Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

When Yang and the others returned to the Duke of Yue's mansion, Shen Ze asked, "Grandmother, the imperial court wants to take back this house."

"My grandson is only a fifth-rank official at the moment, and the newly purchased house shouldn't be too large. I'm afraid the family won't be as comfortable as before. Does Grandmother have any plans?"

Secretly, she didn't want Yang to come along, lest she use her mother-in-law's attitude to torment her mother.

Without a second thought, Yang replied, "We are family, so I will naturally live with you."

Her son was gone, and she was no longer the old lady of the Duke of Yue, but her daughter-in-law was still there, and her grandson's official position was still there.

Even with them, she remained the matriarch of the Shen family, still the one in charge.

Although Shen Ze already knew that she was not his biological grandmother, she was the legal wife of the old Duke and a legitimate elder in the Shen family.

Shen Ze was bound by filial piety and dared not be disrespectful to her, but once they lived separately, he was afraid they would really not take care of her anymore.

Shen Ze was a little disappointed, but not so surprised. "Then Grandmother, please pack your things quickly, and we'll move out today."

When they left the palace, the team that was confiscating their property also set off. In order not to attract attention, they should leave their houses empty today.

Madam Yang had no objection to this. She looked at Shen Feiwan and said, "You help your mother."

She got into a carriage as soon as she left the palace, and no one said anything to her, so she still doesn't know what Shen Feiwan said in the palace.

"Listen to your mother."

Shen Feiwan smiled at his nephew, then affectionately took Yang's arm, his attitude very respectful.

She formed a pact with Gui Yao, hoping that Gui Yao could help her avenge her birth mother while protecting her sister-in-law and nephew.

Gui Yao has kept his promises to the previous ones, and now only Yang Shi remains. Gui Yao will surely keep his promise as well.

She had to stay by Yang's side and wait for Gui Yao to appear.

Unaware of her thoughts, and seeing her submissive demeanor, Madam Yang asked, "Why are you being so obedient today?"

She raised Lianmi's son so that she would have a son to rely on, but the old Duke also registered Shen Feiwan under her name and made her his legitimate daughter.

She disliked Lianmi, and naturally wouldn't like Lianmi's children either, but with the old Duke around before, she didn't dare to act rashly.

After the old Duke died, she wrote to Shen Feiwan, asking her to witness Lianmi's death and deliberately revealing her background.

She had intended to provoke Shen Feiwan into disrespecting her, so that the Duke of Yue would punish her.

Unexpectedly, Shen Feiwan was quite tolerant.

This year, Shen Feiwan suddenly returned. She guessed that Shen Feiwan wanted revenge, and she had been on guard, planning to wait for Shen Feiwan to return.

Unexpectedly, a tragedy struck her family. Now that her son is gone, there is no one to deal with Shen Feiwan for her.

She could only keep Shen Feiwan by her side for the time being, not giving her time to plot. Once she was settled, she would contact the Duke of Zhenguo and ask him to kill Shen Feiwan to eliminate any future troubles.

Shen Feiwan looked panicked. "My brother is gone. Now, I only have you left."

Killing you will avenge my great grudge.

Yang was skeptical of these words, but her face showed a sorrowful expression as she said, "Your brother is really muddle-headed, and it's also because I spoiled him too much, alas..."

She sighed deeply, uttered a few more hypocritical words, and then, feigning illness, planned to have her confidant take Shen Feiwan to pack her things.

Upon learning that her trusted confidante had been beaten to death by Wang, her expression immediately turned fierce.

"She has such audacity, daring to even touch my own people. There is no one else in the entire capital as unfilial as her."

"Someone, summon her here. I want to ask her if she intends to punish even me."

"Mother."

Shen Feiwan stopped her, "Moving is the priority right now. If we make a big fuss and someone gets a handle on us, His Majesty will be angry and punish us, which would be a huge loss."

Hearing this, Madam Yang snorted and lay back down on the bed.

I'll spare Wang this time. Don't think that just because the Duke of Yue is gone, she can't deal with her.

Seeing that she was still arrogant, Shen Feiwan guessed that she must have someone backing her up.

Considering that the Duke of Yue mentioned that Yang was involved with sorcery, could this be her reliance?

Should we send someone to inform Gui Yao?

The thought had just crossed her mind when the servant beside her suddenly collapsed to the ground. She turned her head and saw Gui Yao, dressed in white, slowly lowering his sleeves.

She exclaimed with delight, "You've come..."

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"Shh!"

Gui Yao put her finger to her lips and shushed her. She had already walked to Yang's bedside and knocked her unconscious with a flick of her wrist.

Picking the man up, she said to Shen Feiwan, "If you want to take revenge yourself, come find me at the mass grave outside the city."

Having said that, he picked up Yang and left.

After a moment's thought, Shen Feiwan hurried to Wang's courtyard.

In Wang's room, Shen Ze was talking to his mother and younger siblings about what happened in the palace that day. He heard her say that Gui Yao had taken Yang away.

Shen Ze pondered for a moment and said, "It must have been His Majesty's instruction. Father has no secrets from Grandmother. Even if Grandmother was not involved in what happened thirteen years ago, she must have known about it."

