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

Chu Yan arrived at the courtyard where Xiao Hanjing lived.

Pushing open the door, one sees only Xiao Hanjing sitting alone in the courtyard, a paper fan covering his face, basking in the warm sunlight.

Today, the sun shines brightly, and its warmth makes one feel cozy all over.

Xiao Hanjing seemed to know that Chu Yan had arrived, and he parted his thin lips slightly and said with a slight upturn, "Brother, you've come. I've been waiting for you for so long."

"You're disappointed, I didn't die at the border."

Xiao Hanjing picked up his fan and stood up from the rattan chair. "You didn't die, but Bai Lu wasn't as lucky as you."

Chu Yan then remembered that in his anger, he had injured Bai Lu and left her on the road.

"how is she?"

Xiao Hanjing's gaze fell on the room.

Chu Yan pushed open the door, and Bai Lu was lying unconscious on the bed.

"Brother, you were really ruthless. You broke two of her ribs. Luckily I got there early, or she would have really died. If she had died, how would I have explained it to His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Chu Yan sat down in front of Bai Lu's bed, took her pulse, and fed her a pill.

"Next time you poison someone, remember to find a reliable person. Don't poison the wrong person again."

Xiao Hanjing said casually, "Who knew you'd be so kind as to give the princess the jade ball made by Bailu? I thought you'd only be like this to me!"

"I think you knew it was poison and deliberately poisoned the princess, then pretended to cure her so you could gain favor."

"Whatever you say."

Chu Yan didn't want to say anything more to him. "Since you're unwilling to come with me, then I'll return to Shu on my own."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hanjing immediately pressed, "You're going back to Shu by yourself? You're abandoning me?"

"Since you've harmed me, I have no reason to stay here for your sake!"

"What are you going back to Shu for? That old bastard is so cruel, and you want to help him fight!"

Chu Yan lowered his head and chuckled softly, "I am the Crown Prince of Shu, and I should not shirk my responsibilities. It is time for me to go back and fulfill my duties. I truly regret wasting my time on you."

"You can stay here and avenge your prince yourself. I'll pretend I never had a brother like you."

Chu Yan opened the door and was about to leave when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw a sword piercing his chest.

"Whether you want to return to Shu and become the crown prince depends on whether I'm willing!"

Xiao Hanjing drew his sword, and Chu Yan fell into a pool of blood.

He clutched his chest, staring at Xiao Hanjing in utter astonishment. "Why...why do you want me dead? Why...?"

Xiao Hanjing glared at him with bloodshot eyes, "I hate your hypocritical act the most."

"I hate you for leaving me alone in Wei. I hate you for coming to find me so late. I hate that while I suffer in Wei, you live a life of luxury as the crown prince in Shu. Now you want to leave again? Then die in Wei, brother!"

Chu Yan fainted, and Xiao Hanjing threw the sword to the ground.

"You, what did you do?"

Bai Lu suddenly woke up and looked at the scene in front of her. "You, you really killed him."

"Who told him to try to leave alone! He'd rather die in front of me."

-

After disrupting the wedding, Cao Yuan was summoned to the palace.

"My son, I will meet my father."

The emperor strode to Cao Yuan and helped her up with both hands. "Get up quickly!"

"Let me take a good look at you. Are you injured anywhere? I'll fetch the imperial physician to examine you again later!"

"I have caused Father Emperor worry. I was rescued and my injuries have almost healed on the way here."

"I heard you went to the Xue residence as soon as you returned to the capital. This is indeed unfair to you, but Shang'er couldn't wait any longer." The emperor patted her shoulder.

“If you don’t like Xue Xinian, I won’t force you to be with him.”

"It's alright! Your Majesty understands what I mean. I won't make things difficult for them."

"Bring it here, Eunuch Wang!"

Eunuch Wang gave her an imperial edict.

Cao Yuan opened it and found it was blank.

"Father, what do you mean by this?"

"Didn't you say you wanted grace? This blank one, you can use it as you please, but there's only one."

"Thank you, Father!"

"You did a great job in negotiating this peace. What other reward would you like?"

"Father, this time the Fourth Imperial Uncle has colluded with the enemy and attempted to provoke a war between the two countries. Your son only hopes that he can be dealt with impartially!"

"I had already ordered him to be imprisoned in the Censorate, intending to deal with him when you arrived, but I received news that you had been ambushed, so I put it aside."

"However, most of the court officials are his subordinates, so we must present concrete evidence to convince the public," the emperor said worriedly.

"This time, the State of Chen actually dared to lead troops to launch a surprise attack on you. I have discussed with several ministers and decided to break the previous agreement."

"Father, this is going to..."

"This time, it was the State of Chen that broke the agreement first. I have already been lenient with them by ordering them to give up five cities on their border as the price for breaking the agreement!"

"Fortunately, you are alright. If anything had happened to you, I would have crushed the Chen Kingdom to the point of destruction."

"Father, now that I have returned, then the Tiger Tally..."

"Report! His Highness the Second Prince has returned from the border."

"Announce him to come in."

Cao Ji walked in and said, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."

"Get up!"

The emperor sat back on the dragon throne.

"Fourth Princess, you're not dead! That's wonderful. When I returned from the border, the Marquis of Zhenbei was devastated and insisted on going to the State of Chen to demand an explanation. We had to persuade him for a long time before we could calm him down."

Cao Yuan immediately understood that what he meant was that the Marquis of Zhenbei had too much military power on the border, and even the emperor could not control him.

"We sent people to search for a long time and finally found a body at the bottom of the cliff. The Marquis of Zhenbei said that the clothes she was wearing were the ones you were wearing when you left."

Cao Yuan thought for a moment; she had been wearing Xiao Xing's outer garment the whole time she fell off the cliff. He must have changed the clothes onto other corpses.

Xiao Xing's style of doing things is very similar to Chu Yan's.

"Perhaps the clothes are the same! It's really kind of you, Second Brother, to make this trip for me."

"Father, my tiger tally..."

Cao Yuan asked again.

"Now that you're back, Ji'er, return the tiger tally to Yuan'er!"

"Oh, my royal brother came to see me and took my tiger tally?"

"Isn't that why I'm sending people to find you?" Cao Ji explained.

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!" Cao Yuan stretched out her hand, waiting for Cao Ji to return the tiger tally to her.

Cao Ji smiled and touched the tiger tally in his palm before handing it to Cao Yuan.

"If there's nothing else, you may leave! You must be tired from traveling to the border; go back and get some rest!"

"Yes! My son, please retire!"

The two came out of the hall.

"I heard you went to the Xue residence for a wedding?"

"Yes! Xue Xinian and I are not divorced yet. In fact, I am the mistress of the Xue family. If Xue Xinian takes a concubine behind my back, I will naturally go."

"concubine?"

"But on another note, I really have to thank you for making this a wonderful story!"

"There's nothing we can do about it; the Sixth Princess is already pregnant. Although it's a bit of a humiliation for her to marry the Vice Minister, thankfully their love is as strong as gold."

"Since you're going to get a divorce anyway, why not just grant them their wish?"

Cao Yuan tilted her head back. "Who said I wanted a divorce? I haven't divorced yet. Since you entered the family later than me, you're a concubine!"

"I never expected that my imperial sister would be so magnanimous as to be willing to share a husband with two women!"

"There's no need for you to trouble yourself, Your Majesty!"

Cao Ji watched Cao Yuan's retreating figure and thought, "She's got such a lucky life. Things are getting more and more interesting."