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

"hiss……"

"Does it hurt?"

Luo Xuemei frowned and nodded.

"Then I'll be gentler!" Cen Yin gently applied the medicine to Luo Xuemei's face.

"Who is that woman? Why does the princess call her 'sister'?"

Cen Yin asked.

"I think I've seen that woman before, she seems to be Princess Zhaoyang."

Who is Princess Zhaoyang?

"She's the eldest princess who was sent to Shu for a political marriage a few years ago. I saw her at a banquet in the palace a few years ago, and she wasn't this arrogant back then."

Luo Xuemei sighed.

“After so many years apart and living in a foreign country for so long, people’s hearts will inevitably change,” Cen Yin said to herself.

Bang bang bang!

Cen Yin and Luo Xuemei looked towards the doorway.

Just as Cen Yin was about to go over, the door was pushed open.

Luo Xuemei quickly put on her veil and turned her head away.

"Oh, Princess! Why did you come in without knocking?"

Cao Yuan's gaze fell on Luo Xuemei behind Cen Yin, who was curled up on her side.

Cen Yin quickly explained, "She's the cook here. She was burned on her face years ago, and she's covering her face so as not to scare you. She was just hit by your sister."

Cao Yuan carefully examined Luo Xuemei, and then looked at Cen Yin.

I have something to ask you!

“Okay, let’s go to the room next door!” Cen Yin and Luo Xuemei exchanged a glance.

Cen Yin led Cao Yuan to the next room.

"Speak! What does the princess want with me?"

"Is that person Luo Xuemei? Why did you take her in?" Cao Yuan asked directly.

Cen Yin shook her head blankly, "Princess, what are you talking about? What Luo Xuemei?"

"Who was that woman just now? You don't know? Ah Yin, I don't believe there are such coincidences in the world! It just so happens that you took in Fan Qingli's concubine!"

Cen Yin let out a long breath and stopped pretending. "A princess is a princess, nothing can be hidden from you!"

"She's just a pitiful woman abandoned by her husband's family. With me, she can completely forget her family identity. Princess, can you bear to break this rare peace she enjoys?"

“When I rescued her that day, she was being chased by a group of thugs, and her clothes were disheveled. What difference would it make if I let her go back or killed her?”

Cao Yuan looked at her in confusion, "How could this be? There must be some misunderstanding! And Fan Qingli doesn't know either..."

"I don't know. How could a sheltered woman like her get involved in such a thing, especially since it happened on the very road the Marquis of Dingguo was passing by? It's practically the same as taking her life!"

Cen Yin grew angrier the more she spoke.

Cao Yuan frowned. Could it be Xue Xiqiong?

But she has already broken ties with Fan Qingli, so it won't benefit her. It seems she needs to ask again to clarify things.

-

Xue Xinian returned to the Xue residence by sneaking in through the back door.

He turned around and a familiar figure stood in front of him.

"You scared me to death! What are you doing here?"

Cao Shang's face darkened. "Where did you just go?"

"Why are you, a woman, asking about men's affairs?"

Now that the emperor has passed away, Xue Xinian will take Cao Shang even less seriously.

"Xue Xinian, how dare you speak to me like that?" Cao Shang said sternly.

Xue Xinian sneered, "Cao Shang, His Majesty has passed away. Do you still think you're a princess?"

"Xue Xinian, what do you mean? Even if Father Emperor has passed away, I am still a princess! Do you think your career will be bright just because you've sided with Cao Ji? Once Cao Ji ascends the throne, you won't be far from death."

"I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you!" Xue Xinian passed her and headed towards the study.

Cao Shang grabbed Xue Xinian, "Don't go! You still haven't told me where you just went! Did you go to see Cao Yuan again? Xue Xinian, you're so shameless, you're still thinking about her!"

Xue Xinian shook off her hand, and Cao Shang accidentally sat down on the ground.

Cao Shang looked at him in surprise, "Xue Xinian, how dare you treat me like this?"

"Cao Shang, I'm warning you, stay out of my business! The Xue family is my Xue family. You've lost your backing, and without me, no one will care about you. Don't say I didn't warn you, there are plenty of women who want to enter my Xue family, one more won't make a difference."

Cao Shang sneered, "How dare you treat me like this? I married you along with Cao Yuan and was ridiculed by the whole capital. I even had a miscarriage because of you. All these years of friendship have only earned me these few cold words from you."

Xue Xinian squatted down in front of her, affectionately stroking her cheek, "Shang'er, you did all this willingly, didn't you?"

Cao Shang stared at him in disbelief, then suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahahaha..."

"All these years of friendship have ultimately been misplaced."

"Xue Xinian, I'll ask you one last time: you have absolutely no feelings for me, do you?"

Xue Xinian looked completely indifferent. He spread his hands and said, "The only one I love is A Yuan. What is there for me to miss about a pampered princess like you? If you behave yourself from now on, I'll have no choice but to divorce you!"

Cao Shang clutched her chest, feeling suffocated and unable to breathe. She trembled all over. She thought Cao Yuan was the one being used, but she never expected that she would be the one in the end.

Cao Shang, you are the stupidest woman in the world.

Xue Xinian doesn't love any of you; he only loves power.

After all that fighting and struggling, you end up with nothing.

Cao Shang looked up to the sky and roared, laughing at her for being so stupid and dull-witted. Even Cao Yuan could see things clearly, yet she couldn't see anything at all.

Xue Xinian stood up and walked straight toward the study. Suddenly he stopped, and bright red blood dripped down his face.

Cao Shang pulled the dagger out of his body, her face streaked with tears, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

Xue Xinian lay on the ground, severely injured. He stared at her in astonishment, "You, you..."

"I am a princess of the current dynasty. Although I do not have the prestige of Cao Yuan's maternal clan, I will not tolerate you humiliating me like this!"

Cao Shang's eyes were bloodshot, as if he were insane, and his whole being exuded a chilling aura, like a ferocious beast out of control.

Her emotions were completely out of control; extreme agitation caused her to tremble uncontrollably.

Xue Xinian, standing to the side, was so frightened by the terrifying scene before her that her face turned ashen.

He stared in utter terror at the seemingly crazed Cao Shang, his heart filled with boundless fear and despair. Driven by the instinct for survival, she desperately crawled towards the door, repeatedly crying out, "Help! Someone, please help me..."

Just then, Cao Shang suddenly grabbed a sharp dagger and stabbed at Xue Xinian without hesitation.

A scream rang out as the cold blade pierced Xue Xinian's palm, blood gushing out and staining a large area of ​​the ground red.

"Shang'er, you've murdered your husband. That's wrong. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. What I said just now was to upset you."

"Shang'er, I really know I was wrong, Shang'er!"