Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

The officials were incredibly excited, and even many of the exiled prisoners couldn't wait any longer. They rolled up their trousers and reached into the river to grab the fish that jumped up.

Fish, though seemingly within reach, are surprisingly difficult to catch. After searching for a long time, the group failed to catch a single one. The officials urged Lingyun again to cast the net.

Ling Yun didn't dawdle. He followed Ji Yunshu's example, tidied up the fishing net, and threw it out with force.

Then, at the right moment, they pulled the fishing net back in. The net was full of dark clumps of fish. Although it wasn't as much as Ji Yunshu's net, at least they caught something, which meant they wouldn't go hungry today.

Everyone was incredibly excited.

Xiao Wu stood not far away. They had also tried to catch fish, but these fish were really hard to catch. They were small and slippery. They managed to catch one, but there were so few of them that they weren't even enough to fill their teeth.

"I've raised you all to be so poor, you can't even catch a few fish. Look at how others manage it! Use your brains!"

The prince's stomach kept rumbling, and he was so hungry that he became irritable.

The guards looked at each other, none of them daring to speak. They usually stayed by the Crown Prince's side and had no worries about food or drink, so why would they need to learn a survival skill like catching fish?

I've never done this before. If you suddenly let them catch me, they definitely won't be able to.

Knowing that the eldest prince was angry, they didn't dare to respond and instead glanced at Xiao Wu intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao Wu is usually closest to the First Prince, so she should know something about what the First Prince is thinking.

They did want to borrow a fishing net from the princess so they could catch a lot of fish at once, but the relationship between the eldest prince and the princess didn't seem to be very good. If they asked the princess for something, would the eldest prince be angry?

Xiao Wu glared at them helplessly, but didn't say anything to the First Prince. He turned around and walked towards Ji Yunshu and her group.

"Your Highness, may I borrow your fishing net? We would like to catch some fish as well."

Ji Yunshu stood there, watching the fish thrashing about in the river. A hint of doubt flashed in her eyes. She felt something was off. She didn't really care what Xiao Wu had told her, and casually replied...

"Take it if you want; it's with Ling Yun. Go get it yourself."

After thanking him, Xiao Wu didn't say anything more and turned to go to Ling Yun to get the fishing net.

Xie Lin and Xie Mohuan had already taken the fish they caught to be processed. Ji Yunshu found a rock by the river and sat down, carefully watching the fish that kept jumping out of the water.

When they stopped, the river wasn't like this. The water was calm, crystal clear, and fish were swimming in it. Everything was normal. But in just a short while, it started to look strange.

Others might not have noticed anything unusual, but Ji Yunshu had seen a lot when she was in modern times.

The fish suddenly jumped out of the water to breathe, and the river water was somewhat murky and inexplicably became rapid; all of this felt a bit abnormal.

The main question is, the weather isn't even that hot right now, so why would these fish suddenly jump out to breathe?

It's one thing for one or two fish to jump out, but for all the fish to jump to the surface is just too bizarre.

She looked up at the sky; it was clear and there was no rain. So why did the river suddenly become a little murky?

She tried hard to recall this part of the original book, but she couldn't remember it at all. In order to quickly read the ending, she had skipped a lot of the book, so she wasn't very clear about what exactly happened in between.

Ji Yunshu shook her head, listening to the laughter and chatter of the crowd behind her, and comforted herself, thinking that she might be overthinking things.

The sky is clear and there's no sign of a downpour. This is probably the most comfortable weather they've had since leaving the capital. Even her air conditioner has been idle for the past two days; the natural breeze blowing in from the carriage is already quite pleasant.

Without much thought, she got up, boarded the carriage loaded with supplies, and slipped into her spatial dimension. From there, she took out some fresh lotus roots, potatoes, mushrooms, and some uncommon vegetables.

These are all essential items for hot pot. As for the meat, she gave up on it. She could say that she picked up the vegetables on the street, but it would be too much trouble to prepare the meat.

Anyway, it's the same as having fish to eat. Fish is very nutritious. After preparing these, she took out a pack of hot pot ingredients from the mall.

To take care of Xie Moyao and Li Shi, the two injured people, she specially brought a packet of hot pot ingredients with non-spicy old hen soup base.

She packed everything she had taken out into a bundle before jumping off the carriage.

Sherlin and his team worked quickly, not only preparing all the fish but also starting a fire.

Everything was ready, just waiting for her to make her move.

"Third Sister-in-law, everything is ready here. You can cook. Third Sister-in-law is a great cook. After eating your cooking, I never want to eat anyone else's cooking again." Xie Mohuan had a sweet tongue. As she spoke, she moved closer to Ji Yunshu.

Ji Yunshu laughed and joked, "You have such a sweet tongue. Fine, I'll do it. There are still some vegetables here. Go wash them. I'll make the hot pot broth first." As she spoke, she took out the hot pot base from the package.

Hearing that there were vegetables, Xie Mohuan's eyes lit up. She eagerly took the bundle from Ji Yunshu's hand, opened it, and sure enough, there were some fresh vegetables, many of which she had never seen before. She pulled Xie Lin and walked towards the river.

"Quick, quick, let's go wash the vegetables together. I've never seen many of these vegetables before, my third sister-in-law gave me. Do you know how to wash them? I don't know where she got them."

"I think I've seen this cabbage before, but it's different from what I usually eat. As for the others, this should be a mushroom."

The two left, muttering to themselves.

As soon as Xie Mohuan and Xie Lin left, Ji Yunshu quickly took advantage of the break to get some water from her space, clean the pot, and then, when no one was paying attention, she took some spiritual spring water from her space and put it into the pot to make soup. Finally, she added the hot pot ingredients and stirred them in.

Making clear broth hot pot doesn't require much skill; you just need to put the hot pot base in.

The hot pot base, combined with her spiritual spring water, made the soup base taste even better.

After bringing the broth to a boil, she poured in all the fish that Lingyun and the others had prepared.

By this time, Xie Mohuan and the others had brought back the washed vegetables.

Ji Yunshu took the washed vegetables from them, took out the lotus root, peeled and sliced ​​it, put it back in the vegetable basket, and put all the vegetables into the pot to stew.

After a cup of tea,

The pot was bubbling and steaming, and all the dishes were cooked. Ji Yunshu told them to turn off the heat and get ready to eat.

There wasn't enough time to steam rice, but this big pot of fish soup and vegetables was enough for them to have a hearty meal.

While they were enjoying a steaming hot pot of fish, Ling Yun and the First Prince's fish were also ready to be grilled.

Their fish smelled delicious, but compared to Ji Yunshu's steaming hot pot, they instantly felt that the fish in their hands had little flavor.