Chapter 1: You Are Not In Exile, You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 1: Exiled at the Beginning
"Miss, wake up quickly, we need to leave immediately, or we won't have a chance!"
Chen Xue had just opened her eyes when she saw a green-dressed girl hurriedly packing things with an anxious expression, shouting beside her.
She was about to say something when memories not belonging to her flooded her mind.
This was Da Yue Kingdom, a world similar to ancient times.
The original host was the only daughter of the Minister of Revenue, always doted upon. Who would have thought that one day, her father would be falsely accused of embezzling disaster relief food by someone, thrown into prison by the emperor, and the whole family exiled to a remote place.
Chen Xue was well aware that although her father was not a clean official, he was not corrupt either.
So, the answer was simple.
The disaster relief food was embezzled by others, and her father was made the scapegoat.
Although she knew this, she had no evidence, and with her status, she couldn't possibly overturn the case.
Moreover, the most crucial thing was that this matter had already been settled, and there was no way to change it.
Unless she could find decisive evidence, then face the emperor and persuade him, there would be a chance to overturn the case.
But if it was indeed someone framing her family, they would definitely not give them a chance to overturn the case.
Moreover, would the emperor really be willing to overturn the case?
"Miss, you're awake. Madam asked us to pack up and leave as soon as possible. It won't be long before someone comes to ransack the house, and then we..." the girl beside Chen Xue saw her wake up and hurriedly reminded her.
Chen Xue suddenly remembered that the original host heard the news of her father being thrown into prison and the family being exiled, and died of grief.
Although the imperial decree had been issued, it would still take some time for it to be executed.
They received the news because after attending court, officials who were friendly with her father quickly passed the message to her family.
So her mother told her to pack up and escape.
"I can't escape."
Chen Xue was well aware that the entire world belonged to the royal family, where could they escape to, especially in an unfamiliar place.
Moreover, exile didn't mean death. If they escaped, it would definitely anger the emperor, and they would be doomed.
"We still have time..."
She immediately stopped wasting time and instructed the maid to pack up all the valuable things in the room and stack them together, then quickly left the room.
Her father had already been thrown into prison, and only her mother was at home now.
As soon as Chen Xue ran to the hall, her mother hurried over, "Xiao Xue, why haven't you left yet? What about Xiao Die? What should we do?"
"Mother, I don't want to leave, and we can't leave at this time."
Since she inherited the original host's body, her family was her own.
"Why can't we leave?" the beautiful woman asked anxiously, "Our house has a tunnel left by the previous owner, which leads directly outside..."
"Mother..." Chen Xue interrupted, "Father was framed. Would those people really let us go? They will definitely try to get rid of us to eliminate future troubles. So, as long as we are in public view, they wouldn't dare to harm us."
The woman didn't expect her daughter to be so insightful, but she also felt it made sense.
"Mother, send the servants away first, and I'll make preparations."
"Preparations?"
What preparations?
Preparations for exile?
The woman knew very well that when the house was ransacked, those people would not leave anything valuable for them.
Even if they prepared, it would only benefit others.
But she didn't stop her. Xiao Xue was stubborn. If she didn't want to leave, no one could force her. It was better to think of other ways.
"Ah Yun, send the servants away. We can leave as soon as possible. Also, go contact your father's relatives and friends to see if anyone can help or submit a petition."
A woman next to her nodded and immediately went to give orders.
Meanwhile, Chen Xue headed to her family's treasury.
"Ransack the house?"
She sneered, "Let me take everything away first, then see what you can ransack."
She had brought her spatial dimension with her when she crossed over, so she could take away as much as she wanted.
Since that was the case, why should she give others a bargain?
Moreover, she knew how difficult the road of exile was. If she had money to arrange things a bit, it wouldn't be so hard.
She had just crossed over and hadn't enjoyed her blessings yet. Now she had to suffer. She absolutely refused. Since she wasn't living well, she couldn't let her enemies live well either.
Then, when those people couldn't find anything to ransack, she didn't know what expression they would have.
She instructed her mother to send the servants away because she didn't want to see them when she took away the valuables.
Now that everyone heard they were going to ransack the house and exile them, they all ran away, leaving the mansion empty.
Chen Xue had long obtained the key to the treasury and, upon entering, saw boxes filled with treasures.
Some were closed, some were open, and the open ones emitted golden and silver glows.
Those were all gold and silver.
There were also some jewelry.
These were all savings of the Chen family over the past dozen years.
Although her father wasn't corrupt, the family's savings over the decades were not insignificant. Over a dozen boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry were worth more than tens of thousands.
"Fortune has come!"
She had never seen so much money in her previous life, let alone so much gold, silver, and jewelry. She was suddenly dazzled.
Excitedly, she ran to the boxes filled with gold and silver jewelry, clapped her hands, and took them away.
In addition to gold and silver jewelry, there were also some antiques such as brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, calligraphy, and paintings.
Chen Xue naturally wouldn't leave them behind, even taking away the shelves. Soon, the large treasury was filled with nothing but dust.
Chen Xue clapped her hands in satisfaction and left for the next treasury.
A wise hare has three burrows.
The Chen family naturally couldn't have only one treasury.
In addition to the treasury, there were also other warehouses.
Opening the warehouse, Chen Xue saw piles of food, bags of rice and flour. Even if they were unopened, the contents were visible.
There were thousands of bags of rice and flour.
Chen Xue frowned when she saw this scene. It was obviously not right. Even if there were more people in her family, the warehouse wouldn't store so much grain.
Moreover, some of the grain was obviously not right.
The bags were labeled "Disaster Relief."
It was obviously disaster relief food, the same food that went missing, the evidence that led to her father being thrown into prison.
Although she didn't know why it appeared in their warehouse, it was obvious that it wasn't her father's doing, so it must have been their enemies'.
No doubt, their enemies wanted to frame them.
However, it was a pity that their plan backfired.
Chen Xue sneered and took away the grain. In her heart, she even wanted to thank her enemies for sending so much food. After being exiled, they wouldn't have to worry about food.
"Hahaha!"
On the street, a man followed by a group of soldiers with long spears walked towards the Chen family. Along the way, the man seemed to think of something and burst into laughter.
After ransacking the Chen family, he could get a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and as long as he opened their warehouse, he could find evidence of Chen Yuan's corruption. By then, Chen Yuan would have no chance of turning things around.
Killing two birds with one stone.
Thinking of this, the man suppressed the excitement in his heart and hurried towards the Chen family.
PS: Let me explain, about the protagonist not being married yet, this book is a fictional world, it's fictional, don't compare it to ancient times... And in ancient times, the marriageable age for women varied from dynasty to dynasty. In the Zhou Dynasty, women could marry at 20 years old, in the Han Dynasty at the latest 30 years old, in the Jin Dynasty at 17 years old, in the Song Dynasty between 14 and 20 years old, and in the Ming Dynasty between 14 and 20 years old. It's not considered late at all.
By the way, do you all really want the protagonist to get married? (Unfortunately, the female lead in this book won't get married)
Don’t marry, be dependent and live a full happy life.
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