Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

"Here, young lady, we don't have anything fancy at home, but this is just egg tea, please don't mind."

Tian Guihua warmly greeted Gui Yao.

"Thank you, Auntie, but..."

Gui Yao looked troubled. "I came all the way from Jiangnan, and I have nothing on me to thank you for."

"The girl said that..."

Tian Guihua smiled kindly, "Although my family is poor, we can still afford a bowl of egg tea. Please drink it if you don't mind."

"I don't mind."

Gui Yao smiled, picked up the bowl and took a sip, "When I find my aunt, I will definitely thank her."

"Hi."

Tian Guihua said generously, "Everyone has their difficulties in life. A bowl of egg tea is nothing to repay. Drink it quickly."

Looking back, it's no wonder that Sui'er and her grandchildren both thought Tian Guihua was a good person; she really is good at pretending.

She took another sip.

Tian Guihua's smile deepened as she spoke at length about the situation in the capital. Gui Yao listened intently, seemingly unsuspecting. Finally, she dropped her bowl and collapsed onto the table.

"Girl, girl..."

Tian Guihua pushed Gui Yao away.

Gui Yao kept her eyes closed and did not react.

Tian Guihua was still worried, so she scratched Gui Yao's itchy spot. Seeing that he was still unconscious, she called into the house, "Dafu, come and lend a hand."

Sui'er's cousin, Li Dafu, came out from the side room. "Drowned?"

"I can't wake him up no matter how much I scratch him."

Tian Guihua snorted coldly, "It was originally prepared for your aunt, but I didn't expect her to run away with Sui'er and steal our money."

Sui'er offered her money to help her get medicine, but in her mind, once the money was in her hands, it was hers.

She handed over ten taels of silver—she'd never even dreamed of having so much money—so naturally she couldn't bear to use it to buy medicine. In that case, she could only let Sui'er die.

Unexpectedly, Sui'er didn't die. When she woke up, her money was gone, and the grandmother and grandson next door had also run away.

What a disappointment! She's furious.

"Grandma Sui'er is so sick that she's practically on her deathbed."

Li Dafu said, "It shouldn't be the silver she stole from our house."

The old woman was panting heavily; if she were to sneak into their house in the middle of the night, they would definitely find her.

They're just asleep, not dead.

Sui'er couldn't possibly do that either; that girl has always been timid and wouldn't dare come to their room to get things.

He suspected it was the woman who had saved Sui'er's life. Thinking of that woman, he asked, "Are we really alright? What if we're found out? We could face legal trouble."

Tian Guihua rolled her eyes at the man. "Do you think I'm that stupid? Of course I found out everything before I dared to make a move."

"An aunt I haven't contacted in years, I didn't even know she was in the capital, what could possibly have happened to her?"

Fearing the man would back down, she continued, "Sui'er gives ten taels at a time, so what you actually get will definitely be more than that."

This woman is much prettier than Sui'er. I reckon she'd fetch at least thirty taels, maybe even fifty.

"Fifty taels?"

Li Dafu swallowed hard, his eyes gleaming with greed. "Then we're really going to be rich!"

He immediately faced a dilemma, "But we don't know who Sui'er found, so how can we sell this person?"

Do you remember my niece who ran away last year?

Without waiting for her husband's reply, Tian Guihua said directly, "Actually, she didn't run away with someone; she was sold by my brother and sister-in-law."

Her brother and sister-in-law kept it from her, but she had already found out from her mother that her niece had been sold to Jishengtang.

A few days ago, when Sui'er came back, she could tell what had happened from the marks on her body at a glance.

Aside from going to the pharmacy to sell and buy medicine, Sui'er had no contact with anyone else.

Coincidentally, Sui'er went to Jishengtang, so she guessed that Sui'er must have also sold herself to Jishengtang.

Besides her niece, there was another beautiful girl in her family village who was also bought by Jishengtang.

She shared her analysis with the man, saying, "Go and borrow an oxcart now. If anyone asks, just say we're worried about Sui'er and the others and want to go to the capital to look for them."

Li Dafu was a well-known honest man in the village. He quickly borrowed an oxcart, and the couple covered Gui Yao completely with a quilt.

Gui Yao lay on the swaying oxcart, closing his eyes to rest.

