After hearing what the Eighth Prince said, Li Tiao stared at the purse in her hand for a long time. When she raised her head again, she looked very fearless: "Eighth Prince, I heard that Father Emperor intends to betroth Prince Yue Le's granddaughter, Lady Guo Luoluo, to you?"

When Li Tiao brought it up, the Eighth Prince remembered that Li Tiao had mentioned this matter to him before.

He nodded: "That's what Father Emperor meant."

Li Tiao: "Then congratulations to the Eighth Prince. Although only a handful of princes have a primary consort after marriage, if you, the Eighth Prince, are indeed related to Prince Yue Le by marriage, then among all the princes, the background of your primary consort will be unparalleled."

"You said before that you don't know anything about feng shui, but you're quite good at divination, aren't you? You also said that the other brothers of the master haven't gotten married yet, so how can you be so sure that their primary wives' backgrounds are inferior to those of Lady Guo Luoluo?"

Li Tiaomo: "I'm not certain, it's just my intuition."

“When I asked you before if you knew anything about feng shui, you kept dodging the question. But now you’re bringing it up on your own initiative. Li Tiao, don’t try to play tricks on me. Just tell me your purpose.”

Li Tiao wasn't embarrassed at all that her flattery had been seen through. She said, "Doesn't the Eighth Prince think that this servant might be able to be a secretary or something?"

"You?" The Eighth Prince raised an eyebrow.

Remembering that she had overheard someone telling the Fourth Prince that the Eighth Prince also wanted her to leave the palace, Li Tiao probed him, "Yes, but it's just that I'm a woman, so I can't show my face in public. Besides, I'm currently the Fourth Prince's concubine, so there are many inconveniences, but..."

"But what?"

"But if I am no longer the Fourth Prince's concubine, then wouldn't there be fewer restrictions on some things?"

"You've been out for quite a while, you should go back soon." The Eighth Prince didn't give Li Tiao any direct answer, but instead started to urge her on.

Although she was a little anxious and worried, Li Tiao also knew the saying that haste makes waste.

On the way back to the prince's residence, Li Tiao tightly clutched the purse and braid rope that the Eighth Prince had returned. Although the Eighth Prince's words were uncertain whether it was Chunxi, Ruolan felt that it was ninety-nine percent Chunxi.

Because she was the only person serving her, she knew that she had embroidered the purse and the braided rope.

Of course, the Fourth Prince knew this, but even if he disliked himself, he would not give the purse and braid rope to the Eighth Prince.

It's pretty obvious that something's fishy about Chunxi.

In Li Tiao's mind, Chunxi was even more dangerous than Granny Liu was back then. After all, although Granny Liu also listened to others, at least she didn't have the intention to harm Li Tiao.

Chunxi's current actions are quite intriguing.

Li Tiao was still thinking about what to do, but when she returned to the princes' quarters, she found the Fourth Prince sitting in his room with a very unpleasant expression.

Li Tiao remained silent for a moment, then slowly stepped forward to bow and greet him.

Chunxi gave Li Tiao a wary look, and Li Tiao felt that the weasel was up to no good by offering New Year's greetings to the chicken.

"Where have you been?" the Fourth Prince asked after bowing and paying his respects.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I went to see the Eighth Prince."

Li Tiao felt that it was best to tell the truth at this time.

"Ha, you're quite honest."

Pretending not to understand what the Fourth Prince meant at all, Li Tiao smiled, found a basin, and asked Chunxi to light a fire in it.

"Master, what are you doing?" Chunxi asked, glancing at the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince glanced at Li Tiao casually without saying a word.

“Just do it. Why ask so many questions?” Li Tiao said to Chunxi.

Since the Fourth Prince didn't say anything, Chunxi did as Li Tiao asked.

A fire started burning in the basin. Li Tiao took out the purse and braided rope that the Eighth Prince had returned to her and threw them all into the fire basin.

"You..." The Fourth Prince stepped forward and reached out to grab the purse and the braid cord, but was stopped by Li Tiao.

"Sir, be careful, that's fire."

The Fourth Prince withdrew his hand, staring at the purse and braided rope in the brazier, which were still discernible as to what they were, with an extremely gloomy expression.

Li Tiao glanced at the astonished Chunxi and raised an eyebrow.

"Why did you burn it? Wasn't it meant for the master?"

The Fourth Prince's tone was very sharp, and Li Tiao couldn't help but shudder. But she still said according to the established plan: "Your Highness, the purse and braid cord are all dirty, so naturally I can't give them to you anymore. If Your Highness doesn't mind my skills, I can embroider a purse for you when I have time."

"It's dirty?"

Li Tiao couldn't discern the Fourth Prince's true emotions in his words, but without knowing how Chunxi had spoken to him, she felt that telling the truth was the best course of action.

So Li Tiao told the Fourth Prince that the purse was returned to her by the Eighth Prince.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince's face was so pale it looked like a layer of soot had been scraped off the bottom of a pot.

Li Tiao quickly explained, "This purse was originally intended for you, Master, but when I went to the Qianqing Palace to come back with you, I wanted to surprise you. But then I met the nanny from Consort De's side... and then I left the palace with you."

After returning, I went to Yonghe Palace. After the fright, I forgot about it.

"I was truly terrified when the Eighth Prince took out his purse today! Did the purse and braid cord grow legs? How did they end up with the Eighth Prince?"

"Wasn't it you who gave it to the Eighth Prince?" The Fourth Prince's tone remained inscrutable.

Li Tiao said, "Your Majesty, even if the pit in my head were deep enough to swim in, I would never do something so inappropriate. This purse is embroidered with a horse, which is Your Majesty's zodiac sign. If I wanted to give it to the Eighth Prince, I wouldn't have embroidered a horse in the first place."

"did you mean……"

Li Tiao continued the Fourth Prince's words: "It's obvious that someone has framed me."

Besides, since the Eighth Prince has already touched the purse and braid cord, it's inappropriate to give them to the Master again; soiled items should naturally be destroyed.

After she finished speaking, she saw that the Fourth Prince's expression was gradually becoming less frightening than before, and Li Tiao knew that telling the truth was a winning tactic.

"So who do you think is framing you?"

Caught off guard by the Fourth Prince's words, Li Tiao was taken aback. She wanted to go see Chunxi, but she had her own plans and wasn't ready to confront Chunxi yet.

"Replying to Your Excellency, this servant has no clue yet."

"Are you clueless or just don't want to talk about it?" The Fourth Prince slowly walked to Li Tiao's side, lowered his eyes to stare at the still-burning purse and fire in the brazier, and asked Li Tiao casually.

"In reply to you, sir, of course we have no clue."

"Is that so? I do have an idea, why don't you listen to it?"

Li Tiao swallowed hard: "I'll listen to you, Master."

The Fourth Prince shifted his gaze from Li Tiao and looked at Chunxi...