Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

Bai hesitated for a moment.

Actually, she was the one who really wanted to see the spectacle, but she always presented a weak and timid image in front of her husband. However, she had to see the ghost with her own eyes.

"After hearing the old woman's story, I felt very sorry for her."

After only a moment's hesitation, she made up her mind, grabbed her husband's sleeve, and said, "My lord, if she regains her identity and has her own name today, I want to make offerings to her so that she can have a better life in the underworld."

Master Zhang was about to refuse on behalf of his wife.

Hearing her words, he asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Bai slowly shook her head and said gently, "She was a pitiful person in life, she shouldn't be afraid."

Master Zhang's expression softened immediately. For decades, his wife had remained as kind as ever.

Since my wife wants to make offerings, she must want to see them, so let's grant her wish.

Bai gave a pitying smile and said to Gui Yao, "Thank you for your trouble, Miss."

"It was just something I did."

Gui Yao smiled faintly, "However, she has never done anything evil in her life. If she truly regains her identity and enters the underworld, she will be reincarnated into a good family immediately."

She gave Bai a meaningful look.

"Only those who do evil will remain in the underworld after death, to suffer the punishments of hell according to the laws of the underworld."

When Bai met her eyes, she inexplicably felt that the woman seemed to see through her, and she shrank back two steps behind Master Zhang.

Dissatisfied that his wife had been frightened, Master Zhang said, "Nonsense, shall we begin?"

The sooner it starts, the sooner it ends, so he can enjoy time with his wife and daughters.

Gui Yao turned his gaze to the Crown Prince, "We await the Crown Prince's instructions."

One sentence made the Crown Prince's face darken slightly.

It wasn't directed at Gui Yao, but rather at Zhang Erye.

He was summoned for important business, but he dragged his feet and brought his family along, treating this important matter like a family outing, completely disregarding the fact that he, the crown prince, was waiting for him.

Now, before the crown prince has even spoken, he's already issuing orders. When did this second uncle change?

Or did he never really understand him?

Master Zhang realized what was happening, but he had no intention of apologizing.

Outsiders don't know what the Crown Prince is really like, but his maternal grandfather and uncles know it all too well.

How can a crown prince who can't even go to the battlefield, can't even touch a woman, and has little real talent and learning govern the country in the future? He'll have to rely on the Zhang family for assistance.

Moreover, if it weren't for the Zhang family's thorough help over the years, the Crown Prince's secret might have been discovered long ago.

As the uncle, he had done a lot for his nephew, but it was just an unintentional remark, and the crown prince shouldn't hold it against him.

Seeing his expression, the Crown Prince's eyes gradually deepened. "Let's begin."

Gui Yao nodded. "The souls of the dead cannot bear the sun. I'll go get an umbrella."

The person holding the lantern, who was watching the commotion in the crowd, immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, there is an umbrella here."

A black oiled silk umbrella was presented to Gui Yao; it was prepared at Xiao Huaijin's instruction.

Gui Yao thanked him, opened his umbrella, and walked to the entrance of Xuanji Tower.

Aye's mother was already prepared. As soon as she opened the umbrella, she met Guiyao's gaze and walked out of the door.

All the people saw was Gui Yao shift her body to one side, her hand seemingly supporting something. Everyone stared wide-eyed, wondering if there really was a ghost.

Those whose Yin Eyes had been opened all showed expressions of shock.

Gui Yao pulled a figure out from the void.

The figure was dressed in tattered clothes, hunched over, with sunken eyes, so thin that he was just a skin hanging on a skeleton. His exposed fingers were thick and stiff, and his bare feet were covered with wounds.

The crown prince looked at his trusted eunuch, who shook his head, saying he couldn't see anything.

Suspicious, I wondered, could it really be a ghost?

Curious people have already asked the two warriors who have opened their eyes to see ghosts if there really are ghosts.

The two men's eyes were still fixed on the dead soul. They nodded vigorously, their faces filled with barely concealed excitement. Good heavens, there really are ghosts in this world!

They really saw a ghost! Seeing their reaction, everyone got excited and asked the two men to tell them what happened.

Gui Yao had already brought the spirit of the dead to the Crown Prince. "This is Your Highness. Tell His Highness what grievances you have, and His Highness will seek justice for you."

By the time Master Zhang arrived, Aye's mother had already been taught many times by Maodan. She knelt down with a thud and sobbed, "Your Highness, please save my son."

As he knelt, the crown prince heard the sound of bones hitting the ground.

Too thin.

Whether it's a real ghost or a person in disguise, its skeletal frame is truly pitiful.

He didn't even care why the voice sounded different anymore. "Get up and talk to me. And what's wrong with your son?"

