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

Ever since the last time she had a falling out with Xue Xinian.

Cao Yuan then moved back to the princess's residence.

Xue Xinian waited outside the mansion every day, afraid of missing Cao Yuan's chance to go out.

On this day, Cao Yuan was summoned to the palace by His Majesty.

As soon as they stepped outside, Xue Xinian ran over.

"Ah Yuan!"

Cao Yuan was startled by his current appearance; his hair was disheveled, and his clothes probably hadn't been changed for several days.

"You, you haven't been here all this time, have you?!"

"Yes, Ah Yuan, I want to see you! To explain!" Xue Xinian tried to reach out to pull Cao Yuan, but Jin Zhu blocked her way.

"Now that you've seen him, you can leave!" Cao Yuan said calmly, not wanting to look at him even once.

"Ah Yuan, where are you going!"

"I want to go to the palace to meet the Emperor!"

After saying that, he got into the carriage.

Cao Yuan lifted the carriage curtain, "Xue Xinian!"

Xue Xinian obediently ran to her, a glimmer of light in her eyes, "A-Yuan, you tell me!"

"You're not going to make a difference here! Don't waste your time! Our relationship has come to an end!"

"Ah Yuan, marrying you is not a waste of time! I just want you to give me one last chance to make amends! I will wait here for you to change your mind!"

"Do as you please!" Cao Yuan pulled down the curtain.

Just as the carriage was about to leave, Xuanfeng blocked the road and stopped it.

"Wait! Princess!"

"What's the matter?"

"My master said he would personally hand this to the princess."

Jinzhu went down and brought it over.

"what is this?"

"Your Highness, you'll see for yourself! This was collected by the young master with great effort!"

"understood!"

Xuanfeng left, exchanging a glance with Xue Xinian.

On the carriage.

Cao Yuan opened it and a relaxed smile appeared on her face. "Providing timely help, is this considered admitting your mistake?"

"What do you mean by admitting your mistake?" Jinzhu asked.

"It's nothing! Just put the letter away!"

We have just arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Several important officials of the court were also present, including the Fourth Prince and Cao Ji.

"Princess Huayang has arrived!"

The fact that these old ministers suddenly became so polite to Cao Yuan is definitely not a good thing.

"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty!" Cao Yuan bowed respectfully.

"Rise! I have summoned you ministers and Yuan'er here today to discuss the matter of sending troops to Chen."

"Father! Didn't we agree last time to negotiate peace first?"

"Princess Huayang, you may not know this, but the Emperor of Chen has killed several of our officials who went to negotiate peace and dumped them at the border. Some of them have not even been found! If we do not send troops now, Chen will become even more arrogant."

"Princess Huayang, since we won the battle against Chen last time, why don't you lead the troops again this time?" the Fourth Prince said to Cao Yuan.

"Yes! Princess Huayang is capable!"

Cao Yuan rolled her eyes at them; the old man had finally remembered her now.

But could there be a trap involved?

“Father, why don’t you let me try negotiating peace with the State of Chen first?” Cao Yuan said.

The Fourth Prince and Cao Ji exchanged glances.

"Fourth Princess, are you going alone? The officials who negotiated peace have already been executed by the Chen Kingdom, so wouldn't it be very dangerous for you to go? If we keep trying to negotiate peace, wouldn't the Chen Kingdom have the upper hand?" Cao Ji asked worriedly.

"Yes, it's not a good idea to keep negotiating peace indefinitely!"

"What should I do?"

“Father, if war breaks out, there will be countless deaths and injuries. It would be better for me to go to Chen to negotiate peace first. I heard that the new emperor of Chen has ascended the throne, and he is going to war over an envoy. There must be something else going on.”

The emperor pondered for a moment, "Am I confident of success this time?"

Cao Yuan said, "Your subject is confident, please grant me permission, Father!"

-

After delivering the letter, Xuanfeng returned to the Dali Temple to report back.

