Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

"Princess, please find out the real cause of my mother's death."

Chai Shiyue, the daughter of the wet nurse Chai, knelt before Gui Yao.

"My mother went to the mass grave today to offer alms to the wandering souls. She does this every year, praying that the wandering souls of the ten directions will help her find my brother soon."

Gui Yao bent down to help Chai Shiyue, who was visibly pregnant, to her feet. "Why did you go to the mass grave to pray?"

Ordinary people usually go to temples.

"My mother has been searching for my brother all these years. She went to temples, city god temples, earth god temples, mass burial grounds, and every place she could pray to."

Chai Shiyue carefully cradled her stomach, her eyes red and swollen, and said, "She hasn't found her brother yet, she couldn't have committed suicide."

Zhao Mingyue also said, "Previously, the wet nurse wanted to go to Xuanji Tower, but she was not the one destined for it, so I didn't mention it to you."

She took care of me for decades, and her death was so sudden. I can't rest until I understand why. Yaoyao, please help me.

The fact that the wet nurse's daughter shared the same given name as the mistress of the house, and that she didn't change her name, shows that the house treated the Chai family mother and daughter very well.

Gui Yao nodded. "Okay."

The wet nurse was not the destined person of Xuanji Tower, but Shiyue was; she possessed the power of a vow.

Furthermore, she was pregnant, and usually, in a situation like her daughter's, the mother would not commit suicide unless absolutely necessary.

There is definitely something fishy about this.

Shiyue worked for Zhao Mingyue and knew some of the rules of Xuanji Tower. When Guiyao agreed, she guessed that she was the one destined for her, and immediately knelt down to Guiyao again.

"Thank you, Princess. Could you please help me find my brother? I want to fulfill my mother's wish so that she can rest in peace in the afterlife."

Now that her mother is gone, her brother is her only remaining relative from her maternal family.

Gui Yao supported her, his eyes filled with compassion. "There's no need to kneel. Since you are the destined one of Xuanji Tower, Xuanji Tower will grant your wish."

She gazed at Shiyue, her black pupils gradually fading, and a bright yellow light spreading from the depths of her eyes. In an instant, Guiyao's eyes transformed into a pair of dazzling golden pearls, emitting a brilliant light.

Gui Yao was slightly taken aback by the golden light before her. After three years of collecting wish power by forming a pact with others, this was the first time her eyes had turned yellow during the pact.

Is there something different about this commission?

A moment of doubt crossed his mind, but he quickly dismissed his thoughts.

The power of the vows within Shiyue seemed to have found its master, slowly flowing towards Guiyao.

The deal is done!

The golden light in Gui Yao's eyes faded, returning to its clear black and white. She began to gather clues. "How much do you know about your brother?"

Whether it was a misperception or not, Chai Shiyue felt that she had developed a lot more trust in Gui Yao after forming a pact.

He truthfully said, "If my brother were alive, he would be forty-one years old this year, born at midnight on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the Ghost Festival. He would have a red birthmark on the back of his neck."

My mother was from Shuzhou. After her maternal grandparents passed away, she came to the capital to stay with her fiancé, who was also my brother's father.

Gui Yao's eyelashes fluttered slightly. The brother and sister did not have the same father, meaning that their wet nurse had two men in her life. This was a clue that Gui Yao kept in mind.

As Shiyue continued, "After my brother was born, my mother's husband's family suffered one misfortune after another, leaving only her and her son."

The neighbors all say that my brother was born on the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, and that he has come to collect debts, bring misfortune to his family, and will also cause trouble for the neighbors. He is also very unkind to my mother.

The mother was not originally from the capital. Being unfamiliar with the city and its people, and being treated this way by her neighbors, she sold the house and took her newborn son back to her hometown in Shuzhou. It was on the way back to Shuzhou that her son was lost.

After searching for many years, her mother found a clue that her brother might be in the capital, so she returned to the capital as well.

Since she was Mingyue's wet nurse, she must have had a child before coming to the Zhao family.

Gui Yao had met the wet nurse, Chai Shi, several times and knew that she had been living in the Zhao family. However, if she remarried and gave birth to Shi Yue, she would have a husband's family.

So I asked, "And who is your father?"

Shiyue shook her head. "I was born without a father, and my mother never mentions him."

This is where the story begins; behind each story may lie the true cause of Chai's death.

Gui Yao continued, "How old are you this year?"

"She's the same age as me, twenty-four this year."

Zhao Mingyue added something that Shiyue hadn't mentioned.

"My mother rescued the wet nurse in the suburbs of Beijing. It was the dead of October, and she was giving birth in a dilapidated temple wearing only a single layer of clothing."

My mother was also pregnant, and seeing this, she couldn't bear it, so she hired a midwife, and my daughter was born.

The wet nurse, grateful to my mother for saving her life, asked her to name the child. My mother, learning that the mother and daughter had nowhere to go, took them home and named the child Shiyue (拾月).

Later, her mother developed health problems after childbirth and was unable to take care of her. The wet nurse they hired also spoiled her by overfeeding her.

