Don't speak, I'm not a bad person! Shh!"

"who!"

Soldiers approached them at the sound, but Consort Hua warned, "Stay here and don't move! I'll lure them away!"

Consort Hua stuffed her into the artificial hill and swaggered out.

The soldiers bowed respectfully to Consort Hua. "So it's Consort Hua. Were you the one who called out to us just now?"

"Oh, I just saw a dark figure and it startled me!"

"The shadowy figure? Where did it go?"

the soldier asked.

Consort Hua casually pointed in a direction.

The soldiers then followed the direction Consort Hua pointed out and left.

Consort Hua breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out the person from before, and pulled back her cloak.

"Who are you? Are you here to see His Majesty?"

"Aren't you one of Xiao Hanjing's people? Why are you helping me?" Bai Lu asked.

"You know me?" Consort Hua asked in confusion, as she did not know Bai Lu.

“I know your master! You can’t tell him I’m here. Otherwise, people will say you brought me in.”

Consort Hua smiled faintly, "I promise I won't tell. So, you've come to see His Majesty?"

"If you can help His Majesty out of this predicament, I can help you!" Seeing that Bai Lu did not speak, Consort Hua added.

Bai Lu clicked her tongue, "This dog emperor is quite charming; there are actually women willing to take risks for him!"

"What did you say?" Consort Hua could hardly believe her ears.

"Oh no! Take me inside quickly, I have something to say to the dog... to His Majesty."

"Come with me!" Consort Hua pulled her along, and they crawled through a dog hole at the back door.

Finally, Bai Lu quietly slipped into the emperor's bedchamber.

She tiptoed inside, and the emperor seemed to hear the noise, immediately sitting up alertly.

"who!"

The shadowy figure slowly approached him, and the person in front of him lifted the hood of his cloak.

"It's actually you!"

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Bai Lu knelt down and bowed.

"How did you get in?" the emperor asked, puzzled.

"What are you here for?"

"Of course I'll help you!" Bai Lu stood up. "This palace is already full of the Second Prince's people. Doesn't His Majesty intend to save himself? Is the throne just going to be handed over to the Second Prince like this?"

"Send this letter to the Shu Kingdom!?" The emperor took a letter from under his pillow.

"So it seems you knew I was coming all along?" Bai Lu crossed her arms.

"But Your Majesty, you don't want me to go to the princess, do you? You've already abandoned her, are you really so sure she'll help you?"

"If my dad used me as a bargaining chip, I would hate him to death!" Bai Lu put her hands on her hips, and she was indeed a little angry when she thought about it.

"Do you have a father?" The emperor sighed, feeling utterly helpless in the face of her sarcastic remarks.

"you……"

Bai Lu looked at him defiantly.

"You don't need to worry about any of that! Just deliver the letter!"

Bai Lu took the letter, pondered for a moment, and said, "The Second Prince is currently searching for the other half of the Tiger Tally with all his might! And you insist that I go find the Princess! Could it be that you already gave the Princess the other half of the Tiger Tally?"

The emperor didn't speak, but his brow furrowed slightly. "If you don't want to send it, give the letter to me!"

"I didn't say I wasn't going!"

Bai Lu tucked the letter into her bosom, realizing that she herself had never been to the Shu Kingdom.

"There's one more thing you need to do for me!"