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

The officials scouted ahead, but even late into the night, the group remained trapped in the woods, unable to move forward. Visibility was poor in the dark, and eventually, the group was completely blocked by the lush, towering trees in front of them, unable to advance even an inch.

The official gritted his teeth, cursed under his breath, and had no choice but to order everyone to rest where they were.

"Damn it, this godforsaken place! I've walked this way before, I remember there was a road here, but now the road's gone!"

"It's all your fault! Why didn't you take the main road and instead came to this deep mountain forest! Now look what's happened, it's pitch black at night, we can't see anything, we can't even find the road! Tonight, we'll probably have to spend the night in this deep mountain forest!"

"How can you blame me? How can you blame me! I was thinking that there were many disaster victims on the main road, and if the situation during the day happened again, we might not even be able to save our lives, let alone dry food. That's why I wanted to come this way, where there are fewer people. Who knew this place would be so desolate!"

The two officers were arguing back and forth, and just as they were getting into a heated argument, one of the officers in the ranks shouted sternly:

"Enough! What's the point of arguing now? Since we're destined to spend the night here, let everyone get some rest and be on guard tonight!"

When this man spoke, the other officers fell silent.

Ji Yunshu stepped down from the carriage, looked around at the surroundings, and frowned.

What's wrong with these officials' brains?

Even if they wanted to avoid the disaster victims, they didn't have to come all the way to these deep mountains and forests!

Especially late at night.

The surrounding woods were so deep, and as far as the eye could see, it was pitch black. Occasionally, strange sounds would come from the woods, which made her feel uneasy.

The leader's carriage had already planned to rest there, so there was nothing she could do about it.

She turned to look at Sherlin.

"Start a fire, and keep a close eye on the surroundings."

It was only early night, and many things in the forest hadn't come out to forage yet. She could only pray that nothing unexpected would happen tonight.

Xie Lin's expression was serious. Having served Xie Moyao for many years, he had a certain sensitivity to danger. He didn't dare delay, quickly finding a suitable spot and starting a fire.

After Xiao Lan and Xie Mohuan helped the old princess down from the carriage, they also went to help Xie Lin. Before long, the fire was lit.

The firelight illuminated the surroundings, and the rapidly burning flames reassured Ji Yunshu slightly, but she still dared not let her guard down.

She looked around and, finding nothing amiss, returned to the carriage.

After what happened during the day, everyone was clearly in low spirits. Ji Yunshu felt someone staring at her and looked in that direction, only to meet Aunt Zhu's calm gaze.

She raised an eyebrow. Aunt Zhu's eyes were devoid of emotion, as calm as stagnant water. She looked around but couldn't find Ji Yunfeng in the crowd. She understood; it seemed that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Ji Yunfeng must have met with misfortune. He was Aunt Zhu's only son!

He was also the only son of the Minister's family.

Her gaze shifted to the side, where she saw Minister Ji, who was also sitting there half-dead.

Their eyes were red and their eyelids were swollen, clearly indicating that they had been crying intensely.

He lost his son in middle age.

The two of them were quite pitiful, but given Ji Yunfeng's personality, even if nothing had happened this time, he probably wouldn't have made it to the Northwest alive.

Moreover, Ji Yunfeng's death had nothing to do with her; wasn't it all Ji Yunyao's own fault?

What are those two old geezers doing staring at her?

"Coo coo coo coo..."

Just as she was wondering what was going on, her stomach growled, and she realized that she hadn't eaten anything all day while helping her sister-in-law with surgery.

Now that she had some free time, she realized she was starving. Thinking of the dry rations in the carriage, she really had no appetite.

My sister-in-law just had a C-section, so she needs to take better care of herself. And Xie Moyao will also need surgery in the future, so he needs to recover well too.

But it's pitch black now, where is she supposed to find food?

After thinking for a moment, she stood up and said something to the officers.

"Sir, someone here has just given birth and needs to recover. I'll go into the woods over there and see if I can find anything to eat. I'll be right back."

The officer paused, about to say no, but then remembered that Ji Yunshu had caught two big fish with her bare hands and even shared one with them.

If Ji Yunshu finds food again this time, they might be able to benefit from it as well.

"Okay, go ahead, just come back soon."

Ji Yunshu nodded, turned around and said a few words to Xie Lin, Xiao Lan and the others, before disappearing into the night.

As the others watched her leave, some wanted to follow her to find food. After all, their dry rations had been almost entirely taken by the disaster victims during the day, and they had eaten some more in the afternoon. They had nothing left to eat in the evening, and if they couldn't find anything else, they would go hungry.

But looking at the pitch-black night, they simply didn't have the courage to enter the forest alone.

Who knows what kind of ghostly things might be lurking in this pitch-black forest!

Ji Yunshu is really bold, daring to go in alone!

In fact, when Ji Yunshu left, Xie Lin said he wanted to go in with her, but Ji Yunshu refused.

During her training in her previous life, she was often left in deep mountains and forests, including the Amazon rainforest. The forest was not unfamiliar to her.

She just wanted to find a secluded spot to go into her spatial dimension and get some food.

Once inside the woods, she walked slowly, and only when she was sure that the people behind her could not see her did she take out a flashlight from her spatial storage and shine it around.

It was eerily quiet everywhere, just a thicket of trees and bushes, with grass growing waist-high. Where could we possibly find anything to eat in this godforsaken place?!

She put away her flashlight, and with a thought, she flashed into the space. There were ready-made chickens, ducks, and fish in the space, but the situation outside the space was not suitable for taking these things out.

It was really strange that she took some fresh meat out of the woods late at night.

After thinking for a moment, she went to the vegetable and fruit section, picked out some uncommon cabbages, took a few dirty eggs, and picked up a few peaches as she passed by the fruit section.

She stuffed everything she had taken out into her clothes, then smeared some mud on it, making it look almost exactly like what she had just picked.

As for the meat, I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find an opportunity to take it out of my storage space.

After confirming that everything was alright, she leisurely returned to her resting place with a large bag of food.

This space really saved her a lot of effort and helped her a lot.

It was quiet around them. Everyone was idle, hungry, and listless. When she came out of the woods, all eyes fell on the pockets in front of her clothes.