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

She shook her head. "I'm relieved to see you're all alright."

Fortunately, she had a spatial dimension containing spiritual spring water; otherwise, she probably wouldn't know what to do today.

Ji Yunshu secretly made up her mind that from today onwards, she must gradually familiarize herself with everything in this ancient world, including poisons and other things.

In the past, she felt that this matter was far removed from her, and that with her skills and abilities, it wouldn't be easy for others to poison her.

So she had never really taken these things to heart, but what just happened still left her feeling uneasy.

If it weren't for the spiritual spring water in her space, the people in the Prince's mansion would have had a hard time escaping death today.

As time slowly passed, everyone gradually woke up.

After drinking a lot of spiritual spring water, the toxins in their bodies gradually disappeared, and their strength began to recover.

Even the old princess, who was the most severely poisoned, woke up. After learning that Ji Yunshu had saved them, the old princess and the others thanked her again and again.

Ji Yunshu shook her head and didn't say anything more. It was just a small favor. She had plenty of spiritual spring water in her space. Giving them the spiritual spring water to detoxify them was just a lucky coincidence.

The family had narrowly escaped death, and they sat together, crying and laughing at the same time.

Xie Moyao, sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but have his eyes redden slightly upon seeing this scene.

What did he do to deserve marrying Ji Yunshu? It's as if she was sent by heaven to save them.

As everyone was chatting and laughing, suddenly, Zhou Yanran, who was not far away, ran towards Ji Yunshu like a madwoman.

As Ji Yunshu was speaking, she caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye. She straightened up slightly and unconsciously put some force into her legs, intending to kick Zhou Yanran away if she rushed in front of her again.

She hadn't even settled accounts with Zhou Yanran for this yet, but Zhou Yanran had already rushed over!

Zhou Yanran ran closer and closer. Ji Yunshu raised her foot, intending to kick her away, but unexpectedly, Zhou Yanran suddenly knelt down in front of Ji Yunshu with a "thud," grabbed Ji Yunshu's leg, and started screaming.

"Waaaaah, Your Highness, I was blind to your greatness! It's all my fault, everything is my fault! Please, please save my parents! They've been poisoned too. If you don't help them, they're doomed! I beg you! It's all my fault!"

"What method did you use to cure the people in the Prince's mansion from poison? Please cure my parents from poison too. You already have a way, it's just a small favor. Please."

As she spoke, she cried incessantly, her tears and snot smearing all over Ji Yunshu's trouser leg. Ji Yunshu looked at her with disgust, withdrew her foot, and kicked Zhou Yanran away, her tone icy cold.

"Get lost, you're filthy. This is all your karma. If you hadn't harbored evil intentions and tried to harm the people in the Prince's mansion, how could your parents have been poisoned? I haven't even settled accounts with you for this yet, and you actually expect me to cure them? You're dreaming!"

If it weren't for the unexpected unlocking of the spiritual spring water these past few days, the people of the Prince's mansion would probably be the ones dying today.

If Zhou Yanran had the antidote today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get it even if I kowtowed until my head bled. So, what goes around comes around, and no one escapes the wrath of Heaven.

He only got what he deserved.

She's not a saint; how could she calmly save someone like that?

Zhou Yanran fell to the ground, her chest throbbing with pain from Ji Yunshu's kick, a metallic taste of blood in her throat. She clutched her chest, glaring fiercely at Ji Yunshu.

"Ji Yunshu, you bitch! My parents were poisoned because of you! You forced poison into their mouths!"

"If it weren't for you, they wouldn't have been poisoned. Now everyone in your palace is fine. What's wrong with you saving my parents? This is the result of your actions!"

"Let me tell you, my family has some standing in the capital. His Majesty's decree didn't say my parents were to be executed, yet you poisoned them without even knowing the facts! Aren't you afraid of implicating the entire Prince's family and having them executed? You shameless hussy, you whore!"

Zhou Yanran was so angry that she started to speak recklessly, hurling all sorts of nasty insults without any regard for her image.

Ji Yunshu didn't get angry; instead, she smiled. Looking at Zhou Yanran's expression, a slight smile played on her lips.

"You must have misread it. When did I poison your parents? I was just feeding them water. You were the one who poisoned them. Even if the court wants to investigate, they will investigate you for patricide. Why would they investigate me, the kind person who fed them water?"

"Besides," she glanced at Zhou's parents, lying motionless on the ground not far away.

"Your parents are long dead. Even if I give you the antidote, you can't save them. This is all your own doing. I've told you before, don't mess with me. If you really push me too far, I won't hold back. Do you really think I'm easygoing?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanran's face turned deathly pale. She turned to look at her parents and saw them lying lifeless on the ground.

She scrambled over, her hands trembling, and tentatively checked their breaths. Instantly, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

She collapsed to the ground, frozen like a statue, unable to even cry. A warm liquid slowly flowed from beneath her, emitting an unpleasant odor.

Everyone couldn't help but cover their noses and take a few steps back in disgust.

Although Zhou Yanran does look somewhat pitiful at this moment, she has no one to blame but herself for bringing this situation to this point; she only has herself to blame for shooting herself in the foot.

The weather was hot, and due to poisoning, Zhou's parents had bluish-black discoloration around their lips and eyes.

Many insects and ants followed the scent and crawled over, gradually climbing onto the bodies of Zhou's father and mother, slowly gnawing at their corpses.

Zhou Yanran sat there blankly, lost in thought, until an insect bit the wound on the back of her hand. She then came to her senses, glanced blankly at the two corpses beside her, and, ignoring the strange looks from the crowd, stripped all of her mother's clothes off and draped them over herself.

Then they turned around and went back to their own carriage.

She didn't get off to look at them once until the group set off, nor did she intend to dig a hole to bury her parents, as if the two people who died on the ground were complete strangers to her.

The procession slowly set off. Ji Yunshu poked her head out of the carriage and stared expressionlessly at the two corpses lying on the ground not far behind the procession.

As the group walked further and further away, the shadows of the two corpses grew smaller and smaller until they were no longer visible.

Ji Yunshu could almost picture those starving insects crawling frantically on Zhou's parents, devouring them as if they had found a feast.

She sighed, slowly lowered the carriage curtain, and leaned her head against the carriage wall.