"It's not because Chunxi knew about Sixth Brother's affairs—in fact, she didn't know—but because she always tried to blackmail people by saying that you weren't the real eldest daughter of the Li family. That's why Father Emperor cooperated with Mother back then."
At first, the Fourth Prince didn't quite understand the Emperor's intentions, but now that he knows the Emperor knew about the Sixth Prince's background all along, the matter from back then makes sense.
"Take a break."
Seeing the Fourth Prince heading towards the bed, Li Tiao asked nervously, "Who were the assassins on the road today? Was it His Majesty trying to kill me to silence me, or was it Consort De's men? Or..."
"Fourth Prince, His Majesty requests your presence," Li Dequan, a close attendant of the Emperor, announced from outside the door.
Li Tiao and the Fourth Prince exchanged a glance.
"It's so late, what does the Emperor want with you?" Li Tiao asked.
Fourth Prince: "Why don't we go and see for ourselves?"
Upon arriving at Master Kang's residence, the Fourth Prince saw guards escorting away the surviving assassin who had been captured earlier, and his heart skipped a beat.
However, he remained very calm when facing Emperor Kangxi.
"Fourth brother, don't you want Li Tiao to leave?"
Kangxi's blunt words startled the Fourth Prince. When royal fathers and sons say such things, it is either a tender expression of paternal love and filial piety, or something sordid that cannot be spoken of to outsiders.
Obviously, the first one is somewhat unlikely.
If it's the second one, the Fourth Prince pursed his lips, his hands gripping the ground with bulging veins: "Replying to Father Emperor, Li Tiao is the princess you assigned to me, Father Emperor. She is my woman, and naturally I don't want her to leave."
Kangxi stared at the Fourth Prince for a moment, then roared, "So you're willing to provoke the Second Prince into sending assassins to kill Li Tiao just to stop me from sending her away?!"
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