Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

"It's still more comfortable to sleep in a bed."

Liu Suyi stretched and yawned. She had been sleeping on the floor all the time, but this large communal bed was quite comfortable.

"At least I don't have to worry about it raining in the middle of the night anymore."

Cheng Qiqi glanced at the sky outside and said, "The weather should be pretty good today. I'll go make some pancakes, and we can have pancakes and porridge for lunch."

"Yesterday I saw a vegetable garden behind the house where they were making scallion pancakes."

As Cheng Qiqi spoke, she got up and went straight to the backyard. When she saw the old woman, she smiled and said, "Grandma, may I buy your scallions for two copper coins?"

I picked a lot of wild scallions in the mountains before, but after entering Sanming, I couldn't find them anymore.

She wanted to take out some scallions from her spatial storage, but she didn't have a reason.

"Need not."

The old woman shook her head and said, "Pick them if you want. The cabbages and radishes are all grown by myself."

Cheng Qiqi paused for a moment: "If the old lady doesn't accept money, I feel embarrassed to take it."

"Then, I'll trade you your handkerchief."

The old woman looked at the handkerchief peeking out from Cheng Qiqi's sleeve; it was made of the finest silk. She said, "In my entire life, I've never seen such a beautiful handkerchief."

The old woman's face bore the marks of time, but when she smiled, her slightly cloudy eyes revealed kindness.

"it is good."

Cheng Qiqi took a new handkerchief and exchanged it for a large bunch of scallions, half a basket of cabbage, and radishes.

"Sister-in-law, let me do it."

Jin Lizhi and a few others helped with the work.

Cheng Qiqi filled the water tank and borrowed the old woman's stove. She made about a hundred scallion pancakes in one go, and the aroma was so strong that it wafted out.

"They still have money to buy groceries?"

Scarface Zhang looked at the cabbage and radish, lost in thought. Over the past two months, he had gone from silver notes at the beginning to loose silver coins later, and finally, he had only some hidden silver leaves and the like. Recently, even copper coins had started to appear.

"No, it was the old woman who took a fancy to the Crown Princess's handkerchief and traded it for it."

Li Ba explained from the side.

Scarface Zhang looked thoughtful as he watched the Jin family carrying water from the water vat, and then helped them fill the vat before getting onto the carriage road: "Go, get some scallion pancakes. I want to see if they're tasty."

Before long, Scarface Zhang was eating scallion pancakes. The fragrant scallion pancakes were steaming hot and tasted really good. Thinking of the fish slices and snake soup he had eaten in the past few days, he thought, "Hmm, such delicious food should be available every day!"

As soon as the gong sounded, the Jin family members quickly set off.

On the official road, the mountain road twists and turns eighteen times. After the fog dissipates, sunlight shines through the thick leaves, and the light seems to have taken shape.

"We've been walking in the mountains for five whole days, and it will take another ten days to get to Lingnan? That's too far."

Jin Xue'er looked up at the mountains, one after another, and felt that the road ahead was bleak and hopeless.

"These mountains are so dense, aren't there bandits?"

As Jin Xue'er was thinking about the bandits she had encountered before, many fierce-looking men dressed in coarse linen clothes suddenly appeared from both sides. Each of them was holding a large knife and looked menacing!

"what……"

Jin Xue'er covered her mouth and quickly hid in a corner, afraid of being discovered by others.

Bandits have really come!

"You corrupt officials, I'm going to kill you all!"

The tall, thin bandit leader shouted.

Scarface Zhang stood on the carriage and shouted, "Outrageous! They've committed crimes and the court has sentenced them to exile. You can't take their lives!"

"Aren't you rampant bandits afraid the imperial court will send troops to suppress you?"

Scarface Zhang looked at these bandits with a hint of mockery in his eyes. They were putting on quite a show, weren't they?

"We, the people of Sanming Village, are not afraid of the imperial court!"

The bandit leader laughed loudly, "Brothers, charge! Kill all these corrupt officials!"

"Yes."

A dozen or so well-trained men rushed out from behind him and headed straight for them.

"Brother, if you want to kill corrupt officials and rob money, why are you using the name of our Sanming Village?"

From another hilltop, another group of people rushed out. They were of varying heights and builds, some carrying kitchen knives, some carrying wood-chopping knives, and others carrying sickles.

The leader, a one-eyed man, pointed at the first group of bandits and said, "Tell me, which mountain stronghold are you from, daring to use the name of our Sanming Stronghold!"

The two groups of bandits started arguing, and Scarface Zhang's face turned dark. Was this a case of fake bandits meeting real bandits?

The women hid behind the carriage.

Marquis Zhongyong protected the women and hid behind the carriage. His eyes darkened as he looked at the first wave of bandits, who were clearly trained assassins!

"Damn it, I'm the one who never changes my name or surname, the chief of Sanming Village, One-Eyed Wolf."

The one-eyed wolf slammed his knife down in his hand and spat at the first wave of bandits, saying, "Which stronghold are you from? State your name!"

"Brother, let's kill this corrupt official first, and then split the money in half."

The leader of the first wave was a tall, thin man. Upon hearing the one-eyed man's words, his eyes darkened, and he instantly gave his men a signal. They immediately charged towards Marquis Zhongyong and his men!

"Dare to disregard me, the One-Eyed Wolf? Brothers, charge!"

At One-Eyed Wolf's command, he and his brothers charged forward instantly. Don't be fooled by the variety of knives they wielded; they were all forged in real battles. Their imposing presence was enough to terrify anyone!

The first wave of bandits came toward Marquis Zhongyong and his men, while the second wave seemed afraid of being beaten to it, and the two groups were scrambling for the prize!

"Ouch, I... I feel so weak all over!"

Marquis Zhongyong, along with the men of the Jin family, was about to fight off the bandits when he suddenly felt weak!

"I...I also feel like I have no energy left."

The men of the Jin family were all in a panic. "It's over, it's over! We've all been poisoned and are powerless to resist. Are we going to die?"

Scarface Zhang: "..."

Oh no! If I had known we'd run into real bandits today, I wouldn't have drugged them. Now, I'm in a dilemma.

The scene was chaotic, with the Jin family retreating repeatedly. Suddenly, Marquis Zhongyong shouted, "Lord Zhang, you must protect us! We gave you all our last bit of money!"

As soon as Marquis Zhongyong spoke, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Scarface Zhang.

"Shut up!"

Scarface was so angry he wanted to stuff a knife into the mouth of Marquis Zhongyong.

"Brothers, this official is rich!"

One-Eyed Wolf's eye shone like the sun. They were numerous and powerful, but their weapons were inadequate, so they made up for it with sheer numbers!

The first wave of bandits was routed, wounded and on the verge of extinction. One-Eyed Wolf seized the opportunity and shouted, "Brothers, capture them all and interrogate them properly!"

The first wave of bandits either died, were captured, or escaped.

One-Eyed Wolf started taking money directly from Scarface Zhang, threatening to beat him up if he refused. He warned, "Take it easy, don't kill him."

Finally, they robbed Scarface Zhang of all his money, and even Zhongyong Hou and his men were not spared!

"Brother, how about we take them to the village? There are lots of women there!"

One of the bandits shouted, and the Jin family members were so frightened that they formed a circle. The women were at the back, and all the men stood in front to block them. Even Jin Yanzhi stood in the corner, looking furious!