"You!" The Fourth Prince was so angry at Li Tiao's words that he wished he could go up and strangle her.
Li Tiao readily followed up on the Fourth Prince's words, replying, "Li Tiao is very pleased, Fourth Prince. Li Tiao will take her leave now."
She naturally noticed that the Fourth Prince's expression was getting worse and worse, and Li Tiao was a little scared, so she decided to quit while she was ahead.
"Master, aren't you sad at all?"
After leaving the prince's residence, Hongye's wildly beating heart finally calmed down a little. Thinking about what Li Tiao and the Fourth Prince had said earlier, she was really scared to death and couldn't help but ask Li Tiao.
Because of Hongye's words, Li Tiao instantly dropped her professional smile.
Is she sad? She doesn't care; Li Tiao is currently only worried about her future.
"I can't be sad right now." Li Tiao told Hongye the truth. Although she knew that the Fourth Prince might still treat Hongye as a spy in the future, there was nothing she could do. Li Tiao was feeling very troubled and urgently needed to find someone to talk to to relieve the unease in her heart.
There's nothing else but red leaves.
"master……"
"Hongye, can't you guess why the Emperor did this?"
Hongye swallowed all the words of comfort she wanted to say to Li Tiao.
Although Manchus don't have much of a sense of morality in such matters, Li Tiao's husband hadn't died and her fourth prince was still alive and well.
This is like those sensationalist articles that Li Tiao saw on public accounts before she traveled from the modern world, articles that were designed to generate traffic.
Unlike in modern times, it was the emperor with wicked intentions, and there seemed to be no way to resist him.
The snow was still falling, and the wind was howling. Li Tiao felt that all four of her limbs were numb.
Although Hongye was carrying a bundle, the scene looked utterly wretched and desolate.
She was already in a miserable state, but now Li Tiao's status is even worse than that of a prince's concubine or princess. Anyone can step on her.
Consort De, who had always disliked Li Tiao, became even more arrogant, blocking Li Tiao's way to Su Ma La Gu's residence.
Thinking that she was now just a passerby, Li Tiao bowed and stood up to leave.
But Consort De, sitting on the palanquin being carried by others, looked down at Li Tiao with an air of superiority: "Did I tell you to get up?"
Li Tiao hesitated for a moment, but since she was already standing, bending her knees again would make her knees seem too weak, so she just stood there without moving.
But to everyone's surprise, Consort De suddenly shouted, "How dare a servant disregard my words! Guards, slap him!"
Even when she was Consort De's "daughter-in-law," Li Tiao did not meekly endure it. Now, it seems that Li Tiao's status makes it impossible for her to confront Consort De directly.
However, everything requires personal effort.
If you don't work hard, you'll be bullied no matter what your status is. Now, Li Tiao has essentially been divorced by the Emperor, and her status is already awkward. If she just meekly endures it, it's easy to imagine how difficult her future will be.
Li Tiao was naturally unwilling.
She smiled slightly and walked closer to Consort De, but was stopped by the nanny beside Consort De.
"Your Majesty, the anniversary of the Sixth Prince's death has passed, hasn't it? Have you remembered anything?" Li Tiao asked.
"What do you mean?" Consort De narrowed her eyes and looked at Li Tiao warily.
Li Tiao smiled and replied, "Your Majesty, what could Li Tiao possibly mean?"
"How dare you not address me as a servant in front of me..."
Seeing Consort De's guilty look as she tried to bluff her way out of the topic of the Sixth Prince, Li Tiao chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, His Majesty has instructed me to refer to myself by my name in his presence."
"She really is a vixen..."
Li Tiao interrupted Consort De's sarcastic remarks again: "Your Majesty, compared to Your Majesty, we are nothing more than equals."
"Li Tiao, do you know who you're talking to right now!" Consort De said sharply.
Li Tiao bowed slightly: "Of course I know I'm talking to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, didn't you want to know where the person you were inquiring about is now?"
Li Tiao offers you a piece of advice: it's best to leave yourself an out when doing things.
Otherwise… since Your Majesty has already called Li Tiao a vixen, what if one day Li Tiao accidentally connects the matter of the person Your Majesty inquired about with the matter of the Sixth Prince and tells the Emperor, what then?”
Consort De was furious when she heard Li Tiao's words, and raised the hand warmer in her hand to smash Li Tiao.
Li Tiao took a step back in time and said, "Your Majesty, if you were to fall and I were to meet the King of Hell, Your Majesty might not be so lucky."
If Li Tiao is lucky enough to survive and doesn't meet the King of Hell, even though she is of lowly status and her voice carries little weight, she certainly won't let it go easily.
The saying goes, "Those who have nothing to lose are fearless," and Li Tiao is exactly that—barefoot.
After saying this, Li Tiao prepared to leave, regardless of Consort De's thoughts.
She knew she had been presumptuous, but given her current situation, wasn't she allowed to put up a fight?
Kindness is often taken advantage of, and Li Tiao was willing to accept that someone might use her against her to kill her. However, Consort De's hostility towards her made Li Tiao truly feel that she had died an innocent death.
The Crown Prince wanted to kill her, and Li Tiao accepted it, since it was her fault for saying something she shouldn't have in the first place.
But what about Consort De... It was Consort De who "switched the crown prince," not Li Tiao who actively wanted to replace the eldest daughter of the Li family in the selection of concubines. She was forced to accept this terrible arrangement, and Consort De was also an accomplice. Why is she always being targeted?
Before Consort De could even say anything about Li Tiao's departure, the palace maids and nannies around Consort De dutifully reached out to stop her.
Li Tiao snorted coldly and looked at Consort De.
The Consort De, who had just been so aloof, now looked somewhat dejected. Although unwilling, she still waved for Li Tiao to leave.
Li Tiao never thought she was that pitiful before, but now she really feels like a poor, unlucky girl. She had just been at odds with Consort De, and in the blink of an eye, she ran into the Eighth Prince!
"Li Tiao greets the Eighth Prince, wishing him good fortune."
Since we've run into each other face to face and can't avoid each other, we might as well say hello.
"Li Tiao, I didn't think you were the kind of person who would try to climb the social ladder."
Li Tiao looked at the Eighth Prince with a puzzled expression, not quite understanding his meaning.
"Are you really willing to sever all ties with Fourth Brother like this?" Seeing Li Tiao's confusion, Eighth Prince asked her another question to help her understand his meaning.
However, Li Tiao was even more confused: "Eighth Prince, Li Tiao is dull and doesn't understand what you mean. Not only can Li Tiao not decide her own marriage, but even her maternal family, the Li family, cannot decide it. She has to rely on the Emperor's grace. Now the Emperor has removed Li Tiao from the imperial register, which means that the original arranged marriage is invalid."
In an ordinary family, this would mean divorce. What could Li Tiao do in this situation?
There's a saying that anything is possible with human effort. Fourth Brother cares about you a lot, so what you say or do can influence his decision.
Because of the Eighth Prince's words, Li Tiao became wary: "Eighth Prince, Li Tiao thought that the premise for her to help the Eighth Prince was to live first, but Li Tiao doesn't even know how she will live in the future, so if anything happens to the Eighth Prince, you should find someone else to trust."
As Li Tiao turned to leave after speaking, she heard the Eighth Prince say, "What if I could help you leave the palace?"
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