Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

Fifteen minutes later, Gui Yao removed the needles, twisting the silver needles one by one from her body with her fingertips. Little Yaksha's brows gradually relaxed, and her breathing became calm and even.

"Okay, you'll wake up tomorrow morning."

The silver needle disappeared into the void.

"She will not have this painful memory from now on. As for her parents, the Duke still needs to come up with a proper explanation and try his best not to let anyone mention tonight's events and upset her."

She paused for a moment, then said, "I will reinforce it every three years, if I am still in the capital."

"Thank you, young lady."

Duke Ningguo then realized that Gui Yao's hurtful words were deliberately meant to provoke the little demon.

It would be best if my granddaughter could forget this memory; otherwise, how could she bear it at such a young age?

He tucked the blanket around his granddaughter, bowed to Gui Yao, and asked, "Is there any hope for this child's life?"

Gui Yao nodded. "Xuanji Tower can be saved, but I have conditions."

"Please speak, young lady."

The Duke of Ningguo already adored this granddaughter, and now that his son and daughter-in-law had both died, his heart ached for her even more.

He would do anything to save his granddaughter's life.

Gui Yao gazed at him, "I want to be the heterosexual king of this Great Sheng Dynasty."

The Duke of Ningguo's eyes suddenly trembled. "The bestowal of a royal title is determined by His Majesty based on merit, and besides..."

He suppressed the astonishment in his eyes and said in a more serious tone, "Besides, the Great Sheng Dynasty has never had female officials since ancient times. Although I am worried about my granddaughter, I dare not go against my duty as an official and make promises on matters of great importance to the court, nor do I have the ability to do so."

He was already on guard; this woman was audacious enough to try and enter the court—what scheme was she plotting?

Gui Yao knew that one sentence wouldn't convince him.

She opened her palm, and a mask with a blue face and fangs appeared in her hand. "Does the Duke recognize this?"

In the past two days, she has been thinking about some things again, about those years of fighting.

"The mask the Crown Prince wore when he went to war?"

The shock in the Duke of Ningguo's eyes was almost impossible to conceal. "How did you get this?"

"The Duke of Ningguo was also a military general. I heard that when the Crown Prince first went on a campaign against the State of Lu, the Duke accompanied him."

With a flick of his sleeve, Gui Yao conjured several weapons, including the Ink-Patterned Cloud Silk and the Moon-Eroding Blade, before the Duke of Ningguo.

"Do you recognize these?"

That piece had two parts. In her memory, she gave one to the Crown Prince, and the other was in her personal space.

"this……"

The Duke of Ningguo grabbed the Eclipse Moon Blade. He examined its weight and the familiar scratches on the hilt several times, then weighed it in his hand. "It's real."

He suddenly looked at Gui Yao, "Who are you? How do you have the weapons the Yilong Guard used in battle?"

"The Imperial Guards..."

Gui Yao clenched her fist.

The world is unaware of the Five-Colored Army because they went to war under the name of the Yilong Guard.

She turned her back, took off her tassel hat, put on her mask, and when she turned around again, it was the Crown Prince's voice—clear, calm, and carrying the murderous aura of battle.

"If I told you that they were not the Yilong Guard, but Princess Baozhu's Five-Colored Army, would you believe me?"

"How is this possible?"

The Duke of Ningguo's breathing gradually became rapid.

When Gui Yao put on this mask, her aura was almost identical to that of the prince on the battlefield.

He glanced at the Eclipse Moon Blade again; this blade had once saved his life on the battlefield.

To express his gratitude, he invited the knife's owner to his tent for drinks, but the owner declined.

"The Yilong Guards never speak..."

Gui Yao nodded, her voice coming through the mask, "Because they are women, speaking would reveal their identities, and according to the ancestral rules of the Dasheng Dynasty, women cannot serve as officials or generals, so they should not speak unless absolutely necessary."

She had inquired with Li Deshun before, but Li Deshun didn't know much either. The memories about the Five Colors Army and the Duke of Ningguo resurfaced these past two days, which should be the result of her eyes returning.

"But I have never heard of Princess Baozhu having a Five-Colored Army under her command."

"The Five-Colored Army has a total of five thousand men."

Gui Yao stood with her hands behind her back, walked to the window and looked at the bright moon in the sky. Her clear voice had a touch of warmth in it.

"They were slightly shorter than the other soldiers, but they were the vanguard, the scouts, the main force, the elite, and also the unsung heroes whose brilliance was overshadowed."

The Duke of Ningguo felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer.

The new king of Lu was ambitious, greedy, and lustful. After seizing the border, he burned, killed, looted, and committed all sorts of evil deeds.

He even boasted that he would march straight to the capital, sleep with all the women of the emperor and his ministers of the Great Sheng Dynasty, and take the princesses and noble ladies of the Great Sheng Dynasty as his concubines.

No one in the court could swallow this insult. It was the Crown Prince's first time on a military expedition, and he had no experience. He greatly respected this experienced veteran general.

There was only one thing the Crown Prince wanted: he wanted the five thousand Imperial Guards he brought with him to serve as vanguards, scouts, and assassins.

He even planned to personally lead men to the enemy camp to assassinate the Prince of Lu.

Like the Crown Prince, the five thousand Yilong Guards were all going to the battlefield for the first time, and this action seemed reckless and impulsive to him.

