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

Thinking of Ji Yunyao's words, Chu Jinsheng's gaze also fell on Ji Yunshu. Could it be that, as Ji Yunyao said, the appearance of these monsters was related to Ji Yunshu?

Just as he was about to ask a question, a strange noise suddenly came from the bushes beside him. When he turned his head, he saw a green thing suddenly rise from the ground, its blood-red mouth wide open, biting at him and Ji Yunyao.

Xiao Wu had been paying attention to the surrounding movements. Upon seeing this situation, he quickly raised the knife in his hand and stood protectively in front of Chu Jinsheng.

Seeing the monster charging at him recklessly, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and use all his strength to slash at the monster in front of him.

He used all his strength in that strike, and the monster was cut in two.

Just then, another strange noise came from the woods. Then, a second and a third crocodile suddenly rushed out of the woods, their blood-red mouths wide open, and lunged at Ji Yunyao, Chu Jinsheng, and the others!

The guards were all injured to varying degrees. Only Xiao Wu was slightly better at fighting, but he had just killed a monster and was now lying on the ground, unable to react in time.

The remaining guards had no choice but to draw their knives and stand in front of the eldest prince.

However, they were all injured and their strength was greatly reduced. In addition, the monster was fast, strong, long and heavy. The guards were no match for the monster's attacks.

Although they fought back against the monster with their swords, they were also slashed many times. Before long, the guards could not hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground, seriously injured.

At the same time, Ji Yunshu also vaguely noticed something was wrong. It seemed that these crocodiles were mainly targeting the Crown Prince and Ji Yunyao.

They kept attacking the eldest prince and his entourage.

Although Ji Yunshu felt something was strange, she didn't think too much about it. She quickly took the opportunity to lead the others away from the spot and leave in another direction.

Ji Yunyao was so frightened by these things that her face turned pale, but she still hunched over, holding in her arms the food she had found in the wild, her life-saving possession, which she had to protect.

Remembering the hidden weapons Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao had used to kill several monsters in just a few moves, she stared intently at the monster in front of her, trying to prevent it from biting her, and shouted at Ji Yunshu.

"Ji Yunshu, what are you all doing? Hurry up and use your hidden weapons to kill these things!"

He clearly has such powerful hidden weapons, yet he stands there for ages without making a move. Is he waiting for her to beg him?

Hmph, she could never do that!

She refused to believe that Ji Yunshu and the others could just stand by and watch the First Prince be bitten to death by these monsters!

If the eldest prince dies here, Ji Yunshu and everyone in the Prince's mansion will be implicated.

As she thought this to herself, a smug smile crept onto her lips.

She couldn't hear anything behind her for a long time, so she turned around impatiently, ready to yell at Ji Yunshu again, only to find that there was no one behind her.

When she looked up again, she saw that Ji Yunshu had already left with the entourage from the Prince's mansion and the villagers.

They had no intention of caring about their lives or deaths.

Ji Yunyao panicked a little.

"Hey, hey, hey, Ji Yunshu, you can't leave! You have hidden weapons on you! Hurry up and kill these monsters! What will we do if you leave like this!"

The number of monsters was increasing, and it was unclear whether new ones had arrived. Ji Yunshu simply abandoned them here without a care in the world and left without a shred of conscience!

They will die here.

"Ji Yunshu, come back here! Come back here!"

She shouted as she tried to follow them away, but several monsters rushed in front of her and blocked her way. Unable to leave, Ji Yunyao had no choice but to hide behind the officers and urge them to disperse the monsters.

Chu Jinsheng also joined the battle. He had no choice; too many guards were injured, and if he didn't fight desperately to protect himself, he, the eldest prince, would be in danger if the entire guard was wiped out.

Upon hearing Ji Yunyao's shout, he instinctively searched the surroundings for Ji Yunshu and the others. Sure enough, he saw Ji Yunshu leading the people from the Prince's Mansion and the villagers, who had already left quickly.

Chu Jinsheng's heart sank deeper and deeper. He had long known that Ji Yunshu's feelings for him were no longer the same as before, but he never expected that in this critical moment, she would not even consider saving him!

"Ji Yunshu, come back here! Are you just going to leave like this? Before you leave, at least clean up these monsters! What am I going to do without you?!"

"I'm letting you come back! If you save me, I'll put in a good word for the people in the Prince's Palace with my father."

Ji Yunshu cared about everyone in the Prince's Mansion, and he believed that as long as he used this to make a deal with Ji Yunshu, Ji Yunshu would definitely save him.

To his surprise, Ji Yunshu showed no intention of stopping. In fact, she urged everyone to leave quickly.

The people in the Prince's mansion hesitated when they heard the First Prince's words, but seeing that Ji Yunshu had no intention of stopping, they didn't say anything more and quickly left.

Ji Yunshu heard what the eldest prince said, but she wasn't interested in the matter, even though the emperor had pardoned them this time because they had saved the eldest prince.

But who knows when their home will be raided next?

In short, when the emperor is angry, everyone below him will suffer.

He didn't want to stay in the capital, where his life was in the emperor's hands. Her initial goal was to leave the capital and settle in the northwest.

She wanted to become a local tyrant in the Northwest, carve out her own territory, and cultivate her own power so that even the corrupt emperor couldn't control her.

Seeing that Ji Yunshu had no intention of stopping, Chu Jinsheng panicked completely.

The only things here capable of fighting these monsters are the hidden weapons in Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao's hands. If they all leave, I will surely die here today.

But Ji Yunshu didn't seem to care whether he lived or died at all. Was he really going to die here?

In a flash, Chu Jinsheng suddenly remembered Ji Yunshu saving Ling Yun.

According to Ling Yun, Ji Yunshu asked Ling Yun and the others for some silver before she planned to save Ling Yun.

Afterwards, Ling Yun did indeed send Ji Yunshu more than ten taels of silver, which she accepted.

Thinking of this, his eyes lit up, and he shouted at Ji Yunshu again.

"Ji Yunshu, I know what you want. I promise you, if you save this prince, I will give you five hundred taels of silver as a token of my gratitude!"

Ji Yunshu...

Five hundred taels of silver.

She raised an eyebrow and slowed her pace. Five hundred taels of silver did sound like a lot. If it were to save an ordinary person, five hundred taels of silver would be more than enough, but Chu Jinsheng was the eldest prince.

Is the life of a prince only worth five hundred taels of silver?

Chu Jinsheng is, after all, a prince. To offer only five hundred taels of silver for his own life is far too stingy.

I thought he was stingy with others, but I didn't expect him to be so stingy with himself.

Ji Yunshu shook her head, deciding not to save him, and continued walking forward.

After shouting, Chu Jinsheng kept an eye on Ji Yunshu's movements. When he saw Ji Yunshu slow down, he knew that his trick had worked.

While fending off the monster's attacks, he would occasionally glance at Ji Yunshu, hoping she would quickly take action and defeat the monster in front of her!