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

Just then, a monster suddenly leaped out from his right side, opened its blood-red maw, and bit down on him!

Chu Jinsheng was startled and took several steps back. He raised the knife in his hand and sliced ​​off the lower half of the monster's mouth.

The monster twitched on the ground in pain a few times, then turned around, its pair of green eyes fixed on Chu Jinsheng, and attacked him again.

Although Chu Jinsheng possessed some martial arts skills, after entangled with these monsters for so long and running so far, his stamina was almost exhausted.

His gaze fell once again on Ji Yunshu, who was not far away. He had intended to urge her to hurry up, but to his surprise, Ji Yunshu walked away again!

They showed no intention of turning around at all.

Chu Jinsheng's vision went black, and he almost fell to the ground. What exactly did Ji Yunshu mean?

He said he was willing to pay 500 taels of silver to get Ji Yunshu to help him deal with these monsters. Isn't Ji Yunshu the one who loves money the most?

Does she not care about money at times like this?

Or is it that Ji Yunshu would rather not have the money than have him killed by these monsters?

While thinking this, he was distracted and was bitten on the hand by a monster that suddenly appeared from nowhere.

The monster's sharp teeth pierced into his flesh, and Chu Jinsheng instantly convulsed in pain.

With his arm being torn apart by the monster's bite, Chu Jinsheng felt that his arm was probably going to be ruined.

The Kingdom of Dongling will not allow a man with a missing arm to ascend the throne.

He tried to pull his arm out of the monster's mouth, but he couldn't, and he was plunged into despair.

Just when he thought he was doomed.

A flash of silver light appeared before him, and the monster biting his arm stiffened, its movements paused, and the force in its mouth loosened.

Chu Jinsheng breathed a sigh of relief, quickly pulled his hand out of the monster's mouth, and took several steps back.

Looking up, he saw Ji Yunyao standing in front of him, holding a sword covered in blood. She was trembling and seemed to be terrified.

The monster's blood splattered all over her face.

A piercing pain shot through his arm. Chu Jinsheng didn't have time to comfort Ji Yunyao. He hurriedly looked at his arm and saw that his clothes had been torn into strips and that the monster had bitten several holes in his arm, deep enough to expose the bone.

Blood kept dripping down his arm. Chu Jinsheng cursed and quickly wrapped his arm with strips of cloth to stop the bleeding.

Monsters continued to harass them, slowing down many of the guards.

Ji Yunyao snapped out of her daze, hurriedly threw the sword in her hand aside, rushed to Chu Jinsheng, and grabbed his clothes.

"Brother Jinsheng, I understand! Hurry up and add more money! Hurry up and add more money! If you add more money, Ji Yunshu will definitely take action to save us."

She had noticed when she was standing to the side that Ji Yunshu slowed down her pace a moment when the First Prince mentioned five hundred taels of silver.

At the time, she didn't know what Ji Yunshu meant. Now that she thinks about it, could it be that she didn't give enough money?

Chu Jinsheng was stunned for a moment.

"What? More silver?"

Ji Yunyao nodded her head like a rattle-drum, pointing in the direction of Ji Yunshu.

"Yes, Brother Jinsheng, add more money! Add more money quickly!"

A look of realization flashed across Chu Jinsheng's eyes.

Did he give me too little money just now?

Without time to think, he quickly yelled at Ji Yunshu's retreating figure.

"Ji Yunshu, I'll give you a thousand taels of silver. You just need to take care of these monsters for me!"

Now, Ji Yunshu should be satisfied, right? A thousand taels of silver is no small sum.

He hoped that Ji Yunshu wouldn't be too greedy; a thousand taels of silver was something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of in their entire lives.

The Prince's Mansion is now a criminal whose property has been confiscated and who has been exiled. He gave Ji Yunshu a thousand taels of silver, so Ji Yunshu should know better than to do so.

Ji Yunshu was walking at the back when she heard the angry roar behind her, and she paused.

One thousand taels of silver, that's doubled.

But for some reason, thinking of Chu Jinsheng's usual behavior and Ji Yunyao's annoying face, she didn't want to spend even a thousand taels of silver, so she decided to let them fend for themselves.

With that thought in mind, he didn't stop walking and continued to follow the crowd quickly away.

"One thousand taels of gold, one thousand taels of gold, Ji Yunshu, I'll give you one thousand taels of gold!" Chu Jinsheng shouted helplessly.

This is his limit!

Although the situation is indeed a bit tricky today, there is still hope that so many guards will risk their lives to escort him out; it's just a matter of time.

If Ji Yunshu is willing to help him, then he will hand over the thousand taels of gold without hesitation; if Ji Yunshu is unwilling, then so be it!

At worst, all his guards will perish here. As long as he can escape, that's fine. Anyway, the people from the capital will be arriving soon. If these guards are gone, others will come and they can fill the gaps.

Ji Yunshu paused, a wide smile spreading across her face. Without hesitation, she turned to look at Chu Jinsheng not far away and asked with a smile,

"Is what the Crown Prince said true? If I rescue you, are you really willing to give me a thousand taels of gold?"

A thousand gold coins met her expectations.

Chu Jinsheng gritted his teeth, looking at Ji Yunshu's smiling face, he almost vomited blood in anger. Just as Ji Yunyao said, he hadn't paid the right price!

Five hundred taels of silver was not enough, nor was a thousand taels of silver; Ji Yunshu actually demanded a thousand taels of gold!

That's outrageous!

However, since things had come to this point, he really didn't want to get entangled with these monsters any longer; he just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

"Yes, a word I say is a word I cannot take back. As long as you deal with all these monsters today and take me out safely, I will immediately give you a thousand taels of gold as a token of my gratitude."

However, it may take some time for the silver to be transported from the capital to here; you just need to wait patiently for a few days.

"Of course, of course. Your Highness, your word is law, so it should stand. However, I always prefer clear accounts between brothers. How about we write down an agreement? I'll write it down, and you just put your fingerprint on it!"

Chu Jinsheng was almost laughing in anger. In such a critical moment, Ji Yunshu actually had time to talk about writing an agreement with him. Couldn't she have rescued them first and then talked about it?

"Ji Yunshu, are you out of your mind for money? What kind of situation are you in now? Open your eyes and look at all these monsters in front of me. If I'm not careful, they'll bite my neck off. And you still want to sign an agreement with me?"

There's no paper or pen here! Are you deliberately stalling for time? You'll get yourself killed, and that won't benefit you either!

Amid Chu Jinsheng's roar, everyone saw Ji Yunshu smilingly reach into her sleeve, and after a moment, pull out a brand new piece of white paper and a long object.

Ji Yunshu waved the object in her hand.

"Your Highness, where is the paper and pen? I have some here! Just wait a moment, I'll write it down in no time. Then you can just put your fingerprint on it. Your arm is injured, isn't it? Just use the blood to make a fingerprint, as long as it's recognizable as yours!"

As she spoke, she squatted down on a nearby rock, took out her pen, and quickly wrote on a piece of paper.