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

As soon as Xie Moyao finished speaking, Ji Yunshu waved to him, said a few words, and then disappeared into the tent.

Xie Moyao's brow twitched, and he rubbed his forehead in exasperation.

Hopefully, when Ji Yunshu arrives, Li, Chen, and his mother won't be too terrified.

After all, not everyone has such a strong capacity for acceptance.

When Ji Yunshu reappeared, she was already in the old princess's tent.

There were only the three of them and a small dumpling in the tent. The temperature inside the tent was very high, and the group was sleeping soundly under one quilt.

Considering that Li was too tired from taking care of the child, Ji Yunshu didn't want to disturb her. She gently moved closer to Chen and shook her body with her hand.

"Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, wake up! I need to talk to you."

Chen opened her eyes groggily and vaguely saw the dark figure in front of her.

His previously squinted eyes widened instantly, and he stared at Ji Yunshu in front of him with an incredulous expression.

He even stutters a little when he speaks.

"You, you, you, third sister-in-law...you!"

Worried that her voice was too loud and would disturb others, Ji Yunshu quickly covered her mouth with her hand and made a shushing gesture to her.

Chen looked at Ji Yunshu in disbelief, touched her face with her hand, and after confirming that it was real, her pupils widened even more, her chest heaving, and it took her a long time to react.

Seeing that she had gradually calmed down, Ji Yunshu slowly released her hand and winked at her playfully.

"Second sister-in-law, what's wrong? Don't you recognize me? Keep your voice down, others don't know I'm here. If you're too loud and wake them up, I'll be exposed."

Chen swallowed hard before she realized what was happening.

After making sure no one was paying attention to them, she lowered her voice and looked Ji Yunshu up and down.

"Yun Shu, it really is you! What are you doing here? Weren't you going to find Xie Lin and Xiao Lan? And this tent was closed, how did you get in?"

Chen was filled with questions. She felt that the Ji Yunshu in front of her was not real, and even suspected that she had encountered a ghost.

She kept looking Ji Yunshu up and down, and only when she felt that Ji Yunshu was warm did Chen breathe a sigh of relief.

Ji Yunshu was both amused and exasperated; her second sister-in-law's reaction was just too adorable.

She held up a finger and put it to her lips, signaling Chen to lower her voice.

"Shh, Second Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm not a ghost, I'm really a human. As for why I'm here, I can't explain it to you right now. I'll tell you about it slowly after I get back to the team tomorrow. By the way, I came here this time because I need your help with something."

The Chen family had long suspected that Ji Yunshu had a secret, but all of them tacitly kept quiet about it, not wanting to put Ji Yunshu in a difficult position.

Ji Yunshu will tell them whenever she wants to, and she didn't ask for details.

Upon hearing Ji Yunshu say she needed to speak with her, she quickly asked,

"Speak, what do you need from me? As long as it's within my power, I'll do it."

Ji Yunshu didn't say much. She turned around, went to the tent entrance, gently unzipped the tent, and recounted in detail how Chu Jingrui's men had robbed the villagers' tents.

"What did you say?! Such a thing actually happened?!"

Chen shouted angrily, then realized she had raised her voice, so she quickly lowered it, moved closer to Ji Yunshu, and looked outside.

Sure enough, the villagers who should have been resting in their tents were now sitting in the snow, huddled together.

But coming from inside the tent were snoring and snores, and it was obvious who was inside.

Chen was so angry that her eyes turned red.

"How could they do this!"

The villagers were still in their tents when they were resting earlier, so how could this happen in the middle of the night? When exactly did Chu Jingrui's men take the tents away?

Ji Yunshu sneered.

"Hmph, who knows when they took the tent? If I hadn't come back, I wouldn't have found out that they had taken the tent. Let them sleep then."

Anyway, she'd tampered with the tents; she'd let these people sleep until tomorrow morning and see if they didn't freeze to death.

Chen looked at the crowd outside, who were huddled together for warmth, with a worried expression.

"But, but they've taken the tents! What will happen to the villagers? So many people, in this cold weather, will they survive?"

Worried about frightening Chen, Ji Yunshu reached into the space behind her and pulled out a large tarpaulin.

The tarpaulin was similar in color to the tent, but the quality was quite different. The tent was of much higher quality. The tarpaulin he took out could only provide some protection from the wind and rain and could not keep the person warm.

However, she currently only has this one type of tarpaulin in her space. Presumably, the villagers have a campfire nearby, and with the tarpaulin, it should be enough to get through the night.

She handed the tarpaulin to Chen.

"Second sister-in-law, this is exactly what I asked you to help me with. I took out a piece of this tarpaulin from my bundle."

This kind of tarpaulin is rainproof and windproof, but it doesn't keep you warm. Take this tarpaulin out to Zhang Lizheng and Xiao Ergou, and have them find some wooden sticks to prop it up and surround them. That should be enough to keep them warm.

"Let them light two more fires inside; that will provide some warmth, which is better than them sitting in the freezing cold. With this, they should be able to get through the night without any problem."

Chen turned her head and looked at the large piece of tarpaulin in Ji Yunshu's hand with surprise.

"Where did you get this?"

They carried their own bags, so did they have this in their bags?

She doesn't remember.

Ji Yunshu curled her lips and said casually,

"I just got this from my husband's tent. It's been kept in his tent all this time. We originally planned to use it ourselves, but now that we don't need it, we might as well give it to the villagers."

"Okay, I'll send this tarpaulin out to them right away."

Chen nodded, without suspecting anything. With the villagers on her mind, she took the tarpaulin from Ji Yunshu and prepared to get up and leave the tent.

"Hey, wait a minute."

Ji Yunshu took out the arrow tip of the pistol from her spatial storage and quickly poked seven or eight holes in the tarpaulin in her hand.

Each hole looked exactly like the holes on the tents outside.

Chen looked at her in surprise. Although she didn't understand why Ji Yunshu would poke so many holes in the perfectly good tarpaulin, she didn't ask any further questions. Ji Yunshu must have had her reasons for doing this.

After Ji Yunshu finished making the marks, she checked the positions again to make sure they were correct before handing the tarpaulin to Chen.

"Alright, Second Sister-in-law, take it out. I've already explained the basics of how to set up the tarpaulin to you. Just have Zhang Lizheng and Xiao Ergou set it up according to my instructions. That should be enough to cover it up. We'll think of another way tomorrow."

Chen nodded, and carrying the tarpaulin given to her by Ji Yunshu, slowly walked out of the tent.