Creak-
The door was pushed open, and two or three maids carried an eight-year-old boy covered in injuries into the room.
There were no lamps lit inside. The room was pitch-black.
By the faint moonlight spilling in, they felt their way to the bed.
"Quick, Young Master Tianci can't move easily. Put him on the bed. Be careful-his back is injured."
They carefully settled the battered Qiao Tianci on the bed.
"All right, you may leave."
One maid dismissed everyone and began giving Qiao Tianci instructions in a low voice.
"Young master, I know you have a habit of biting your little wives, but this time, you absolutely must not bite and hurt the princess. Do you understand?"
"I've already hidden your three child brides away. We mustn't let the princess find out about them."
"One of them once refused to obey you, and you broke her leg. She's still crying about it."
"And another came from a fairly good family and was thin-skinned. She always thought your biting her was an insult. She ended up killing herself."
At the thought, the maid sighed.
Young Master Tianci was only eight. What could an eight-year-old child possibly do to those little girls?
He was merely a child who liked pretty dolls when he saw them and wanted to get a little closer.
She had no idea what all their fuss was about.
If it were her daughter, she would gladly have her betrothed to Young Master Tianci as his child bride.
After all, people of their standing could hardly find a household like the Qiao Residence.
"Oh, you've said that plenty of times already! The Little Princess is pretty, and I like her. I don't want those others anymore!" Qiao Tianci said impatiently.
Then his gaze shifted, and he reached out