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

"That's good. I was worried that you would be like those heartless people who would take advantage of Madam Ji and then gossip behind her back, saying one thing to her face and another behind her back!"

"Bah! I, Tie Tou, despise people like that more than anything! We've received a favor from Madam Ji, and if she ever needs anything in the future, we will absolutely not stand idly by!"

After Tie Tou finished speaking, the group of miners behind him nodded in agreement.

Although they were imprisoned and enslaved for so long, they still remembered the principles of gratitude and repaying kindness between people; otherwise, they would be no different from animals.

Seeing the miners' posture, the villagers dared not speak anymore. They returned to their own ice caves, squatted down, and guarded the caves in front of them, heads down, seemingly lost in thought.

The cold wind was howling, and the ice on the ice surface was much thicker than yesterday.

Fortunately, the village has already opened up the river, so the water is flowing. In addition, they keep an eye on it and constantly chisel the edges of the ice cave, so the ice cave will not freeze over again.

Meanwhile, in the woods, Ji Yunshu entered the woods, found her way, and began to move in and out of the space.

After repeating this several times, they chased after the direction in which Xiao San and the others had left.

Her intuition told her that the two groups of people were rushing over there in such a hurry that something big must have happened. Whatever it was, she decided to follow them and see what was going on.

With her mind focused on the two groups of people ahead, Ji Yunshu moved quickly and, after several attempts, finally got closer to Xiao San's group.

At times like this, Ji Yunshu couldn't help but marvel at how incredibly useful her space was.

When she entered and exited the space, her teleportation speed was definitely much faster than that of Xiao San and the others, so she caught up with them very quickly.

She remained hidden in the woods, following behind two groups of people who were riding horses and galloping towards a valley not far away.

Ji Yunshu didn't know their purpose, so she could only follow them closely, walking along the open ground into the forest.

They ran forward without looking back, for several hours. Just as Ji Yunshu was wondering whether to continue following them, she saw that the two groups of people ahead had finally slowed down.

Ji Yunshu roughly calculated the distance; it was probably tens of kilometers away from Anjia Village.

Just as he was thinking this, he saw Xiao San and one of the other people in the group take out a map, draw on it, and finally choose a direction. They put the map in their pockets and set off on their horses.

Ji Yunshu thought for a moment, then got up without hesitation and followed the two groups of people.

Before long, the group of people ahead arrived at the bottom of a cliff.

Below was a deep pool. They rode their horses around the edge of the pool, while Xiao San did not stop. He led another group of men behind him and rode straight over.

Ji Yunshu raised an eyebrow. Were the eldest prince and the second prince working together or separately?

She observed their reactions, as if they were aware of each other's presence. What exactly were they doing here?

Just as she was thinking this, she heard the mistress give instructions to the people behind her.

"The location is roughly here. Search around this pond!"

The eldest prince said, "I want to see him alive or dead. Find him at all costs!"

As soon as the mistress finished speaking, one of the men in the Second Prince's group shouted:

"You guys need to search carefully, don't let anyone escape!"

Whether the person is alive or dead, they must be brought before the Second Prince.

As soon as the leaders of the two groups finished speaking, their men immediately scattered and moved around the pond.

Many people checked the environment in the pond. Some scattered and searched the woods for footprints, while others went downstream to check for any traces of something being washed away.

Meanwhile, the mistress and the former leader arrived at the bottom of the cliff. Standing there, they looked up to see if anyone was hanging on the edge.

Ji Yunshu stood on the big tree, wondering what they were looking for.

But now, she's certain that they're searching for someone.

As for who she is searching for, she does not yet know.

In this situation, it was inconvenient for her to show herself. After thinking for a moment, Ji Yunshu took out a telescope from her spatial storage and used it to observe the surroundings.

These people searched extremely carefully, examining every part of the water—underwater, on the surface, downstream, and near the surrounding woods—as if they wanted to tear it open and look at it very thoroughly.

Finally, Ji Yunshu's gaze fell on the cliff.

Looking through the binoculars, she saw a very high cliff with a stream of water cascading down from the sky. If the situation weren't so bad, she would have thought the view was quite nice.

There were no traces on the cliff, just lots of weeds. From her angle, she could only vaguely see some vines swaying.

Ji Yunshu assumed that the vines were simply blown by the wind.

Unable to find anything out, she simply gave up and threw the telescope back into her spatial storage.

Not knowing who this mistress and her group were looking for, she didn't intend to meddle. She half-reclined on the treetop, trying to use the leaves to steady herself.

She took out a bunch of grapes from her spatial storage and ate them while waiting for what was happening below. She wanted to see who these people were looking for.

That person was really unlucky, being targeted by both the First Prince and the Second Prince at the same time.

Judging from the looks of it, he must have fallen off a cliff. Even now, the First Prince and the Second Prince still refuse to let him go.

To see the person alive or dead—what a deep-seated hatred and resentment that must be!

She decided not to meddle and relaxed considerably, popping the grapes into her mouth one after another.

The grapes were picked from her spatial dimension and grown with spiritual spring water. Each grape, when put into her mouth, had a faint, refreshing fragrance in addition to the aroma of the grape pulp.

I ate quite a bit of meat today while dealing with that wild boar, so I'm a little tired of it. These grapes are just the right thing to cleanse my palate.

Before long, Ji Yunshu finished a bunch of grapes, her stomach was bulging, and she let out a burp.

"Burp~"

The search continued, and Ji Yunshu was getting a little bored.

If it weren't for the fact that this place is so far from home, and that she had gone to such lengths to come all this way, she would have wanted to go back home.

After thinking for a moment, she entered the space, rummaged around inside, and tried to take out a game console, turning off all the volume.

I leaned against a treetop, found a relatively stable spot, turned on the game console, and started playing.

People in ancient times didn't have much fun in life. They were always looking for someone, and who knew when they would find them? She was just waiting here, which was really boring.

Just as I was thinking this, suddenly, a gasp came from the crowd.

"Boss, boss, come quick! There seems to be blood and footprints on the ground!"

As soon as the man said this, everyone surrounded him. Ji Yunshu, hiding in the treetop, froze.

Did they find the person?

She immediately lost interest in playing games.

She was now eager to see who the eldest and second princes were looking for, going to such lengths and making such a big fuss!

Ji Yunshu casually tossed the game console into her spatial storage, and with a thought, she appeared on a tree opposite her the next second.

Her position was directly opposite the place where the crowd had gathered. Ji Yunshu took out a telescope from her spatial storage and looked down. There was indeed a pool of blood and some footprints on the ground.

She didn't linger there.

While Xiao San and the others were still studying the direction the footprints had left, Ji Yunshu had already used her mind to search in the direction the footprints had left.