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

"Your Highness, could we borrow some fire from you? We left in a hurry and didn't bring much fire, and it all got wet."

"Of course, I'll give you one of these. I bought this from a reclusive master; it's a special fire starter."

This thing doesn't get wet easily and has an extremely long lifespan; it can easily last two or three years. Just a light press and a flame will appear from it.

As Ji Yunshu spoke, she pressed a lighter in front of Zhang Lizheng.

A small flame appeared in her hand.

Zhang Lizheng opened his mouth wide in disbelief.

He had just witnessed the princess inexplicably ignite the fire, which he found unbelievable at first. But to his surprise, it was actually quite magical; with just a simple press, flames appeared!

For ordinary people like them, starting a fire on a rainy day is very difficult. Unexpectedly, the princess did not have this problem at all.

Just as he was surprised, Ji Yunshu shoved the lighter into his hand.

"Here you go, Zhang Lizheng. Take this. Keep it on you from now on. Just press this button when you need to start a fire."

Zhang Lizheng opened his mouth, but before he could speak, he saw Ji Yunshu reach into her sleeve and, to everyone's surprise, pull out a bunch of colorful lighters.

Each lighter has a different color and pattern, making them as exquisite as works of art.

"Here, take all of these and give one to each household so they can carry it with them in case of emergency."

Zhang Lizheng hurriedly waved his hands, "No, no, no, Your Highness, this one is enough for us. You should keep the others. This thing looks very precious; how can you give us so many!"

The princess has already helped them enough.

"Don't worry, since I gave you so much, it means I definitely have more. Besides, this stuff isn't rare. When we get to the next town, I'll naturally find a way to buy more."

After hearing this, Zhang Lizheng did not refuse any longer. He kept thanking Ji Yunshu, holding the lighter in his hand as if it were a treasure, and returned to his resting place.

Ling Yun and the officials also started a fire. They had lighters on them, which Ji Yunshu had given them before.

It has to be said that having a lighter makes starting a fire so convenient.

Before long, fires were lit one after another throughout the cave, and the originally cold cave suddenly became warm and cozy.

After the fire was lit, Ji Yunshu found a slightly shaded spot and brought over the tent that had been placed aside.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, she gently unfolded the tent, secured the four corners, and finally propped up the top of the tent, and a complete tent appeared before them.

The tent wasn't large, but it looked quite exquisite.

Ji Yunshu waved to the Chen family behind her, "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I'm going into the tent. You can watch from the outside and see if you can spot me."

She knew the tent offered excellent light blocking and concealment, but to allay Chen and Li's concerns, she decided to demonstrate it to them herself.

After saying that, she crawled into the tent through the opening, zipped it up, and her voice came out from inside the tent.

"How are you? Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, can you see me?"

Chen and Li looked surprised, as they couldn't see anything inside after Ji Yunshu went in.

This tent is like a wall, completely isolating the inside from the outside.

The two shook their heads excitedly, "We can't see, we can't see, Third Sister-in-law, we really can't see! How are you? Can you see what's happening outside from inside?"

"You can't see the people outside from inside, you can only vaguely see some light."

As Ji Yunshu spoke, she unzipped the tent, her head popped out, and she followed, looking at Chen and Li.

"Alright, now, sister-in-law, you can rest assured, right? Hurry up and go inside to change out of your wet clothes. While it's still early, let's dry them so we can get a good rest later tonight."

Chen and Li nodded, and the two of them eagerly took their clean clothes and went into the tent one after the other to change out of their wet clothes.

The two women kept praising Ji Yunshu, saying that she was so thoughtful and that the tent was incredibly convenient for them as women in the wild.

Upon seeing this, the other women in the crowd, after thinking it over, all approached Ji Yunshu and expressed their desire to borrow the tent as well.

Although this request is somewhat presumptuous, they really have no other choice at the moment.

Inside the entire cave, only Ji Yunshu's tent offered some shelter for them to change clothes.

Ji Yunshu didn't say much, but she readily agreed to the women's request.

She took out a tent from her spatial storage, mainly because she wanted them to change out of their wet clothes. Whether they were people from the royal palace or villagers, they all needed to take care of their health.

There were too many people, and villagers kept coming into the tents to change clothes, so Ji Yunshu simply took out another tent from the bundle next to her, which was exactly the same as the previous tent.

She placed another tent in a corner and invited Li Shi, the old princess, and others to rest inside.

The women were initially a little anxious, worried that it would delay their rest time, but when they saw that Ji Yunshu had taken out another tent, they relaxed a bit and were no longer in such a hurry as before.

As darkness fell, it became pitch black outside, and everyone huddled inside the cave to rest.

There was no light outside, and Ji Yunshu didn't plan to go out to find food. Under these circumstances, if she went out and brought back food, it would only arouse suspicion.

"Shelin, take out the meat we prepared earlier and the vegetables I brought back. Let's make something simple to eat to tide us over, and then we can find something to eat during the day tomorrow."

"it is good."

Sherin responded and turned around to take out some of the crocodile meat and cabbage he had prepared earlier from his bundle.

He roasted the crocodile meat over a fire, then took out a pot, added some water, washed the cabbage, and put it into the pot to cook.

Now that's all we have, we can't be picky about what we eat; as long as we can fill our stomachs, that's enough.

Seeing this, the other villagers followed suit, taking out the crocodile meat they had roasted that afternoon and roasting it over the fire. They also cooked some cabbage and ate it with the roasted meat, barely managing to fill their stomachs.

Ji Yunshu brought back a lot of cabbage in the afternoon, and each household received some. Although it was just a small amount of ordinary cabbage, everyone was reluctant to eat it.

Everyone was exhausted from climbing the mountain and their stomachs were empty. The aroma of roasted meat, paired with some boiled cabbage, was simply comparable to a delicacy.

They were all holding dried meat, eating it with great relish, their faces full of satisfaction.