Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

"You scum, how dare you!"

A loud shout accompanied by a gust of wind came as a heavy kick aimed at Yang Yue's jaw, causing Yang Yue to instinctively lean back.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Duchess grabbed Qi Yun by the waist, spun her around, and kicked Yang Yue in the stomach, sending him flying out of the study.

Just as Yang Yue was about to fall to the ground, the Duchess, along with Qi Yun, leaped behind him like ghosts.

The Duchess, holding onto Qi Yun's shoulder, leaped horizontally into the air, her feet striking Yang Yue dozens of times like a rapid drumbeat.

Yang Yue was kicked so hard that he fell heavily to the ground like a lump of mud.

The Duchess never took her hand off her daughter, keeping her within a safe range.

Gui Yao withdrew the spiritual power that was wrapped around her fingertips from the shadows and turned her gaze back to the gold on the wall.

Everything happens in an instant.

The officials who followed the Duchess looked at each other in bewilderment.

The Duke of Qi was a man of both literary and martial talents, and his "Chasing Wind Kick" was famous throughout the capital. For this, he won the title of Duke despite being a son of a concubine.

However, he had not made any significant achievements over the years, so people subconsciously assumed that Lian Po was too old.

Unexpectedly, the Duke of Qi was low-key and unassuming; even in middle age, his leg skills were as good as ever.

But that kick was a bit too heavy.

The Duchess glanced at the expressions of the crowd, then stomped her foot on Yang Yue's face. "You bastard, how dare you bully my daughter like this? Do you think I'm dead?"

Yang Yue's ribs and waist bones were broken, and he was in so much pain that his face was contorted with rage, but he still refused to back down and grinned maliciously, "You old bastard, if you have the guts, beat me to death."

Otherwise, the pain I feel today will be met with the wrath of you father and daughter, torn to pieces and subjected to countless forms of torture.

Officials who initially thought Yang Yue was in a bad situation immediately changed their stance.

It is only natural for a father-in-law to reprimand his son-in-law when his son-in-law tries to hurt his daughter. Although the son-in-law's actions were inappropriate, his son-in-law's boast of retaliating against his father-in-law is unacceptable.

We still didn't hit enough!

"Your Yang family has committed numerous evils and your officials are inhumane; don't even think about having a future with them."

After Qi Yun finished cursing, she hurriedly said to the Duchess, "Father, I discovered that Yang Bokang's study contained a large amount of money and evidence of crimes. I was about to report it to the authorities when Yang Yue found out and tried to kill me to silence me."

Although Yang Yue was consumed by evil thoughts and filled with malice, he knew that he could not admit to this.

"You wretch, talking nonsense..."

"Shut up! How dare you be so arrogant in front of me! Today I will definitely avenge my daughter."

The Duchess glared fiercely, and before she finished speaking, she kicked Yang Yue twice in the face and throat.

Yang Yue spat out two mouthfuls of blood mixed with his teeth and then completely lost consciousness.

The Duchess flicked her sleeve and snorted coldly.

If you can't speak human language, then there's no need to speak anymore.

Then she asked Qi Yun, "Is what you just said true?"

Qi Yun nodded emphatically, "My daughter discovered that the Yang family had problems a long time ago, but she didn't have any concrete evidence and was also afraid of implicating her own family, so she didn't dare to go back to her parents' home for the past few years, until..."

She pointed to Yang Yue, "Until he was found to be pregnant, my daughter felt that this was a warning from God to the Yang family."

But the Yang family showed no remorse, forcing their daughter to secretly gather evidence.

This was something the mother and daughter had agreed upon beforehand.

Qi Yun is a member of the Yang family. If the Yang family is convicted, Qi Yun will also be held responsible unless she reports the crime.

Neither the mother nor the daughter expected Gui Yao to help them.

Therefore, after receiving the message from Mao Dan and learning that Gui Yao would have a plan involving heavenly thunder, the Duke of Qi immediately found several suitable officials.

Using the excuse that the Yang family forbade Qi Yun from returning to her parents' home, they asked several officials to help mediate and brought forward the plan.

The group had just arrived when they encountered the Yang family couple being struck by lightning. Yang Bokang's other sons were all busy showing filial piety to Yang Bokang, fearing that if Yang Bokang died, they would not be able to get their share of the benefits in time. None of them wanted to leave to deal with the matter of the Duke of Qi wanting to see his daughter.

This made things convenient for the Duchess.

She cupped her hands in greeting to the officials, saying, "Today I originally intended to ask you all to accompany me to the Yang family to pick up my daughter, but I never expected to encounter such a thing."

You all heard what my daughter just said, and I would like to ask you all to bear witness to it.

If the Yang family truly possessed mountains of gold and silver, it would be a major matter to be reported to the imperial court.

That's a great achievement.

Who would refuse credit that's offered to them? The group readily agreed.

Even someone couldn't help but ask Qi Yun, "Niece, you just said that Yang Yue is pregnant?"

They naturally noticed Yang Yue's large belly, but assumed it was just weight gain or some other illness, and no one considered the possibility that she was pregnant.

