Li Tiao was furious with this man. She glared fiercely at the Fourth Prince, tears welling up in her eyes.
She didn't know why she felt wronged.
Seeing that the Fourth Prince was still indifferent and expressionless, Li Tiao wanted to raise her hand to wipe her tears, but her face hurt terribly.
It was freezing cold, and she was afraid that if she wiped her face with her hand, she would scratch it again, so she held back, looked down at the rope on her feet, and stepped on it a few times in the snow to test it.
Then he climbed up by himself with all his might.
Su Peisheng, who had been waiting, saw Li Tiao and threw her another rope, telling her to hold on tight. Then, together with the people he had called, they pulled Li Tiao up.
"Where is the master?" Su Peisheng looked down and, not seeing the fourth prince, asked Li Tiao anxiously.
"It's downstairs."
“Then…you…why don’t you care…” Su Peisheng didn’t say the word “Master”. Looking at Li Tiao’s attitude, and thinking about the situation when Li Tiao came out of the tent.
Su Peisheng also misunderstood that Li Tiao cared about the fact that the Fourth Prince was going to have a wife, so he swallowed his words and ordered others to quickly bring the Fourth Prince up.
Seeing so many people busy at work, and considering that the Fourth Prince was, after all, a prince, Li Tiao stormed off, wanting to avoid being superfluous there.
But after walking along, her steps uneven, Li Tiao stopped again, closed her eyes in frustration, and thought that the Fourth Prince had fallen down because he was looking for her.
Besides, he's always been sharp-tongued; it's not worth getting angry over that.
So Li Tiao didn't go any further, but she didn't go back either, and stood there waiting.
The Fourth Prince was finally pulled up. Just as Li Tiao was about to turn around, her eyes met the Fourth Prince's. However, Li Tiao quickly looked away, pretending nothing had happened and haughtily raising her head.
Just as Li Tiao turned around, she heard Su Peisheng's unique voice: "Master, why are you clutching your chest? Should we call the imperial physician to take a look at you...?"
Li Tiao stumbled again, then comforted herself, thinking it was just because the roads were slippery from the snow.
But when he reached the front of the tent and lifted the curtain to go in, he hesitated for a moment and then turned to another place first.
Li Tiao, who was holding a cup of hot tea inside the tent to warm herself up, heard a voice outside: "Fourth Prince, is your wound..."
So Li Tiao quickly took the teacup and went behind the screen.
Then I felt a chill in the tent.
"Fourth Prince, when I changed your dressing last time, I warned you not to exert any force on your wound. If the wound reopens, especially now... the weather isn't very good..."
"I know," the Fourth Prince interrupted the imperial physician impatiently.
He glanced around the tent and noticed that the lid of the kettle boiling over the fire was not closed. He paused for a moment, looked towards the screen, and then turned away discreetly to avoid Li Tiao seeing his wound.
However, the imperial physician, Su Peisheng, and the Fourth Prince had no understanding of each other.
As he turned around, none of them thought to shield the Fourth Prince. The imperial physician even turned with the Fourth Prince to make it easier to change his dressing.
Then Li Tiao saw the hideous, bleeding scars on the Fourth Prince's back and chest.
In ancient times, herbal medicine was also used to treat external injuries. As a result, the ointment mixed with the color of blood made those already gruesome wounds look even more terrifying.
Although it was gone in the blink of an eye, Li Tiao was still greatly shocked and a little embarrassed.
Even if she didn't do it on purpose, the Fourth Prince was ultimately trying to pull her away...
Knowing that Li Tiao was in the tent, after changing the dressing, the Fourth Prince didn't let the imperial physician nag and had Su Peisheng send the physician away.
As soon as Su Peisheng left, the Fourth Prince had to dress himself. Li Tiao, who was behind the screen, did not intend to come out because she felt awkward. However, seeing the Fourth Prince's difficult posture, she hesitated for a moment and came out from behind the screen.
She put down her teacup and took the Fourth Prince's clothes to help him.
"I'm sorry... Li Tiao really didn't mean to run to that slope, her foot just slipped..."
"It has nothing to do with you," the Fourth Prince said in a nonchalant tone. "This injury has always been there."
After she put on her clothes, Li Tiao walked up to the Fourth Prince to help him button them up, but the Fourth Prince dodged her.
Li Tiao was a little puzzled. Although she used to scoff at the idea of needing help to button clothes, after living in this place for a while, she knew that this was a basic job for maids who served others.
Previously, the Fourth Prince was quite at ease with himself.
“It’s not appropriate. You used to be my princess, but now… Father Emperor sent you here for your safety. If Father Emperor finds out you’re here working as a maid…”
Recalling their earlier heated exchange, Li Tiao paused for a moment before asking, "Do you think your father, the Emperor, is a foolish and incompetent person?"
The Fourth Prince forbade it, and Li Tiao naturally wouldn't insist on doing the work of a maid, but she still couldn't help but ask the Fourth Prince this question.
"What do you mean?" The Fourth Prince's hand paused, and the button at his collar remained undone.
"I'm just asking you, what do you think of your imperial father?"
"Father is certainly not a foolish ruler."
Li Tiao pouted, feeling wronged. "Since you think your Emperor Father isn't a tyrant, why do you think he's... well, you know...?"
Li Tiao found it hard to say these words.
But the Fourth Prince seemed to understand something, and he excitedly grabbed Li Tiao's hand: "You mean Father Emperor doesn't have feelings for you... What did he say to you before you came here?"
"Can His Majesty's words be told to others so easily? No, right?" Li Tiao raised her eyebrows arrogantly.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
