Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

Clearly, the prince's attempt had failed again.

Gui Yao arrived at Prince Jin's residence late at night and slept soundly in the prince's arms.

With the beauty in his arms, Xiao Huaijin couldn't bear to wake her.

Therefore, the Crown Prince waited outside the Xuanji Tower until mid-morning, but no one came out. So he ordered the eunuch, "Call someone."

By the end of June, the weather was already unbearably hot, and the little eunuch standing outside the carriage felt like his skin was peeling from the sun.

Upon hearing this, she hurriedly shouted, "His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived! Princess Xuanji, please come out of the building to meet him..."

The calls grew louder and louder, but Guiyao's figure was nowhere to be seen.

Mao Dan had been keeping watch over the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion last night and only returned to Xuanji Tower this morning. He took a bath to wash off the black paint on his body and had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by these sharp screams.

Before it could even process what was happening, Caiyu was already in a frenzy. When it flew to the gate tower and saw that it was the Crown Prince's entourage, its anger flared even more, and it wished it could give the Crown Prince a good dressing down.

But it is a rational bird; speaking disrespectfully to the crown prince would invite the censor to impeach its master.

Therefore, it cleared its throat and produced a somewhat old and hoarse voice, as if it were faintly heard from underground through the soil.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. The princess sent the departed soul to the underworld, and it has not yet returned home."

If you're so capable, go and search for me in the underworld.

"How dare you!"

The young eunuch shouted, "Who are you? The Crown Prince himself has come! Come before me at once and answer my questions!"

Ah Ye's mother peeked through the crack in the door and saw the little eunuch's gloomy face. She shuddered in fright, "How fierce, how terrifying."

Mao Dan's Yin Eyes were opened last time and have not been closed, so he can see the spirits of the dead and hear what they are saying.

The bird's eyes darted around. "This old woman is a wisp of a dead soul that the princess kindly took in. Right now, the sun is blazing, and once she leaves Xuanji Tower, her soul will be scattered. Please, Your Highness, have mercy."

The eunuch's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously looked at the carriage.

He's never had any experience dealing with ghosts in his life.

The crown prince secretly rolled his eyes.

Did he have dealings with ghosts before?

However, he didn't quite believe that the speaker was a ghost, so he looked at the guard beside him. The guard understood and shouted, "Don't play tricks in front of the Crown Prince!"

"The old woman is innocent!"

Mao Dan stood inside the gatehouse, speaking in a terrified voice, "Humans and ghosts are different, and this old woman should not speak, but there is no one in the building, and I am afraid that the Crown Prince will have to wait too long, so I kindly told him."

It glanced at Aye's mother and cried, "Besides that, I also have some selfish motives. I was originally a noblewoman from a high family, but I was plotted against by my husband and have lived a miserable life. I would like to ask Your Highness to uphold justice for me."

The ghost asked Mao Dan in surprise, "Can someone help inside that sedan chair?"

Mao Dan and Gui Yao are of one mind, and Mao Dan is conveying what is happening here to Gui Yao.

Upon hearing the words of the departed spirit, it spat.

"Help me my foot! You're an ungrateful wretch."

"Then why did you say you wanted his help?"

With its wings tucked behind its back, Mao Dan paced back and forth on the gatehouse. "He's keeping me awake. Can't I even walk him around and play with him?"

Before Aye's mother could figure it out, she heard Maodan's desperate cries, "Your Highness, are you not speaking because you think this old woman is a ghost and you refuse to help?"

But the old woman died unjustly. Her husband had an affair with another woman, murdered his wife, and didn't even want his own flesh and blood. The old woman's suffering over the past few decades was all blood and tears.

Everyone says you are a benevolent crown prince, so why don't you help this old woman...?

Although Xuanji Tower is located in a remote area, Xiao Huaijin built a restaurant there. In addition, the last case of the Mind God made Xuanji Tower famous, and curious people always came to stroll around.

As the pitiful cries of the pesky pesky rang out, they gradually attracted many people to stop and watch.

The prince's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He had come to cause trouble for Gui Yao, but instead of seeing her, trouble had come his way.

A crowd has already gathered, and in order to maintain his previous image of wisdom, he has no choice but to speak out.

"I can't tell the truth from your one-sided story. I'll summon your husband and confront him to you face to face."

"This is the old woman's suffering. She was tortured and her mind was damaged. She can't remember anything."

Mao Dan Yu Chi patted his chest, crying his heart out in a heart-wrenching, utterly tragic way.

"If she could remember her identity, the old woman wouldn't have been imprisoned for her whole life, starving and freezing, suffering endless torment."

Living like livestock, and after death without incense offerings, I'll be tormented by evil spirits. Waaah, my life is so miserable...

When the people learned that the voice belonged to a ghost, they were all startled, but they couldn't resist their curiosity.

Someone mustered up the courage to ask, "Are you really a ghost?"

"Waaaaah, it's the real deal! Who would choose to be a ghost if they could be a human? My only wish now is for those who harmed me to be punished..."

Mao Dan originally intended to amuse himself by teasing the prince, but he never expected it to attract so many onlookers. What should he do now?

It desperately called for its owner.

Gui Yao's anklets kept ringing, so she had no choice but to get dressed and get up.

Xiao Huaijin got up as well, "What's wrong?"

"The Crown Prince went to Xuanji Tower."

