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

There are too many people outside, so these things can't be exposed to the light for now.

However, everyone had some injuries, and it would be necessary to bandage and disinfect them.

Wolves roam the forest year-round, eating all sorts of random things, and who knows how many bacteria they carry on their bodies.

If they have an infectious disease, that would be terrible.

After much deliberation, she finally decided to call everyone from the Prince's Mansion onto the carriage and bandage their wounds inside. After arranging the gauze and disinfectant, she looked up and saw Xie Moyao looking at her.

"My wife is truly remarkable. I've been in the capital for so long, and I've never heard of your martial arts skills. I wonder where you learned them?"

Ji Yunshu's moves were fast, ruthless, accurate, and deadly. To take down so many wolves with his bare hands, one could not develop such physical abilities in less than ten years.

Even at his peak, it would have taken him a great deal of effort to deal with so many wolves, and he would have been injured in the process. Ji Yunshu, on the other hand, only suffered minor injuries after dealing with so many wolves, which was ultimately due to her exhaustion.

Ji Yunshu's current skills are probably comparable to his peak. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Only he knows how much hardship and suffering he endured to reach that level of skill.

So where did Ji Yunshu learn these martial arts skills and moves?

According to the information he gathered, this woman had been living in the Minister's mansion since childhood, and was an arrogant and domineering good-for-nothing.

Is the woman before him really his legendary wife? Something seems off; what went wrong?

Ji Yunshu's lips twitched slightly. Was her martial arts skill good?

She was so busy tidying up that she forgot to hide herself. But it doesn't matter. She'll be spending all her time with this guy from now on, and some things can't be kept secret forever. Just like the disinfectant and gauze she took out now.

After Xie Moyao finished speaking, his eyes kept moving back and forth between the gauze, a half-smile on his face.

Ji Yunshu gave an awkward laugh. This man was too clever. It was as if he could see right through her. Since she couldn't hide it, she might as well just lay it out. Anyway, no matter how powerful this man was, he couldn't possibly know that she had a space.

She plopped down to the side, openly displaying the gauze and medicine in front of her, shrugged, and looked completely at ease.

"Since you've already guessed, I won't hide it from you anymore. I've lived in the capital for so many years, ostensibly as the young lady of the Minister's mansion, but in reality, I accidentally met a wise and venerable old man. He taught me some self-defense skills and other things as well."

"For so many years in the Minister's residence, I've been secretly learning skills from him. No one else could possibly find out. That's why I said, 'When we get to my place of exile, I'll ask you to give me a divorce agreement, and we'll go our separate ways.' It's precisely because I have the ability to survive independently that I have this confidence."

Xie Moyao nodded. He felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Just as he was feeling frustrated, Ji Yunshu continued...

"However, there's something I don't understand, and I'd like to ask my dear husband. Just now, when I was fighting the last wolf, I saw with my own eyes that a stone flew out of nowhere and hit the wolf on the head, giving me a chance to kill it. Afterwards, I tried to find the person who threw the stone, but I couldn't find them anywhere. I wonder if you, lying in the carriage, saw where that stone came from?"

She stared intently at Xie Moyao's face, trying to discern some clues from his expression.

Ji Yunshu gritted her teeth. Damn it, if she hadn't been pinned down by that wolf and couldn't see her surroundings, she would have definitely seen who made the move.

Could it be that Xie Moyao threw the stone from inside the carriage?

That shouldn't be possible. There wouldn't be any stones in the carriage, and besides, Xie Moyao doesn't have that much strength in his current state.

Is this man hiding something from her?

Could it be that someone is secretly protecting them?

Throughout the journey, she had felt that someone was secretly following them, but when she went back to look, she found nothing. At the time, she thought it was just because she was too tired and on edge, but now she realizes that it wasn't just her overthinking.

Xie Moyao pursed his lips. Seeing that Ji Yunshu was staring intently at him, he knew that some things could no longer be hidden. Moreover, thinking of the scene where Ji Yunshu risked her life to protect everyone in the Prince's Mansion, he felt a tightness in his chest.

That was really dangerous; Ji Yunshu almost lost her life.

I don't know what that idiot Xie Mu was thinking, why didn't he make a move sooner!

If Ji Yunshu were to suffer any harm while protecting the people of the Prince's Mansion, he would even be tempted to kill Xie Mu.

After thinking for a moment, he said calmly,

"To be honest, since we left the capital, there has indeed been someone secretly following us. He is Xie Lin's older brother, named Xie Mu."

He was also one of my men, a former bodyguard who had always followed me. He had never shown his face in public, and no one knew of his existence. When the Prince's mansion was in trouble this time, I only had him observe in the dark and didn't let him show his face.

You've seen the Emperor's attitude towards everyone in our household. Even now, in this state, he won't let us off easily. If he knew I had other people protecting me, I doubt that damned Emperor would wait a moment longer and would want to wipe us out completely. I didn't mean to hide this from you; I'm truly sorry.

Ji Yunshu's smile froze on her lips.

Damn it!

She insisted that she wasn't mistaken; there really was someone following them!

She wasn't blaming Xie Moyao for not telling her about this. After all, Xie Moyao was right; there wasn't much trust between them right now, they were more like companions on their journey.

If it weren't for unlocking the resources in the space and the tasks forcibly assigned by the system, she wouldn't care about the lives of other people.

Thinking about it this way, she understood.

What annoyed her was that Xie Mu's brain seemed to be made of wood!

She fought desperately against the wolves here, and her carotid artery was almost bitten through, but Xie Mu only threw a stone at her!

Why didn't he wait until her neck was bitten off before he made his move?

She gritted her teeth secretly and made a mental note of Xie Mu's actions.

This guy better not fall into her hands again, otherwise...!

Hmph, let's see how she torments him!

She looked at Xie Moyao with a forced smile, tidying up the pile of disinfectant and gauze on the ground while gritting her teeth and saying,

"My dear husband, why are you apologizing to me? We were never really husband and wife. I'm sorry to trouble you by telling me something so important. But, is that subordinate of yours really Xie Lin's brother? Xie Lin isn't stupid, how come his brother is such a blockhead? Why didn't he wait until I was dead before he made his move!"

As she continued talking, she grew angrier and angrier, and her tone became somewhat defiant.