"Master, the water is here. Please moisten your throat."

Li Tiao hurriedly hid the note, then took the water glass from Chunxi, but her hand trembled slightly.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Chunxi hurriedly took the teacup from Li Tiao's hand, inevitably touching Li Tiao's hand: "Your Highness, why are your hands so cold? Are you sick? This servant will call the imperial physician for you right away."

"Come back, I'm fine, I'm not that delicate."

Li Tiao called out to Chunxi, calmed herself down, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat.

However, she couldn't eat her fill after all. After taking a few bites, Li Tiao had the breakfast taken away.

Afterwards, he specifically instructed that he should stay alone and not come in unless called.

Li Tiao was alone, thinking about how to respond to the Eighth Prince, and reflecting on her current predicament...

She couldn't think about it. The more Li Tiao thought about it, the more she felt there were flaws everywhere. If she didn't run away, she would just be waiting to die.

She knew that she was assigned to the Fourth Prince by the Emperor, and that trying to leave was tantamount to death. However, Li Tiao felt that such an outrageous thing as time travel had already happened.

Running might work...

After thinking it through, Li Tiao felt that going to see the Eighth Prince wasn't so bad after all; she could just give him a perfunctory answer.

It was about time, so Li Tiao went out to go to the prince's residence. Originally, Li Tiao thought that Chunxi could come along, but remembering what Granny Liu had said earlier, she didn't know whether Chunxi was friend or foe. So Li Tiao avoided Chunxi and went out alone.

"Li Tiao, I really underestimated you before."

When Li Tiao arrived at the agreed-upon place, the Eighth Prince was already there. After she bowed and paid her respects, before she could speak, the Eighth Prince spoke first.

Li Tiao could only feign ignorance: "Replying to the Eighth Prince, this servant does not quite understand what you mean?"

"Granny Liu has been transferred to the East Third Palace by Fourth Brother, so she won't see you anymore. You killed Yunhui, and everyone who knew your identity is dead. From now on, you, the eldest daughter of the Li family, can rest easy as the Fourth Prince's concubine."

The Eighth Prince knew that Li Tiao was not the real daughter of the Li family, so he manipulated Li Tiao and made her his spy.

The reason Li Tiao was able to be manipulated was because she had just transmigrated and was new to the place, so she was intimidated by the princes.

Now Li Tiao wouldn't be easily intimidated: "Eighth Prince, you're mistaken. This servant is a member of the Li family."

"Hehe, there's no need to act like that in front of me."

“In response to the Eighth Prince, if I were not a young lady of the Li family, and you knew but did not tell the Emperor, that would be considered a crime of deceiving the Emperor.”

Just kidding, you can't always be threatened.

"You..." The Eighth Prince was angered by Li Tiao's sharp tongue. He took a step forward, as if he was about to strangle Li Tiao in the next second.

Li Tiao closed her eyes, seemingly ready to die, but she didn't die. She slowly opened her eyes, looked at the furious Eighth Prince, swallowed hard, and involuntarily took two steps back.

After a moment, the Eighth Prince composed himself and asked, "How did Yunhui die?"

Li Tiao didn't know, but judging from yesterday's situation, it was most likely because she took some unclean medicine and then got too emotional, causing her to catch her breath.

It's true that Yunhui's health wasn't good. Although the doctor used a lot of fancy words that Li Tiao didn't quite understand, in layman's terms, she had a heart condition.

In modern times, doctors often prohibit couples from having sex if they have heart problems. However, Yunhui not only wanted to have a child for the Fourth Prince, but also took aphrodisiac drugs.

Death... seems normal, although it may sound cruel, but that's the truth.

Moreover, based on what Consort De and the Fourth Prince said last night, Li Tiao felt that the unclean medicine Yun Hui took was probably given to her by Consort De.

Since it concerned the empresses in the palace, Li Tiao dared not say much in front of the Eighth Prince.

Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Li Tiao shook her head: "When Yunhui died, I was already resting, so naturally I don't know what happened."

Remembering Chunxi's words after she was startled awake, Li Tiao said again, "Eighth Prince, if you want to know, you can ask the imperial physician. Yunhui consulted the imperial physician before she passed away, and the physician took her pulse..."

But the Eighth Prince gave Li Tiao a look that said, "Do you still need me to tell you?"

Li Tiao understood that this meant the Eighth Prince hadn't found out anything, which showed that the Fourth Prince must have made preparations in advance. This further solidified Li Tiao's idea that she shouldn't tell the Eighth Prince too much.

"Never mind, I came to see you today for something else."

Li Tiao bowed respectfully: "Eighth Prince, please speak."

"Find a way to get Granny Liu back to serve you."

Li Tiao was surprised by the Eighth Prince's request, but she didn't want someone watching her all the time, so she pretended to be confused: "Eighth Prince, Liu Mama was punished by the Fourth Prince and sent to the East Third Palace. I am now an unfavored concubine. If I were to beg the Fourth Prince for the sake of a nanny, would the Fourth Prince pay any attention to me?"

"It all depends on human effort."

Li Tiao's lips twitched; she had absolutely no intention of doing this.

"Eighth Prince, shouldn't we reconsider this matter? For the sake of Granny Liu..."

"This is a small matter for me to test your loyalty. If you can't even handle this, how can I trust you in the future?"

After saying that, the Eighth Prince emphasized again, "Li Tiao, don't think that just because Yun Hui is dead, everything is beyond proof."

Li Tiao certainly didn't think that way. She thought to herself, "Isn't the Eighth Prince still here?"

It was quite obvious that what the Eighth Prince meant was that there must be other people who knew that he was a substitute bride.

“Eighth Prince, what do you mean by that? Does anyone else know my identity? If that’s the case, then there’s no need to make Granny Liu come back to me. If things go wrong, and Fourth Prince finds out something, then it will be terrible.”

"Now it's your turn to teach Grandpa what to do?"

Li Tiao was frustrated; she couldn't understand this person at all.

There was nothing she could do; the Eighth Prince was inflexible. As long as she could be flexible, that was fine. So Li Tiao changed her approach: "Eighth Prince, now that Yunhui is gone, I am the only person left by the Fourth Prince's side. If I gain the Fourth Prince's favor in the future, what can't you ask me? Why be so concerned about the gains and losses of this one person at this moment?"

"Oh."

A haughty, aloof laugh rang out. Li Tiao thought to herself that she was right, and was about to defend herself when she heard the Eighth Prince's voice and tensed up: "Who!"

Li Tiao was startled. That cold laugh just now wasn't from the Eighth Prince, so... who could it be?!

Rushing out from behind the artificial hill in a panic, Li Tiao was determined to catch the person who had been eavesdropping, but the person hadn't run away at all; he just stood there expressionless, waiting to be caught.

But Li Tiao felt that if she continued to be frightened like this, she would become paralyzed.

While Li Tiao was still trembling, the Eighth Prince had already bowed and greeted the others: "Your younger brother greets Fourth Brother, may Fourth Brother be well."