Unfortunately, her father went to another place to make a living, and her mother couldn't find a suitable wet nurse for a while.

Out of gratitude, Chai sold herself into slavery to become Zhao Mingyue's wet nurse, but Shiyue was free. She had grown up with Zhao Mingyue since childhood, and the two were like sisters.

When Zhao Mingyue married into the Tong family, Shiyue couldn't bear to part with Chai Shi and Mingyue, so she also went to the Tong family.

However, she was born beautiful, and on her first day in the Tong family, she caught the eye of Marquis Cheng'an, who wanted to take her as a concubine.

Zhao Mingyue couldn't bear to make Shiyue a concubine, so she had her father send Shiyue to work at a shop in another city overnight.

After Zhao's father was killed, Shi Yue secretly returned to the capital and disguised herself as a man to help Zhao Mingyue manage her business.

"Shiyue had someone she liked, but because she was helping me manage my business, she was delayed for many years. After I left the Tong family, I arranged for the two of them to get married."

Her husband's family treated Shiyue extremely well, and she became pregnant just one month after the marriage, much to the delight of her wet nurse.

Everything was going well, so how could the wet nurse have committed suicide?

"But I asked Lord Zang to help investigate, and he ruled out homicide."

Gui Yao nodded. She also examined the wet nurse's body and found no signs of manipulation by evil magic.

Shiyue is seventeen years younger than her brother and doesn't know anything about their biological father. "Do you know what your wet nurse experienced during those seventeen years from when she left the capital to when she returned?"

Shiyue shook her head. "When I was little, I asked her, and she said her mother would cry."

She never asked again.

Zhao Mingyue also shook her head, but added, "The wet nurse rarely shows her face in public, and she avoids guests when they come to the house."

When I was little, I thought she didn't want to see her former neighbors, but after she married into the Tong family, she still didn't want to go out with me. I think what she really wanted to avoid were the powerful and influential people in the capital.

After marrying into the Tong family, as the daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Cheng'an, she inevitably had to attend banquets in the capital. Her wet nurse was always very nervous, fearing that she would have to accompany her.

At other times, the wet nurse loved her very much, which is why she made this guess.

Gui Yao became more and more confused as she listened. A woman who married an ordinary man, whose husband's family had all died, returned to the capital after seventeen years, but had to avoid the powerful and influential people in the capital.

She asked as many questions as possible, but Shiyue and Mingyue knew very little about Chai Shi.

This kind of thing can't be found out in a short time. After inquiring about the situation, Gui Yao bid farewell for two months and went directly to the palace.

When the emperor learned that she wanted to establish a girls' school, he said, "Go ahead and do it. The singing and dancing club you proposed earlier is progressing well."

The palace took out some old items and exchanged them for a lot of money, which can be used to set up a school for you.

Teaching women to read and write, and other skills to make a living, also benefits the people; it's about teaching a man to fish, not just giving him a fish. This is the original intention of the singing and dancing association. Let De Shun help you.

"I do need De Shun, but that's not a matter for the school."

Gui Yao smiled and said, "I want to help Shen Feiwan get a divorce and let her stay at the school as a female teacher. I would like to ask De Shun to help me with this."

The emperor looked at Deshun, who quickly came over and said, "If Your Highness has any instructions, this old servant will send someone to carry them out immediately."

He dared not accept a single word of invitation from his young master.

Shen Feiwan's husband's family are officials stationed abroad, so with Deshun's help, there shouldn't be any problems. Gui Yao smiled and said, "Thank you, Deshun. I'll send you a gift later."

Li Deshun grinned from ear to ear. He didn't say he didn't want it; the young master's gifts were all expressions of his heartfelt affection for him. He hadn't accepted any gifts for three years.

The emperor was jealous. "Only he has it, but your father doesn't?"

"Of course he has a father."

Gui Yao channeled her spiritual energy into her fingers, massaging the emperor's shoulders. "Your subject has made up her mind. In order not to add to Father's burden, the girls' school will be opened in the mansion that Father bestowed upon your subject."

"The house is still under renovation, so let Shen Ze handle this matter, okay?"

The emperor's stiff shoulders and neck, which had been stiff from sitting for long periods of time, immediately relaxed, and his majestic eyes curved into a smile.

"The house is yours now that it's been given to you, so you can make the decisions. But, are you trying to promote Shen Ze?"

The Duke of Yue was both stupid and wicked, so the emperor was still somewhat wary of Shen Ze.

"Your subject intends to test his abilities and character. If he is good, then he will be given to Father Emperor to use."

If she proves useless, it's not her fault; at most, she can protect the Shen family from being bullied in the future.

The emperor smiled, "Then I thank you very much, Zhuzhu."

Having been lost and found again, and with his daughter still thinking of him in everything as before, the emperor felt he had no reason to object to her.

Gui Yao felt as if the father and daughter had returned to the past, so she told her about how Mi Po sacrificed herself to help her repair her soul.