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

The Fourth Prince kicked her to the ground, shouting, "You wicked woman, how dare you plot against me!"

Immediately, he drew the sword from the soldier beside him and plunged it into the Fourth Princess's chest.

"Uh!"

In an instant, blood splattered.

"Royal Aunt!" Cao Yuan hugged her tightly.

"Quick, call a doctor!"

"Aunt, hang in there!"

"You, you should be careful, watch out for Cao..."

"Royal Aunt! What did you say?" Cao Yuan leaned down and got close to her ear, and the Fourth Princess died the next moment.

"Royal Aunt!"

Cao Ji sighed, "Alas, Fourth Princess, you should let your aunt rest in peace as soon as possible!"

"What a pity! How could someone be so foolish! How could a perfectly good case end up resulting in a death!"

"Hmph, daring to attempt to assassinate me here! I'll throw her corpse into a mass grave to feed the dogs!"

Cao Yuan stood up abruptly, staring at the Fourth Prince in astonishment, her voice filled with unbelievable anger: "You, you are truly heartless! She was your legal wife! You killed her and then used her corpse to vent your anger!"

"Everyone saw that she was the one who tried to assassinate me. What crime did I commit in defending myself?"

"Besides, she has already confessed. Why would she suddenly try to assassinate me? It must be you! You just angered this venomous woman; you instructed her to do it!"

Cao Yuan laughed.

"Now that the oath has been taken, I am innocent! I need to go back to my palace to rest before going to court."

The Fourth Prince swaggered out the door.

"Let's go back now that the Fourth Princess's case is closed. It's such a pity that Fourth Princess..."

Cao Yuan clenched her fists. "Guards, seize him for me!"

"The Fourth Prince colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, hired assassins to kill officials, and then killed someone in court to cover it up! According to the law, he should be executed by slow slicing!"

"Cao Yuan, are you plotting a rebellion?"

Soon a group of people rushed in from outside, led by Xuanfeng.

"Your Highness! We've come to your aid!"

"You dare kill me! I don't believe it! His Majesty hasn't even tried me yet, how dare you kill me?"

"Did I say I was going to kill you? Tie him up, throw him in a prison cart, and parade him through the streets as a public spectacle!"

"Yes!"

Without saying a word, Xuanfeng immediately got to work, binding the Fourth Prince and throwing him into the prison cart.

"Cao Yuan, how dare you parade me through the streets! I demand to see the Emperor! Let me see the Emperor!"

Inside the prison cart, the Fourth Prince peered through the gaps in the wooden bars at the people on either side, gripped by fear. He was usually high and mighty, but now he felt like an animal locked in a prison cart, being watched by onlookers. This was a fear he had never experienced before in his life.

At the head of the procession, Xuanfeng banged a gong, proclaiming, "The Fourth Prince has colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country! He has harmed officials negotiating peace! He has attempted to provoke a war between Wei and Chen! Now, Prince Shuo orders him to be paraded through the streets as a warning!"

More and more people gathered on the street, and their chatter rose and fell.

"Didn't we say that King Shuo was ambushed by the Chen Kingdom on his way to negotiate peace? Could this have been the one who did it too?"

"How can someone so vicious be a prince!"

"Treason and collusion with the enemy are truly despicable!"

"Well done, Prince Shuo!"

The people on the street picked up the things from their vegetable baskets and threw them at the Fourth Prince.

"You're a scumbag, just die already!"

"go to hell!"

"He's the one who caused Prince Shuo to be unable to return!"

The Fourth Prince was beaten bloody by the people, crying out, "Let me out! Let me out!"

"Cao Yuan, let me out! Let me out!"

"Please, please, don't leave me here!"

"Your Majesty, I must see Your Majesty!"

After the parade, it was already sunset.

The Fourth Prince's prison cart was taken back to the Censorate.

The prison cart was opened, and the Fourth Prince was found huddled in a corner, trembling.

Xuanfeng pulled him out.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

"Make him sign the document, then lock him in a cell and keep a close watch on him!"

The Fourth Prince quickly signed his name on the paper.

Cao Yuan looked at Cao Ji, "Your Majesty's confession..."

"I'll do as my sister says!"

"The person was arrested by my sister, and the confession was also signed by my sister, so naturally my sister is responsible."

Cao Yuan couldn't quite understand what he was thinking. Could it be that he was genuinely investigating the case?

“Xuanfeng, what brings you here today? You all look like people from the Dali Temple to me.” Cao Yuan walked up to Xuanfeng.

"We were sent by the Prime Minister. He was afraid that the Prince would not be able to handle the situation alone, so he sent us here!"

"Then please thank Prime Minister Chu for me. I will definitely pay him a visit another day to express my gratitude!"

"Your Highness, Second Prince! We'll be leaving now."

Xuanfeng returned to the Prime Minister's residence after dark.

"My lord! I'm back! Today, Her Highness the Princess had the Fourth Prince paraded through the streets in public! How exhilarating!"

"Is there any news about Yan'er?"

"Not yet! Why don't we ask the princess to help us look for it!"

"Absolutely not!" the Prime Minister immediately refused. "We have already held the funeral. What if the princess discovers that Yan'er's leg is fine? Do you want His Majesty to punish us for deceiving the emperor?"

"We didn't know the young master was still alive back then! If we had known, we wouldn't have held the funeral. We fell into the hostage's trap!" Xuanfeng muttered.

-

The next day, Cao Yuan led her entourage into the Prince's mansion.

"Who are you! This is the Prince's mansion! Who gave you permission to act recklessly!" A woman of similar age to her stood in the courtyard and shouted.

"Oh, it's Pingping! You've grown so much!" Cao Yuan walked in from outside. "Why don't you even bow to your elder sister?"

Pingping is the legitimate daughter of the Fourth Prince. It is said that she has already married and is still in the Prince's mansion.

"Queen!"

"An informant has reported to me that the Fourth Prince has embezzled military funds from the Ministry of War for many years. I am currently acting as the acting Minister of War and have every reason to thoroughly investigate this matter! Men, search the place for me!"

"Royal sister, you drove my mother to her death, arrested my father, and now you're ransacking our house! Are you trying to drive our royal family to its doom?"

"You still know that was your mother! Why didn't your palace accept your mother's body when I brought it back yesterday? Is this how you act as children?"

"She betrayed the country and framed my father!"

"Why did your mother betray the country and collude with the enemy? How could a sheltered young woman like your mother betray the country? Pingping, you're all grown up now, you should use your brain."

"you!"

"Your mother said before she died that the Fourth Prince should take good care of you! Yet you don't even want to give her a proper burial! The Fourth Princess died in vain!"

"You're talking nonsense. It was clearly my mother who wanted to kill my father, which is why he..."

Cao Yuan slapped him.

"You hit me!"

"Shouldn't you have hit her?" Cao Yuan took out the dagger that the Fourth Princess Consort had used before her death and threw it to her. "This dagger wasn't even sharpened. Are you sure she could really hurt your father? She brought a dagger to court. Tell me, why did she do that?"

"If it were me, I would definitely take you bunch of ungrateful wretches with me on the road!"

"Your Highness has already found everything."

"Does it match the ledger?"

“There is a hidden compartment inside, which matches exactly the 328,500 taels in the ledger.”

"Carry it away!"

"Yes!"

"You!" Pingping could only watch them leave.