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

The Censorate held a trial, with Cao Ji sitting in the courtroom, Cao Yuan listening in, and Lord Liu also present.

The Fourth Prince swaggered in, not wearing prison clothes or even shackles.

"The two of you?" The Fourth Prince sneered. "Are all the people in the Censorate dead? I'll have you two interrogate me!"

Cao Yuan stood up. "Fourth Imperial Uncle, you are a suspect today. Considering you are my imperial uncle, you don't need to kneel."

"Ha! You're quite arrogant, aren't you? You even dare to call yourself 'this king'?"

Cao Ji explained, "Fourth Imperial Uncle, Fourth Imperial Sister successfully negotiated peace and was personally appointed Prince Shuo by His Majesty, and is currently temporarily in charge of the Ministry of War!"

The last sentence is the key point.

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Prince's expression changed drastically. "You, Cao Xuji actually put a woman in charge of the Ministry of War? He's simply insane!"

"How dare you! How dare you, a criminal, address His Majesty by his name!" Cao Yuan shouted.

"Men, beat them!"

"Cao Yuan, how dare you!"

The soldiers behind the Fourth Prince dared not move, for they were all afraid of taking responsibility.

After all, members of the imperial family had never been criminally punished in the Censorate or even in the joint trial of the Three Judicial Offices.

"What, nobody dares to fight?"

"Hold him down properly, I'll beat him myself!"

The soldiers behind the Fourth Prince pinned him to the ground.

"Fourth Imperial Uncle, please forgive me!"

Cao Yuan picked up the board and hit him.

"what......"

"Cao Yuan, you have no respect for your elders!"

"Wait till I get out, I'll make you pay!"

Cao Yuan struck him twenty times before stopping. She threw the paddle aside and said, "Fourth Imperial Uncle! You provoked conflict between our two countries and hired assassins to kill several peace negotiation officials. Can't you take a few blows?"

"What should be done about those whose lives have been cruelly taken?"

“You should kneel before their families and atone to them.”

"You little brat, how dare you yell at me! How can those lowly lives compare to mine?"

"I am a member of the royal family; blame them for not being born into the right family!"

Jinzhu came in from outside, carrying something in her arms. "Your Highness, this was given to you by Prime Minister Chu."

When Cao Yuan opened it, she saw that it was the account book that the Fourth Prince had used to embezzle money from the Ministry of War.

"These account books were collected from your residence. They contain a total of 328,500 taels of silver that you collected through the Ministry of War!"

"With so much silver, do you know how important military pay is to the army of our Great Wei!"

"You scoundrel! His Majesty never issued an order to confiscate my manor. Where did you get this account book from?" the Fourth Prince exclaimed excitedly.

"You don't need to know that! Now, do you plead guilty?"

The Fourth Prince retorted defiantly, "I do not plead guilty! I do not accept these fabricated charges."

Cao Ji spoke up, "Since Fourth Imperial Uncle thinks that the evidence presented by the Imperial Sister is false, then please produce some solid evidence, otherwise we will have a hard time explaining ourselves!"

"The Fourth Princess Consort has arrived!"

"Your Highness, Second Prince!" From the moment she entered, the Fourth Princess Consort appeared calm on the surface, but her hands were trembling with fear inside her sleeves. She looked at the Fourth Prince beside her, and the Fourth Prince narrowed his eyes. It seemed that the Fourth Princess Consort had received the Fourth Prince's signal.

"What brings Fourth Imperial Aunt here?" Cao Ji asked.

"The ledger in your hand is a fake ledger that I deliberately made to frame the Fourth Prince, so that we could get a divorce!"

The Fourth Princess lowered her head and answered.

"The prince is innocent. We urge both princes to investigate thoroughly!"

The Fourth Prince raised his head in satisfaction. "Well, this ledger of yours is fake!"

"Fourth Imperial Aunt, being a scapegoat is a serious crime. Have you thought it through?" Cao Ji reminded her. "Being framed is no joke."

"I did this to frame the prince."

“This is a letter from the Fourth Imperial Uncle who hired a hitman. Can you recognize his handwriting?” Cao Ji said.

The Fourth Princess didn't even glance at it. "Someone bring paper and pen!"

Cao Yuan and Cao Ji exchanged a glance, neither of them seeming to understand her intentions.

The Fourth Princess wrote a few words on the paper: "These are my words! The handwriting is mine too! Arrest me, I'm the one who colluded with the enemy, so I did it all!"

"Fourth Imperial Aunt, you must think this through. Colluding with the enemy and betraying the country will implicate the entire clan!" Cao Yuan stepped forward and advised.

"My family has already expelled me from the family register! Do with me as you please!" The Fourth Princess remained calm, as if she had been prepared all along.

The Fourth Princess glared at the Fourth Prince with resentment, her face full of unwillingness. "I only hope that Your Highness can treat my two children well, considering how many years I've been married into the Prince's household!"

"Did you dogs hear me? I am innocent!"

After being released, the Fourth Prince stood up and said, "Experiencing this place at the Censorate has been quite an experience. It's just that the food is so-so!"

"I've already told you, you two are still too green to fight me!" The Fourth Prince said arrogantly as he walked up to Cao Yuan.

"Can I leave now?"

"Fourth Imperial Aunt, I know you've been blackmailed. Tell me the truth and I will protect you and your child! I will absolutely not let anything happen to you!"

"Cao Yuan, stop trying to mislead others. As long as someone confesses to their crimes, that's enough. If the emperor really wanted to kill me, he would have executed me long before you returned," the Fourth Prince said smugly.

"It's not your place to judge me."

“Your Highness, I am not like you. I have toiled for the royal family for half my life, my husband has many wives and concubines outside, and in the end I was abandoned by my family. I have accepted my fate. Anyway, I am going to die!”

"Since you've already been abandoned by your family, why not take charge of your own life!"

The Fourth Princess looked up at her and shook her head.

"You are from a military family, are you just going to let him continue to collude with the enemy and betray the country? As a citizen of the Great Wei, is your life worth sacrificing for him?"

"Cao Yuan, shut up! I'm telling you, this vicious woman is wicked and cruel. Instead of immediately convicting her, you're trying to use her to slander me!"

"I warn you, I will go to the palace to see His Majesty and impeach you!"

“Fourth Imperial Aunt, you are really too confused!” Cao Yuan retorted.

“Royal sister, since Fourth Imperial Aunt has confessed, hurry up and sign the confession and put her in prison!” Cao Ji pulled Cao Yuan aside and said in a low voice, “As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood! Fourth Imperial Uncle is of a wicked nature and will surely commit the same crime again!”

Cao Yuan suppressed her resentment. Yes, there must be other ways. She refused to believe that she couldn't find other crimes committed by the Fourth Prince.

After the Fourth Princess finished writing her indictment, she didn't use red clay, but instead bit her own finger.

"My mission is complete!" The Fourth Princess breathed a sigh of relief. She looked sharply at Cao Ji, then quickly turned to the Fourth Prince. "Your Highness, I have something to tell you!"

The Fourth Princess stood up and reached into her sleeve to pull something out. By the time Cao Yuan noticed, it was too late. The Fourth Princess took the dagger in her hand and stabbed it at the Fourth Prince.

"Royal Aunt!"