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

"I heard that the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is a cripple. Were you also a cripple before?"

Cao Yuan chuckled and glanced at Chu Yan out of the corner of her eye.

The junior coroner thought for a moment and felt something was wrong. "Wait a minute, something's not right. It seems the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review passed away recently! Are you newly appointed?"

This kid knows quite a lot.

Cao Yuan bit her lip lightly, hesitated for a moment, and then explained, "Uh... actually, he did work at the Dali Temple before. He always had great ambitions and dreamed of becoming the Minister of the Dali Temple. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and he was expelled from the Dali Temple."

At this moment, Chu Yan's face was extremely gloomy. He glared fiercely at Cao Yuan, his eyes flashing with anger.

Cao Yuan winked at him and shook her head slightly, signaling him not to give himself away.

"In that case, if Your Highness is willing to trust me, I can help you with a second examination, shall I?"

Cao Yuan glanced at Chu Yan; he was unwilling to touch the corpses, but others were.

Cao Yuan nodded and said politely, "Then I'll have to trouble you."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me this opportunity!"

The young coroner happily prepared his tools, while Chu Yan and Cao Yuan stood aside and watched.

Cao Yuan whispered, "Look how professional he is. Since you don't do autopsies anyway, why don't you take on an apprentice and help us with autopsies later?"

Chu Yan stared at her coldly, his gaze seemingly freezing her in place, and then stopped joking.

“Then I’ll begin!” the junior coroner said.

Cao Yuan smiled at him.

"There are two ligature marks on the body's neck. One is horizontal, but the mark is rough and dark red. The face is swollen and red, so it can be determined that the death was caused by suffocation. In my opinion, someone should have strangled the neck from the front. The other mark is lighter in color and was made by a white silk ribbon used for hanging. It should have been caused after death."

"Young coroner, do you think he strangled him with one hand or two hands?" Cao Yuan asked.

"Two hands! Because the coverage area needs to be wider than one hand." The junior coroner gestured in the air.

"Since it's two hands, we can rule out Fan Qingli!" Cao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

“Fan Qingli is a military general. He can snap the neck of a weak woman with one hand. Why would he need two hands?”

“He’s been drinking,” Chu Yan retorted. “When you’re drunk, your mind is clouded, and your strength becomes unpredictable.”

"That's impossible. Fan Qingli is certain that he didn't kill anyone. He has many women around him, so he wouldn't be foolish enough to kill someone in the Governor's Mansion!"

Seeing how protective she was of Fan Qingli, Chu Yan suspected she had ulterior motives. "Are you so eager to save him because of his father, or because of him?"

"Are you implying that I only helped him clear his name by trying to win over his father? Do I need to win over other officials? Is that what you think of me?" Cao Yuan clenched her fist and retorted loudly.

"Please stop arguing, you two. I think there's something on the lining of her skirt?"

The junior coroner interrupted, "This thing should belong to a man! Her lower body must have been violated! And it happened after she died!"

"I remember when I went to find Fan Qingli, he had taken off his shirt, but he was still wearing his trousers!"

“Maybe it’s a disguise!” Chu Yan retorted.

"you!"

"Your Highness, when I first arrived at the government office, I heard from the people there that Qin Sima had tortured and killed several of his concubines, and that he liked to kill them after they died."

Cao Yuan frowned, tugged at her clothes, and looked at him with disdain.

"A while ago, there was a corpse that belonged to Qin Sima's concubine. She was also discovered after death..."

"You know so much, are you trying to get me to overturn the case? Your master probably didn't want to overturn the case, which is why he gave me a vague autopsy report."

The junior coroner dared not utter a sound.

Chu Yan tilted his head and vaguely saw a patch of red rash on his ankle.

"what is that?"

The junior coroner lifted the lid to examine it, saying, "I didn't even notice all these red rashes before."

"But what kind of illness is this? I've never seen it before." The junior coroner scratched his head.

“Vegetarian disease,” Chu Yan uttered softly.

"What is venereal disease?" Cao Yuan had never heard of this disease before.

The junior coroner suddenly realized, "Ah! I know, venereal disease is something that prostitutes are prone to get. Generally, there's no cure for this disease."

"Oh, I see. So even if she's not strangled to death, she won't live much longer?"

"That's fair to say," the junior coroner said, a look of pity in his eyes. "He was a truly pitiful man."

"Take a look inside the nail crevices of the corpse and see if there's anything there?" Chu Yan asked.

The young coroner examined it more closely, and suddenly his eyes lit up with surprise, as if he had discovered some rare treasure. He exclaimed excitedly, "It really is! What's inside should be flesh and blood!"

"That means if Fan Qingli doesn't have any wounds, then he can be cleared of suspicion!"

Cao Yuan suddenly realized.

"Your Highness, there are some things I feel I should tell you."

The junior coroner suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

Cao Yuan and the other person were startled and took a step back.

"What are you doing!"

“Your Highness, I went to the capital some time ago and saw you parade the Fourth Prince through the streets and even kill him. I knew then that you were different from the other imperial relatives.”

“Our Governor’s Office in Anzhou is related to the Fourth Prince by marriage. Qin Sima is a womanizer, and he often orders people to grab unmarried women from the streets to be his concubines.”

"Look, where do you see women daring to go out on the street anymore? If there are any, they're just passing through from out of town."

"The officials of the Governor's Office and the Prefectural Government here are colluding, and the people are suffering. We urge you to stand up for the people of Anzhou."

"Young coroner, don't trust others so easily. What if I'm trying to embezzle more?" Cao Yuan raised an eyebrow at him.

"Ah? Your Highness, please don't joke. I believe you are not that kind of person." The junior coroner looked at Cao Yuan with sincere eyes, believing that Cao Yuan was not the person she was talking about.

Cao Yuan stopped joking and said seriously, "His Majesty sent us down to inspect the area. His purpose is to completely eliminate the Fourth Prince and his cronies. Even if you hadn't said anything, I would have done my best to accomplish it."

As she spoke, an invisible aura of authority emanated from her, drawing everyone's attention.

As Cao Yuan and the other person walked out of the morgue, Cao Yuan suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

"Doesn't something seem off?"

Cao Yuan continued, "The villagers fear the power of the Governor's Office, but there are always people who tell us that Qin Sima is the murderer."

Cao Yuan glanced at him, looking completely unsurprised. "Judging from your expression, you already knew."

Chu Yan suddenly put his finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

"Princess, you must get the prefect to investigate the case as soon as possible, otherwise Qin Sima will escape!" Chu Yan said loudly on purpose.

Cao Yuan and Chu Yan looked at the dark figure reflected in the doorway of the morgue.

The two exchanged a smile and were about to slip out through the back door.

Just as I reached the door, I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.