"Sir, are you joking?" Li Tiao asked, stammering slightly.
The Fourth Prince repeated what he had just said: "I suggest you have a child, then you'll be safe for the time being."
But seeing Li Tiao's horrified expression, the Fourth Prince's expression turned very ugly: "What? You don't want to? If I remember correctly, you were the one who took the initiative to come to me and said you wanted to have a child to ensure your safety."
"But……"
"Your request is not difficult, I will definitely grant it to you."
Li Tiao felt her back start to hurt again. She had been so careless. How could she have been so naive as to think he was "potentially impotent"?
The Fourth Prince had no idea what Li Tiao was thinking. He hadn't thought Li Tiao was particularly attractive before, but now he felt that she was attractive everywhere!
Moreover, the Eighth Prince said he wanted Li Tiao to be his spy, but he never asked Li Tiao what she wanted. Instead, it seemed like... In short, the Fourth Prince was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with Li Tiao going to see the Eighth Prince.
The result of being too tired was that Li Tiao had no mind to think about her current somewhat difficult situation, and she no longer had to toss and turn at night pulling out her hair.
The only thing that Li Tiao found unsatisfactory was that she had to get up before dawn to serve the Fourth Prince at the morning court.
Fortunately, nothing serious happened, and I was able to go back to sleep.
Moreover, the weather has finally turned cooler, it's not so humid anymore, and there's finally a touch of autumn coolness, making it much more comfortable.
Li Tiao thought the weather had made things much more comfortable, but she still couldn't relax. After all, it was hard to say who exactly Kang Shifu, who held the power of life and death, really was.
Even ignoring the Eighth Prince and the Crown Prince, the fact that Consort De was constantly nagging about her death was enough to make anyone go bald.
Li Tiao wondered whether she was implicated by the terrible mother-son relationship between Consort De and the Fourth Prince, or if there was another reason why Consort De always wanted her dead.
Other reasons... Li Tiao thought there was nothing else besides the fact that she wasn't the real eldest daughter of the Li family.
However, given the terrible relationship between Consort De and the Fourth Prince, Li Tiao felt that Consort De probably didn't care whether her status was noble or not.
I really can't figure it out.
The cool breeze did little to alleviate Li Tiao's depressed mood. Just as she was sighing, she felt a shadow overhead. She slowly turned her head and stood up abruptly: "Master, you're back. This servant greets you."
The Fourth Prince did not speak immediately, but instead looked Li Tiao up and down.
Li Tiao felt extremely uncomfortable under that scrutinizing gaze again.
"Let's go, Father Emperor needs to see you."
Li Tiao staggered and steadied Hongye: "The Emperor is looking for me again... this servant?"
Glancing at Li Tiao, the Fourth Prince remained noncommittal about her surprise and astonishment, and turned to walk out first.
"My lord, you look alright dressed like this to see the Emperor today. Hurry up."
She hurriedly followed the Fourth Prince, and only then did Li Tiao understand why he had been looking at her so intently. Her unease disappeared, but she became even more worried.
"My lord, what brings His Majesty to see me this time?"
At this hour, just after the morning court session, Emperor Kangxi, instead of dealing with important court matters, wanted to see her. This... Li Tiao's panic grew stronger.
"Your Majesty is merely relaying Father Emperor's decree."
These words were essentially meaningless, but Li Tiao still managed to discern the emotions in the Fourth Prince's words.
She swallowed hard and decided to remain silent, since saying anything at this moment would be inappropriate, given how puzzling Kangxi's actions were.
However, compared to the Fourth Prince's seemingly boundless pace, Li Tiao was truly slow. She was quite adept at walking on platform shoes, but the Fourth Prince's daily efforts to prove his youth and strength had been a real hardship for Li Tiao...
Of course, there was joy too, but the process was bittersweet; the result was a bit...
The Fourth Prince glanced to his side but didn't see Li Tiao. However, he knew from the dappled shadows on the ground that Li Tiao hadn't followed.
He turned around, about to urge Li Tiao on, but seeing her walking posture, he paused for a moment, slowed his pace considerably, and waited for her to catch up.
After catching up with the Fourth Prince, Li Tiao tried to quicken her pace, but perhaps because the two were standing too close together...
Either the Fourth Prince bumped into Li Tiao while swinging his arm as he walked, or Li Tiao bumped into his arm as he swinged it as he walked.
It didn't hurt, but after a few times, Li Tiao felt that she should distance herself from the Fourth Prince, otherwise she would be too tactless.
Thinking to herself, "I'm just a servant girl, and I've already run into the master. If I don't hurry up and get away, am I supposed to wait for him to tell me to leave?"
However, sensing that Li Tiao had increased the distance between them, the Fourth Prince subconsciously extended his hand even more obviously.
However, the shadow on the ground told him that Li Tiao had nimbly dodged his outstretched hand.
The Fourth Prince turned around and gave Li Tiao a smug glare, then put his hands behind his back, initially rubbing his fingers together slowly before clenching them into fists.
Li Tiao looked at the Fourth Prince's clenched fist and muttered softly, "This is really inexplicable."
They arrived at Qianqing Palace in relative silence, where they unexpectedly encountered Consort De.
After the lengthy formalities of bowing and paying respects, Kangxi said, "Everyone hasn't arrived yet, let's wait and see."
Upon hearing Kangxi's words, Li Tiao subconsciously looked at the Fourth Prince, wondering who else was there?
The Fourth Prince didn't know, so he shook his head.
Li Tiao was already a little nervous, and in the huge palace with no one speaking, her unease grew stronger.
Finally, Consort De broke the silence, but her first words were still filled with dissatisfaction with Li Tiao: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should."
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