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

"I'm here"

"Madam, where are you?"

"lady"

Uh... Gu Nanzhi rubbed her forehead and shouted again at the top of her lungs.

"Stop shouting, I'm here."

Only then did the two men finally recognize Gu Nanzhi's voice and pinpoint her direction, immediately heading in that direction.

"Madam, Madam, are you alright? Did you encounter any danger?"

Zhou Cai immediately asked with concern. Although Cang Ling did not speak, she glanced at Gu Nanzhi and did not see any injury.

"No, what brings you here?"

Gu Nanzhi shook her head and asked in return,

"Madam, there was a loud noise in the woods just now. Fearing for your safety, the Prince sent his men to find you. Did you hear the noise?"

Although Zhou Cai didn't worry about the relationship between his master and mistress like Steward Li did, they were indeed ordered by the prince to come out and search for people, so they said that.

Jun Yanchen? Well, they must have sent the two of them because they knew each other before. But as for that noise...

Gu Nanzhi, of course, wouldn't admit that she was the one who caused it.

"Oh, I didn't hear you,"

Then Gu Nanzhi pointed to the things on the ground, "Oh right, I shot two pheasants, a rabbit, and picked some wild fruit. Since you're here, why don't you lend a hand and take them back?"

She originally planned to take it out when she left the woods, but since these two arrived, she had to take it out earlier. Naturally, they ended up doing the physical labor.

The pheasant and rabbit were quite plump, weighing at least ten pounds together. She was already dragging ten pounds of shackles and didn't want any more weight.

Following the direction Gu Nanzhi pointed, Cang Ling saw what was on the ground. Even her usually icy expression froze slightly. The Madam actually had such skills? Hunting?

Zhou Cai was immediately astonished, "Madam, this...you made this?"

Gu Nanzhi looked at him as if he were an idiot. What kind of nonsense question was that? If it wasn't her who hit him, was it a ghost?

Zhou Cai noticed the look in his wife's eyes and immediately felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to have asked a pointless question; if it wasn't his wife who hit him, how could it have gotten there?

He was simply too surprised. His wife, who looked so delicate and frail, could actually hunt, and had even caught two pheasants and a rabbit in one go! That was incredible!

Feeling a little embarrassed by the look of disbelief on his wife's face, Zhou forced a smile. "Madam, no... I was just too surprised. I didn't expect you to be so capable. I'll come and get it, I'll come and get it."

Embarrassed, he had no choice but to get to work. He picked up the dead prey, his mind filled with astonishment.

This lady is truly extraordinary;

Cang Ling also bent down to pick up the small basket containing wild fruits, but he was surprised and puzzled as to where the lady had come from.

"Madam, this basket?"

"Oh, I found it."

Gu Nanzhi unceremoniously tossed the food to the two of them. They would eat it if they took it home, so they would have to work, even the still injured Cang Ling.

Besides, her medicine wasn't just for show; that external wound powder was even better than the ancient wound medicine, so the wound on her back wasn't a big deal after applying the medicine.

Did you find it? You found such a small and exquisite basket in the middle of nowhere in the mountains?

Madam, would you like to hear what you're saying? Is it believable?

Gu Nanzhi didn't care whether it was believable or not. Anyway, she found it, so she found it. If she said it came out of thin air, she would scare you to death.

The two men behind her felt that the lady's words were hard to believe, but they couldn't seem to find a more suitable reason. The lady didn't have this thing on her. If she didn't find it, they couldn't think of how she got it.

The three quickly returned to the camp, and their safe return relieved Chen Gang and Qian Laosi. Although they had agreed to send the men, they were still somewhat worried that the men might actually escape.

It's good that you're back, but apart from that, Teacher Qian still looked at Gu Nanzhi with a slightly evasive gaze, not daring to look directly at her.

The appearance of the three attracted the attention of others, especially when they saw the prey Zhou Cai was carrying; their eyes gleamed like those of hungry wolves.

They actually managed to hunt some prey after going out, so they'll have meat to eat now.

They were so hungry! Why didn't they think of that?

"Miss, Miss, you're finally back? Are you alright? Are you hurt? You scared me to death!" Xia He rushed over immediately and started checking on her young mistress, afraid that she might be hurt in the slightest.

This little girl is so innocent.

Gu Nanzhi reached out and patted her head to comfort her, "It's okay, don't worry. I told you your young lady is very powerful now. Look, those were all beaten up by your young lady."

After checking and confirming that the young lady was truly unharmed, Xia He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her attention shifted to the pheasant.

"Miss, did you really do this? You're amazing! You're so incredible!"

When the three figures appeared, Jun Yanchen's gaze immediately locked onto Gu Nanzhi. After confirming that she was unharmed, a hint of surprise rose in his eyes.

Zhou Cai then arrived before them carrying three prey animals.

"Master, Uncle Li, look, this is what Madam hunted. Madam is amazing; I never knew she could hunt. By the time we found her, she was already carrying all this game back home."

Zhou Cai felt an extra sense of respect for this seemingly weak lady;

"Madam, you...you're truly amazing! You even managed to hunt some prey!" Butler Li was also somewhat shocked. He had noticed that this lady was different from other young ladies, and this was truly changing his perception of her.

At this moment, their little world had become the focus of everyone's attention, especially the Qi family who were closest to them. They had also overheard some of what Butler Li and the others were saying.

Everyone's eyes gleamed with a strange light when they saw that the woman had caught her prey;

The escorts, huddled together, watched their prey, some secretly plotting to take them for themselves.

"Boss, they're exiled convicts, yet they're hunting and want to eat meat. Isn't that just letting them get away with it? We haven't even had any yet. Why don't we go and ask them for the game?"

"Yeah, boss, they're just exiles, they don't deserve to eat meat."

"Boss"

Just as Chen Qiang was pondering, he saw Gu Nanzhi walking towards them carrying a pheasant.

It turns out that Gu Nanzhi had already given the order when they were already harboring ill intentions.

"Uncle Li, go and take the pheasant and rabbit to the stream over there, clean them up, and start a fire. Tonight we'll have roast chicken and roast rabbit. I'll give this one to the escorts; we'll need their help on the road in the future, so let's try to get along well with them."

On a long journey, it's always good to make connections so that things will be easier in the future. Besides, it's just a wild pheasant, which she doesn't care about. There are six of them on their side, and one chicken and one rabbit, plus other food, is enough.