Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

Gui Yao asked, "So what is your wish now?"

Madam Zang did not speak immediately.

She got up and went to the window, looking into the courtyard as if to confirm whether Cang Lan was there.

Gui Yao smiled and said, "Something has come up at the Jingzhao Prefecture, so Lord Zang has gone out."

She was the one who started the trouble.

The main reason why Cang Lan kept Madam Cang confined and prevented her from leaving the house was that she did not want Madam Cang to go to Xuanji Tower to find her.

So she sent him away.

Madam Zang breathed a sigh of relief and then sat down opposite Gui Yao. "I think my husband will only love me and my daughter in this lifetime."

She twisted the handkerchief in her hands. "I have another wish."

Gui Yao nodded. "Go on."

"I...have done shameful things, which have implicated my family, and now I'm implicated my husband as well."

Madam Zang lowered her eyes. "I killed my mother and caused my family to decline."

Now, my family has come to me, wanting my husband to help them, but my husband comes from a poor family and it wasn't easy for him to get to where he is today.

On the day she entered officialdom, her husband knelt down and swore an oath to be an upright and good official, and he has been doing so ever since.

My family's request is improper and will bring misfortune to my husband. I am willing to exchange everything I have for your help to reverse my family's bad luck.

The mistakes I made should be borne by me, and my husband should not be implicated.

She seemed to be speaking to Gui Yao, yet also to herself, trying to convince herself.

"You previously said that Lord Zang had ulterior motives."

Gui Yao asked, "So, you're still willing to protect him?"

Madam Zang remained silent, her expression blank.

After a long while, she raised her eyes and said, "I hate him too, but he was really good to me before. I can't deny his past kindness just because he has changed his mind now."

He is a good official, and the world needs good officials like him.

Madam Zang shed tears, which fell onto the chair with a patter. She was so engrossed in her own world that she was completely unaware of what was happening.

Gui Yao handed her a handkerchief and said gently, "Then what about the matter of how Madam implicated her family?"

"I, I, I..."

Madam Zang started stuttering again, twisting the handkerchief in her hand into a pretzel shape.

Gui Yao didn't urge her. Her gaze fell on the wooden chair that was wet with tears, and after a moment, she looked away.

Madam Zang took a deep breath. "I... while I was staying at my parents' house, I couldn't resist having sex with my husband."

At this point, Madam Zang lowered her head even further.

She didn't know what happened, but she just couldn't help herself that night.

Afterwards, she wondered if she had gotten involved with something unclean, but she was in her mother's yard that day, and her mother would never harm her.

Moreover, she ate and drank the same things as her mother and sister, and they were all fine. She could only conclude that Zang Lan had been away from Beijing on business for more than half a month, and that absence makes the heart grow fonder, so she missed him.

"this one?"

Gui Yao was taken aback. "Just because of this, you want to reverse time?"

And he's even made himself into this state?

Madam Zang was also taken aback. "A married woman should not be intimate with her husband when she returns to her parents' home, otherwise it will disrupt the good fortune of her parents' home, bring disaster, and cause the fortunes of her brothers to decline."

Miss Guiyao's reaction suggests she doesn't know.

"I'd rather lend a house for a funeral than for a couple to get married. If the son-in-law sleeps with someone, the family will suffer. I have indeed heard all sorts of such sayings."

Gui Yao regained his composure, "But the rise and fall of a family depends on its own talent, virtue, character, and the true nature of its actions."

"How could a single act of intimacy between a woman who married out of the family and her husband, a natural act of marital companionship, become the root of all trouble?"

Gui Yao didn't quite understand and was genuinely asking a question.

"That's not how it works."

Madam Zang shook her head in anguish, "My husband and I had only been in bed together for two days when my mother, who had always been in good health, suddenly fell ill and passed away."

Just two days later, she saw her once-plump mother, now so thin that her cheeks were sunken.

Her father and brothers blamed her, scolding her for being immoral, for committing filthy acts in her parents' home, and for offending the ancestors and family gods, which led to her mother's death.

