Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

"So tense? It seems the key to the soul's return is to smash the jade pendant."

Gui Yao looked at Ji Linchuan with a sly expression, "What excuse do you have now?"

Ji Linchuan realized that Gui Yao was deliberately bluffing him, but as she said, there was no point in denying it.

His soul was found, and his life was now in Gui Yao's hands.

"I treated him like my own brother, but he sent my father to the guillotine and caused my whole family to be exiled."

The place of exile was filled with miasma in the mountains, and he had to go mining every day; life there was like hell. The women in his family suffered endless humiliation. It was all his fault.

"All the women of the Ji family should have been sent to the Jiaofangsi (a government-run entertainment institution), while you brothers and your father were beheaded and displayed to the public."

The Princess Consort said, "It was he who pleaded for the Ji family, which saved them. After their exile, it was also he who intervened, ensuring that no one in the Ji family was harmed."

Otherwise, more than half of them would probably perish on the way to exile.

"But they should have been enjoying wealth and luxury in the capital. It was he who stabbed them in the back and pushed my Ji family into hell."

Ji Linchuan's face was contorted with rage. "You are my woman, yet you always speak up for him. If I hadn't possessed you, you would probably have become his woman long ago."

The woman, being of the yin element, could suppress the spirit of the jade pendant. He trusted her, which is why he gave her this deadly item, but she betrayed him.

"You actually think that way about me?"

The princess was incredulous; a sudden pain shot through her chest, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"If a person who does evil is aware of his evil, he will not do evil."

Gui Yao quickly pressed several acupoints on her back to calm her breathing, and then looked at Ji Linchuan.

"Your father was killed because he embezzled military funds and disregarded the safety of the soldiers and the court. As a prince of the royal family, it was his duty to protect the court. You know in your heart who is right and who is wrong."

Xiao Huaijin investigated this matter thoroughly, and the Ji family was not wronged.

"He could have told me in advance."

Ji Linchuan roared.

"and then?"

Gui Yao smiled enigmatically, "You would report your own father?"

No.

He will not.

But this could give the father time to erase the evidence, or to find a scapegoat.

He said nothing, but the princess saw through his thoughts and felt as if she had never known him before. "I misjudged you, and I was just stupid."

You took the initiative to break off the engagement, saying you didn't want to burden me. I was deeply moved. To protect your bloodline, I selfishly married him, regardless of whether it would delay his youth.

In order to persuade the Duke of Qi to help the Ji family, Qi Yu endured the pain of his broken leg and knelt all night, which aggravated his condition and forced him to stay in bed.

You said the jade pendant was carved by your own hand for me as a peace charm, and I was overjoyed, wearing it every day. But it turns out it was a cage that imprisoned them.

She glanced at the jade pendant, her eyes filled with guilt and despair. "Ji Linchuan, give your body back to him. I will live and die with you."

Do you know what you're saying?

Ji Linchuan was furious. "I only have one physical body. If I give it to him, I will die."

Don't you have a heart? How can you be so heartless to me? Even though I'm using you, isn't it all so I can be with you?

He looked at the jade pendant with a gloomy expression. "Just because he was born into the royal family, he can betray his brothers in the name of righteousness."

He harmed me so much, what's wrong with me taking his body?

The princess consort didn't look at him anymore. She looked at Gui Yao and said, "Please rescue them. I'm willing to pay any price."

Gradually, a power of will grew from her body, swirling around her.

Gui Yao nodded, his eyes blazing like crimson flames. "Xuanji Tower never rejects those who are destined to be there."

Seeing this, Ji Linchuan, not knowing what Gui Yao was going to do, hurriedly drew the dagger from his waist and held it to his throat.

"This is what he owes me. If you dare to release him, then I will destroy this body."

Gui Yao's eyes narrowed, and a smile appeared on her face. "I told you I'm only here to find my child. If you don't lay a hand on my child, I won't be here today."

Who lives in this body is none of my business.

If you tell me where the Ghost Market is, I'll stop bothering with this, okay?

Ji Linchuan doesn't know any magic, yet he orchestrated this soul-swapping scheme; there must be someone behind him.

Gui Yao guessed it was related to the ghost market.

She's going to be making a living in the capital, so she'll naturally need to know her enemy, someone whose true strength is unknown.

Are you serious?

Ji Linchuan did not believe that Gui was nowhere to be found.

Gui Yao turned her head away. "Believe it or not, if you don't tell me, I'll make a deal with the Princess Consort."

"Fine, I'll tell you, but you have to give me the jade pendant and swear an oath to heaven, or else may you be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."

Without a second's hesitation, Gui Yao handed him the jade pendant.

"I swear, as long as Ji Linchuan tells me about the Ghost Market, I will never meddle in other people's business. Otherwise, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death. Alright, you can speak now."

"They moved to Nanyao."

"Where is Nan Yao?"

"Lighting the lamp," he asked first.

What kind of good shop sells Soul-Changing Incense? Not only did it harm the people of Dasheng, it even went so far as to harm the people of Nanyao.

Ji Linchuan shook his head. "I don't know."

"What is that ghost market for?"

The Princess Consort's information about the Ghost Market and the Soul Swap came from Ji Linchuan, but Ji Linchuan might not have told her the truth.

Therefore, Gui Yao asked him personally.

Sure enough, Ji Linchuan said, "Where desires can be satisfied, right or wrong, good or bad, are irrelevant."

Gui Yao frowned. "They really are rivals."

This desire is almost the same as the power of wishes she wants to collect; it's stealing her business.

"Can every desire be satisfied?"

Gui Yao pressed further, saying that if that were true, then they would be a formidable enemy.

"This is the slogan they are promoting."

"So, you bought desire at the ghost market, and the subsequent soul-swapping incense and all the arrangements were part of the process of fulfilling your desire?"

If viewed this way, the Ghost Market doesn't seem so powerful; it doesn't require so many conspiracies and tricks to complete. Gui Yao analyzed this in his mind.

At this point, Ji Linchuan had nothing to hide.

"Yes, buy desire, and they will help me succeed."

Gui Yao took the opportunity to ask some more questions about the Ghost Market, and Ji Linchuan answered all the questions he knew.

Finally, Gui Yao asked, "Don't they offer any after-sales service, such as maintenance?"

Ji Linchuan gripped the jade pendant tightly, his heart filled with suspicion. "What do you want to do?"

Gui Yao smiled and said, "I'm just an ordinary person, so naturally I also have desires to buy things. I need to find out more about it first."

Ji Linchuan then said, "The transaction ends when the soul exchange is successful."

"I see."

Gui Yao's eyes were bright. "Then I won't be polite."

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly made a hand seal with her right hand, chanting incantations. Finally, she pointed two fingers of her right hand at the jade pendant and shouted, "Break!"

The jade pendant cracked in Ji Linchuan's hand. Ji Linchuan was horrified. "You broke your promise! You will suffer the consequences of your oath."

Gui Yao laughed, "Hehe, I meant it was meddling, but I just formed a contract with the Princess Consort and took on her job, so she's my employer."

"My employer's business is my business; how can it be considered meddling?"

"You cheated!"

Ji Linchuan hurriedly closed the jade pendant, trying to stop something.

Gui Yao blinked. "Who says I can't cheat?"

She glanced at the two wisps of soul energy slowly drifting out of the jade pendant, and smiled mysteriously. "The true soul of the Prince of Shu has already left. As for you, if you have anything to say or do, you'd better hurry up."