Li Tiao was already nervous, but who knew that the imperial physician would kneel down after taking her pulse, and she herself began to tremble.

"I..." Li Tiao stammered a little. Could it be that she had some other incurable disease?

The Fourth Prince glanced at Li Tiao and asked the imperial physician in a deep voice, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my princess?"

"In response to Fourth Prince, I am of limited knowledge and cannot tell from the pulse whether His Highness Li has night blindness."

The Fourth Prince frowned: "Child blindness?"

"In response to Fourth Prince, Sun Simiao of the Sui and Tang Dynasties recorded in his medical books the symptom of His Highness Li being unable to see clearly in the dark. However, I have only heard of it and have never encountered it myself, so I cannot tell from his pulse."

Li Tiao was relieved; it turned out that people with night blindness had been discovered as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties.

That way, I can cover up my lie.

"Is it possible to cure it?" the Fourth Prince asked.

"In response to Fourth Prince, it is said that some people are born with night blindness, while others are born with it. I just don't know what's going on with Master Li's situation..."

"If it's acquired later... I have seen a prescription in a medical book that Your Highness can try. If it's congenital, please forgive my lack of knowledge, Fourth Prince."

The Fourth Prince looked at Li Tiao, as if to ask her what was going on.

Li Tiao wanted to say that she was born with it, but that would mean she would have to keep pretending forever.

After thinking for a moment, Li Tiao said, "I don't quite remember when it started, but it shouldn't be something I was born with."

The Fourth Prince glanced at Li Tiao and said to the imperial physician, "Then you can write the prescription first."

After the imperial physician prescribed the medicine, the Fourth Prince asked Su Peisheng to go with the physician to the Imperial Hospital to get the medicine.

"Master, now you'll believe me, right?" Li Tiao feigned complete grievance, as if to say, "If I can't disgust you, I'll admit defeat."

"When you were at your parents' house, no one knew about this problem of yours?"

Li Tiao said, "Master, although my family is not as luxurious as the palace, we are still an official family. I am served by servants. When I am not resting at night, maids and nannies keep me company, and there are lights on."

"Heh, I thought you were just pretending to cover up that you overheard what I and Thirteenth Brother were saying."

Li Tiao paused slightly in the handkerchief she was holding, but quickly smiled and asked innocently, "Your Highness, what did you say to the Thirteenth Prince?"

The Fourth Prince chuckled lightly: "Is this something you should know?"

Li Tiao was furious.

Another awkward silence ensued. For some reason, Li Tiao's gaze involuntarily drifted to the Fourth Prince, thinking about his action of slamming the door and leaving that night.

Li Tiao asked hesitantly, "Sir, are you alright?"

"What is it, sir...?"

Halfway through his sentence, the Fourth Prince noticed that Li Tiao was clearly flustered but also had a somewhat lewd look in her eyes, and belatedly realized something.

He slammed his hand on the table and glared at Li Tiao with a gloomy expression: "Li Tiao, I remember I still owe you a wedding night."

"Master, actually this servant..." Li Tiao wanted to say that she would politely decline.

But Heaven feared that she might really anger the Fourth Prince and die, because someone outside called for the Fourth Prince again: "Your Highness, the people from the Imperial Workshop have arrived. They say they want to discuss with you the matter of choosing a site for your new residence."

The Fourth Prince gave Li Tiao a cold glance, who was relieved, and then flicked his sleeves and left.

"Fourth Brother, I heard that Father Emperor has assigned you a residence, so I came to congratulate you. But such a big thing, I haven't heard you mention it once."

Hearing the conversation outside, Li Tiao, who was inside the house, became nervous again. She recognized the voice as that of the Eighth Prince.

“I just found out too. This is something all of us brothers will go through. As the older brother, I am a few years older than you, so it is normal for me to be assigned a residence earlier. Once the residence is completed, I will definitely treat you to good wine and food. I hope you will do me the honor of coming then.”

"Definitely, definitely. It's just that since you're moving out of the palace soon, it won't be as convenient for me to see you as it is now in the Prince's Residence."

Fourth Prince: "As long as brothers are of one heart, it doesn't matter where they live."

"Fourth Brother, why didn't you choose this residence properly? You just did what the Imperial Workshop said?"

Li Tiao peeked through the crack in the door and saw the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Prince looking at the blueprints held by the people from the Imperial Workshop.

She didn't understand what Lao Ba meant.

Soon, the Fourth Prince said, "This location was chosen by the Imperial Workshop, but I also asked Li Tiao, and she said it's a good place."

Li Tiao was stunned. When did she say such a thing?

The Eighth Prince was surprised: "The Fourth Prince's princess? She can even do feng shui?"

"Whether she can read or not, I don't know, but sometimes what she says is accurate."

"Fourth Brother, from what you're saying, you've had this princess's fortune told?"

Fourth Brother just smiled and remained silent.

"Fourth Brother, I was presumptuous. I shouldn't have pried into your private conversations with your princess."

Upon hearing this, Li Tiao seemed to understand that the Fourth Prince wanted her to have her fortune told for the Eighth Prince as well.

Even if he had asked for money from him when he set up his fortune-telling stall, the Fourth Prince shouldn't betray him like this. Besides, he wasn't wrong about what he said back then; the Fourth Prince is the future emperor.

Li Tiao didn't hear what the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince said next, but it sounded like the Eighth Prince had left.

But Li Tiao began to fidget again.

She wasn't stupid; she knew that the Fourth Prince probably still didn't trust her, so he was testing her through the Eighth Prince.

What bad luck! Why couldn't I have stood firm and refused to yield? Why did I give in and become the Eighth Prince's spy?

Li Tiao thought her experience perfectly illustrated what it means when you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems.

Before her unease had subsided, she received a note from the Eighth Prince's men, who wanted to see her.

In order to show her loyalty to the Fourth Prince, Li Tiao wanted to tell him, but the Fourth Prince was not at the Princes' Residence. It was said that he had gone out of the palace to see the mansion that the Imperial Workshop had chosen for him.

It wouldn't be good to delay with the Eighth Prince, so Li Tiao went to see him alone.

"Why didn't you mention that Father Emperor gave Fourth Brother a separate residence?" The Eighth Prince questioned Li Tiao as soon as they met.

Li Tiao: "Replying to the Eighth Prince, do we really need to talk about this? You didn't tell me before what I needed to tell you and what I didn't. I thought His Majesty would issue an edict sooner or later, so I didn't say anything."

"I heard that you consulted the feng shui of Fourth Brother's current residence?" Eighth Prince asked.

Li Tiao knew exactly what the Eighth Prince wanted to ask, so she smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Eighth Prince, you're joking. How could I possibly have such an ability? If I were that capable, I wouldn't have to live in fear every day. Don't you think so?"

"Fourth Brother has no reason to lie to me. Besides, I've looked at the location of Fourth Brother's residence. I had someone knowledgeable in feng shui look at it, and they said that the feng shui of Fourth Brother's residence is excellent, comparable to that of the palace. How do you explain that?"

How could Li Tiao explain that the Fourth Prince was the future emperor, so the feng shui of his residence must be excellent? But she certainly couldn't say that to the Eighth Prince!