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

The scarred man looked at the innkeeper with approval.

"Not bad, not bad, second brother, you did a really good job. Such a good-looking guy, and a pretty boy at that, it's a real shame to throw him away."

"I might as well play with it for a while, and I can throw it away when I'm tired of it. It's just a pity, though, that it's lame, lying in bed, probably like a dead fish."

As the two chatted and laughed, Ji Yunshu, lying in the cell, could instantly feel the temperature in the cell drop significantly.

She glanced at Xie Moyao silently and saw that his fists were clenched tightly at his sides, with veins bulging on the back of his hands and even on his forehead.

Ji Yunshu was speechless, worried that Xie Moyao might jump up and cripple these people.

These people are incredibly audacious. How could they say such things in front of her husband?

Does this portray her husband as a gigolo?

Ji Yunshu could imagine what would happen to these people after this was all over.

He'll probably be torn to pieces by Xie Moyao.

As the two chatted and laughed, Ji Yunshu could already see several bandits walking towards Xie Moyao.

Worried that Xie Moyao might kill the two men and disrupt their plans, Ji Yunshu was about to pretend to have just woken up and interrupt the bandit's actions.

Suddenly, Ji Yunyao beside her groaned twice, then slowly opened her eyes, glanced at the scene in the cell, and screamed in fright.

"Ahhh! Where is this? Who are you? What are you doing here? Let me go! Let me go!"

Her sudden scream startled many people. The two bandits who were about to carry Xie Moyao away stopped and turned to look at Ji Yunyao.

Ji Yunshu kept her eyes closed, listening to the sounds Ji Yunyao made beside her, and couldn't help but silently curse her as an idiot.

How could Minister Ji and Consort Zhu have given birth to such a stupid daughter? What's the point of all this screaming and yelling under these circumstances?

As a woman, was she afraid that these people wouldn't focus their attention on her?

However, she and Ji Yunyao had never had any relationship, and even if they did, it was only as enemies. She didn't intend to interfere with Ji Yunyao's suicidal actions.

With Ji Yunyao's interruption, she no longer needed to worry about Xie Moyao.

Just as she was thinking this, Ji Yunshu sensed that the scarred man and the innkeeper were walking towards them.

Immediately, the scarred man's disgusting words came over: "Hey, this woman's actually awake. Second brother, you didn't give her enough of the drug this time!"

"Hehehe, big brother, I don't know why she woke up so early either. I used the same medicine on her."

But since she's awake, that's fine. Her hands and feet are bound anyway; she can't run away even if she wanted to. Brother, weren't you in high spirits?

You said that guy was like a dead fish, but this woman, why don't you go have some fun with her? She's awake, and she's way better than that dead fish, bro. What do you think?"

Listening to the innkeeper's words, Ji Yunshu remained lying there expressionless. Just as she had thought, these people had set their sights on Ji Yunyao.

Ji Yunshu breathed a silent sigh of relief, as long as these people didn't provoke Xie Moyao.

The scarred man nodded and looked Ji Yunyao up and down.

"Hehe, not bad, not bad, second brother, you did a very good job this time. Indeed, although this woman is not very pretty, her figure is quite good."

"Since I'll have to send her away sooner or later anyway, I might as well send her over to serve me tonight! Men, carry her out, wash her clean, and throw her onto my bed!"

As the scarred man finished speaking, the two bandits who had been preparing to carry Xie Moyao turned around and entered Ji Yunshu's cell, coming to stand in front of Ji Yunyao.

Ji Yunyao was still in a daze, feeling a terrible headache, and she couldn't break free from the restraints on her arms and legs no matter how hard she tried.

Listening to the words of the scarred man and the innkeeper, and realizing that two people had come to her side and were preparing to carry her out of the cell, she became completely awake and kept moving backward.

"Stop! Stop! What are you doing? Don't touch me! Don't touch me! Do you even know who I am?!"

Ji Yunyao shouted as she backed away, kicking her feet wildly in front of the two men.

But her feet were tied, and she didn't have much strength. Her kicks were weak and feeble. Instead, one of the men grabbed her ankle and dragged her forward.

"what!"

Ji Yunyao screamed in surprise, her heart pounding with panic.

What exactly happened?

What exactly do these people do?!

In a daze, she caught a glimpse of one of the people standing outside the room, his face filled with terror:

"You, you, you, aren't you the innkeeper? What are you doing here! What are you going to do with all of us tied up?"

Do you even know that I am the daughter of the Minister's family, and my father is Minister Ji! The other people here are also of very high status, and you can't afford to offend them!

I advise you to release us immediately, properly send us back, and apologize sincerely. Maybe then you can save your lives!

The scarred man and the innkeeper, who had been smiling broadly at Ji Yunyao's terrified expression, turned cold upon hearing her words.

The innkeeper slowly walked up to Ji Yunyao, squatted down, and looked at her calmly, but the next second he suddenly raised his hand.

"Slap! Slap!"

He slapped Ji Yunyao across the face on both sides.

"You shameless woman! It's your good fortune to be serving my brother! Humph! If my brother hadn't taken a liking to you, you'd be just like these people, sent to a brothel to be ridden by a thousand men and slept with by ten thousand!"

If you can please my older brother, he might suddenly decide to keep you around a little longer, and you'll have a better life!

"If you keep talking so recklessly and spouting nonsense, I'll see how I destroy you! Once you're in our place, no matter if you're the daughter of a high-ranking official, or even if you're the Emperor himself, you won't leave here alive!"

Ji Yunyao was stunned by the two slaps and it took her a while to recover.

But looking at the innkeeper standing in front of her, speaking fiercely, she was still trembling with fear.

She glanced around at everyone, all of them unconscious. Judging from their appearance, she was the only one awake, which made her even more frightened.

"Y-you, I'm telling the truth! I really am the daughter of the Minister's family, and I'll be the Crown Prince's consort in the future! If you let me go, I'll give you whatever you want!"

Oh, right, it's not just me, the First Prince is also in our group. You guys, you didn't kidnap the First Prince too, did you?

Besides the eldest prince, there's also the second prince! Do you know that you've kidnapped some very important people this time? If you release us now, I'll plead for you in front of the eldest and second princes!

After all, you didn't know our identities beforehand. Ignorance is no excuse, and I believe the First Prince and the Second Prince won't hold it against you!

Even her status as the daughter of a high-ranking official was useless; she could only bring up the eldest and second princes!