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

Everyone was startled by the sudden loud noise, and they stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sound.

But they were in the woods, and the dense foliage above them made it impossible to see anything.

Judging from the direction the sound came from, it was vaguely the place where they were resting.

Sherlin frowned, his tone worried.

"Your Highness, what just happened? Should I climb up again to check? Judging from the sound, it seems to be coming from where the Prince and the others are."

Zhang Lizheng nodded, his expression solemn.

"Yes, I just heard the sound, it seems to be from where everyone is resting. What happened? Could it be another landslide? But that place where they are resting is very safe."

"The sound doesn't sound like a landslide to me; it sounds more like something else is making that noise!"

The crowd discussed it animatedly, and many suggested climbing the tree to see what was going on.

Ji Yunshu frowned. The others didn't know what the voice was, but she did.

She had just caught a glimpse of a colorful explosion in the sky not far away, peeking through the gaps in the leaves.

If she wasn't mistaken, this should be the signal flare she left for Xie Moyao earlier.

That is, the fireworks she took out from her space. Only fireworks can make such a loud noise in the sky and explode in so many colors.

Ji Yunshu immediately felt uneasy.

Something seems to have happened at the camp.

She turned her head and saw Sherlin preparing to climb the durian tree. She reached out and pulled Sherlin back, her tone serious.

"Everyone, quickly pack your things, we're heading back right away. Something must have happened at the camp!"

The group was quick-witted; before Ji Yunshu could finish speaking, they had already packed all the durians they had picked into bags, carried them on their backs, and ran forward.

Ji Yunshu followed behind the others, hurrying back. When everyone had left and the durian tree was almost out of sight, she paused, turned around, looked at the durian tree, and with a thought, put the entire durian tree back into her spatial storage.

In the blink of an eye, the durian tree appeared in the space, while the durian tree in the forest had long since disappeared without a trace.

This durian tree was the first durian tree she cultivated in her space. The fruits it bore were large and of high quality, and she felt a little reluctant to leave such a good durian tree here.

After doing all this, she returned to her team.

At that moment, Schelling was carrying a bag of durians and running forward quickly.

He ran while also protecting Xiaolan.

Ji Yunshu caught up with Xie Lin, handed everyone over to Xie Lin's care, and then rushed past the two of them towards the camp.

She was empty-handed, so she was naturally much faster than the others.

A moment later, it disappeared from everyone's sight.

The others didn't dare to waste any time either, and quickened their pace to catch up with Ji Yunshu.

Not long after, Ji Yunshu returned to her resting place. She saw that the group of people who had been happily gathered together when they left had all dispersed.

The campsite for resting was a mess.

Pots and pans were scattered all over the ground, as were the supplies brought by the villagers.

Her gaze quickly fell on the place where the people from the Prince's Mansion were resting. The people from the Prince's Mansion had also disappeared without a trace, and even the two carriages were nowhere to be seen.

Ji Yunshu's heart sank even further. Where had the carriage gone?

She knew the weight of those two carriages.

Unless someone deliberately drives the carriage, the horses probably won't leave this place.

"Xie Moyao, Xie Moyao, where are you!"

"Eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, little sister!"

Ji Yunshu shouted, frantically searching for the others in all directions.

She saw many villagers around her, all of whom looked terrified.

Right now, she didn't care about asking what was going on; she just wanted to find the person first.

She wandered around for a while, noticing carriage tracks everywhere on the ground. It seemed the carriage had been spinning around for quite some time. She found the direction the wheels had gone and followed them.

Just then, another loud bang exploded in the sky.

Colorful fireworks appeared in the sky again, but their duration was very short and fleeting.

But Ji Yunshu still managed to see the direction from which the fireworks were coming from.

She quickened her pace considerably; if they weren't in the jungle, she would have loved to take out all the vehicles she had stored in her spatial storage.

Unfortunately, the jungle was full of potholes and obstacles, and there were no roads at all, so even if they brought out vehicles, they would be useless.

At this moment, she missed the lightness skill she possessed immensely.

If she knew kung fu, she could fly over there in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, she had trained in the jungle in her previous life, so running through the jungle again was not too strenuous for her.

After running for a short while, they heard screams coming from ahead.

"Aaaaah, get away, get away!"

"Ah, help! Help!"

"Monster! Get away! Get away!"

As the screams rang out, she also heard a sound that resembled an animal.

Ji Yunshu...

Could it be that we encountered some large beast? But this place is relatively close to the village, and Zhang Lizheng and the others have never mentioned any large wild animals around here!

Moreover, judging from what that person said, it sounded like a monster. What kind of thing can be described as a monster?!

The shout just now seemed to be Ji Yunyao's.

Why is Ji Yunyao here?

Isn't she with the eldest prince?

Are the people ahead the eldest prince and his entourage, or people from the Prince's mansion? Her signal flare for Xie Moyao went off here; Xie Moyao and the others should be here too.

As she was thinking this, she arrived at an open space. Sure enough, not far ahead, a group of people were gathered together, shouting and cursing.

From a distance, she could only see the group of people gathered together, constantly chasing something away.

Ji Yunshu couldn't see what was on the ground, so she quickened her pace.

She wanted to see what it was that had frightened everyone like this; there were at least 200 people in total, including the villagers, guards, and officials.

They were all scattered, without any chance to fight back.

Her gaze remained fixed on the distance ahead until she spotted the figures of the Prince's family in the crowd. Only then did Ji Yunshu breathe a sigh of relief.

Xie Moyao was being carried on Chen's back.

He held several stones in his hand, his expression solemn, and kept throwing the stones at the ground.

Xie Moyao was extremely thin a while ago, but she has gained a lot of weight back recently.