Li Tiao's resolute voice and her resolute back were all left to the Fourth Prince. As for what the Fourth Prince thought, Li Tiao didn't care at all.

Looking at the vermilion gate in front of her, Li Tiao thought that once she walked out, she would have nothing to do with the Fourth Prince anymore.

She also regretted her own stupidity in hiding in the Fourth Prince's residence.

Now she is going to correct this mistake.

However, just as her hand touched the door, before she could even pull the latch, the Fourth Prince's annoying voice rang out from behind her again: "Do you really think that once you leave this door, no one will be able to find you?"

Li Tiao paused, but did not turn around.

The Fourth Prince slowly walked up to Li Tiao, blocking the doorway, and looked at her: "Do you think that after you said that I could replace the Crown Prince, I would still let you disappear?"

I thought you'd been trying to escape from the palace so many times before, and that you should be more careful by now.

Who knew they'd still be so foolish!

Li Tiao said angrily, "Li Tiao is indeed not very smart in front of the Fourth Prince, but she is not that stupid either."

As for you, Fourth Prince, don't you think you're a bit split-up? You were saying you'd help me leave when we were in the palace, so why are you stopping me now?

A prince of noble birth must never allow himself to be looked down upon.

Li Tiao should just die if she wants to. Judging from what the Fourth Prince said, since she's going to die anyway, she might as well be arrogant before she dies.

Even those who are beheaded get a good meal before they die, so why should she suppress her anger?

"The reason I promised to help you leave the palace back then is the same as why I'm not letting you leave now. You have to stay under my watchful eye."

After all, if Father Emperor finds you, how will I face him in the future? If the Crown Prince finds you, who knows what conditions you will agree to in order to save your life?

I could have let it go before I couldn't find you, but now that I have, you don't actually think I came here alone, do you?

You can try opening the door and going outside to see if anyone is following you!

Li Tiao was furious at what the Fourth Prince said!

She was so busy being angry that she completely forgot about this: if she went out now, she would definitely be followed by the Fourth Prince's men!

"Fourth Prince, you are truly despicable!"

The fact that Li Tiao was so angry that she said this about herself shows that she has also realized her current situation. The Fourth Prince smiled and didn't care about Li Tiao's words at all. He gestured for Hongye to take Li Tiao's bundle.

Hongye cautiously approached and took Li Tiao's bundle: "Master..."

“Since we’ve decided to dress as a man, the way you call me Hongye needs to be changed,” the Fourth Prince said.

Hongye swallowed hard and called out in a very casual tone, "Husband..." But as soon as she uttered the title, she noticed the Fourth Prince's expression and quickly changed her address, "Young Master, let me help you carry it."

Li Tiao didn't seem to care much about the way Hongye addressed her. She stormed back to the main room and glared at the Fourth Prince who followed her in: "You just said that my previous silver and jewelry are still there. When are you going to give them to me?"

"With the money, will you keep running?"

"Fourth Prince, didn't you say that as long as I leave this door, someone will follow me? Would I be so stupid as to run away?" Li Tiao thought this man was really forgetful. In such a short time, he had already contradicted himself.

Looking at Li Tiao, he noticed that she was wearing a man's robe and jacket. Although the Fourth Prince didn't make his own clothes, he was still a prince and always wore and used the best. It was clear that Li Tiao's clothes were not cheap either.

He asked, "You don't seem to be short of money right now?"

“I don’t lack anything, but I still want to keep what originally belonged to me.”

"I'm about to go with Father Emperor to fight the Dzungars. I don't know how long it will be before I return to the capital... To prevent you from running away... I will naturally return your silver, jewelry and the like to you when I return to the capital in triumph."

Li Tiao was clearly very dissatisfied with what the Fourth Prince said.

The Fourth Prince asked, "You wouldn't let me go to the battlefield with regrets, would you?"

“Regret? It is my regret that you will not give me the silver and jewelry.” Li Tiao refused to budge an inch.

"You know my ambitions, you know the Sixth Prince's secrets. If I don't have something to entice you with all these secrets, what if I hear on the battlefield that you've run away, and in my anxiety... I die on the battlefield? Would you still go and offer incense to me every year?"

"How could someone who could replace the Crown Prince so easily..." Li Tiao swallowed her words halfway through, making it seem as if she couldn't bear to part with him.

What a joke! He's now my sworn enemy, the one who took my money and refused to return it. How could I possibly be reluctant to part with him?

"Have you thought about what you'll do in the future?"

That's really like bringing up the very thing you shouldn't talk about; Li Tiao was thinking about it herself, though.

But... she guessed that she was Hongshi's biological mother in history, but now she's been divorced, and who knows what will happen in the future.

“This servant has Hongye,” Li Tiao said, putting her arm around Hongye’s shoulder.

Hongye felt extremely uncomfortable under the Fourth Prince's gaze: "Master..."

"Call me husband." Li Tiao didn't mean anything by it; she just wanted to correct Hongye's way of addressing him so that it wouldn't be exposed later.

However, when she caught a glimpse of the Fourth Prince's expression out of the corner of her eye, Li Tiao became even more excited.

"Great, I'll do my best to do what he doesn't like." So Li Tiao lifted Hongye's chin and said, "Hongye, you have to get used to it. Call me husband..."

But the red leaves were trembling violently.

Li Tiao keenly noticed that Hongye's trembling didn't seem to be due to discomfort, and she was taken aback.

The Fourth Prince said, "Since you're going to dress up as a man, then do some makeup on your face too. You're too handsome now, so put more soot on your face."

The Fourth Prince originally wanted to make her look as ugly as possible, the uglier the better, otherwise Li Tiao, although she was still dressed as a man, was too handsome and would attract attention.

"Don't worry, I'm terrified of dying, but I will do my best."

Although the Fourth Prince wanted to stay a little longer, he was afraid of being angered to death by Li Tiao's barbed words, so he left first.

After the Fourth Prince left, Li Tiao hesitated for a moment and asked Hongye, "Hongye, I was just joking just now. You... Although some of the Fourth Prince's words were quite infuriating, some of them made sense, like when you called me..."

“Master, I know, I know you were just joking. I was just…” Hongye didn’t finish her sentence. After a moment of silence, she said, “Master, I think the master doesn’t want to kill you. He’s a good person.”

Li Tiao felt that Hongye's idea was wrong: "Back in the palace, I heard him and Consort De talking with my own ears. The palace maid who died at Su Ma La Gu's place was killed by the Fourth Prince. He originally wanted to kill me."

"Do you think I got so sick back then? It was because I heard what the Fourth Prince said, and I got so angry."

Seeing Hongye's shocked expression, Li Tiao asked, "Hongye, why do you think differently from others? Go and ask around in the palace. There aren't many people who say that the Fourth Prince is a good person."