Moreover, before his death, his father mentioned that his grandmother had helped harm Princess Baozhu, but His Majesty allowed her to return to the palace.

I suspect His Majesty is not in a position to publicly punish her at this time, which is why he ordered Gui Yao to carry out the execution in private.

Wang agreed with her eldest son's statement. She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, "When we move later, we'll use a sedan chair to carry you out of the mansion. Just say that your grandmother is ill and can't stand the wind."

In a few days, find another woman of similar build to her and send her out of the city. Tell her that she feels guilty for failing to raise her son properly, is ashamed to remain in the capital, and wants to travel to clear her mind.

Since Gui Yao has taken the person away, I'm afraid there won't be any remains to be returned. If they are, Yang Shi will have no sons left, and Shen Ze, her eldest grandson, will have to observe mourning for her.

The Shen family's future depends entirely on Shen Ze; how could they possibly bear any burden? Besides, how could Yang Shi be worthy of Shen Ze delaying his future?

Shen Feiwan agreed with her sister-in-law's decision, "Then you pack your things first, I'll leave the city now."

She had prepared igniter powder and strong liquor in her room, and she had no intention of giving Yang a proper burial.

Gui Yao took the person to the mass grave, presumably with the same idea in mind.

As she expected, Gui Yao took her to the mass grave and tied her to a large tree.

Then he took out a dagger and began peeling off Yang's face without saying a word.

Yang was awakened by the pain.

"Ah, what are you going to do?"

Gui Yao continued, "You had Princess Baozhu's face peeled off, so you must be familiar with this matter."

A sharp pain shot through her face, and Yang cried out, "I didn't... I'm innocent... Someone... Help me..."

However, Gui Yao set up a barrier around the area, so outsiders could neither hear nor see it.

Gui Yao sprinkled some hemostatic powder on the wound and continued to use the dagger to cut open the flesh on Yang's face.

"Luo Xuanxu is still alive, isn't he?"

When investigating Princess Chengle, she discovered that Luo Xuanshu was a womanizer.

If Yang kept actors when she was young and was still not proper in her old age, then she was probably not content during the years she was neglected after marriage.

Upon learning that Yang was working for the fake princess, she suspected that the Luo family was behind it.

But the Emperor said that apart from Luo Xuanshu, there were few truly capable people in the Luo family, which is why he didn't exterminate the Luo family back then.

Judging from the incidents that occurred at the ghost market, they are capable.

She boldly speculated that Yang and Luo Xuanshu had an affair, and that Luo Xuanshu had either committed suicide but then returned to life or possessed another's body.

Yang's face twitched violently, whether from guilt or pain, it was hard to tell.

"I...I don't know who you're talking about, ah..."

The dagger pierced Yang's eye, and the intense pain caused her to let out a piercing scream, startling a whole tree of crows into flight.

Gui Yao forcefully stirred the dagger in Yang's eye socket. "If you don't confess, you can forget about that eye, and I'll gouge out your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys for you to see. Oh, and I'll cut out your tongue too..."

"don't want."

Yang, who was afraid of death and had been pampered for many years, was frightened when she heard this and hurriedly said, "I said, he is indeed alive, but I don't know where he is."

Gui Yao's eyes flickered slightly. Yang was alright. Was it because the Duke of Zhenguo hadn't placed any forbidden spells on her, or because the forbidden spells didn't include information about Luo Xuanshu?

"After Baozhu was drugged by the Empress, she fell into your hands, and you peeled off her face."

Gui Yao took out another dagger, lifted Yang's chin, and asked, "Besides that, what else did you do to Baozhu?"

"no."

Yang's unharmed eye stared nervously at the dagger in Gui Yao's hand, shaking her head desperately, "I didn't touch her, really."

Is this all alright?

Gui Yao's eyes narrowed slightly as she continued, "So, after you peeled off your face, you handed the pearl over to the Duke of Zhenguo?"

"Yes……"

Yang's breathing became rapid. Gui Yao narrowed her eyes and immediately changed the subject, "What does Luo Xuanshu look like now?"

"I have no idea."

Ms. Yang shook her head, the suffocating feeling in her chest gradually dissipating. "After he committed suicide, we only corresponded by letter. I never met him."

Seeing this, Gui Yao continued peeling Yang's face, realizing that the forbidden technique was not from Luo Xuanshu.

That must have been made by the Black Robe, because those under the forbidden spell cannot betray the secrets of the Black Robe and the Duke of Zhenguo.

"I'll tell you whatever you ask, please stop..."

Yang was in so much pain that she writhed like a maggot.

Gui Yao smiled, "Then let's talk about Luo Xuanshu."

She was also entrusting Yang's life to Shen Feiwan, and wouldn't let her die easily.

When Shen Feiwan arrived, Yang had already fainted from the pain of having her face peeled off, while Gui Yao was resting on a tree branch with her legs crossed.

Noticing her approach, Gui Yao broke the barrier.

"finally found you."

Shen Feiwan came alone. When she saw Gui Yao, she was about to lift her skirt and step forward when suddenly, a dark figure appeared in front of her, accompanied by a cold glint...