Li Tiao stared blankly at the Fourth Prince standing at the door. This was not the plan. She subconsciously glanced at Granny Liu.

"Who else do you think it is?" The Fourth Prince stepped into the room and stood silently between Li Tiao and Granny Liu.

According to the agreement, Yunhui should have arrived at this time, but she hasn't arrived yet, and the Fourth Prince has arrived first. There's no way to handle things now.

She couldn't tell the truth, so Li Tiao forced a smile at the Fourth Prince and said, "Your Highness, I didn't think it was anyone else. It's because you are the master that I didn't expect you to knock on the door directly. Just now, Granny Liu asked who it was, but no one answered, so naturally I didn't think it was you."

The Fourth Prince glanced at Li Tiao with a half-smile: "This morning, I told you that I would make up for it by giving you a wedding night tonight."

Li Tiao felt a chill run down her spine; she knew she should act shy and timid at this moment.

But she really couldn't make such a disgusting expression anymore. "Master really keeps his word."

"But it seems that I don't have much expectation for you," the Fourth Prince said quietly after looking Li Tiao up and down.

Noticing the Fourth Prince's gaze, Li Tiao knew her own appearance. After a tumultuous day, she was exhausted, both physically and mentally. Her clothes were wrinkled, and her hair looked like it was about to fall apart.

Anyway, he looked like he was about to go to sleep and was all disheveled.

There was not a trace of the shy anticipation of the wedding night.

Swallowing hard, Li Tiao wanted to explain why she was being so "ungrateful." Her lips moved as she was about to speak when someone knocked on the door again.

Both Li Tiao and Granny Liu froze; this time it must be Yun Hui.

Without thinking twice, Li Tiao quickly winked at Liu Mama, signaling her to open the door and then send Yun Hui away.

But the Fourth Prince also gave Su Peisheng a meaningful look.

Seeing Su Peisheng reach the door a step ahead of Liu Mama, Li Tiao's heart leaped into her throat again. The Fourth Prince even seemed to glance at her.

She desperately wanted to make amends, but the Fourth Prince didn't give her the chance at all, because he had already given Su Peisheng a look, signaling him to open the door.

Li Tiao turned her head away and closed her eyes, not daring to look.

"Greetings to the master."

Upon hearing Yun Hui's sickeningly sweet voice, Li Tiao dared not look any longer. Before these two arrived, Li Tiao had been eagerly anticipating tonight's grand spectacle.

But why did he back down at the last minute?

Feeling self-loathing, Li Tiao decided to bravely look back.

Upon seeing this, Li Tiao was overjoyed, because Yun Hui wished she could throw herself directly into the Fourth Prince's arms.

Although things didn't go quite as planned at first, I never expected Yun Hui to be so willing to go all out. Judging from her appearance, she seems a bit abnormal.

Li Tiao thought she was the one who brought about this good thing today. Seeing the Fourth Prince squinting at Yun Hui, she prepared to slip away along the wall.

But... the Fourth Prince actually stopped her!

Li Tiao was filled with hatred.

Yunhui was so hot she wanted to hug a block of ice, and the Fourth Prince was like an ice cube in her eyes. So even though he had avoided her earlier, Yunhui wasn't discouraged. "Master..."

The tender and melodious voice gave Li Tiao goosebumps, but when she looked at the Fourth Prince, she found that he remained as still as a meditating monk, without any emotional fluctuation.

Even after all this... it's still like this... Li Tiao thought that the rumors must be more than just rumors.

Even worse, when Yunhui was about to pounce on the Fourth Prince again, he pulled Li Tiao away to avoid it.

Li Tiao didn't know what was going on, but somehow she was pulled away by the Fourth Prince as if dancing the tango, and ended up in his arms.

Thump thump thump... their heartbeats seemed to resonate!

It looked like something out of a movie was about to happen, but then I heard a "plop"!

Startled, Li Tiao quickly looked in the direction from which the sound came!

Yunhui fell face down, and the Fourth Prince barely managed to put his raised foot down.

While feeling genuine pain for Yun Hui's face, Li Tiao also thought that the Fourth Prince was truly ruthless! Not only did he show no mercy to her, but he was also so brutal... kicking Yun Hui to the ground!

"Guards! Throw Yunhui into the woodshed!"

Soon the nannies filed in, and although Yunhui stared longingly at the Fourth Prince with bloodshot eyes, she was still roughly dragged away by the nannies.

"It doesn't seem right for her to just lock her up in the woodshed like this, we should..." Li Tiao muttered softly.

"You still have the nerve to care about others!"

The sharp voice made Li Tiao close her eyes in annoyance; she had been careless. Then came the sound of the door closing.

Li Tiao quickly looked around the room. Granny Liu was gone, and Su Peisheng had also left...

Only Li Tiao and the Fourth Prince remained in the room.

A sense of crisis washed over her, and Li Tiao subconsciously moved further away, hoping that when this man kicked someone, his foot wouldn't reach her.

The Fourth Prince glanced at Li Tiao: "Why are you standing so far away?"

"This servant knows I have made a mistake, but I hope Your Highness can be lenient." Li Tiao thought it would be better to admit her mistake first.

What did you do wrong?

Li Tiao was stunned: "This servant doesn't know why Yunhui... came... She looks abnormal... Is she sick? She doesn't seem to be in good health to begin with..."

"Want to know what happened to her?" the Fourth Prince asked.

Li Tiao was just making conversation, but when the Fourth Prince asked her that question, she was a little confused. How should she answer?

"Want to know? What if this gentleman... he can't handle it!"

Thinking of this, Li Tiao was no longer afraid of anything and tried her best to appear innocent: "Want to know? Shouldn't we call the imperial physician to take a look at her? It wouldn't be good if something happened to her while she was left in the woodshed and word got out, would it?"

The Fourth Prince suddenly stood up and walked to Li Tiao.

Li Tiao instinctively stepped back, but then she thought about the rumors about the Fourth Prince and decided to remain "naive and innocent," so she forced herself to stay still, though she was still a little stiff.

He even seemed somewhat righteous and awe-inspiring.

The Fourth Prince instinctively reached out to grab Li Tiao's waist and pull her into his arms, but remembering what happened by the lake, he quickly lowered his hand, which he had already raised. Then, staring intently at Li Tiao, he said, "I'll tell you why that servant Yun Hui is like that."

Before Li Tiao could react, her hand was grabbed and pulled hard, and she was thrown onto the kang (a heated brick bed) that Liu Mama had already prepared.

The thought of what the psychopathic killer in the suspense drama might do next suddenly popped into Li Tiao's mind. She quickly scrambled onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and curled up in a corner.

"Master, this servant doesn't want to know anymore."

"But I want you to know." The Fourth Prince reached out to pull Li Tiao again.

Li Tiao's mind was filled with background music from suspense dramas—eerie and terrifying. To dispel this panic, Li Tiao closed her eyes and shouted a sentence.

After a brief silence, when Li Tiao opened her eyes, the Fourth Prince appeared perfectly calm, but Li Tiao felt a chill run down her spine.