Gui Yao laughed, "Mao Dan is pretending to be a ghost to scare him. Now there are many people gathered around, and it doesn't know whether it should reveal some things."

"I'll go with you."

Xiao Huaijin quickly dressed.

"You really can't come with me today."

Gui Yao told Mao Dan about her trip to the underworld.

Xiao Huaijin sighed, "Then I'll go later."

After agreeing on their plans, they washed up and had brunch served. Gui Yao quickly drank a bowl of porridge and said, "I have to go."

Otherwise, Mao Dan would get anxious.

"princess."

He hesitated, then gripped the food box tightly in his hand. "You..."

Gui Yao raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

Xiao Huaijin suddenly realized something, "Could it be a contraceptive soup?"

They lit the lamps and nodded.

He waved his hand, "Take it away, there's no need to prepare these in the future."

The man with the lamp was shocked, and then looked at Xiao Huaijin as if he were a scumbag.

Was she wrong?

The prince actually wanted to get the princess pregnant before the wedding?

Seeing that she rarely showed her emotions, Gui Yao understood what was going on. He put his arm around her shoulder and led her outside, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness has already eaten."

"Your Highness, please eat..."

You're confused, isn't contraceptive soup for women?

Gui Yao smiled, "There are versions for men to take."

She was supposed to drink the contraceptive soup last night, but Xiao Huaijin said that the contraceptive soup was bad for a woman's health, and that he had already taken the medicine and would not have any children for the next two years.

The medicine was purchased from the imperial physician of the Dasheng dynasty, but the local physician was unaware of this, so when he went to get the medicine with a lantern, the physician did not stop him.

Gui Yao didn't say much to Zhao Deng, and used his lightness skill to hurry to Xuanji Tower.

Outside Xuanji Tower, the Crown Prince was being carried away, unable to leave or stay. In front of the people, he could no longer hide in the carriage.

The Yilong Guards brought him a chair and placed a canopy over it to sit outside the Xuanji Tower. However, he could still smell the sweat emanating from everyone under the scorching sun, as well as the smell of the earth on the ground.

Why did he come to Xuanji Tower?

On the surface, he remained calm and composed, but in his heart, he had cursed Hei Pao and Gui Yao countless times.

He felt as if many insects were crawling into his nasal cavity and throat through the air, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

But the crying continued unabated.

"That heartless man disregarded my pregnancy and, together with his lover, beat me up in the wilderness. When I crawled to a nearby village for help, he bribed the village chief to trap me in the mountain village."

For the sake of my unborn child, I learned farming and washing to survive while heavily pregnant. I finally endured until delivery, but they had the village midwife deliberately torture me, even breaking my son's leg. My poor son, he was born lame.

Mao Dan cried so hard he beat his chest and stamped his feet.

The master replied that they should follow A-Ye's story and make it up, as long as it didn't deviate from the main plot, the more tragic the better.

"Your Highness, though I am now a ghost, I was a human being before I died, one of your subjects! You cannot abandon me; I have suffered a great injustice..."

Many common people, especially women, were moved to tears by her cries and spoke up for her, begging the prince to help her seek justice.

Some people wanted to burn paper money for the deceased, and Mao Dan cried even harder, "Thank you for your kindness, but I am nameless. I won't receive the paper money you burn. I'm hungry every day as a human, and I'm hungry as a ghost too, sob sob sob..."

This caused everyone to wipe away their tears even more frequently, and this was the scene that Gui Yao witnessed when he arrived.

Someone spotted her and shouted, "Princess Xuanji is back!"

The crown prince instinctively wanted to stand up, but his dignity as the heir apparent made him hold back.

Gui Yao stepped forward and bowed respectfully. "I was delayed in the underworld for some time and was unaware of Your Highness's visit. I am truly sorry."

Those who had initially doubted her going to the underworld now completely believed Mao Dan's words.

The voice remained inside the room, while Gui Yao appeared outside Xuanji Tower. They couldn't have coordinated beforehand, yet their accounts were consistent, indicating it was the truth.

The prince scrutinized her, asking, "What is the underworld like?"

He still didn't believe it.

Gui Yao smiled, "Well-organized, with clear rewards and punishments."

"And what about that nameless person in your building? What will happen to them in the underworld?"

"The Mirror of Karma can reveal one's life story, but the karma of the dead in the mortal world is not yet settled, and the departed souls are still attached to their past and unwilling to enter the underworld."

However, her past is not found in the Mirror of Retribution.

Gui Yao moved her ankle slightly, her expression serious. "Does Your Highness wish to see her?"

Inside the building, Mao Dan received the message and hurriedly said to A Ye's mother, "Revert to your appearance before you died, or even worse, so that the useless prince can get justice for you."

A-Ye's mother, who was crying her heart out because of Mao-Dan, heard this and said, "Didn't you say he was a good-for-nothing?"

She remembered that the bird had just said that the prince couldn't help her.

Mao Dan nodded, "He's useless, but his master isn't."

Master, this is a laborer delivered to our door, so why not use it? If the Crown Prince can't even handle this little thing, how can he maintain his image of being wise and mighty?

He has to give it his all for this.

Mao Dan chuckled twice, then leisurely flew back into the house to drink water. After howling for so long, its throat was practically burning.

Outside the Xuanji Tower, the Crown Prince met Gui Yao's gently smiling eyes and suddenly had a bad feeling.