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

Gu Nanzhi was completely unaware of the discussion between her and her servant about her. She was fast asleep when she was finally awakened by Xiaobai's voice in her mind. Upon waking, she was still in a daze.

It took Gu Nanzhi about a minute for her eyes to gradually clear. If it weren't for the fact that she still had things to do, she would never allow herself to be woken up while sleeping. This feeling was very unpleasant.

She moved quietly, making no sound, and sat up. She first observed that everyone around her was fast asleep.

Seeing that everyone was sleeping soundly and no one was around, Gu Nanzhi wasn't surprised at all; after all, she had unnecessarily added some ingredients to the fire.

He stood up quietly, glanced around and saw that everyone else was asleep, slumped over, and that the guards on night duty by the fire near the escorting officers in the distance were also dozing off.

Excellent, it's precisely in the dead of night, when no one is watching, that's the best time to get things done.

She thoughtfully added a few more pieces of firewood to the embers of the fire before tiptoeing away from the camp.

After walking for a while, he flashed into the space.

"Good evening, Xiaobai."

"Master, what are you planning to do so late at night instead of sleeping?"

After Xiaobai's upgrade, it's as if it's gained intelligence and consciousness. Its master only told it to be woken up at this time, but didn't say what to do.

"Of course, we're doing bad things in the dead of night. Come on, Xiao Bai, let's teleport to the Imperial Hospital and get some medicinal herbs."

Gu Nanzhi's matter-of-fact manner made it seem as if the Imperial Hospital was owned by her family.

Gu Nanzhi didn't think much of it. She was just enjoying the new teleportation feature every day. Plus, she had talked to Jun Yanchen today, and she felt that Jun Yanchen would eventually come to his senses and there would be a time when she would have to help him. After all, who would want to die if they could live?

Since she'll be needed then, and Jun Yanchen is so poor and his illness is serious, who should she ask for the reward from? She'll definitely ask Jun Yanchen's brother.

What's the most needed resource for healing and saving lives? Medicine! The emperor has already contributed money; let's go and get some medicinal herbs this time.

The emperor kept such a large Imperial Medical Academy, which must have had all kinds of good medicinal herbs!

Aside from the guards on night duty, who else would be up so late at night? Only Gu Nanzhi would be there. Therefore, when she appeared at the Imperial Hospital, she appeared directly inside without alerting anyone.

Wow, as expected of the Imperial Medical Academy! The variety of medicinal herbs here is amazing, and the quality is quite good too. From a doctor's perspective, seeing this is much more gratifying than seeing money scattered all over the ground.

Please accept this, please accept this.

Emperor, you are the elder brother, you should at least do something for your younger brother. You are a good elder brother.

emperor:"......"

I don't want to be a good older brother, I just want your head;

Gu Nanzhi sighed inwardly, but her actions of collecting the medicinal herbs didn't stop at all. Since she was already there, she wouldn't take too much; she would simply take everything.

Not only did she collect medicinal herbs, she also set her sights on the small medicine stove that people used to boil medicine. Once she had her eye on it, how could she possibly run away?

"Little White, Little White, take this medicine furnace too."

"Oh, this is a pill-refining furnace, isn't it? This is great, this is great, Little White, we want one too!"

"noob"

In the end, not only were all the medicinal herbs swept away, but some tools were also taken away;

It was another fruitful harvest, but at this time Gu Nanzhi had a new idea. The emperor, as her brother, had provided money and medicine, so shouldn't the empress, as her sister-in-law, also do something?

After becoming the ruler of a country, you must have quite a few treasures at your disposal. Why don't we go and see if that's really the case?

They took a look, and the result was that the Kunning Palace, where the Empress lived, became an empty shell overnight.

Gu Nanzhi looked at her sizable three-story villa, where all the rooms were being converted into storage, and felt a little helpless. She had completely lost control of the situation.

Alright, alright, let's leave it at that for today. The medicine and the money have been taken. She'll help whenever Jun Yanchen wants her to.

As for the rest, there's no rush. There's always an opportunity to come. She hasn't spent much money in the last two days, and with just a little effort, she's filled several rooms again.

Gu Nanzhi wasn't in a hurry to return from her spatial dimension; she naturally wanted to make use of the sophisticated high-tech equipment in her villa.

So she took the extremely abnormal blood from Jun Yanchen that she had secretly obtained that morning and went into the experimental medical room to start tinkering.

She got so engrossed in tinkering that she didn't even realize that more than three hours had passed by the time she finished.

She left the camp at 11:00 AM, and it's almost 3:00 PM now. It's time to go back, time to go back.

It's already so late, and she won't get more than a few hours of sleep. She's really giving herself things to do.

Fortunately, we have those medicinal herbs and treasures as payment, so we can just endure the hardship!

The next second, Gu Nanzhi appeared not far from the campsite. She tiptoed back to Xia He's spot, and, believing everything had been done silently, closed her eyes, seizing the time to sleep and recharge.

As for the blood test results, let's look at them after she wakes up; getting some sleep is the most important thing.

After she lay down and remained motionless, another pair of deep eyes opened in the darkness, glanced at Gu Nanzhi, and looked at her with a strong sense of inquiry.

Jun Yanchen had been awake for over an hour. Upon waking, he looked in Gu Nanzhi's direction and found her not there, immediately sparking a flurry of speculation in his mind.

Even so, he chose not to disturb anyone, and simply closed his eyes and waited quietly for a very long time, until he finally heard faint footsteps.

He was certain the footsteps belonged to Gu Nanzhi; she had returned after being gone for so long.

To avoid arousing her suspicion, Jun Yanchen didn't open his eyes in the darkness until she lay down. He lightly twirled his fingers, glancing in her direction every now and then, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

Nan Nan, is this the carefree and unrestrained you? Or is there another motive?

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As night faded and the soft light of dawn bathed the earth, day broke and a new day began. But for the exiles, dawn held no anticipation; it meant another arduous journey was about to begin.

They might even pray that the night would pass slowly, but it was all in vain; what was coming could not be changed.

Because she had gone to bed late the night before, Gu Nanzhi woke up with heavy eyelids, unable to open her eyes. She forced herself to get up, rubbed her eyes, and her sleepy appearance added to her delicate and adorable charm, befitting a woman her age.

Instead of maintaining her composure and calmness in the face of the changes over the past two days, she seemed unlike a young woman of sixteen or seventeen.

This scene of beauty still caught Jun Yanchen's eye. It could be said that Gu Nanzhi could attract Jun Yanchen's attention at any moment along the way.