Lying on the bed, her mother, barely breathing, protected her, saying, "I don't blame her, and you mustn't blame her either. You must love her as before."

Not long after, the elder brother made a mistake in his work and lost his official position, and the other party suddenly changed their mind and broke off the engagement that the younger sister had been engaged to since childhood.

My sister and brother-in-law, who have always been loving, are also having problems with their marriage. My brother-in-law suddenly started asking to take a concubine and also kept a mistress.

My younger brother, who was a good student, also became averse to school. While skipping school, he fell off a wall and broke his leg.

She told Gui Yao about her family's situation and said painfully, "I have no choice but to believe all of this."

And then there's my dad. He's always been in good health, but a single cold made him sick for several months, and he's still weak now.

It's all my fault that things turned out this way.

Gui Yao pondered for a moment, "Then how can they ask Lord Zang for help?"

"After my elder brother lost his official position, he took up a salt-selling business..."

Lady Zang gritted her teeth. "Father wants my husband to find a way to send my brother to another place to be a salt and iron commissioner."

"The Salt and Iron Commissioner was not a high-ranking official, but he held the power to inspect salt affairs."

Gui Yao's eyes turned cold. "Your father and brothers want to use their positions to become parasites on the court."

Madam Zang did not deny it. "My father knelt before me, but I cannot involve my husband and jeopardize his career."

I dare not even tell my husband about these things. Given his integrity, he would not only not help my brother, but would also report my brother's salt-selling to the court.

I know my father and brother were wrong, but they are my family, and they lived happily and peacefully before that incident.

"I ruined everything for them, I can't let them lose their lives too."

That's why she wanted to go back to the time before she married her husband; if she hadn't married, none of this would have happened.

Gui Yao looked at the woman with a pained expression, a hint of pity flashing in his eyes.

"it is good."

Gui Yao held her shoulders and said, "I promise you, I will make your husband love only you and your child, and I will make you no longer have to be torn between your parents' home and your husband."

She looked into the eyes of the Tibetan woman, and her eyes gradually turned as black as ink.

Lady Zang seemed to be drawn in, staring blankly at Gui Yao. The deathly aura around her seemed to be startled and scattered, making her willpower appear even stronger.

The deal is done!

Gui Yao's eyes regained their clarity. "Madam, please stay at home in peace. I will grant your wish within three days."

Her words seemed to have a magical power, instantly calming Madam Zang's anxious heart.

"Alright, I'll wait for you, young lady."

Suddenly, she slapped her forehead. "Oh dear, I forgot! My father and the others are still waiting for my reply. I haven't responded to them for days, and they might come knocking on our door to make a scene."

Gui Yao's spiritual power influenced her, bringing her back to reality from her delusional world. She hurriedly tried to leave, thinking, "I can't let them come knocking on my door."

"Please trust me, Madam. I will handle this matter well."

Gui Yao grabbed her arm, "What you're worried about won't happen."

With a flick of her sleeve, she said, "Madam, please go to sleep for now."

As Gui Yaojiu left Madam Zang's courtyard, he ran into Zang Lan, who was rushing back.

"What brings you to my house, young lady?"

He looked nervous, his gaze involuntarily drifting towards the courtyard.

Gui Yao laughed, "Lord Zang pretended to be sponsored by Zhao's father and appeared at the Zhao family with Madam Zang, wasn't that just to attract my attention?"

"You...can you see her?"

Zang Lan's tension turned into a complex expression, a mixture of joy and sorrow, she said, "Don't hurt her."

When he took over Zhao Mingyue's case, he already knew about Gui Yao and her relationship with Zhao Mingyue.

Taking his wife to the funeral was indeed a test to see if Gui Yao was truly capable.

But when Gui Yaozhen saw his wife, he worried that she might harm her.

"Don't be nervous, Lord Zang."

Gui Yao walked up to him with her hands behind her back. "Before this, she had brought gifts to Xuanji Tower to thank me for saving you from being trampled by a horse."

Now, she's my employer, and I'll grant her wish. Lord Zang, would you like to talk?