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

Cao Yuan turned to get her bow and arrows, her gaze meeting Chu Yan's as he approached from a distance.

Chu Yan's gaze turned icy, chilling Cao Yuan to the bone. Why was he looking at her like that?

Perhaps they also felt it was cruel!

Cao Yuan walked over and kindly reminded him, "Lord Chu, there will be bloodshed here soon! Do you still want to watch from here? But you should be fine since you're far away!"

Chu Yan's face was terribly cold. He didn't say a word to her and simply had Xuan Feng push him away elsewhere.

"He won't talk to me, it's really inexplicable!" Cao Yuan muttered to herself.

Cao Yuan and Cao Shang took their places.

Start!

Prisoners in shackles have difficulty escaping; some trip over and fall to the ground, while others, injured and unable to move, simply curl up in place.

“Young master, the princess is right. Why don’t we go?” Xuanfeng said.

"I must save people!" Chu Yan said firmly.

"Young master, this is the imperial palace. Rescuing people here will expose us! It's better to live than to die!"

"You want me to stand by and watch our people be slaughtered in another country!" Chu Yan said emotionally.

Xuanfeng lowered his head and said nothing more.

Cao Shang shot an arrow right into the prisoner's heart.

Cao Yuan never expected that Cao Shang would be so accurate.

"Your Majesty, are you admitting defeat?" Cao Shang said when he saw that Cao Yuan was still not making a move.

Cao Yuan raised her bow and arrow, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Chu Yan. Chu Yan was staring straight at the arrow in Cao Shang's hand, his hand resting on the armrest of his wheelchair...

He is going to...

As soon as Cao Shang's arrow was shot out, Cao Yuan followed suit.

She and Cao Shang fired their arrows simultaneously, the arrows intertwining in the air before striking the ground together.

"Royal sister, what do you mean!"

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I missed!"

Every time Cao Shang raised his bow and arrow, they became entangled with Cao Yuan's arrows.

"Royal sister, what do you mean! Even if you look down on me and don't want to compete with me, you don't have to insult me ​​like this!"

In a fit of anger, Cao Shang threw his bow and arrows to the ground.

"Royal sister, we just happened to shoot at each other. We're all just having fun during the New Year, why get angry?" Cao Yuan said with a smile.

Seeing the situation, Consort Xian said, "Princess Huayang, we're all just having fun, so don't be so competitive! It's all just for fun, isn't it? Let's get down to business, everyone's waiting to see!"

Cao Yuan found it hard to agree that they could describe harming lives as just playing around.

Chu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"How about this, my royal sister? The person I shoot down will belong to me."

"Hmph, do as you please! They're just a few prisoners. Anyone who didn't know better would think you know someone here!" Cao Shang said.

Game start.

Cao Yuan didn't kill them, only shooting at their arms. Immediately afterwards, Cao Shang fired another arrow at the prisoner Cao Yuan had shot, hitting him squarely in a vital spot!

"you!"

"My dear sister, you keep missing! I'll finish you off with an arrow! You can always pay the difference, okay?"

"A person can only be shot once!"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you!" Cao Shang said, but he still followed Cao Yuan's arrows.

Cao Yuan put down the arrow. "I concede! I'm done playing!"

"Why!" Cao Shang protested.

"I don't want to play with you anymore. Someone as cruel as you is not someone I would stoop to compete with. It's that simple!"

"Guards! Send all these prisoners back!" Cao Yuan gave the order, and the eunuchs who had been obeying Cao Shang all worked under Cao Yuan's command.

Cao Yuan turned and left immediately.

"Why should everyone listen to you!" Cao Shang was completely enraged by Cao Yuan. Resentfully, he took the bow and arrow in his hand and aimed it at Cao Yuan's back.

Consort Xian shouted, "Sixth Princess, what are you doing?! People will die!"

"She should have died long ago!"

"Cao Yuan, go to hell!"

Cao Shang shot an arrow at Cao Yuan without hesitation.

Just as Chu Yan hesitated whether to make a move, an arrow shot Cao Shang's arrow to the ground.

When Cao Yuan heard the noise and turned around, she immediately understood what was going on.

She looked at Chu Yan and assumed that Chu Yan had shot the arrow.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped around her shoulder from behind.

"My dear sister, it's been so long!!!"

"You didn't even notice the sneak attack from behind! Looks like your martial arts skills have declined!"

"Second Emperor, Second Brother Emperor!"

Cao Yuan looked at him. He was dressed in an exquisite dark blue robe, with a jade belt around his waist and a golden crown on his head. His dark eyes shone with a mysterious light, and he was holding a longbow in his hand.

Second Prince Cao Ji.

In his previous life, after he ascended the throne, he had been trying to get Cao Yuan to hand over the Tiger Tally, but in the end, the Tiger Tally was tricked away by Xue Xinian.

They also killed her maternal clan, who were guarding the border.

She's been so busy lately that she's completely forgotten about her second brother.

Everyone bowed to Cao Ji.

"Be flat!"

"Let's disperse, disperse!" Cao Ji waved his hand.

"Royal sister, why do you look at me like that!"

Cao Yuan snapped out of her daze and took a step back. "Second brother, did you take the arrow for me?"

Cao Yuan glanced at Chu Yan, but Chu Yan had already left sometime earlier.

"Who else! Who do you think it is?"

Cao Ji walked up to Cao Shang and said, "Shang'er, you didn't even greet me when you saw me. Have you forgotten about me?"

"Second Imperial Brother!" Cao Shang reluctantly bowed.

"You little brat, you're even more naughty than before! You're bullying your elder sister again!" Cao Ji gave her a hard knock on the head.

"Ah! Royal brother, you're unfair! Why do you always hit me! I just wanted to test my royal sister's martial arts skills, but it seems they're not that great!"

Cao Shang said reluctantly.

"How dare you talk back! Go and apologize to Father Emperor!"

"Hmph! Second brother, have you come back to pay your respects to Father? You're not leaving again before you've even done so, are you?" Cao Shang retorted.

"You're so sorry to disappoint you, my royal sister. Now that I'm back, I won't have to go on patrols anymore."

Cao Shang pouted and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that they were together, Cao Yuan left the training ground with the others.

Chu Yan and Xuan Feng stood guard at the door.

Chu Yan wanted to speak, but Cao Yuan didn't even glance at him and walked straight ahead.

"Your Highness, is Lord Chu waiting for you?" Jinzhu asked.

"Who knows! He ignores me when I talk to him, so I won't talk to him either! It's not gentlemanly to stand by and watch someone die."

Jinzhu smiled and said, "Perhaps Lord Chu didn't realize what was happening just now! Your Highness, please calm down!"

He didn't fail to realize it; he was clearly deliberately trying not to save him!

By evening.

The banquet has already begun.

The women took their seats.

Cao Yuan and Xue Xinian took their seats together.

Xue Xinian diligently put some food into Cao Yuan's bowl, saying, "A Yuan, try this!"

"I have no appetite!"

"Then try this!"

"I have no appetite either!"

Xue Xinian patiently put down his chopsticks, "If A-Yuan has no appetite, why not have a drink!"

Cao Yuan gave him a wary look. "What are you planning to poison me with this time?"

"Ah Yuan, stop joking. This is the palace!"

"I doubt you'd dare!" Cao Yuan drank the wine.

Xue Xinian and Cao Shang, who were diagonally opposite each other, looked at each other in tacit understanding.