"Young master, the letter has been delivered!"

Chu Yan was enjoying tea in the courtyard.

Did she say anything?

Xuanfeng shook his head, "No!"

Chu Yan casually sipped his tea without even saying thank you.

"However, I saw Lord Xue at the Princess's residence, and it seems he's been turned away for several days." Xuanfeng said with a gloating expression.

Chu Yan looked up at him and said, "Are you very free? You have so much free time to meddle in other people's business. Go and reorganize the files of the Dali Temple!"

"Oh? Didn't you just tidy it up a few days ago, young master?"

"Hurry up and go!" Chu Yan's gaze was deep, his tone calm, and his voice very low.

"Yes, young master! I'll go right away!" Xuanfeng scurried out with his head hanging low.

Xuanfeng finished organizing the files and it was already dark. He had just stretched and was about to go report when he saw Chu Yan walking out in all black.

Chu Yan stopped and stepped aside. "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and go!"

"Oh." Xuanfeng immediately followed.

"Young master, where are we going?"

The two arrived at a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

Chu Yan pushed open the courtyard gate and walked across a bamboo bridge.

As soon as I pushed open the door to the inner room, a sword was thrust at me.

"Be careful, son!"

Chu Yan pushed Xuan Feng away, then turned to the side and caught the sword blade with his bare hands, flicking the sword back.

Xiao Hanjing was knocked back a few steps by Chu Yan's sword energy, and unwillingly threw the iron fan at Chu Yan, who caught it with one hand.

"After all these years of training, how come I still can't beat you, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Hanjing sat lazily in the rattan chair.

"Have enough fun?"

"Of course, I haven't had enough fun yet!"

"If you're not planning to return to Shu with me, why did you ask me to come?"

"Can't my brother miss you?"

Chu Yan knew he was up to no good, "Then I'm leaving."

"Hey, Your Majesty, don't be in such a hurry!" Xiao Hanjing tugged at Chu Yan's sleeve.

Chu Yan stared at him with a gloomy gaze. Seeing this, Xiao Hanjing could only say, "Fine, fine, I'll tell you! I want you to help me find Bai Lu. Bai Lu has disappeared!"

"You come and go freely in the palace, do you really need me to help you find it?" Chu Yan mocked.

"I suspect she went to the State of Chen with Princess Huayang. Why don't you go find her? You can catch up with Princess Huayang and help her negotiate peace!"

Chu Yan hesitated for a moment, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"You don't even know this! Princess Huayang is going to Chen to negotiate peace, which is a tough job."

Chu Yan understood his intentions. "I am the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and this has nothing to do with me. I think you want to send me to the State of Chen so that you can do bad things!"

"Brother, you know me so well. It's a pity you guessed wrong. I really just want you to bring Bailu back to me."

Chu Yan looked at him coldly. Xiao Hanjing saw his distrust and said, "Brother, I promise that once she returns safely, I will go back to Shu with you!"

"You want to take Bailu back to Shu to be her queen?"

"Bah! I'm only doing this for the Crown Prince's sake." Xiao Hanjing stepped forward and tugged at Chu Yan's sleeve. "Brother, please help me."

"understood."

Chu Yan and Xuan Feng left.

"Young master, are we really going? I have a bad feeling about this!"

"It's me, not you!"

Xuanfeng immediately objected, "Young Master, how can you go alone in such a dangerous situation? I'll go with you!"

"You have other tasks."

Seeing that Chu Yan and the others had gone far away, Xiao Hanjing opened the mechanism on the wall.

White dew emerges from within.

Will your brother believe you?

Xiao Hanjing was very confident, "The important thing is that he will go!"

"But when we return, will you go back to Shu with him?" Bai Lu didn't believe it.

Xiao Hanjing smiled and said, "Come back? Well, we'll have to wait until he can actually come back! We absolutely must make sure the peace talks succeed this time."

Bai Lu looked disgusted. How hateful! She even schemed against her own brother.