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

Just as the blade touched her face, a pebble knocked the dagger from her hand.

"Everyone says that women cherish their appearance, but you don't seem to care at all."

“Our Wei Kingdom has never liked war. If I were to start a war because of my reputation, how could I face my people?”

“You are indeed different from other women. I, Qi Gengxuan, admire you.” Qi Gengxuan clapped his hands.

"Sixth Prince, are you just testing me?"

"Your Chen state killed several of our ministers who came to negotiate peace. Doesn't the Chen state give us an explanation for this?"

Qi Gengxuan burst into laughter, "That's why I sent you here. I didn't kill him! To be precise, it wasn't the people from Chen who killed him!"

Does he mean that the deaths of the ministers who came to negotiate peace were related to the State of Wei?

"Your internal strife in Wei should not implicate our Chen state," Qi Gengxuan declared.

"Even if it's an internal struggle within our Wei Kingdom, these people won't have an opportunity to take advantage of it if you don't issue a challenge."

"Princess Huayang, you must give me an explanation in three days, so that I can also give an explanation to His Majesty."

Qi Gengxuan interjected, "There is still the body of a peace negotiating official in our camp. You can go and check it out!"

"Fine!" She wanted to see who was really causing trouble between the two countries.

"Do you know how to perform autopsies?" Cao Yuan asked Bai Lu.

Bai Lu shook her head. Although she didn't know how, someone else did.

"Can we take the body back? It's probably useless to leave it here! After all, he was an official of Wei, it's better for him to return to his roots."

Qi Gengxuan thought for a moment and nodded.

When Cao Yuan saw the corpse, she lifted the white sheet.

They came in a hurry this time and only brought soldiers, not military doctors.

Cao Yuan stared at the corpse's face, examining it carefully, unsure where to begin.

If only we had a detective like Chu Yan at this time.

"Let's carry you to the border military camp first."

Cao Yuan had no choice but to go find the Marquis of Zhenbei first.

Entering the border military camp.

A group of soldiers surrounded him.

Bai Lu followed behind Cao Yuan, "Princess, what are they going to do!"

"Princess! It really is the princess. The princess has returned!"

"The princess has returned!"

"General Li, the princess has returned!"

Cao Yuan felt good looking at all the familiar faces. Could she change the outcome this time?

A man in silver armor jogged over from a distance.

"General Li!"

"Princess, you've finally arrived! His Majesty wrote to us a few days ago informing us that you were coming to negotiate peace. We didn't expect it to be true!" General Li said with a smile.

"General Li, how have you been all these years? Where is your grandfather?"

"Everything is fine. There is no war now, and the people on the border are living in peace and contentment. Marquis Zhenbei has gone to a farmer's house to pull weeds and probably won't be back until sunset!"

"Alright, alright, stop crowding around. Stop slacking off and get back to training."

General Li shouted.

"My lords, let us drink and celebrate tonight!"

"Good!" The soldiers immediately perked up.

"Princess, this way please." General Li led them to the tent.

"By the way, General Li, I've brought a corpse from Chen State and would like our military doctor to examine the cause of death!"

"Alright! Leave it to us." General Li lifted the white sheet. "Aren't these our peace negotiating officials? Are they willing to hand over the bodies?"

Cao Yuan truthfully explained the general situation.

That's how it is!

“This is outrageous! Isn’t this just an excuse from the State of Chen? The State of Chen insisted that you come to meet them, and we felt something was wrong. We sent several ministers to negotiate peace, but they were all killed! Now they’re saying it’s a problem with our State of Wei.”

“So this matter is probably not that simple. The sixth prince of Chen has given us three days,” Cao Yuan said.

General Li nodded, pondering a solution, when he suddenly noticed Bai Lu behind Cao Yuan. He looked her up and down and asked, "Hey, Princess, is this the maid you bought? Where's Jinzhu?"

"All you know is Jinzhu!" Cao Yuan laughed.

Bai Lu retorted loudly, "I'm not a maid!"

"This little girl has quite a temper. So, who are you?"

Bai Lu stepped forward, thought for a moment, and said, "I... I am the princess's strategist!"

Cao Yuan turned around and saw an incredulous look on her face.

"Hahaha!" General Li burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at!"

"It's alright, it's alright! You and the princess are both outstanding women," General Li explained.

"Oh, Princess, look how sharp my eyes are! You all rest first, and we'll talk when the Marquis arrives. I'll go check on the army doctor's diagnosis." General Li rose and left.

Only the two of them remained in the tent.

Cao Yuan spoke up, "Now it's just the two of us here. Shouldn't you say something?"

"What do you want to say?"

"If you're not going to tell me, then don't stay here."

Upon hearing this, Bai Lu hurriedly said, "I, I just want to make amends! This war was started because of me. If I hadn't acted impulsively, the Chen Kingdom wouldn't have had the opportunity to take advantage of it. If a real war had broken out, I would have no face to face the Crown Prince even if I died."

"Do you think I believe that, Bai Lu?" Cao Yuan rested her elbows on the table and supported her chin with the back of her hand.

“Princess, I sincerely wish to serve the Great Wei with utmost loyalty. I am willing to obey your orders, and I will do my utmost to contribute even the smallest amount to the Great Wei. What will it take for you to believe me?”

"Okay! As long as you can find out the truth, I'll believe you!"

"Thank you, Princess."

Taking advantage of the darkness, Bai Lu sneaked into the morgue, avoiding everyone.

The stench of the corpses in the morgue made her gag frequently.

"Is this all the skill you've got? And you even came along to investigate?"

Bai Lu turned around and saw Chu Yan dressed in a black brocade robe, his hair tied up high. He moved lightly and appeared behind her without her noticing.

"Are you a ghost?! You walk without making a sound!" Bai Lu scolded.

"If you speak any louder, you'll summon the entire army camp!"

Bai Lu slapped her own mouth.

"Let's start the autopsy quickly!" Bai Lu helped Chu Yan lift the white sheet covering the body, turned around and saw Chu Yan holding a folding fan, gently waving it to cover half of his face.

Why are you standing so far away?

Chu Yan threw a parchment scroll at her.

When Bai Lu untied it, it turned out to be an autopsy tool, containing more than a dozen different blades for the knives alone.

"What are you going to do with me?" Bai Lu had a bad feeling.

"You're in charge of the autopsy!"

"What? How could I do that! You, you must be joking. The princess even had a military doctor examine the body."

"I never touch dead people! And when I investigate a case, I only trust what's in front of me."

"You..." Bai Lu looked at the person in front of her and really wanted to take a tool and skin him alive.

"I've never touched a dead person! Why didn't you bring your servants with you!"

"If you don't make a move soon, I'm leaving."

"Okay, okay, I'll check, alright?"

Bai Lu looked at the autopsy tools in her hand and then at the corpse in front of her, inwardly blaming Xiao Hanjing for being so unreliable!

Suddenly, flames erupted outside.

A series of footsteps slowly approached.

"what happened?"