Exile at the start? The princess is no ordinary woman.

"Okay, Nanzhi, leave it to me. Just tell me what style, color, and pattern you want, and I'll embroider it all for you..."

Gu Nanzhi wasn't good at things like embroidery.

"Sister Wen, you can do whatever you want. Embroidery or anything is fine. I don't know anything about it, as long as it works. Thank you."

So Wu Huiwen didn't hesitate and took it upon herself to do it, planning to let Gu Nanzhi check it later.

"Okay, Nanzhi, I'll do it my way. If you don't like it later, we can change it."

"Okay, thank you, Sister Wen. Please help me make it. If you need any ingredients, just let me know and I'll get them."

"it is good"

"Give these candies to Lolo and the others."

Gu Nanzhi pushed the candy that Xia Luoluo had refused back in front of the two of them again.

Wu Huiwen was really embarrassed and quickly pushed it back.

"No, no, Nanzhi, don't go to such expense. You always bring me things when you come over, it's too much..."

"Alright, Sister Wen, don't be so polite. Just accept it. These candies aren't anything expensive. I just bought some when I saw them. Luo Luo is so cute, I'm happy to buy her candies. Just accept them. I'm going back now."

With that, Gu Nanzhi got up and walked out.

"Nanzhi, you..."

"Sister Wen, I'm going there now."

Gu Nanzhi kept walking, and Wu Huiwen could only gratefully clutch the bag of candy, watching her departing figure. She secretly encouraged herself, determined to embroider the quilt beautifully and make it perfect, in order to repay Nanzhi's kindness to them.

Gu Nanzhi, who had walked back, sat down directly across the table to Jun Yanchen's left.

Noticing her arrival, Jun Yanchen shifted his gaze from the newly acquired books. Seeing her sit down, he put down his own books, picked up the teapot on the table, poured her a cup of water, and handed it to her.

"Nan Nan, you've worked hard."

"Thank you"

Gu Nanzhi picked up the glass and took a sip, then rested her chin on her right hand on the table, looking intently at Jun Yanchen.

Such a gaze made Jun Yanchen feel slightly uneasy.

"Nan Nan, what's wrong?"

Gu Nanzhi gave a sweet smile, her words carrying a hint of ingratiation.

"Jun Yanchen, Ye Yiye is so capable, you must be good at gathering information, right? Could you lend me one of your tools?"

When asked to do something, Jun Yanchen instinctively wanted to agree, and the person would obey her every command.

But she also realized something was wrong and wanted to know what had happened, or what she wanted to know.

"What news does Nan Nan want to find out? Why don't you tell me? Maybe I know something."

Gu Nanzhi didn't believe he could know such remote and detailed matters, but since she needed to borrow someone, and it wasn't anything shameful, there was no harm in telling him.

"It's nothing much. It's just that someone in town offended me a few days ago. I heard from the locals that the person is quite powerful in the area, so I wanted to use Yoruichi to find out some information."

So that's what happened; someone had upset her.

"Yes, Nan Nan can directly instruct Yoruichi if she needs anything."

After speaking, he asked another question.

Do you know what that person's name is?

"The Yang family is said to be local merchants, wealthy and powerful. Their children have been caught forcibly abducting men in the street. Locals say the Yang family is quite arrogant and domineering, so I'd like to trouble Yoruichi to help me find out more about them so I can understand our adversaries..."

Gu Nanzhi didn't directly say that the person who was forcibly taken was her carefree fourth brother who was eating chestnuts not far away at the moment;

"Yes, have Yoruichi investigate."

"Thank you"

At this moment, Lin Chuxiao walked towards them, holding chestnuts in her hands, her face full of joy.

"Nanzhi, are there any more chestnuts on this mountain? Let's go up the mountain and pick some more..."

"Fourth Brother, let's go up the mountain tomorrow and see if we can run into him."

It's understandable and supportive to be curious about things you've never seen before;

"Alright, we'll go up the mountain tomorrow."

Then Jun Yanchen found an opportunity to summon Steward Li and learned the whole story from him.

That night, in front of Jun Yanchen, Gu Nanzhi entrusted her matter to Ye Yi.

"Yoruichi, thank you for your trouble. In addition to the Yang family, please also investigate the Xu family."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey."

After Gu Nanzhi gave the order to leave, Jun Yanchen also handed Ye Yi a letter separately.

"This letter is to be delivered to Zheng Shuyu, so that he can go to Junlan to take up his post as soon as possible."

"Yes"

Yoruichi took the letter and disappeared into the night. Cangling, standing nearby, was once again struck by her mistress's actions, reaffirming her own mistress's standing in her master's heart.

He always felt that his master's sudden urging of Lord Zheng was because of what the lady had said today about the matter with the Yang family. Since the Yang family was wealthy and powerful in the area...

The best solution is to use power to suppress power...

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The next morning, Gu Nanzhi, Lin Chuxiao, Cang Ling, Chen Fei, and the others went up the mountain again with their equipment.

Today's purpose in going up the mountain is to gather firewood; as for the rest, we'll see what we encounter.

When they passed through the chestnut grove they had visited before, they found some more chestnuts. Lin Chuxiao finally saw what chestnuts really looked like; they had a layer of sharp thorns on the outside...

It's really not easy to eat it. No wonder people didn't know it was edible before. Just looking at those sharp spikes would probably make them back down.

Having seen the chestnuts, they continued their journey through the forest, hoping to find some fresh meat.

"Young master, young lady, there's a rabbit burrow here."

"Where? Where?"

Are there any rabbits at home?

As expected, Chen Fei directly discovered a rabbit burrow.

Once discovered, escape was inevitable, but luckily it was a rabbit burrow. This time, they simply blocked the entrance and captured them alive, wiping out the entire family in one fell swoop.

"Madam, this rabbit is still small,"

Looking at the litter of rabbits, one big and four small, these were all still immature, so eating them was out of the question. They weren't that desperate.

"Take it back and raise it. These rabbits reproduce quickly. If you raise them, you won't need to go up the mountain to sleep; you'll have rabbits to eat."

"okay"

"Once the house is built, I'll buy some chickens and ducks for you to raise."

Gu Nanzhi stroked the rabbit and spoke to Cang Ling.

It took Cang Ling a while to realize that the words were directed at him. Then, a lump formed in his throat – he? He'd need to raise small animals in the future??

Having met the little gray rabbit family, they continued on their way, and soon encountered the larger group.

"Madam, be careful, there's a wild boar!"

Cang Ling became alert. Gu Nanzhi looked to her right and sure enough, she saw a black wild boar with spiky hair standing there, tending to the grass.

"Fourth Brother, Chen Fei, there's a wild boar to our right, and it's quite big."

"I see, Nanzhi. Since we can't eat rabbit today, we'll eat wild boar instead."

They communicated in hushed tones, showing no fear, but rather a hint of excitement;

"Yes, add more dishes."

"Madam, please stay. I'll leave."

"Miss, young master, please stay."

Cang Ling and Chen Fei shared the same thought: although they were skilled in martial arts, they had to be careful and not let their master take risks when dealing with wild boars.

"Okay, be careful."