Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

At the critical moment, Gui Yao threw out a black-patterned silk ribbon, which wrapped around Madam Gu's waist.

Madam Gu was prepared to die, and she never expected to be discovered. She thought it was someone from Madam Gu's second wife.

But when she turned around and saw Gu Nansheng, whom Gui Yao had brought, she immediately tensed up, "What are you going to do to him?"

The next moment, she turned her face away again, refusing to look at Gu Nansheng.

She couldn't live anymore, and she didn't want to live anymore, but before she could drug Nan Sheng, she was caught by the second son's family. From then on, she could no longer stop Nan Sheng from harming other women.

If he could die with me, that would be good!

If he has fewer karmic debts, perhaps he can be a normal person in his next life.

Madam Gu closed her eyes, appearing resigned to her fate.

"Xing'er hopes you live."

Gui Yao took back the ink-patterned silk. "The girl you saved two years ago also begged me to save you."

Therefore, Madam Gu, you cannot die, nor should you die.

Madam Gu's eyelashes trembled slightly. To be remembered by them was enough for her to die for them.

Gui Yao walked up to Madam Gu and said, "Look at Gu Nansheng's hand. He injured it when he was building a house for the ants."

Madam Gu's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't open her eyes. She didn't dare to look, afraid that she would soften her heart.

She thought of the doll her son had carved for her, the gloves he had made, and how he had always hidden his left hand, apparently to keep her from worrying.

When he wasn't having an episode, his Nan Sheng was as pure and kind as ever. She dared not think too deeply about it and asked Gui Yao in a cold voice, "What do you want to do?"

Gui Yao didn't keep them in suspense, "The black-clad Gu Nansheng who had the attack didn't have any wounds on his hands."

What do you mean by that?

Madam Gu immediately looked at Gu Nansheng's hand, and Gui Yao had already raised his injured left hand in front of Madam Gu.

The person who was bothering you is still lying in the house; there are no injuries on his hands.

"And your son, this Gu Nansheng I'm holding, is someone I found in a secret room in his room."

Madam Gu covered her mouth. "Are you saying my son hasn't changed?"

Wasn't that crazy man her son?

"That seems to be the case."

Gui Yao looked at her, "So, you can't die. You have to help find out the truth and clear your name, and clear the real Gu Nansheng's name."

"You're not lying to me?"

Madam Gu feared it was a conspiracy by Madam Gu the Second.

Gui Yao didn't explain much. He put Gu Nansheng down, put his arm around Madam Gu's waist, and went out the door.

Looking at the man in black who looked exactly like Gu Nansheng, Madam Gu moved her lips, but couldn't speak for a long time.

"There really are two Nan Shengs."

She murmured, "I don't even recognize my own son..."

"We shouldn't stay here any longer; let's go back to the woodshed first."

Gui Yao led her men back and saw that Gu Nansheng in white was still lying in the woodshed. Madam Gu was completely convinced and broke down.

Tears streamed down her face. "What have I done all these years? If I had known he wasn't the real Nan Sheng, I should have killed him long ago."

Although the old woman guarding the gate was confused by Gui Yao, there was no guarantee that no other people might come.

Gui Yao said, "Madam Gu, now is not the time for regrets."

"Who are you?"

Madam Gu tugged at Gui Yao's sleeve. "Why are you helping us?"

"It was Madam who helped me first."

Gui Yao tilted her head, then turned back, revealing her previous alluring face.

"It's you!"

Madam Gu recognized her. "You're not blind. No, you weren't sold. You deliberately sneaked into the Gu residence?"

"Yes."

Gui Yao briefly explained Sui'er's situation.

"Thank you."

Madam Gu burst into tears again, "Thank you to them too, but you don't need to risk your lives for me anymore, it's just..."

She gently stroked Gu Nansheng's face with her fingers, "I just need to trouble you to take him out for me and tell Xing'er that I have hidden some money in the back mountain of Ciyun Temple, which was originally intended for her to use to survive in the future."

Now I must ask her to take this money, take my son, and flee to Nanyao, never to return for the rest of her life.

"Doesn't Madam want to know the truth?"

Gui Yao never expected that Madam Gu still harbored a death wish.

