Jiaojiao is getting married, and the male leads fall for her and fight over her.

Chapter 183 Even if it's a forced marriage, he'll give it a try.

Shen Shuyi really didn't expect Pei Xizhou to suddenly ask her to marry him.

She had always thought Pei Xizhou was a good person, and she felt very relaxed with him because she didn't have to worry about him plotting against her.

If Pei Shizi is cunning and shrewd, then Pei Xizhou is the simplest of the Pei brothers.

Even though Pei Xizhou had a good personality, she never really thought about marrying him.

Furthermore, her marriage to Prince Pei was not a proper marriage, so how could there be any talk of remarriage?
She might have been able to laugh it off, but she replied solemnly, "I approached my third cousin with the intention of revenge. He had said some unpleasant things to me before, and later, when I learned that he was searching for Su Su, I suddenly wanted to get back at him. I was petty, thinking it was just a small act of revenge and wouldn't have any lasting consequences. It wasn't until my third cousin asked me to be his mistress that I realized I had gone too far. Just then, my cousin the heir arrived, and I begged him to help me through this difficult time. I was wrong that day, and I apologize to my third cousin."

She hoped Pei Xizhou would think of her as a bad person and not waste his time on her.

Dealing with someone like Pei Nanzhou is simple; just hurl insults at him. But Pei Xizhou is different. It was indeed because she was doing a mission that she provoked Pei Xizhou. Otherwise, would he still dislike her as before? Why would he have almost searched the entire capital for a woman like Su Su, who doesn't even exist?
Pei Xizhou didn't believe Shen Shuyi's words: "I don't believe my cousin approached me to get revenge on me. Otherwise, she could have continued to approach me under the guise of Su Su. That kind of revenge would be much more ruthless..."

Shen Shuyi didn't want to continue this meaningless topic. She said seriously, "The past is not important. It's true that Third Cousin looked down on me, and I've always remembered the hurtful things he said. I can't have any emotional entanglement with Third Cousin. Please leave, Third Cousin."

She just wanted to cut the Gordian knot and make a clean break!

Pei Xizhou's eyes darkened, unable to hide his disappointment: "Did I say anything unpleasant to my cousin before?"

He didn't really remember clearly, but he knew he must have said it.

"My third cousin said that there are plenty of women who have climbed into his bed, but he wouldn't even look at a common woman like me! He also said that even if all the women in the world died, he would never marry me." Shen Shuyi repeated Pei Xizhou's words back to him like a broken record.

Is this what they call a boomerang?

But she wasn't seeking revenge; she simply wanted to drive Pei Xizhou away and stop bothering her.

Pei Xizhou was speechless.

He remembered that in his grandmother's Crane Longevity Hall, she had said that even if all the women in the world died, he would never marry his cousin.

Not only that, he also remembered saying that his cousin was promiscuous and restless.

All the unpleasant things he had said were eventually retaliated against by his cousin.

"Didn't my elder brother also say some unpleasant things to my cousin? Why can he do it, but I can't?" Pei Xizhou didn't want to give up just like that.

“It’s simple. I like Cousin Shizi, but I don’t like Cousin San. Cousin San should not get entangled with me. I hate men who are clingy. I advise Cousin San not to be used by Cousin Er without realizing it. Cousin San should think more about the brotherhood he has built with Cousin Shizi over the years.” Shen Shuyi said, then said to Ajian, “Send Cousin San out. I have to prepare for my wedding and have a lot to do.”

Pei Xizhou was a proud man who had never suffered at the hands of a woman since childhood. This was the first time a woman had reprimanded him so mercilessly.

But he never knew he would fall in love with his cousin, let alone that she would become the Su Su he had been searching for.

If he had known he would fall for her, he wouldn't have said those hurtful things to her.

My cousin's words were all reasonable.

She didn't like him. He couldn't take back the hurtful things he'd said. It was a fact that his second brother was using him against his eldest brother. If he were rational, he shouldn't have gotten involved anymore. His cousin had just said that she liked Prince Pei…

But how could he let go? The person he had been searching for for so long was now living under the same roof as him; she might be the only woman he had ever loved in his life.

Even before he knew she was Su Su, after learning that she was to be engaged to Prince Pei, he hid in Bai Xiang Lou and didn't want to go home, simply because he realized that he seemed to have developed feelings for his cousin.

He thought he was fickle, liking one person after another, but little did he know that he had always liked the same person.

A fire was burning in his heart, and he couldn't help but go to the East Garden.

Pei Dongzhou was busy writing invitations when he saw Pei Xizhou arrive. Thinking he had something to discuss, he invited him to sit down.

After waiting a while and seeing that Pei Xizhou remained silent, he asked in a good mood, "What happened?"

"Big brother, how about giving my cousin to me?" After a long while, Pei Xizhou finally spoke.

Pei Dongzhou paused in his writing, his gaze meeting Pei Xizhou's bloodshot eyes.

"If my older brother hadn't lied to me back then, my cousin might have been my mistress long ago. I was the one who fell in love with her first; my older brother snatched her away from me. When I liked Susu, my older brother hadn't even fallen for my cousin yet. It was clearly my older brother who stole her away; it was his fault..."

Pei Dongzhou listened quietly to Pei Xizhou finish speaking before saying, "You're wrong. I had feelings for my cousin long before she appeared as Su Su."

He said his cousin was very popular, and it was fortunate that he went to the Emperor and asked him to help him and his cousin choose a wedding date.

The fact that the third brother suddenly found out that his cousin was Su Su was undoubtedly due to Nan Zhou's machinations.

It has to be said that Nanzhou's plan to use someone else to do his dirty work was quite cunning.

The question is, why did Nan Zhou insist on sabotaging his marriage to his cousin? Why was Nan Zhou so stubborn? If it was because Nan Zhou disliked his cousin that he was preventing her from marrying him, why did he have to involve Xi Zhou in this?
He suspected that Nan Zhou's motives towards his cousin were impure, and he really hoped that it wasn't what he thought.

"But I really like my cousin, and I can't accept the thought of her marrying my older brother. He used to always give me the best things..."

“But my cousin is a living, breathing person; she has thoughts and feelings. Besides, I can give up anything, but not my cousin.” What Pei Dongzhou didn’t say was that he desperately wanted to marry his cousin and wished the whole city would come to their wedding banquet.

Pei Xizhou fell silent.

He knew that Prince Pei was right, but he was still unwilling to accept it.

Even if it means hijacking the wedding, he'd give it a try.

Prince Pei must have a weakness, and he will definitely find it. Once he finds Prince Pei's weakness, he will find the right method, and then he will be able to snatch his cousin away from Prince Pei.

My older brother and cousin are not married yet, so there's still time.

(End of this chapter)