Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

"You're spouting nonsense!"

Ji Linchuan's face was gloomy and terrifying.

"And what about today?"

Gui Yao glanced at him indifferently.

"It was your suggestion to come to the village, it was your suggestion to bring fewer servants, and it was she who guided the children to climb the tree."

Gui Yao pointed at Lü Qiao, "Previously, the Princess Consort said she didn't know when the Prince of Shu took away her Soul-Swapping Incense..."

She crouched down, lifted Lü Qiao's chin, and said, "The Soul-Swapping Incense wasn't taken by the Prince of Shu; you secretly sent it to Ji Linchuan, didn't you?"

After discovering that Ji Linchuan was lying, she and Mao Dan took turns keeping watch from the shadows.

This maid and Ji Linchuan interacted very well, suggesting they had been in cahoots for many years.

"You are the eyes that Ji Linchuan placed beside the Princess Consort."

Gui Yao spoke slowly and calmly, her tone not loud, but Lü Qiao felt that her aura was even more terrifying than Ji Linchuan's.

But admitting it has even worse consequences: "Innocent... ah..."

The next instant, Gui Yao tossed her up and she landed directly on the tallest magnolia tree, its branches swaying.

Green Fairy's face turned deathly pale as she clung tightly to the branch, but the branch was thin and slender, and it was only a matter of time before it broke if she kept swaying like that.

Gui Yao clapped her hands and slowly stood up. "Since there's no truth to it, I'm too lazy to listen."

She turned to look at the Princess Consort, "She and Ji Linchuan have been colluding for a long time. You are a party involved, so you should know the truth of the matter after thinking it over."

Talking is tiring too. Letting the princess figure things out herself is more convincing than telling her.

The Princess Consort stared intently at Ji Linchuan. "When did this begin? Or have you been lying to me from the very beginning?"

"I don't."

Ji Linchuan stiffened his neck.

"It's normal for children to be naughty, I know you're terrified, but this was an accident. Do you prefer to believe outsiders rather than me?"

"But you told me about the Ghost Market, and you repeatedly wrote to me about the Prince of Shu and Qi Yu's unrequited love, as well as their kindness to me."

When the news of your tragic death arrived, the handkerchief bearing our blood oath of life and death appeared before me the very next day.

At the time, Lü Qiao said that she was packing her things and accidentally found it.

She was so engrossed in her lover's tragic death that she had no suspicion of Lü Qiao, only feeling guilty for failing to keep her promise to die with him.

"When I resolved to go to the Yellow Springs with you, Lü Qiao advised me to live well and not to betray the kindness of the Prince of Shu."

The Princess Consort looked at Ji Linchuan and then at Lü Qiao. "One of you is my fiancé since childhood, and the other is a maid who has served me since I was a child."

No one in this world understands me better than you. You know how to do it, how to persuade me to buy the Soul-Swapping Incense.

She pointed at Ji Linchuan, her face covered in tears.

"You also know the Prince of Shu, and you know that he values ​​loyalty and righteousness. Knowing that I am going to die for love, he would never let me go to find your remains."

He was afraid I would kill myself, so he went.

The events were intricately linked, each step carefully planned. Thinking of the Prince of Shu who protected and cared for her, yet never overstepped the bounds of propriety, the Princess Consort's face flushed red, and she opened her lips for a long time before finally managing to utter a question.

"He has been incredibly kind to us, how can you bear to kill him?"

"absurd."

Ji Linchuan sneered, his hands clasped tightly behind his back.

"Even the Duke of Qi knows this, yet you question me based on his statement that the two of us are not in that kind of relationship."

You're standing up for the Prince of Shu, but I'm your husband.

"Duke Qi knew this; you deliberately leaked it to him, didn't you?"

Gui Yao stood with his arms crossed, and casually took out a finger bone from his spatial storage and held it in his palm.

"Only if the Duke of Qi thought that Qi Yu liked men and was willing to commit suicide for them, and was disappointed in Qi Yu, would the Duke of Qi not investigate his death further."

