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

He had barely finished speaking when Xiaolan excitedly chimed in from the side.

"And, and, Your Highness, Xie Mohe's clothes were torn to shreds by something, the sleeve of her entire arm was gone, and her shoulder was also covered in blood and gore. She lost too much blood and her face was as white as a ghost."

Xie Mohe fainted as soon as she returned. The second wife and her husband were frantic with worry. They wanted to ask the officials for help, but they were all too busy stopping Ling Yun's bleeding to care about Xie Mohe's life. Left with no other option, they turned to the old princess for help.

Right now, they are kneeling before the old princess, begging her for help.

Xiaolan's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke. She was excited at first, but as she talked, all that remained was helplessness.

If the second branch of the royal family hadn't separated from them and the whole family had lived together peacefully, how could their princess have cared about their lives?

Ultimately, it's all because the second wife was too greedy!

Previously, seeing that they had some grain, and also seeing that their prince was lame, they were afraid that they would be a burden to them, so they couldn't wait to separate from their eldest son's family and divide the grain. In the end, they got their wish, wrote a letter of severance, separated the family, and divided the grain!

Unexpectedly, not long after, they finished the food and then came begging to them again, saying things like "we're all family." They were shameless!

Ji Yunshu pursed her lips. She wasn't surprised that Xie Mohe's family had pleaded with the old princess. They had already done it once before, and they would definitely do it again in the future.

"Are Ling Yun and Xie Mohe really that badly injured?"

She didn't use much force when she threw the durian out of the space.

Judging from Xie Lin and Xiao Lan's words, Ling Yun and Xie Mohe seem to have lost too much blood.

"Yes, it does look quite serious. They were bleeding all the way back. Look, the ground is covered in their blood."

As Xiaolan spoke, she pointed to the bloodstains on the ground and chattered away.

"By the way, Your Highness, are you alright? Luckily, you didn't encounter the same situation as them. I wonder what terrifying thing they encountered that they couldn't defeat so many people!"

I was even scratched by that thing, and I almost lost my life!

Your Highness, we have some food in the carriage. Please make do with this for now. You mustn't risk going into the woods alone again.

Xie Lin and Xiao Lan chattered away, but Ji Yunshu didn't respond.

If she had known that durian could cause such serious injury, she would have kept it in her spatial storage instead of throwing it out.

At the time, I thought that since I was going to use my spatial storage anyway, I might as well just throw it out from the tree without thinking that it would hit someone.

Those two won't kick the bucket over something so small, will they?

As they were thinking this, the three of them returned to the group. At this moment, the group was quiet, as everyone was frightened by the injuries of Ling Yun and Xie Mohe.

When Ji Yunshu and the other two returned, they were clearly seen by everyone.

Seeing that she was safe and sound, the villagers breathed a sigh of relief. When they saw what Lingyun and Xiaolan were carrying, they guessed that it might be food that the princess had found. Since the villagers had some food of their own, they wisely refrained from approaching.

Aside from the villagers, everyone else looked at Ji Yunshu and her two companions with a mixture of envy and jealousy, especially the officials, who were practically kicking themselves in regret!

They went out with the princess, so why didn't they find anything and instead came back in such a fright?!

Look at the princess, she's completely unharmed and even brought back so much food!

Moreover, the princess was a woman. Compared to her, the officials felt utterly humiliated. They were all grown men, yet they were not as good as a woman like the princess!

It's true what they say, comparisons are the thief of joy!

"Ouch, ouch, that hurts so much!"

"Waaaaah... Waaaaah... It hurts so much! What the hell was that thing?!"

Ling Yun gritted his teeth in pain, blood gushing from his forehead. He couldn't stop wiping it off; as soon as he wiped it away, more blood would come out.

After bleeding for so long, he was starting to feel dizzy. He felt that if this continued, he would definitely bleed to death here.

The officers were pulled back to their senses by his muttering voice. Seeing how much pain he was in, none of them knew what to do.

None of them knew how to treat illnesses. The only one in the group who did was Doctor Li, but the Crown Prince now highly suspected that they were infected with the plague. The Crown Prince ordered his men not to approach them, so it was impossible for Doctor Li to come and treat Ling Yun!

However, they couldn't just ignore Ling Yun. He was the leader of the exile group, and he was indeed more astute than the others. If Ling Yun died, there would be no one to lead the group.

"What do we do? What do we do? Brother, the bleeding from your head won't stop! If this continues, you'll bleed to death!"

"Big brother, big brother, can you bear it? Or, we can use some scraps of cloth or tattered clothes to press your head down hard. Can you handle that?"

If the bleeding from your head doesn't stop soon, you're going to die!

As one of the officers spoke, he tore a strip of cloth from his clothes, crumpled it into a ball, and pressed it directly onto Ling Yun's wound!

Blood gushed from the wound instantly, staining the entire strip of cloth red.

"Aaaaaah!!"

Ling Yun screamed in agony.

He'd never been injured like this in his entire life. Had this person lost their mind? Using so much force, were they trying to kill him?!

The officer pressing on Ling Yun's wound was also startled, not expecting Ling Yun's reaction to be so strong. But he didn't mean it...

This was the best way he could think of to stop Lingyun's bleeding.

The other officials standing around felt their scalps tingle at the sight.

Just by looking at Ling Yun's appearance, they knew that he was in a lot of pain!

Fortunately, they weren't the ones who got hit. Although it's not very kind of you to think that way, but...

Ling Yun gritted his teeth, enduring the pain, and kicked the official in front of him away.

"Idiot, you don't need to use so much force to stop my bleeding! I had a little blood left, but you pressed on it and it's all gone!"

The constable who had been kicked away pouted, his tone aggrieved.

"Brother, how can you blame me? If I didn't press hard, the bleeding wouldn't stop! We don't have any medicine, and this is the only way I can stop the bleeding. I'm only doing this to save you."

Ling Yun glared at him weakly. Although he knew the official was telling the truth, he really couldn't bear the pain.

As soon as the officer loosened his grip, blood gushed out of his head again, and soon it filled his nose, mouth, and eyes!

Ling Yun felt his mind go blank. He had just recovered somewhat from being angered by the officials, but then he lost a lot more. He quickly said...

"Go and find the Princess. She knows a little medicine. Didn't she help cure the villagers' illnesses before? Tell the Princess to get me some medicine."

I told the princess how much silver she needed, and that I would send it to her once I recovered. I begged her to be lenient and help me out.

The princess loves money. He used money to ask her to treat his illness. Would she agree?