Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

At the Gu residence, the steward rushed over to find Madam Gu the Second.

"Second Madam, something terrible has happened! People from Prince Jin's residence have come to our door."

"For what reason?"

Madam Gu didn't sleep well last night and looked listless. She's drinking tea to perk herself up.

"They say that Jishengtang kidnapped their future princess and sent her to our residence."

"What?"

The teacup in Madam Gu's hand fell to the ground.

After Princess Chengle left the capital, she took over the Gu family, so she naturally knew why Jishengtang was sending women to the Gu residence.

When did this happen?

Yesterday, she also heard that Xiao Huaijin was looking for a fiancée everywhere, which caused her plan to parade Madam Gu through the streets to fall through, and she was quite angry about it.

Therefore, he had no interest in finding out when Prince Jin's fiancée had disappeared.

Please don't let it be the one that was sent a while ago and was ruined by Gu Nansheng.

To humiliate the future princess of Nan Yao is, at best, disrespecting a friendly nation, and at worst, provoking Nan Yao and instigating war between the two countries.

Gu Nansheng deserved to die, but her son shouldn't be implicated.

The butler hurriedly replied, "It's possible it was delivered a couple of days ago."

Madam Gu thought of the woman who was thrown out of the mansion along with Tian Xing'er. She had sent people to silence her, but the woman escaped and has not been found to this day.

He hurriedly replied, "The person they are looking for is not in our residence."

Madam Gu immediately stood up. As long as they didn't confess, the people of Nanyao wouldn't dare to torture or force confessions from the Gu family.

First, get rid of the people, and then everything will be fine once the princess returns.

But the lantern bearer came with Tian Guihua and her husband. They couldn't interrogate the Gu family members, but they could interrogate Tian Guihua, who had sold their Nan Yao palace maid.

Upon entering the Gu residence, the lanterns were lit and the couple's legs were broken. Then, a portrait of Gui Yao's appearance when she was sold was shown to the two for identification.

"If you don't tell the truth, your necks will be the next ones to break."

The couple, who had lived in the countryside all their lives, had never seen anything like this before, and hurriedly admitted that they had sold Guiyao to Jishengtang for five taels of silver.

Since they identified the Gu family members, the trial can proceed.

Gu Shun refused to admit it, "Nonsense, you two are full of lies, I've never seen that woman..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhangdeng sliced ​​off one of his arms with a sword.

"My lord is here as a guest in Dasheng, yet your Gu family has repeatedly disregarded him. Do you think my Southern Yao Iron Cavalry is just for show?"

Gu Shun was in excruciating pain, and when she heard her escalate the matter to a matter between two countries, he simply pretended to faint.

Knowing he was doomed, she didn't bother to expose him. Her cold gaze swept over the other servants of the Gu family, and the blood-dripping sword followed her gaze, finally pointing at an old woman.

"Tell me, was the woman in this painting sent to the Gu residence?"

Miss Gui Yao had already found out that this old woman, like Gu Shun, was Cheng Le's lackey, helping to harm countless women.

Using her as a guinea pig is the right thing to do.

Seeing that the old woman was about to start working without warning, fearing she might lose her arm as well, she could only nod and say, "Yes."

The man holding the lamp pressed his long sword against the old woman's throat, his eyes filled with bloodlust. "Where is she? Why did they bring her here?"

The old woman was terrified and quickly told her that Gu Nansheng was having an attack and needed a woman to release his desires.

Before she could even say that Madam Gu had pleaded for them, she had already ordered Madam Gu the Second to release Gui Yao and Xing'er from the mansion.

As if consumed by rage, he thrust his sword through the old woman's throat and then drew it to point at another servant.

"Take us to the main room."

The servants were so intimidated by her fierceness that they dared not say a word. Gui Yao had already been driven out of the mansion, so they hurriedly ran ahead to lead the way.

Zhangdeng led a group of guards and headed aggressively towards Gu Nansheng's courtyard.

"stop!"

Madam Gu rushed over, saying, "This is Princess Chengle's residence. You are not allowed to trespass here."

The lanterns were lit, and the footsteps did not stop. "The Gu family has treated my prince so badly. Madam should think about how to explain this to His Majesty of Dasheng."

Seeing that Cheng Le's name was of no use, Madam Gu Er stretched out her arms to block their way, "You mustn't..."

"roll!"

He grabbed the lamp and threw the person aside.

Miss Gui Yao said that the Gu family, relying on Cheng Le's power, would definitely make a fuss. There was no need to argue with them; they could be suppressed by force. Just take the fake Gu Nansheng away in time.

The prince did not object at the time, which meant he tacitly approved of Gui Yao's statement.

She also wanted the people of Dasheng to know that their prince was gentle and polite, not someone to be bullied.

