"You still dare to argue!" the guard shouted at Li Tiao!

This wasn't an excuse; Li Tiao knew perfectly well that her waist tag was fake!

But the guards insisted that the badges they were holding were genuine!

Li Tiao felt that these guards were indeed as bad-eyed as those young princes had said!

“I’m not trying to deny it, but this waist tag…” Li Tiao subconsciously wanted to admit that the waist tag was fake, but she swallowed the words back down.

At this point, admitting that the waist tag is fake wouldn't make her situation much better.

Now that things have come to this, whether it's stealing the Fourth Prince's real waist token or trying to sneak out of the palace with a fake one, they've both been caught red-handed!

Li Tiao regretted not praying to all the gods before going out today. She had made so many trips, but this was the most unlucky one yet!

If things go wrong, you could lose your life!

"The Fourth Prince has already said that he lost his waist token. Now you are trying to leave the palace with the Fourth Prince's waist token. What is your punishment?"

Upon hearing the guard's words, Li Tiao, whose arm was being held behind her back, struggled to lift her head and asked the guard incredulously, "You mean the Fourth Prince himself said that his waist token was lost?"

"What do you think?" The head guard waved his hand impatiently. "Send it away and go report to the Fourth Prince immediately..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Tiao saw the arrogant guard who had been facing her bowing and jogging past her towards the palace: "Greetings, Fourth Prince. This servant greets you. It's already this late, and you've still made this trip. It's my fault. I'll prepare to send the person and the waist token to you right away."

The guard's obsequious voice made Li Tiao grit her teeth.

She wondered how the waist tag could be considered real. Li Tiao knew her own skills well. Although she thought her waist tags were so realistic that they could be mistaken for genuine ones, she only dared to leave the palace at night when it was dark.

After all, she couldn't see clearly, and in broad daylight, she was afraid that the guards would notice something amiss.

But even so, the fake waist tag became real!

It turns out that the Fourth Prince was behind all of this.

Li Tiao Ai!

"Is this how you treat my men?"

The guard was a little confused by what the Fourth Prince said, but he still managed to release Li Tiao with a keen eye.

With her arms free, Li Tiaoren was also free, but she felt no gratitude whatsoever towards the Fourth Prince!

She gave the Fourth Prince a resentful look, then stood still without moving.

"Come here," the Fourth Prince said to Li Tiao.

Ha! Li Tiao still didn't move. How naive she was to think that this person had actually drunk himself into unconsciousness, especially since the Fourth Prince had said something like that before drinking.

Li Tiao was filled with remorse and hated her own carelessness and naivety. She couldn't help but raise her hand to slap herself a few times as a warning.

But just as her hand was about to touch her cheek, the Fourth Prince grabbed her and pulled her to his side.

"Didn't you hear what I said?"

Li Tiao glanced at the Fourth Prince, but still ignored him. She was so frustrated!

She was angry, not only at the Fourth Prince, but also at herself. She had been too careless and hasty!

"Now that my waist token has been found, let's leave it at that. No need to make a fuss. But if I hear anyone say anything they shouldn't after this, I will..."

Before the Fourth Prince could finish speaking, the guards immediately understood and respectfully told him that they had all been fast asleep that night, that nothing had happened, and that they knew nothing.

When she turned to go back to the prince's quarters, Li Tiao shook off the fourth prince's hand and walked away on her own.

The Fourth Prince glanced at Li Tiao, snorted coldly, and stopped trying to hold her back. However, he did say, "Since your night blindness is an act, then hurry up and don't keep me waiting."

Li Tiao gritted her teeth, she was furious. How could someone spend all day pointing out other people's shortcomings!

Su Peisheng followed behind the Fourth Prince and Li Tiao with trepidation, thinking that the prince was becoming more and more abnormal.

Upon returning to the princes' quarters, the Fourth Prince went directly to Li Tiao's room.

Although she really wanted to get rid of him, Li Tiao was feeling guilty now, and even normally she wouldn't have had that much courage.

"I thought you were smart."

After a long silence, the Fourth Prince immediately began to criticize Li Tiao. Li Tiao, now somewhat resigned to her fate, glanced at the Fourth Prince with her eyelids raised, then drooped back down.

She was truly desperate now. Having been caught by the Fourth Prince once again, Li Tiao could feel the wind starting to seep through the back of her neck.

"I'll say it again, it's a very profitable business for Lao Ba to hire you as a spy. You even know how to make fake waist tags."

More mockery, Li Tiao thought, "Whatever."

Because of Li Tiao's silence, the Fourth Prince slammed something onto the kang table.

Finally, Li Tiao glanced over and saw that it was a waist token. She then looked away, but halfway through, she suddenly realized something, hesitated for a moment, and then went forward to pick up the waist token that the Fourth Prince had thrown on the kang table and looked at it!

Li Tiao was shocked and stared at the Fourth Prince in disbelief!

This is the slightly rough fake waist tag I made myself.

In order to leave the palace as soon as possible, Li Tiao didn't pay much attention, mainly because she thought that no one could usually find the place where she hid her things, so she was careless.

Now it seems that the waist tag I just took was real, it really was the Fourth Prince's waist tag.

But……

Li Tiao asked, "How did you get this waist tag?"

The Fourth Prince gave a cold laugh and remained silent.

Even the slow-witted Li Tiao finally realized what was going on. "Do you know where I hid my waist token?"

After speaking, she realized that she hadn't addressed him as a servant, which was an overstepping of her bounds in front of the Fourth Prince. However, Li Tiao didn't care about that now. She thought, "I'm going to die anyway, even though I'm afraid."

But encountering such a man, he was so frightened every day that he suffered a stroke and was not far from death.

"Why are you going out of the palace dressed like this with your waist token?" The Fourth Prince did not answer Li Tiao's question.

"What can I do outside the palace? I obviously don't want to stay here anymore." Li Tiao thought the Fourth Prince's question was a nonsense question, so she remained silent to express her attitude.

Her attitude truly angered the Fourth Prince, who asked in a cold and stern voice, "Why do you think I would take you to my Second Brother's place for a banquet?"

This was also what puzzled Li Tiao, and she looked up at the Fourth Prince.

"I remember telling you that since Father Emperor has betrothed you to me, you belong to me in life and in death. Naturally, I will take you to meet my brothers so that if you get lost in the palace again, no one will recognize you."

So that's how it is. This person is truly treacherous. Although I am a concubine of a prince and a mistress in the palace, there are many mistresses in the palace, and not many people know me. If Li Tiao wanted to run away, she would have a great chance.

Now that more people know me, it won't be so easy for me to run away again!

"I reminded you when we were drinking," the Fourth Prince said, his tone growing colder. "But you just don't learn your lesson. Tell me, what can I do to make you remember?"

Seeing the Fourth Prince become sinister, Li Tiao gradually felt panicked, and the scary background music from the suspense film started playing repeatedly in her ears.