Only after Qi Yu died did the Princess Consort believe that the Prince of Shu had no will to live and that's why he exchanged souls with you..."

"Shut up!"

Ji Linchuan was furious with Gui Yao, "What are you up to? You want to destroy our home?"

"Is that your home? Everything you own now belongs to the Prince of Shu."

Gui Yao was not afraid at all. "The Princess Consort's pregnancy was also caused by Lü Qiao. The Prince of Shu felt guilty for not protecting his brother's bloodline."

Even the moment you got the Princess Consort pregnant, you decided the fate of that child.

If you truly loved her, you wouldn't have let her lose her virginity before marriage. All of this is just because the Ji family's chances of recovery are gone, so you've started plotting against those who love and trust you.

Ji Linchuan's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't find the words to refute. After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice, "Without any evidence, it's a pity you're not a storyteller."

"No evidence?"

Gui Yao turned to look at the person swaying precariously in the tree, "Lü Qiao, if you don't speak now, you'll never have another chance to speak."

She suddenly produced a small knife in her hand and shot it towards the green branches.

Click!

The branch snapped, and the green shoot plummeted to the ground. The fear of death made her instinctively scream, "I'll talk!"

"Catch her!"

Gui Yao called out to the tree, and a figure swiftly flew out.

Thanks!

Gui Yao smiled brightly at the other person.

This saves me spiritual energy, that's great!

Thinking about his master's purpose in approaching Gui Yao, Zhang Deng decided to go all the way and drew his longsword, pressing it against Lü Qiao's neck.

Green Beauty's three souls and seven spirits had been scared away, and her life was threatened. She collapsed to the ground, saying, "The night I took Miss's innocence, the young master also touched me. I don't want to betray Miss."

But if I don't do as he says, he accuses me of seducing him.

"You bitch!"

Ji Linchuan swung his palm and struck at Lü Qiao.

Gui Yao waved her hand to deflect his palm strike, "What's the rush? I haven't finished yet."

When Lü Qiao met Ji Linchuan's murderous gaze, she trembled like a leaf and crawled to the Princess Consort's feet, saying, "I didn't mean for you to miscarry."

He said that you have a better future than him if you follow the Prince of Shu, and since you are carrying his child, it will be difficult for you to truly be husband and wife.

I thought it was true, but then he wrote to me again, using it as leverage to make me do many wrong things…”

She knelt on the ground, saying, "One wrong step leads to another. I have no way back and can only follow his arrangements."

Princess Consort staggered backward. What Gui Yao said was true: Prince Shu, Qi Yu, and her child were all killed by Ji Linchuan.

If Ji Linchuan is the executioner, then she is the knife.

She didn't know where the strength came from, but suddenly rushed forward and slapped Ji Linchuan across the face, yelling, "You beast!"

"You're crazy."

Ji Linchuan's face was contorted with rage. "You've all gone mad! Men, seize them all!"

"Still being stubborn!"

A sharp glint flashed in Gui Yao's eyes as she stood protectively beside the Princess Consort.

"Then let the Prince of Shu and Qi Yu say it themselves."

Her finger bones felt hot against the Princess's skin, but the baby hair had long since been taken away. She looked at the Princess, "After he returned to the capital, did he give you anything to carry with you?"

The princess was still immersed in immense grief and chaos, and her reaction was somewhat slow.

Gui Yao didn't urge him, but he kept an eye on Ji Linchuan out of the corner of his eye.

Ji Linchuan's expression changed the moment Gui Yao spoke.

When he saw the Princess Consort take out her personal jade pendant, he could no longer pretend and reached out to snatch it with his fingers like claws.

Gui Yao quickly grabbed the jade pendant, his finger bones burning hot as he touched it.

She stared intently and saw two faint wisps of mist inside the jade pendant. "The soul is indeed in the Princess Consort's body."

Before the words were even finished, he raised his hand to throw it.

"don't want."

Ji Linchuan shouted, his face completely drained of color.