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

Inside the carriage, Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao were unaware of the thoughts of those outside. Each of them was piloting a drone, constantly shuttling back and forth in the surrounding woods.

While controlling the device and calling out Xie Mohuan's name, they searched almost the entire surrounding forest, but still couldn't find Xie Mohuan.

Further on, it's about 20 kilometers away.

Neither of them looked well. Only two hours had passed since the crocodile appeared. If Mo Huan had really been chased by the crocodile, given how difficult the roads were, he should be in this area within two hours.

No matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find it.

They even carefully examined the tracks on the ground in the woods, and found no fresh footprints from today.

Xie Mohuan seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.

Xie Moyao sighed and parked the drone on the highest mountain peak nearby.

From the footage transmitted back by the drone, he could clearly see the surrounding scenery, including their current location. In the footage, he could vaguely see the figures of people, but apart from them, there was no one else around.

Xie Moyao's heart clenched. He turned his head and looked at Ji Yunshu with a blank expression.

"Honey, what do we do? We've searched everywhere around here, but we still can't find our little sister. Where did she go? Did we miss something?"

Not only Xie Mohuan, but Xie Mu has also disappeared.

If nothing unexpected happens, the two of them should have disappeared together.

Ji Yunshu frowned, her expression grave.

"Finding any omissions is probably impossible; we've searched every place more than three times. Although the drone flies fast, the clothes Mo Huan and Xie Mu are wearing are still quite conspicuous in this green jungle."

Moreover, the drone has an automatic locking function; if it captures a person in its field of view, it will accurately locate them.

Since the drone didn't locate them, it means that it didn't capture any images of Mo Huan and Xie Mu in its footage.

Xie Moyao was somewhat annoyed. Even something this powerful couldn't find Xie Mohuan. So where were they supposed to look for Xie Mohuan and Xie Mu next?

"Where could they have gone in such a vast jungle? We've tracked them to a radius of almost twenty kilometers. Even if they're incredibly fast, they couldn't have covered that much distance in such a short time. Could it be that they're no longer in this forest?"

Xie Moyao muttered to himself.

She kept searching her mind for the places she and Ji Yunshu had just looked, trying to see if there was anything she had missed.

But they searched very carefully just now, even taking a drone to search the caves they encountered along the way twice.

They called out inside the cave for a while, and only left after confirming there was no response. In doing so, they had searched almost the entire surrounding forest.

He couldn't understand why he still couldn't find the person even though he had searched such a small place several times.

Ji Yunshu lowered her head, recalling the route they had just taken, but Xie Moyao's words kept replaying in her mind.

Could it be that Xie Mohuan and Xie Mu are really no longer in this forest?

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she abruptly looked up at Xie Moyao.

"Xie Moyao, I understand! I understand! There's still one place we haven't searched yet!"

Xie Moyao looked up at her, a blank expression on his face, seemingly unable to understand. But suddenly, his eyes lit up—

Correct!

There's still one place I haven't looked for!

"You mean the river?!"

"Yes, that's it! We've been focusing our search on the woods, caves, and mountains, but we forgot about the river."

There is a very wide river at the foot of the mountain.

They both previously thought that Xie Mohuan and Xie Mu wouldn't fall into the river.

But now there is no trace of the two people around, the only possibility is that they fell into the river.

Ji Yunshu's thoughts were complicated. In such cold weather, the river had just risen. They had all fled from below to escape the flood.

If Xie Mohuan and Xie Mu really fell into the river, with such a large current, they would likely be in grave danger.

Xie Moyao had clearly thought of this as well, and his expression instantly became even more unpleasant than before.

A moment later, he raised his head, his eyes resolute, picked up the remote control of the drone next to him, and controlled the drone to take off and head towards the river. "Let's search first. Both of them are quite skilled, they shouldn't have fallen into the river."

Xie Moyao muttered to himself, his grip on the remote control handle tightening.

He piloted a drone, searching downstream from the upstream side of the river.

The surveillance footage transmitted back by the drone showed that the river was turbulent and the water level had risen much higher than when they left.

Ji Yunshu didn't dawdle. She quickly picked up another remote control, piloted her drone, and continued searching downstream along the river on the other side.

Meanwhile, outside the carriage.

After everyone returned, they began packing their belongings. Fortunately, the crocodile hadn't targeted them, and they weren't seriously injured, just a little frightened.

As a light drizzle began to fall again, Zhang Lizheng frowned and went to Xie Lin's side.

"When will the Prince and Princess be coming out? It looks like it's going to rain, so we might have to set off as soon as possible; this place is a bit dangerous."

As Zhang Lizheng spoke, he pointed to the woods beside him.

He was also very sad. Xie Mohuan had not returned, and he did not want to lead everyone away from here. He only wanted to help the Prince and Princess of the Prince's Mansion find Xie Mohuan.

But with so many villagers here, and such a dangerous thing just happened, he had a feeling that the monsters would return. If he stayed any longer, he feared that someone might lose their life.

Following his finger, they saw that in the previously quiet jungle, some weeds and branches swayed a few times, as if something had crawled over them. Sherlin's scalp tingled, remembering the monster from before.

He was initially a little angry, but at this moment, Zhang Lizheng actually said that he would lead everyone on their journey.

He secretly thought that Zhang Lizheng was a heartless scoundrel.

Seeing this, Sherlin was also in a bit of a predicament—if he wasn't mistaken, that commotion just now was from that thing!

The group had just survived a near-death experience and their strength was almost completely depleted. If the monsters swarmed in again, none of them would be able to escape.

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to turn around and softly call out a couple of times towards the carriage.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, when will you be coming out? There's been some situation outside; it seems we have no choice but to set off. What should we do?"

Inside the carriage, Xie Moyao was still operating the drone, searching for Xie Mohuan and Xie Mu. Ji Yunshu paused, glanced at him, put down the drone, lifted the carriage curtain, and asked calmly, "What's going on?"

Xie Lin looked around, took two steps forward, and whispered to Ji Yunshu what Zhang Lizheng had just told him.