Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

Du Lingxi didn't know either.

"My mother fled famine with the group of refugees. She fell and injured her head, losing her memory. She was rescued by my father."

Over the years, her mother has lost all memory of her past, but her father has been trying to find her family and relatives, though so far there have been no results.

Lost your memory?

Gui Yao put down her teacup and tapped her fingers on the table.

For whom should someone with no memory wear mourning?

"Perhaps your mother has regained her memory and is observing mourning for her loved ones."

"If that's true, regaining my memories is a good thing, but why has my mother become a different person, betraying my father and even distancing herself from me?"

Du Lingxi couldn't understand it. If Gui Yao's speculation was correct, it was only natural for her mother to feel sad when she regained her memory and remembered the death of her family.

But Mother is acting too strangely.

"Yes, why is that?"

Gui Yao's tapping on the table gradually stopped, and a bad feeling crept into her mind.

She looked at Du Lingxi, "What is your wish now?"

Du Lingxi was stunned.

She had previously thought that a demon had bewitched her mother, and that all she had to do was exorcise the demon.

But now Guiyao tells her that her mother is embroidering shoe uppers for her, that her mother will eat because she is afraid she will worry, and that her mother is not a monster.

Without any demons manipulating her, the mother betrayed the father and refused to drink the contraceptive soup, while the father was aware of all this and endured it silently.

This indicates that there is a problem between the two.

Can the parents go back to the way they were before? Can the three of them still be happy?

Du Lingxi suddenly felt lost, and tears streamed down her face without warning.

"I want my parents to love each other like they used to, I want to go back to the happy days when the three of us were together, but..."

But if the parents have already fallen out, would they be happy if they were forcibly tied together?

She thought this way, and that's why she asked the question.

Gui Yao looked at the child whose face was covered in tears and handed her a handkerchief.

"The adult world is complicated, and human emotions are complicated too. I am not your parents, and I don't even know them as well as you do, so I can't give you an answer."

But she felt that it would be difficult for the Du couple to go back to what they used to be.

She clearly saw the hatred in Madam Du's eyes. She had willingly fallen into depravity and indulged in debauchery with male servants, and even deliberately took off her clothes in front of Du Shao, revealing traces of her lovemaking with other men.

It's like she's taking revenge on men by demeaning herself.

What kind of hatred drove Madam Du to these actions?

Du Shao endured it all and helped cover it up. If it were just because he loved her to the extreme and was afraid of losing her, that would be one thing. But what was he trying to cover up?

Du Lingxi was still just a child. "I don't want to be without parents, I don't want my parents to be separated... Waaah..."

Gui Yao poured her a cup of tea and listened silently. The power of her vows was still strong, which showed that what she truly wanted was something that Xuanji Tower could do.

Little Yaksha must have been suppressing her feelings for a long time after encountering such a thing. It's good to let her vent now.

After a long silence, Du Lingxi finally said, hiccuping, "I want them to stop suffering."

She paused, then added, "Even if they no longer love me."

The sound was so soft that it seemed only he could hear it.

"it is good."

Gui Yao patted her head. "Look into my eyes."

Du Lingxi looked up and met Gui Yao's gaze.

The next instant, she saw the dark color fade from Gui Yao's pupils, and a faint blue light emanated from the depths of his eyes, quickly spreading along his pupils and finally transforming into a pair of sharp and captivating blue eyes.

Azure eyes!

Du Lingxi's heart skipped a beat. "You..."

"Shh!"

Gui Yao grasped her hand. "Little demon, I will grant your wish."

"it is good."

Du Lingxi was a bold man; his shock lasted only a moment before he stared curiously into Gui Yao's eyes.

But when Guiyao grasped his hand, his heart immediately sank.

She took the opportunity to feel the girl's pulse. "Lingxi, how old were your two older brothers when they died young?"

"One is nine years old, and the other is seven years old."

Du Lingxi looked down at her wrist, which was being held. "Why are you asking this? Is there something wrong with me too?"

Gui Yao released her wrist. "No, I just wanted to know more about your family."

A fleeting look of pity crossed her eyes.

"oh."

Du Lingxi didn't doubt it, and turned her gaze back to Gui Yao's eyes, "Now I really believe you're capable."

Gui Yao's eyes turned back to black and white; this was the first time in her life she had ever seen a person's eyes change.