Li Dafu was still a little unsure. "We don't have proof of our relationship with her. What if Jishengtang doesn't buy it? Wouldn't that be a waste of the sleeping pills and two eggs?"

"Look at you, so useless."

Tian Guihua poked the man's forehead, "With a face like that, you don't have to worry about not finding a husband."

"Just say she's your own sister, causing trouble by eloping with someone, which made Mother sick, and Father is so angry he wants to sell her to get money for Mother's treatment."

The fact that a pharmacy like Jishengtang was involved in human trafficking shows that they dared not buy people from elsewhere. They were so shady that they wouldn't care about household registration.

She said with exasperation, "Even if we can't buy Jishengtang, there are still brothels, aren't there?"

Although brothels require identification documents when buying someone, if they find someone with a good appearance and a reasonable price, they have plenty of ways to create fake documents.

"In short, we must exchange her for silver today."

She had never seen so much money before, and she thought she could manage. But now, "I can't live a single day in poverty."

Li Dafu quickly agreed. He was just not as quick-witted as his wife, but his greed for money was no less than hers. "I'll listen to you. If all else fails, I'll inquire about brothels."

Listening to the two discussing, Gui Yao opened her eyes, a cold light gathering in them.

Whether it was because Tian Guihua was capable or because Jishengtang had become lawless, Tian Guihua had only been in Jishengtang for a short while when she brought a man out.

The man gestured with his chin toward the oxcart. Tian Guihua understood and quickly lifted a corner of the quilt, revealing Gui Yao's face.

"My lord, look at this! If it weren't for my elderly mother needing money for medical treatment, I could surely find a good match for her if I had searched carefully. I wouldn't have been able to bear giving her up..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was clear: the price couldn't be too low, otherwise, with her looks, she could be sent to a wealthy family to arrange a marriage and have a long-term relationship.

A look of amazement flashed in the man's eyes. Such a beauty, who would surely like her? "Send her to the back room for a closer look."

Tian Guihua couldn't suppress a smile; it was done.

She'll definitely negotiate a good price later.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the backyard of Jishengtang, the man tossed her a silver ingot, worth five taels.

"Go back. Keep it to yourself, or you'll regret it."

"Isn't this a bit too little?"

Tian Guihua was very disappointed; it was much less than she had expected.

The man sneered, "You're so greedy even though it's free. Aren't you afraid you'll have the life to take it but not the life to spend it?"

He came from Princess Chengle's residence and had seen everything during his years at Jishengtang.

The woman in the car was clearly abducted by this couple. Giving them five taels was to prevent them from becoming desperate and causing trouble.

He took out a dagger from his sleeve and played with it. "Other people's daughters won't allow you to marry out and climb the social ladder."

When the truth came out, Li Dafu's face turned pale. He tugged at his wife's sleeve and said, "Never mind."

Something is better than nothing; the people in the capital are not to be trifled with.

Tian Guihua had no choice but to give up, but she was still unwilling to accept it, so she asked, "If I send another girl next time, could you perhaps offer a better price?"

Gui Yao frowned.

The foot swayed slightly, producing a bell sound that only Maodan could hear and understand.

Tian Guihua is greedy and vicious, and although Li Dafu is cowardly, he has many evil thoughts. We can't let them harm women anymore, especially with this Jishengtang.

While Maodan was listening to gossip outside, a bell suddenly rang in its head. After listening carefully, it turned around and flew towards Prince Jin's mansion.

After hearing its retelling, Xiao Huaijin's face darkened. He called for someone to light the lamps and ordered, "Transfer two maids from Jiangnan. Also, send someone to follow Tian Guihua and take away those five taels of silver."

The Tian Guihua couple sold the person and immediately left the city.

"I'll go to town and buy two pounds of meat to cook for dinner."

She instructed Li Dafu to take out some silver to admire, and although it was much less than she had expected, she had discovered a way to make money.

But as she touched it, she froze. "Where's the money?"

Upon hearing this, Li Dafu hurriedly stopped the carriage and said anxiously, "Quickly search carefully, lest it get lost again."

Despite the couple searching the entire oxcart, they couldn't find the five taels of silver.

Gui Yao was also secretly sent to the Gu residence. As soon as the person left, she opened her eyes and sat up from the bed.