"His Majesty has removed you from the Imperial Register."
"Oh." Li Tiao didn't react at first when she heard Hongye's words. After taking a couple of steps, she realized that Hongye hadn't caught up. She looked back and saw that Hongye's worry had deepened. Only then did Li Tiao belatedly remember what Hongye had just said.
"What did you just say? Removal from the imperial genealogy?"
Li Tiao asked the question with some skepticism. Although Hongye didn't confirm or deny it, Li Tiao could tell from Hongye's expression that she had guessed correctly.
It was only then that Li Tiao realized something was very wrong and unbelievable, and her unease grew stronger.
Swallowing hard, Li Tiao still couldn't quite believe it. Pointing at herself with trembling fingers, she asked, "Removed from the Imperial Register? Me?"
This time, Hongye nodded.
The weather in Beijing is already bitterly cold and gloomy.
On their way back to the city, Li Tiao kept thinking about when it would snow. What if it snowed halfway through the journey, making the roads difficult to travel and causing their carriage to overturn?
To her surprise, it didn't snow at all along the way, and Li Tiao felt that she was quite lucky.
And then...
It seemed even the heavens thought she was in a terrible state, as snowflakes, as large as goose feathers, began to fall without warning.
Li Tiao stood motionless, her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes all turned white, like an ice sculpture.
Hongye ran over, tiptoed, and pulled the hood of Li Tiao's cloak over Li Tiao's head: "Master, the snow is falling harder and harder, let's hurry up and go."
Li Tiao turned around mechanically.
To say she's particularly heartbroken or sad, she doesn't seem to be; she's just anxious and uneasy. Besides the Emperor, no one else could possibly remove her from the imperial genealogy.
But it was the Emperor who arranged the marriage back then, and now it's the Emperor again...
Li Tiao dared not think too deeply about it. Could it be that something so outrageous was really going to happen to her? Was she really going to become the "Yang Guifei" of the Qing Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Li Tiao trembled. She didn't want to, she absolutely didn't want to be "Yang Guifei".
But given the current situation, it seems that Kangxi is determined to succeed.
When Li Tiao arrived at the prince's residence, she felt a sense of loss and change. Although she had not been away for long, only forty-nine days, it felt like four hundred and ninety days.
She arrived at the prince's residence in the height of summer, but now the wind is howling, snowflakes are falling, and the red brick walls are all covered in white, like people with white hair, as if from another world.
Turning her gaze away from the Prince's Residence, Li Tiao looked ahead and saw the place where she used to live. She was stunned when she looked up.
In an instant, all the emotions that had been ignored or hadn't had time to brew surged up.
The Fourth Prince, standing in front of the house where Li Tiao used to live, also had his hair turned white from the falling snowflakes.
The feeling of being in another world in Li Tiao's heart became even stronger.
Seeing the Fourth Prince walking towards her, Li Tiao quickly curtsied and said, "Li Tiao greets Your Highness, may Your Highness be well."
"Get up." Knowing full well what Li Tiao had come for, the Fourth Prince, for reasons unknown, whether he was just making conversation or… asked, "What brings you here?"
"Replying to your words, Master, pack your things."
"Pack your things? Hongye didn't help you pack? What kind of servant is this?!"
Upon hearing the Fourth Prince's words, Li Tiao spoke up for Hongye: "It was Li Tiao who instructed Hongye that there are some things Li Tiao must take care of herself."
"You confess? You knew all along?" The Fourth Prince's voice seemed to blend into the cold, gloomy weather.
"Yes, Your Highness. I have heard about it. By the way, I haven't yet congratulated Your Highness on having another servant. I wish Consort Song could soon bear you children."
Su Peisheng and Hongye stood to the side shivering, unsure whether it was from the cold or from being chilled by the Fourth Prince's piercing gaze.
But Li Tiao seemed completely oblivious to the Fourth Prince's anger, and even smiled gently, like a ray of sunshine in the cold. She seemed quite happy.
Su Peisheng, who served the Fourth Prince closely, knew all too well how cold and irritable the Fourth Prince had become these days.
Li Tiao's words were tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.
Sure enough, just as Li Tiao was about to step into her former room, the Fourth Prince's icy voice rang out behind her: "I already instructed Hongye to pack everything that needed to be packed. The money you saved is no longer needed..."
Li Tiao turned around abruptly, "What happened to the money?"
The Fourth Prince's expression finally showed some change: "Since it's silver that I saved while following you, then naturally I can't take it with me."
Upon hearing this, Li Tiao felt a mouthful of blood stuck in her throat, wishing she could just spit it out and kill the Fourth Prince by spraying it onto his face.
How poor must a prince be, constantly fighting with himself for money?
"Heh, sir, how desperate are you for money? You took Li Tiao's jewelry and gold before, and now that you've finally saved up a little bit of silver, you're already eyeing it. What's wrong? Do you think you can become a tycoon in the capital just because you have a few extra coins from Li Tiao?"
"It's not that bad. Although you're out of money now, it seems you won't lack it in the future. After all, Father has removed you from the imperial genealogy, so your future is very promising. What if you have a child..."
Li Tiao interrupted the Fourth Prince: "Don't worry, thanks to you, if we really do have a child, the first thing Li Tiao will teach him to say will definitely be 'Fourth Brother'."
It's just saying things in anger, anyone can do that!
Pushing open the door, Li Tiao saw that the once-full room was now somewhat empty, and all her thoughts vanished. She turned to Hongye and asked, "Is everything packed?"
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