Madam Gu had been the princess's daughter-in-law for many years and was always respected. She never dreamed that Zhangdeng would dare to lay a hand on her.

She was so angry she wanted to kill the lamp-bearer.

But she can't.

Thinking that the princess had ordered Jishengtang to buy people, and that he had been deceived by the princess for many years, he felt like a clown in front of Master Gu.

Once her hatred took hold, she simply stopped caring.

All of this is the fault of the princess and the first wife, so why should she suffer injustice here?

Therefore, she allowed the lantern bearer to lead people to search the entire Gu residence before taking away the unconscious Gu Nansheng.

She couldn't stop them; the people of Nanyao didn't take her seriously at all.

But for her son's sake, she said, "That day, I sensed something was wrong with the eldest son's family and promptly let Tian Xing'er and a girl go. I don't know if that girl is the person you are looking for."

She wanted to do a favor for the Prince Jin's mansion.

The lamp-bearer only glanced at her indifferently. What kind of good person could someone be who would tolerate the murder of so many women and even attempt to have Madam Gu paraded through the streets to her death?

Xiao Huaijin arrived at the gate of the Gu residence just in time.

The lamp bearer replied, "Your Highness, the Gu family has admitted that they actually dared to try to give their future princess to Gu Nansheng."

Fortunately, the future princess was alert and escaped in time, but she has not yet been found. The subordinates fear she may have been captured and taken elsewhere, so they brought Gu Nansheng with them.

"Continue searching for all of the Gu family's properties."

With a sullen face, Xiao Huaijin led the fake Gu Nansheng towards the palace.

After returning to the palace last night, Li Deshun kept a close eye on news outside the palace. When Xiao Huaijin arrived at the Gu residence, he also told the emperor about the Gu family's affairs.

The emperor slammed the memorial in his hand heavily onto the imperial desk. "Well done, Cheng Le."

I told him before that Gu Nansheng's lustful disorder was cured, but now he's resorting to sneaking around.

He then asked, "So, was Gui Yao really arrested?"

He seemed like a capable person, so how could he have fallen for his trick so easily?

Li Deshun knew that some things could not be hidden from the emperor, so he said half-truthfully, "He is in Xuanji Tower. This old servant even sent a thank-you gift there last night."

However, this old servant guesses that her falling out with Prince Jin was because the Gu family had offended her, or perhaps she couldn't bear to see other women being harmed.

He said cautiously, "Your Majesty, this old servant has investigated and found that the Gu family has indeed harmed many women over the years."

The reason Imperial Censor Chen impeached the Gu family was because his daughter was also a victim. Princess Chengle's indulgence of her subordinates might tarnish His Majesty's reputation.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Order Zang Lan to investigate thoroughly."

Zang Lan is the name of the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. He is known for his impartiality, fearlessness of power, and loyalty only to His Majesty. Letting him take over indicates that His Majesty will not protect Cheng Le.

Li Deshun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, Xiao Huaijin arrived before the emperor. "Your Majesty, she has vanished without a trace. Your humble servants are extremely anxious and have mobilized everyone to search for her. We found her last known location near Luanshi Village and suspect that she has been tricked."

So they had two palace maids disguise themselves as orphans, and they ended up investigating all the way to Jishengtang.

Only then did they realize that Jishengtang had been using the guise of practicing medicine and selling drugs to find women for Gu Nansheng, the eldest grandson of the Gu family.

Yao Yao has also fallen into the hands of the Gu family and is now nowhere to be found. Gu Nansheng is unconscious, and the officials, having no other choice, have brought him to seek His Majesty's help.

"Summon the imperial physician and wake him up."

The emperor then ordered a young eunuch to bring a chair for Xiao Huaijin.

Unlike Tian Guihua and Li Dafu, he guessed after hearing the whole story that the two palace maids had deliberately offered themselves up.

However, it is a fact that the people of Dasheng sold Nanyao palace maids, and this matter can be considered a big deal or a small deal.

Xiao Huaijin frankly admitted that the two palace maids were trying to lure the enemy out of their hole, and did not take this opportunity to make things difficult for Dasheng or escalate the matter to a matter between the two countries, which relieved the emperor.

For the past three years, in order to ensure that Nan Yao would treat his Zhu Zhu'er well, he has treated Xiao Huaijin almost like his own son.

Xiao Huaijin did not disappoint him, so he offered him a seat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Huaijin sat down and said, "I was really worried, so I ordered my men to search all of Princess Chengle's properties."

I'm afraid this will displease the princess and cause her to have a bad opinion of foreign officials.

Gui Yao offended Cheng Le, and Cheng Le must hate her, yet he never deliberately concealed his closeness to Gui Yao.

Once Cheng Le finds out, he is very likely to accuse Gui Yao of being instructed by Nan Yao.

He has to strike first.