Madam Gu shook her head. "I don't know the young lady's identity, but Princess Chengle is not someone to be trifled with. Even if we knew the truth, it would only cost us more lives."

The entire Gu family mansion is under Cheng Le's control. The fact that the fake Gu Nansheng was able to commit evil deeds in the Gu family mansion for three years must be due to Cheng Le's indulgence.

If they investigate further and anger Cheng Le, none of these girls or Nan Sheng will have a good ending.

"This is unfair to Gu Nansheng."

Gui Yao disagreed with Madam Gu's idea, saying, "It's also unfair to those who were humiliated but still want to protect Madam."

She told him about Chen Can.

"Even if he hadn't been promoted, two years ago Imperial Censor Chen could have sought justice for his daughter, but for his wife's sake, Chen Can remained mute for two years."

If Madam dies, she will never be able to live a normal life. Besides, she has the right to know who truly harmed her.

Madam Gu's face showed pain, but she was so afraid of being suppressed by Cheng Le that fear had seeped into her bones and become an unconscious reaction.

Gui Yao felt she had done all the persuasion she could, so she threatened, "If Madam dies, I will not let Xing'er take Gu Nansheng away. He will live in the capital, living in the contempt of the world."

After saying that, she picked up Gu Nansheng again, as if she was about to leave.

Madam Gu hurriedly looked at her son, who was lying quietly in Gui Yao's arms, his expression calm, like a child who knew nothing of the world.

If he stays in the capital, he is very likely to be pushed out by Cheng Le to take responsibility. Is he so naive that he can withstand the malice of the world?

She thought of Chen Can again, that girl who wouldn't even tell the truth to her parents...

Madam Gu wavered.

"etc."

She was unaware that Chen Can was silently protecting her while she was suffering, and she was indeed afraid of Gui Yao's threat.

"How do you want me to cooperate?"

Gui Yao stamped his foot, "First, keep the second wife calm and alive."

Also, think again, who could be impersonating Gu Nansheng? Could it be Second Master Gu?

Unexpectedly, Madam Gu immediately denied it.

"It can't be Second Master Gu."

Gui Yao asked, "Why?"

"Because Second Master died three years ago."

Mrs. Gu recalled, "Three years ago, in the middle of the night, he appeared in my room covered in wounds and died in front of me."

She looked at her hands. "I buried him with my own hands, right under the peach tree in my yard."

Why did you conceal his death?

Gui Yao recalled what Madam Gu and Madam Gu had said during the day.

"The fact that Second Master was harassing me had already caused a lot of gossip. Now that he died in my room, I have no way to defend myself, and Second Sister-in-law will not let me off the hook either."

Madam Gu smiled bitterly, "I can't die, I still have Nan Sheng to take care of."

At that time, her Nan Sheng was still fine and had not turned into a lecherous and violent madman.

"And before her marriage, my second sister-in-law was a kind-hearted girl. After marriage, she regarded love as her only priority and regarded me as her imaginary rival."

Little did she know that the Second Master's entanglement with me was not due to any deep affection for me; it was merely out of resentment, jealousy, and an unwillingness to admit his own heartlessness and coldness.

In this complicated relationship, I was never the one in the wrong; my sister-in-law hated the wrong person.

Madam Gu gave a self-deprecating laugh, a pale and weak laugh, "We are all pitiful people, I don't want to fight with her."

If I let her believe that Second Master was alive, she wouldn't at least fight me to the death. But I underestimated her hatred for me.

Looking back now, it's truly laughable. She herself was in the mire, yet she tried to save others, while the other party was determined to take her life.

"It was Cheng Le's permission to expose you."

Gui Yao told her what he had overheard.

Madam Gu was not surprised at all. "I know. If it weren't for my mother-in-law's consent, my second sister-in-law wouldn't have been so bold."

She looked at Gui Yao, "That's also why I don't want you to get involved."

The princess ordered Jishengtang to buy people; she wanted Nansheng to continue the family line. I disagreed, so she fed Nansheng medicine.

She witnessed her gentle and pure son become manic and violent under the influence of drugs.

This is why she never suspected that Nan Sheng had been replaced in the past three years.

Suddenly, as if she had a thought, she thought, "Perhaps I know who it is."