No matter how much he tried to persuade him, the crown prince insisted.

He would never forget how anxious and worried he was, unable to sleep all night after the Crown Prince left the camp.

Sending the crown prince to war was intended to boost morale. If the crown prince were to suffer an accident in the first battle, not only would it be difficult for him to return to the capital, but it would also be a devastating blow to the morale of the soldiers.

With its momentum waning, Dasheng is in grave danger!

Three days later, he heard the sound of horses' hooves accompanied by cheers as the young crown prince with a blue face and fangs held up the head of the Prince of Lu.

He said, "Those who offend Dasheng will be punished by Dasheng! Warriors of Dasheng, follow me to kill the enemy and protect the peace of our homeland."

"kill!"

The entire army was in a frenzy, and the soldiers were like oil being poured on a raging fire. Under his leadership, the Dasheng army drove back the State of Lu in one fell swoop.

Taking advantage of the internal strife and struggle for the throne in Lu, the crown prince, along with his elite guards, defeated the enemy one by one, eventually destroying the state of Lu.

Standing on the ruins of the royal court of Lu, he looked at the orderly Yilong Guards under the command of the Crown Prince and no longer dared to underestimate them.

At the victory celebration banquet, he apologized to the Crown Prince...

The Duke of Ningguo regained his composure, returned the Eclipse Moon Blade to Gui Yao, his throat tightening. "How can someone so small use such a large blade?"

Gui Yao didn't take the Eclipse Moon Blade, but she did respond to his words, "That's because they are still young and still growing."

The Duke of Ningguo froze, his heart pounding, his eyelids trembling violently. "Who exactly are you?"

That was the question he asked the owner of the Eclipse Moon Blade at the victory celebration banquet years ago.

Gui Yao was referring to what the Crown Prince had said at the time.

At that time, the crown prince was only fifteen years old. He destroyed the State of Lu in one battle and said those words. He felt that the future of Dasheng was promising, so he was deeply impressed.

But how does this girl know what the Crown Prince said back then?

Gui Yao slowly removed her mask, revealing her true face, and said, word by word, "I am Feng Baozhu, the eldest princess of the Dasheng Dynasty."

"He was also one of those who fought alongside the Duke during the war against Lu. Now, does Your Majesty still believe that I am unworthy to be the Heir Apparent of the Great Sheng?"

The Duke of Ningguo staggered a step, then leaned against the window and remained silent for a long time.

As a high-ranking official, he had naturally met Princess Baozhu. Although Princess Baozhu had not gone to Nanyao, her imposing manner and the words Gui Yao had just spoken could not be faked.

He thought of many things in an instant.

Gui Yao took out a pill from his spatial storage. "It was my fault that the Duke's emotions fluctuated so much tonight."

The Duke of Ningguo looked at the pill that smelled of herbs, then at Gui Yao, and at the familiar weapons scattered all over the ground.

Finally, he picked up the pills and asked Gui Yao his last question, "After this old minister leaves, will it be Your Highness and those children who truly conquer the various countries?"

After the fall of the State of Lu, news of the Crown Prince's achievements reached the court. The Duke of Zhenguo worried that the Crown Prince, having spent so much time with him, would become biased towards him, so he requested that additional forces from other factions be sent to the battlefield.

Seeing that the Duke of Zhenguo was becoming increasingly arrogant due to his grandson's merits, and also seeing that the Crown Prince was indeed capable, he used the excuse of recuperating from his injuries to return to the court to check and balance the Duke of Zhenguo.

Therefore, he did not participate in the subsequent battles. Those people were always fighting abroad and never came back. In his memory, they were still small in stature.

Gui Yao tugged at the corner of her mouth. "Five years of war, three years of peace, they are no longer children."

I promised them that once the war ended, they would be able to return to being women, living a life of comfort and enjoying peace and prosperity, but I broke my promise.

She reached out and stroked the Eclipse Moon Blade, lowering her voice, "Her name is Crimson Flame, one of the five commanders of the Five-Colored Army."

She was fourteen when she saved you, and she was taller than I am now. This knife is now in the possession of the Duke.

"One day, I will rescue them, and then Lord Duke will personally return the sword to Chi Yan, is that alright?"

On the surface, these words were about keeping the knife safe, but in reality, they were a question: were you willing to help her rescue her benefactor?

The Duke of Ningguo didn't ask any further questions about the fate of the Five-Colored Army. Having spent most of his life in officialdom, he knew that some things didn't need much explanation; he could guess most of them without even asking.

After a moment of silence, the Duke of Ningguo nodded emphatically.

Li Deshun personally helped Gui Yao manage the Changxiangsi (Longing for Love), and the Emperor's unusual behavior at the Xinshen Case probably indicated that he already knew about this person's identity.

Whether she is male or female, as long as she can truly bring peace to the world, she is beneficial to the court.

Seeing him nod, Gui Yao breathed a sigh of relief and looked out the window. "The Duke still has important matters to attend to at his residence, so I will take Wang Cigu with me."

Three days later, I will return to retrieve the little demon's life.

As she carried Wang Cirong out of the Ningguo Duke's mansion, wondering where to take her for interrogation, a disheveled figure came into view.

The emperor, dressed in his undergarments and with his hair disheveled, rushed toward her. Upon seeing her, he grabbed her sleeve and cried, "Zhuzhu, my daughter, save me!"