All I heard was wailing that her son's leg had been broken; nothing else was mentioned.

Aye's mother then appeared to Aye in a dream after her death. Aye was controlled by the village and relied on staying up all night to secretly go into the mountains to chop firewood and hunt, and then cross mountains and valleys to sell to the county.

He secretly saved up for five years to afford the journey, and then he climbed out of the mountains and made his way to the capital. He told us how difficult it was for him, but when he arrived in the capital, he was hunted down and was covered in wounds, and even had maggots growing on his body.

"If my son hadn't been lucky enough to find Xuanji Tower, and if the princess hadn't been kind enough to find a doctor for him, my son would be a dead soul like me now."

Tears streamed uncontrollably from her cloudy eyes; she was truly heartbroken at the thought of her son.

"Your Highness fought for five years to free the people of Dasheng from the bullying of other countries, but poor people like my son are struggling to escape from the hands of the Dasheng people."

What wrong did he do?

If I'm wrong, it's because this old woman was unlucky in love, marrying him a beastly father, sob sob sob…”

Gui Yao held an umbrella in one hand and used her spiritual power in her sleeve with the other.

Those who had not opened their Yin Eyes saw the wind begin to rise between heaven and earth, and a mournful and desperate wail came from the wind, which was inexplicably heart-wrenching.

Aye's mother looked up at the Crown Prince and said, "I have suffered so much, and I only consider it the price of my blindness. But I am not reconciled. I am not reconciled that they have treated me so badly and even harmed my son. I beg Your Highness to save him."

She bowed down and kowtowed to the Crown Prince while crying.

The onlookers, hearing the two warriors' account as if watching a live broadcast, felt both anger and sympathy, and spoke up for the deceased, urging the prince to thoroughly investigate the villains.

The prince was born into wealth and privilege, but the greatest suffering he ever endured was falling into a latrine and developing that ailment. Hearing the ghost's lament, he was somewhat moved.

He raised his hand to quiet the crowd and asked, "Where is your son now?"

Gui Yao said, "He couldn't enter Xuanji Tower, so I arranged for him to stay at Prince Jin's restaurant."

She looked at the person holding the lamp and said, "Bring A-Ye over here."

The Crown Prince glanced at the Imperial Guards, who, upon hearing this, hurriedly followed and lit the lanterns.

Bai, standing to the side, suddenly clenched her fingers.

Gui Yao led out the spirit of the dead, and seeing that it wasn't the person she was worried about, she felt relieved and watched the spectacle with peace of mind.

She even wiped her eyes, which filled Master Zhang with tenderness. He whispered in her ear, "Madam is really worried about her. We'll burn more paper money later. Don't let her cry herself sick."

The handkerchief was dry; there were no tears on it. All she wanted was to control a man's heart.

Her methods worked perfectly on Master Zhang, and a smug smile curved her lips beneath the handkerchief.

But as the ghosts cried out, her smile slowly froze on her face until Gui Yao uttered the name A Ye.

Her heart sank completely.

She was very familiar with the name Aye; in fact, she was the one who gave him the name.

A bastard, so it's natural for his name to include the word "bastard".

She merely slipped a tael of silver through her fingers to the village chief, and the village chief then led the entire village to call that bastard Ah Ye "Ah Ye" for decades.

Some time ago, the village chief sent word that the bastard had run away. She guessed that he must have come to the capital, so she hired two local ruffians to guard the city gate.

Unexpectedly, the bastard child was incredibly lucky. Not only did he escape the assassination attempt, he also went into hiding completely, and the local thugs couldn't find him anywhere.

Fearing that the investigation would find her, she had the two thugs killed and planned to find two more capable men to continue searching for her illegitimate child.

Hearing rumors of ghosts lamenting their fates in Xuanji Tower, he became suspicious and persuaded his daughter to come and see what was going on.

Her gaze shifted to the departed soul. She couldn't see any trace of the deceased on the soul, but she was all too familiar with that story and that name.

"Ahem!"

Bai suddenly coughed twice.

Master Zhang quickly helped her up, his face full of concern. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Perhaps the wind carried something, my nose and throat feel a little uncomfortable."

"Then I'll have someone take you home first."

Master Zhang made a gesture as if to give instructions to his servants.

Bai shook her head, hung a handkerchief over her face, covering half of it, and said, "It's not appropriate to leave now. I'll bear with it."

If this Ah Ye really is that bastard, she can't leave. Only by being there can she better control the situation.

Gui Yao looked at the two of them, "General Zhang and his wife are deeply in love. I have some medical knowledge; would you like me to examine the wife?"

With just one sentence, everyone's attention was drawn to Master Zhang and Madam Bai.