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

The officials looked at each other, wondering if Ling Yun even knew what he meant.

He actually wanted the princess to treat his wounds?

Does this mean he wants to get closer to the princess?

The eldest prince is still here, but the princess and the others are exiled. Ling Yun is so blatantly approaching them. Will the eldest prince have any objections?

"Brother, are we really going to ask the Princess for help? The Princess and the others are exiled prisoners now. We're officials; if we ask the Princess for help, it might be difficult to explain if the Crown Prince asks!"

They witnessed everything that happened in the woods, from the princess confronting the eldest prince to his face. Their relationship is now irreconcilable.

If they openly and honestly seek the Princess's help, wouldn't the First Prince see them as getting close to the Princess?

They are government officials, after all. Will the Crown Prince hold a grudge against them and take his anger out on them?

Ling Yun gritted his teeth. "Now that things have come to this, I can't care anymore. So what if he's the eldest prince? When we were in the village, he knew we might be infected with the plague, but he didn't even think twice before locking us up with the villagers, intending to kill us all!"

At that time, the eldest prince never imagined that we were government officials.

Now, all I want is to save my life. I'm in excruciating pain, and he hasn't even offered to call Doctor Li to take a look at me. Even if I die here today from the agony, I doubt the Crown Prince will even lift an eyelid. Since that's the case, why should I gamble with my own life?

A person must first survive; only then can everything else take a backseat.

If you're already dead, why bother with all that?

Without further hesitation, the officer turned and ran quickly toward where Ji Yunshu was.

Meanwhile, Ji Yunshu, Xie Lin, and Xiao Lan were taking the items out of her bag one by one.

There were vegetables, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and all sorts of fruits. The fruits looked like something they had never seen before, but they looked very fresh, as if they had just been picked. The fruits were still wet with rainwater. The group stared in disbelief, finding it hard to believe.

Ji Yunshu had only been gone for a short while, yet she had found so much food. Xie Lin pointed at the huge pile of things, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Your Highness, you found all of this! How did you find so much? And I've never seen these things before. Are they edible?"

Xie Moyao lay in the carriage. Hearing the commotion outside, he lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the large pile of things on the ground. A slight smile appeared on his lips.

If he wasn't mistaken, the pile of things on the ground must have been taken out of that space by his wife. He wondered what that space was like, as it contained so many good things.

His wife said that the space had everything, and he was really curious.

Ji Yunshu squatted down, pulled over another bag, opened it, and poured out all the durians inside.

"Well, I found them in the woods. The fruit was picked from the trees, but the trees were too tall, so I couldn't pick too many."

The rest were dug from the ground. I was worried you'd be hungry, so I didn't dig much before coming back.

As she spoke, she put the bag in her hand aside, where seven or eight durians were neatly arranged at her feet.

Before Xie Lin and Xiao Lan could ask about the things on the ground, the officers had already come over.

The officer originally intended to tell Ji Yunshu directly to check Lingyun's wounds, but he inexplicably glanced at the ground, and what he saw nearly scared him out of his wits.

"Ahhh! Ahhh! A hidden weapon! A hidden weapon! It's a hidden weapon! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This thing can prick you!"

He witnessed Ling Yun being stabbed with his own eyes, and now seeing this round thing, he felt a headache coming on. How could this thing be here!

The officer shouted as he took several steps back, lost his footing, and fell to the ground with a thud.

His face was deathly pale. He supported himself on the ground with his hands, constantly moving his body backward, staring at the objects on the ground with a look of terror.

Everyone else was startled by his sudden reaction, including Sherlin and Xiaolan, who stared blankly at the things on the ground.

Is this a hidden weapon?

However, the princess said it was edible.

"Sir, could you please stop making such a fuss? Our princess said it's a kind of fruit that's edible!"

A hidden weapon? What hidden weapon! Who would use something this big as a hidden weapon?!

Xie Lin rolled his eyes at the officials on the ground. These officials were really useless. They had traveled all over the country for many years, how could they be so frightened by a fruit!

The people raised by this imperial court are truly useless!

The officer didn't argue, but continued to point at the few things at Ji Yunshu's feet, looking terrified.

"What do you know? We just went into the woods to find food. Commander Ling was hit by this hidden weapon that fell from the sky. He's lost too much blood and is about to pass out. What else could this thing be but a hidden weapon?!"

Hearing the official's words, Xie Lin, Xiao Lan, and the others all looked at the things on the ground.

Indeed, there was blood on both items. Now, they were a little confused. What exactly happened?

Ji Yunshu's lips twitched. She was so frightened by being hit by a durian. Helpless, she squatted down and picked up a durian from the ground.

"Sir, this is indeed a fruit, and it is edible. It is not some kind of hidden weapon. If any of you were hit, it must be because you were standing under the tree when the fruit fell from it and were hit."

So you all think this thing is a hidden weapon, but it's not. It just ripened and fell from the tree. When I got there, I saw a few on the ground, so I picked them all up.”

The officials were skeptical. They had indeed noticed when the object fell and hit Ling Yun, but there was nothing around there.

At the time, they thought it looked extremely ugly and was very powerful when it hit people, and they didn't know whether it was a hidden weapon or something else.

Surprisingly, it's edible!

If they had known it was edible, they would have brought it back themselves, thus benefiting the princess for nothing.

Judging from the princess's appearance, she probably happened to come back when these things fell on the ground, allowing her to get a great deal!

They were the ones who suffered the punishment, but the princess picked up the things.

No matter how the officials thought about it, they felt it was a bit unfair.

"This...this thing is really edible?"

Although we don't know what it tastes like yet, and it looks rather ugly, since the princess said it's edible and brought so much back, it must taste pretty good. I wonder if the princess can let them try it too.

Ji Yunshu looked at him, smiled faintly, and without offering any further explanation, simply asked,

"What are you doing here, sir? Didn't you say that Ling Yun was about to die from blood loss? Why aren't you taking care of him over there? What are you doing here?"