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

The water bag was thick and sturdy, so it wouldn't spill and had some heat-keeping effect. She wasn't in a hurry to give it to everyone. Instead, she scooped up the stewed ribs and stir-fried greens, added some rice, put them on a tray, and carried the food back to the operating room.

Both Xie Lin and Xiao Lan had external injuries, with no damage to their internal organs, so eating was not affected. They just needed to avoid spicy food. She cooked very light meals, and the two of them ate without any problems.

When the food was brought in, Xiaolan and Xielin were lying half-reclined on the hospital bed.

Two pairs of eyes were wide open, constantly looking around the room.

Seeing her bring in the things, the two of them were a little excited and wanted to get out of bed, but their wounds were pulling at them and they were in pain. After struggling for a while, they gave up.

Ji Yunshu placed the tray on the bedside table between the two hospital beds. The aroma of pork rib soup and stir-fried cabbage filled the air to Xiaolan and Xielin's noses.

"Coo coo coo..."

Xiao Lan's stomach growled, and she grinned at Ji Yunshu.

They hadn't had a proper meal in a long time. When they were on the road, any good food was given to the old lady and the first lady, while they usually just ate a few bites to fill their stomachs.

I didn't expect to find pork ribs here. What kind of place is this?

When they first woke up, they thought they were in heaven, but the princess told them that they were not dead. After the princess left, they had time to look at their surroundings. They were shocked by what they saw and were stunned for a long time.

Before she could even catch her hunger, Xiaolan grabbed Ji Yunshu's sleeve, looking extremely anxious.

"Your Highness, what exactly is this place? Xie Lin and I just took a quick look, and the whole house is brightly lit, with a large luminous pearl shining overhead."

There's more than one; they're everywhere!

Look, it's so bright it hurts my eyes! I've never seen such bright beads before, and there are so many of them!

Also, the bed we slept in was so soft, and the room smelled wonderful and was incredibly bright, just like daytime.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, where is this place? You said we didn't die? This...this can't be paradise on earth, can it? We've become immortals, haven't we?"

Xiao Lan bombarded me with questions like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

After Ji Yunshu left, she and Xie Lin kept speculating here. After thinking it over and over, they concluded that only a paradise on earth could look like this, which also matched what the princess had said about another space.

Ji Yunshu was somewhat amused and exasperated. While placing the food on the tray on the table, she explained to the two of them...

"We haven't really become gods; we're still ordinary people. As for the paradise on earth, you can think of it this way: it's another space where there are no other complicated people; right now, it's just the three of us."

No one else can enter except through my mental guidance, so it is a very safe space. When you fell off the cliff, I couldn't save you, so I tried to send you here, and I didn't expect it to work.

As for the luminous pearl you mentioned above, it's not actually a luminous pearl; it's just a light bulb used for illumination, completely different from a luminous pearl.

A luminous pearl can be priceless, but this light bulb is worth very little.

She would become rich if anyone was willing to trade a luminous pearl for a light bulb.

Xiao Lan and Xie Lin exchanged a glance. They were completely confused, as if they understood something but also as if they didn't.

Looking at their blank expressions, Ji Yunshu suddenly missed Xie Moyao. Xie Moyao was so smart; she only had to mention it to him a couple of times, and he could figure it out on his own.

Outside the space, Xie Moyao was being pushed around by Xiao Ergou and the others when suddenly his nose itched, and he sneezed several times in a row.

Not knowing if he had caught a chill, he pulled his clothes tighter around himself, and even Chen, who was walking beside him, quickly pulled his clothes tighter and covered him up a bit.

Inside the space, Xiao Lan and Xie Lin still looked bewildered. Ji Yunshu served them each a bowl of pork rib soup, then added some pork rib meat and handed it to them, indicating that they should eat it themselves.

Their injuries weren't serious, just some external wounds. Ji Yunshu had treated their wounds and used some anesthetic before, so they weren't in much pain now. The two of them propped themselves up, took the bowls Ji Yunshu handed them, and without even asking about anything else, eagerly ate the pork rib soup in their hands.

After a bowl of hot soup, which smelled delicious, they instantly felt like they had truly come back to life.

Back when they lived in the Prince's mansion, their masters treated them very well, and they had eaten all sorts of delicacies. They had never realized that a bowl of pork rib soup could taste so good.

Xiao Lan ate the pork rib soup spoonful by spoonful, her eyes a little red, her voice muffled, "Your Highness, although Xie Lin and I didn't quite understand what you were saying, we understood the general meaning. This place must be one of your secrets, Your Highness."

You wouldn't have revealed this secret to anyone else unless absolutely necessary, but now you've exposed it for the sake of both of us. Aren't you in danger?

Upon hearing this, Xie Lin's hand paused. Yes, this thing, no, this space, should be considered a heaven-defying existence. If other people with ulterior motives were to find out that the princess had this space, would the princess be in danger?

Ji Yunshu shook her head slightly. "Not for now. Apart from the prince, no one else knows that I brought you into the space. As long as you don't tell anyone about it, no one will know."

It's uncertain how long the matter of the space can be kept secret. If the imperial court decides to exterminate them, she will inevitably have to lead the people of the Prince's Mansion into the space when she has no other choice.

Alternatively, they could retrieve a large number of weapons from the space to confront the imperial court; at that point, the matter of the space would no longer be a secret.

If it really comes to that, we can only deal with it as it comes. Anyway, she has so many weapons in her space, any one of them could level the capital.

It might hurt some innocent people, but since things have come to that point, she won't care about that anymore. The most important thing is to ensure the safety of her own people.

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan and Xielin nodded vigorously.

"Your Highness, rest assured, we will not utter a single word about what happened here!"

"Yes, Your Highness, you can rest assured. After we leave, we'll pretend we've forgotten what happened here. Even if we die, we won't utter a single word to anyone."