"My mother's attitude made her son fearless."
Hearing this, Li Tiao, who was pressed against the door, was extremely puzzled. Why did the Consort De's bad attitude make the Fourth Prince fearless?
What kind of logic is this?
Clearly, Consort De didn't understand what the Fourth Prince meant either. She spoke again in a somber tone, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
“Mother, Li Tiao was assigned to me by Father. To be honest, from the very beginning I have been thinking of keeping Li Tiao by my side.”
Later, he learned that she had been recruited by the Li family to replace the original eldest daughter of the Li family in the talent show. Although this was somewhat dangerous for his son, it was not something he could not do.
So when her son learned that Li Tiao had participated in the talent show, he was trying to find a way to prevent her identity from being discovered.
In the middle of the process, the son realized that his mother had helped a lot. At first, the son was curious, "When did my mother start to care about her son?"
Later, Mother said she was afraid that if people found out Li Tiao's identity was fake, even her fourteenth brother would be implicated.
"Isn't that right?" Consort De retorted through gritted teeth to the Fourth Prince.
Li Tiao also thought that there was nothing wrong with what he said, but the Fourth Prince laughed: "Mother, your son is not a three-year-old child anymore. Some things that I overheard when I was three years old have made you so wary of me now."
So what now? Do you think your son won't understand why?
Li Tiao was extremely anxious. Sure enough, there was a secret. But what was it? Why wouldn't the Fourth Prince tell her?
"You..." Although Consort De's words were few, Li Tiao could hear the overwhelming anger in that simple word.
"Not to mention that Mother has been trying to find out where the real eldest daughter of the Li family is being hidden by her son, and even went so far as to kill Li Tiao. Mother, do you think there is anything for your son to be afraid of under these circumstances?"
To be honest, I want to be the emperor, and I hope that one day my mother will have boundless glory because of me!
"Mother, you must be happy that your least favorite son has become Empress Dowager."
Hearing this, Li Tiao swallowed hard. Before, the Fourth Prince had been constantly criticizing her, and Li Tiao felt that she was really unlucky. But hearing what the Fourth Prince and Consort De said was like a knife to the heart.
In an instant, Li Tiao felt that the Fourth Prince was truly kind to her.
But what exactly is the background of this true eldest daughter of the Li family? How did Consort De end up...?
"The person is already dead. Even if you know everything, what can you do!" Consort De was probably really furious, so she gradually calmed down. Compared to before, her voice sounded much calmer.
"Indeed, there's no way to prove it now that the dead are dead, but if Mother acts like she doesn't care, then I really can't do anything about it."
But why can't Mother keep her temper in front of her son? Because Li Tiao was the person her son chose from the beginning, you have to be ruthless towards Li Tiao.
Do you think that if this really reached Father Emperor's ears, he would be so foolish as to believe it was just a rumor, that there was no way to prove it since the dead are dead?
Li Tiao was extremely curious. It sounded like there was a huge secret involved, but the two of them wouldn't reveal the key point and instead tried to win her over.
Li Tiao found this boring and suggested they just get to the point.
"Fourth Prince, you've outsmarted yourself, using all your tricks and schemes to deal with me. You've probably forgotten about Li Tiao. The Emperor is paying close attention to her now. How can you believe that the Emperor doesn't have feelings for Li Tiao?"
For Li Tiao's sake, the Emperor even dragged out Su Ma La Gu, who had long since retired from worldly affairs. You…”
The Fourth Prince interrupted Consort De: "Li Tiao is a smart woman. Since she said that her son is the future emperor, she should know what to do. Even if Father Emperor has taken a liking to her, so what?"
If she becomes a concubine and wants a better life in the palace, who should she help? Her second brother? He's currently plotting to kill her.
"I underestimated you. You actually thought of these things. But let me tell you, if you want to be the emperor, then I will be the future Empress Dowager. Li Tiao will be a concubine? Ha, what is she in front of me? She still has to pay her respects!"
"What if she becomes empress? Mother, you said it yourself, Father Emperor is very devoted to her, even Su Ma La Gu has come to help her, who knows what will happen in the future!"
Consort De remained silent for a long time.
Li Tiao, standing outside the door, also felt a tightness in her chest!
Although she had no feelings for the Fourth Prince and didn't expect him to have any feelings for her, hearing about his plans for her future made her feel disgusted, as if she had eaten a pile of shit!
I felt so nauseous that I wanted to vomit up all my internal organs. After vomiting, my internal organs were gone, my stomach was empty, and it started to hurt.
The pain was so intense that I felt like I was about to suffocate.
"Fourth brother, you've schemed so much, aren't you afraid the Emperor will find out about your plans?" Finally, a voice came from inside the room again.
But Li Tiao had no interest in listening anymore.
"That depends on how much Father Emperor really cares for Li Tiao."
In a daze, Li Tiao had no desire to listen any further. She staggered and tried to turn away, but lost her balance and ended up leaning against the door, pushing it open.
Hongye, who was standing far away waiting, saw that Li Tiao had twisted her ankle and rushed over to help her, but it was too late.
The door was pushed open with a bang, and the room fell silent. Both Consort De and the Fourth Prince instinctively wanted to reprimand them.
But when they saw who it was, they were both taken aback.
Immediately afterwards, Li Tiao heard Consort De's mocking laughter.
After a moment of silence, Li Tiao stood up, leaning against the door. Hongye wanted to come over and help her, but seeing the expressions of her masters, Hongye and Su Peisheng wisely stepped back and waited at a distance.
"Judging from your expression, you heard it?" It was rare for Consort De to speak to Li Tiao without any sarcasm; her tone was surprisingly calm.
She glanced at the Fourth Prince subconsciously, but realizing her mistake, Li Tiao quickly looked away and then bowed to Consort De and the Fourth Prince to pay her respects.
"This servant has broken the rules, please punish me, Your Highness and Master."
Consort De was very magnanimous: "This is the prince's domain, and I cannot interfere. Fourth Prince, this is your princess. You decide how to deal with her! I'll be leaving now."
As she left, Consort De passed by Li Tiao. Looking at Li Tiao's appearance, she seemed to think that this was not enough.
Consort De then said, "You are at the prime of your life, and you can't act like the sky is falling."
"Since you heard what I and the Fourth Prince were saying, you should be even more alert and try to get the Emperor's attention. If you have the ability to make the Emperor unable to forget you, I would naturally be happy to be your sister."
These were clearly words that were adding fuel to the fire. Li Tiao listened expressionlessly, but subconsciously glanced at the Fourth Prince and found his face ashen.
Consort De, of course, saw it too, and she added fuel to the fire even more viciously: "By the way, I told the Emperor before that you should have a child for the Fourth Prince as soon as possible, but now it seems that it's better not to have the child so early, in case..."
"Your son respectfully bids farewell to Mother." The Fourth Prince interrupted Consort De sternly, "Mother, isn't the anniversary of Sixth Brother's death approaching soon?"
Out of the corner of her eye, Li Tiao noticed that Consort De staggered slightly because of the Fourth Prince's words.
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