Li Tiao stared intently at the Fourth Prince, who walked to the flower stand next to the door. There were two flower stands, one on the left and one on the right, each with a flowerpot on it.
Seeing that the Fourth Prince was standing motionless next to the flowerpot on the left, Li Tiao subconsciously called out to him, "Your Highness..."
The Fourth Prince did not respond to Li Tiao, and then there was a dull thud as a flowerpot fell to the ground.
The earthy smell, combined with an indescribable strange odor, made the already suffocating atmosphere in the room even colder and more somber.
"Master..." Su Peisheng and Chunxi outside couldn't help but call out when they heard the commotion inside.
However, he was scolded by the Fourth Prince: "You unruly brat, what did I just tell you?"
There was no sound outside the door. The Fourth Prince turned around and looked at Li Tiao.
Li Tiao's heart was pounding.
"Did you take the medicine for your eyes that the imperial physician prescribed?"
Li Tiao stared at the broken flowerpot on the ground. Instead of drinking the medicine, she poured the foul-smelling herbal soup into the flowerpot, thinking she had done it very discreetly.
Chunxi didn't know, but how did the Fourth Prince know?
Li Tiao was completely baffled.
However... Li Tiao still wanted to struggle a little more, because if she admitted that her "night blindness" was fake, then even more serious problems awaited her.
However, the Fourth Prince seemed to have seen through Li Tiao's thoughts. Before Li Tiao could think of an excuse, he asked directly, "Did you hear what the Prince and the Thirteenth Prince were saying that day?"
Li Tiao subconsciously shook her head: "No, this servant didn't hear anything."
"Really?" The Fourth Prince seemed unconvinced.
Li Tiao was afraid that the Fourth Prince would ask about this, which is why she was trying to explain her "night blindness" again.
But now...
"Whether you heard me or not, I can tell you now."
Li Tiao's pupils suddenly contracted!
What was he telling himself? That day, he had said to the Thirteenth Prince that he would kill him! Could it be that the Fourth Prince had already made up his mind?!
Li Tiao involuntarily took two steps back: "Master, this servant really doesn't know anything."
"But you told me that I will replace my second brother in the future."
When Li Tiao first transmigrated, she did have a brief career as a fortune teller to survive, but she absolutely could not admit it in front of the Fourth Prince.
After all, the current crown prince of Kangxi is the second prince.
"You must be joking, Master. How could I possibly know how to tell fortunes? I..." Li Tiao realized her explanation sounded awkward, and she gave an embarrassed laugh: "Hehe, I..."
The Fourth Prince took out a silver ingot from his purse: "Do you recognize it?"
Li Tiao glanced at it without saying a word. She felt a strong affinity for all the gold and silver jewelry, but she also knew that now that things had come to this point, the Fourth Prince was definitely not concerned about whether she was greedy or not.
"I told you before that this silver ingot looks very familiar."
Li Tiao was in a daze. She remembered that when she was digging up the box, the Fourth Prince caught her red-handed. At that time, the Fourth Prince said something like that, but Li Tiao was more concerned about how to deal with the Fourth Prince, so she ignored what he said.
This silver ingot was indeed the one that the Fourth Prince gave to Li Tiao after she told his fortune.
Li Tiao was surprised. Aren't all silver ingots the same? How did the Fourth Prince recognize that this silver ingot was the one he had given her back then?
"Your name is engraved on it." The Fourth Prince seemed to have read Li Tiao's mind and took the initiative to explain to her.
Li Tiao subconsciously reached out to take the silver ingot, but her hand froze when she met the Fourth Prince's cold and stern gaze.
The Fourth Prince kindly handed the silver to Li Tiao, who flipped through it and indeed found a very small character "肆" (si).
Li Tiao had noticed it at first, but she didn't think much of it then. Having just transmigrated here, she knew nothing and assumed that the words on it were on silver ingots circulating at this time.
I never knew there was such a saying...
"You remember now?"
Li Tiao glanced guiltily at the Fourth Prince, forcing a smile. She knew that anything she said now would be pointless.
Why pretend to be a fortune teller?
“But everything I said is true,” Li Tiao muttered softly.
Because of those words, the Fourth Prince approached Li Tiao and said, "Just for those words, I could kill you without hesitation, and you wouldn't be wronged!"
At this moment, Li Tiao truly felt the murderous aura. She had had the feeling that she might die before, but never had she felt it so intensely.
Li Tiao trembled and backed away, finally collapsing into a chair: "Master, this servant meant no harm, this servant just..."
"No ill intent?" The Fourth Prince chuckled. "Then it was the Eighth Prince who sent you to test me?"
"No, no, the Eighth Prince knows nothing!"
Li Tiao quickly denied it.
"Then why are you saying this only to me? It's obvious you don't really want to be a spy for Lao Ba. If you had said something to Lao Ba, he probably would have kept you by his side and wouldn't have let you come to me as a spy."
Li Tiao was so frightened that she shook her head like a rattle drum again: "My lord, this servant really didn't say anything to the Eighth Prince, my lord, you know, this servant really didn't want to be a spy for the Eighth Prince, it's because the Eighth Prince will not have a good future..."
Halfway through her sentence, Li Tiao realized she had said too much again and subconsciously raised her hand to cover her mouth. However, she realized she was burying her head in the sand and lowered her hand again.
She turned her head away, not daring to look at the Fourth Prince.
Li Tiao thought to herself that if she could escape this calamity, she must find a way to run away as soon as possible.
"What will happen to the Eighth Prince? What will happen to him?" The Fourth Prince stared at Li Tiao for a long time before asking.
Li Tiao wished she could kneel down before this man and beg him to stop asking questions. She truly didn't know how to respond.
"In response to Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince is because... because his mother is Consort Liang, who came from the Xin Zhe Ku (a place for palace maids and servants). So how can he compare to Your Majesty? You were initially raised by Empress Xiaoyi's side, and after Empress Xiaoyi passed away, you were raised by the Emperor."
Aside from the Crown Prince, only you, my lord, have this honor. Of course, I have high hopes for you, my lord. Besides, I was appointed to you by the Emperor, so naturally I hope you will be well.
"When you were doing my fortune telling, I hadn't even participated in the talent show yet."
This is truly... Li Tiao is almost in tears. Everyone says that serving a ruler is like serving a tiger, but now serving this future emperor is also torturous.
"Tell the truth, and I might spare your life."
Li Tiao was not greatly affected by the Fourth Prince's words. If she could tell the truth, she would have done so long ago, but she also did not want to die.
"My lord, my life is worthless and I am not worth dying for, but Miss Yunhui has just passed away. If I were to pass away as well, it would not be good. If the Emperor finds out, he will have a bad opinion of you."
"Threatening the Prince?" The Fourth Prince chuckled. "Li Tiao, you've got some nerve!"
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