She was still a child, and her curiosity dispelled her earlier pain.

"Thank you for your trust."

Gui Yao smiled and said, "But I do have the ability."

She stood up. "Let's go, I'll take you home."

"Need not."

Du Lingxi refused, "I pretended to be shopping and sneaked over. I need to find my servants on the street to meet them."

Gui Yao raised an eyebrow at her. "Don't you want to see what I'm capable of again?"

Du Lingxi was tempted.

The next moment, Gui Yao, carrying Du Lingxi, appeared at the small gate of the Ningguo Duke's mansion in a few blinks.

Du Lingxi's face was flushed, partly from the reversed blood flow caused by being lifted up, and partly from excitement.

"Are you a deity?"

How could a mortal have such speed?

Gui Yao patted her head. "You're not a demon, and I'm not a god either. Let's go inside."

After glancing at the small door, Du Lingxi returned to reality. "Fairy Sister, what can I do for you?"

Gui Yao smiled and said, "As long as you're happy, that's all that matters. I'll do whatever you need."

Du Lingxi nodded, but she couldn't completely ignore it.

Outside the door, Mao Dan flew down from the wall and landed on Gui Yao's shoulder. "Master, what happened to her?"

It saw the compassion in its master's eyes.

Gui Yao turned around and said, "She's been sold off; she won't live past ten."

"My goodness! She's seven years old."

The frizzy egg bristled, "Who's so wicked?"

Gui Yao recalled Du Shao's words to Madam Du: "Ah Shan, trust me, I'm thinking of a way to make sure nothing happens to Ling Xi."

"Could her two brothers have also been murdered?"

Mao Dan was still angry about Du Lingxi's matter.

"If that's the case, then wouldn't she also be at risk of dying at any moment? After all, her second brother died at the age of seven."

Gui Yao's eyes darkened. "Mao Dan, let's go to the Shu County Prince's Mansion."

Since no one knows about Madam Du's past, let's investigate Du Shao's past.

Du Shao was unaware that someone was investigating his life story. The next morning, his daughter blocked his way.

"Lingxi, why are you up so early today?"

He knelt down and ruffled his daughter's hair. "Is there something you need to see your father about?"

"Father, I miss Mother, but she doesn't like me anymore. I'm afraid to see her alone. Please come with me to see Mother, okay?"

Du Shao stiffened slightly. "Father has to go to court now. I'll go with you after I return from court."

His rejection made Du Lingxi extremely upset; what the fairy sister said was true.

Father knew all this, which is why he didn't dare take her to find Mother.

She pleaded, "Father, please come with me. In the past, when you went to court, I would often go to Mother's room to keep her company while she took a nap."

In the past, if she spoke in such a sweet and gentle voice, Du Shao would have already responded with a smile.

But at this moment, he stood up, adopting the authority of a father, "Listen to me, going to court is an important matter. I'll have someone send you back. Don't be silly."

Seeing Du Shao's entourage approach, Du Lingxi could no longer pretend. Her eyes reddened. "Father, what are you afraid I'll see?"

Her voice trembled, each word difficult yet clear, "Daughter saw it all long ago, why? Why did Mother become like that, why did Father change too?"

Du Shao's pupils suddenly contracted.

The next moment, he picked up Du Lingxi and quickly carried her to the study.

He slammed the door shut with his foot, placed Du Lingxi in the armchair, and stared intently at her. "What do you know?"

Du Lingxi clenched her fists. "I know other men often sleep with Mother..."

"shut up."

Before she could speak, Du Shao interrupted her sharply, "You've misjudged."

He then asked, "Have you told anyone else about this?"

His expression was stern, and he gripped her arms tightly with both hands.

This was the first time Du Lingxi had seen her father like this.

In the past, her father always had a gentle smile, moved softly, and doted on her in every way.

But her father now was too unfamiliar, too terrifying. She shrank back, "You hurt me. I haven't told anyone."

She thought that her father must love her mother too much to be deceiving himself, but he must also be in pain. She wanted to accompany her father to face reality and get rid of the pain.

However, Du Shao warned her, "Your mother is ill. Your father will find a way to cure her. You must not reveal a word to anyone. Otherwise, your father will send you back to our ancestral home and never bring you back to the capital."