Qi Yun nodded, "Yes, I'm over nine months pregnant, and many doctors have confirmed it."

After she became pregnant, she seemed like a different person; I felt like she was possessed by an evil spirit.

The Duchess snorted coldly, "How can a man get pregnant? It's probably because the Yang family treats human life so lightly that a vengeful ghost has come to claim my life."

"Duke of Qi, the Master did not speak of strange phenomena or physical strength..."

An official had intended to refute the Duchess's ghost story, but when he followed Qi Yun into the study, his eyes were drawn to the glittering gold in the room. His eyes widened, and he couldn't finish his sentence.

The others also gasped in shock.

"This, this..."

One official was so shocked he was incoherent, exclaiming, "Yang Bokang actually hid so much gold!"

This isn't gold; it's all the people's hard-earned money.

How could someone amass so much wealth solely through their salary? This is clearly a corrupt official!

Yang Bokang's subordinate, Imperial Censor Chen, reacted the fastest: "I will go to the palace immediately to ask His Majesty for instructions."

He has been in his current position for a long time, and if Yang Bokang falls, he has the best chance of taking over.

How could he not seize such a good opportunity?

As they were talking, the person ran off in a flash.

The others also wanted to claim the credit, but unfortunately, they were not as quick as Imperial Censor Chen.

"The Yang family couldn't pay attention to us just now, but the commotion here is quite big, so I'm afraid they'll react soon."

Another official said, "I will go to the nearby government office and send people over."

With the illicit silver discovered, the Yang family's downfall was inevitable, and they were no longer afraid of offending anyone.

The remaining officials stayed behind to watch over the gold, lest it be taken away in the chaos, which would contradict the Yang family's confession.

Hiding in the shadows, Gui Yao, who was diligently moving gold bricks into the space, quietly moved another one and threw it into the space.

Qi Yun took the Duchess's arm and said, "Father."

As soon as she opened her mouth, tears began to fall.

She had just witnessed her mother's skills, but she had heard her brother say that her mother had only learned a little self-defense martial arts from her maternal grandfather.

To achieve that level of skill, my mother must have endured countless hardships over the years.

She suddenly understood her mother's strictness towards her brother, because they had no way out, and because her mother was ten or a hundred times stricter with herself than with her brother.

The death of the elder brother was not caused by the mother, and the desecration of his corpse was also an attempt to portray an incompetent father and lower the guard of the Yang family and his own relatives.

As in recent years, she has always shown weakness in the Yang family, and even occasionally complained about her father in front of Yang Bokang.

Yang Bokang was extremely jealous. Only when he saw that the Duke of Qi was not doing well would he stop causing trouble as before.

Qi Yun tightly gripped the Duchess's sleeve. She didn't remember what her mother used to look like, but now her mother had completely become a man. Her every move and her martial arts skills made it hard for even her closest relatives to doubt that she was a woman in disguise.

Mother!

She silently murmured to herself.

My daughter was wrong, terribly wrong. She thought no one loved her, but in fact, she received the greatest maternal and paternal love in the world.

The Duchess noticed her shoulder was wet and reached out to wipe away Qi Yun's tears. "Yun'er, don't be afraid. Father will take you home. From now on, Father will take care of everything."

Qi Yun wiped her tear-stained face on the Duchess's arm, recalling Yang Yue's earlier words.

"Father……"

She blinked before she could finish speaking.

A gold brick is slowly moving!

Was she hallucinating?

She rubbed her eyes again; the gold bricks were indeed moving.

The Duchess was waiting for her to continue when she saw her daughter staring at the gold bricks, seemingly sensing something, and she looked over as well.

Good heavens, a gold brick started moving on its own, and the next moment, it disappeared.

gone!

The mother and daughter exchanged a glance, and both saw two words in each other's eyes.

Vanished!

The next moment, the Duchess turned her back to her daughter, blocking the view of the other officials in the process.

She asked Qi Yun, "Daughter, besides these, does the Yang family have any other places where they hide gold?"

Since it's the Yang family's ill-gotten gains, Miss Guiyao can take some if she wants.

The attention of several officials was immediately drawn to her, and they all looked at Qi Yun.

Qi Yun was just about to say this: "There should still be some."

Yang Yue hadn't lost his mind; since he was willing to expose these things, he must have hidden gold somewhere else.

She thought for a moment, "There might be a secret room in the study. Oh right, my father-in-law often goes to the ancestral land and the old house. Maybe they've hidden them there too."

Gui Yao's eyes lit up, and she immediately withdrew her spiritual power.

The gold bricks on the wall were all stacked one by one, and she had to carefully remove them one by one to prevent the entire wall from collapsing.

If the Yang family ancestral graves already contained such graves, why would she go to such lengths to dig them up?

She's an expert at grave robbing.

As for the Qi family mother and daughter, Gui Yao glanced at them and realized that she didn't need to intervene for the time being.

Thinking of this, Gui Yao slipped out of the Yang family, only to see Xiao Huaijin not far away, along with the swordsman and the lamp bearer behind him.

Gui Yao grinned, ran forward, and grabbed Xiao Huaijin's hand. "Your Highness, shall I take you to get rich?"