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

Chapter 196 The Prince Arrests People
Shen Shuyi's eyes were filled with tears: "Yes, I will come back to see my grandmother. Mom, please take care of yourself."

She simply didn't want to get entangled with the male leads anymore. Although she didn't remember whether Prince Pei turned evil later in the original novel, she knew that none of the male leads were kind-hearted.

If she, a cannon fodder female supporting character, marries the male lead, isn't that just courting death?

Before, she had to endure because she hadn't completed the walkthrough. Now that she knows she won't die early if she completes the walkthrough, wouldn't she want to slip away as fast as she can?
So, no matter what, she had to leave the Marquis's mansion, this place of trouble. She couldn't stay in the capital any longer either; she had to get away from the territory where the male leads were.

Despite her reluctance, Madam Dai's reddened eyes couldn't hide her sorrow for her daughter: "Miss, you should leave quickly. If the young master returns and finds you missing, he will surely come looking for you."

She had another worry: what if the young master went mad when he found out the young lady had left?

Don't be fooled by the young master's usual obedience to the young lady; that's only because she's right under his nose and under his control. If he were to find out she suddenly ran away, who knows how much he might overreact?

Shen Shuyi dared not delay any longer. She took A-Jian and hurriedly left the Marquis's residence through the back door without alerting anyone.

She first went to the Ni Chang Pavilion and told Sun Wang that she wanted to leave the capital to seek refuge. Upon hearing that she wanted to leave the capital, Sun Wang didn't ask any questions and directly handed her a large package of medicine, saying it was for her to keep in reserve.

With Sun Wang around, Shen Shuyi only needed to wait for him to arrange everything for leaving the capital. Before long, the travel permit was ready, the carriage was ready, and all the gold, silver, and valuables were prepared.

"You two young ladies need to be extra careful on the road. I've prepared a few sets of men's clothes, but you're both so pretty that you can tell even in men's clothing." Sun Wang said, handing Shen Shuyi two more packages.

Shen Shuyi thought Sun Wang was a capable person who could do everything.

"I'll leave the management of the Rainbow Pavilion to you. I don't know when I'll be able to return to the capital, and what I fear most is that my cousin, the Crown Prince, will come after me. I need to hurry and make my escape. Brother Sun, until we meet again!"

Shen Shuyi was concise and to the point, and had no intention of saying goodbye any further.

Sun Wang saw them off onto the carriage: "If you return to the capital, be sure to come and find me."

"Alright!" Shen Shuyi waved her hand and told the coachman to head towards the city gate.

With the travel permit, leaving the city went smoothly, but Shen Shuyi still felt uneasy.

Everything is going so smoothly, but it's precisely because it's going too smoothly that I'm worried about the many obstacles that might lie ahead.

Unbeknownst to her, Pei Dongzhou's eyelids kept twitching while he was on duty at the yamen that day, and he felt uneasy. So he simply asked for leave and went home.

As soon as he entered the Marquis's residence, he went straight to the Fusang Courtyard.

When he reached the outside of Fusangin, he found it completely silent, and the unease he had felt earlier returned.

He rushed into the Fusang Courtyard, and when he saw everyone lying in the hall, his face turned extremely pale.

He had been wary of Nanzhou, but hadn't thought about his cousin. Now it seems he was careless.

He quickly found Madam Dai. Seeing Prince Pei looking at her, Madam Dai forced a smile and said, "This old servant knows nothing. But the young lady said, said, said she wanted to go out for a walk..."

The young master looked very calm, but it was precisely because he was too calm that he was so frightening.

"Did your cousin leave a letter?" Pei Dongzhou asked calmly.

Madam Dai remembered that the letter was meant for the old lady, not for the young master, and she didn't know how to reply.

But the young master was shrewd and immediately said, "Bring me the letter my cousin wrote to my grandmother." Seeing the young master's expression, Mama Dai dared not delay any longer and quickly handed over the letter.

Pei Dongzhou read it quickly and found that it only mentioned his grandmother and not him at all. What a heartless woman.

"Has my cousin ever mentioned me?" Pei Dongzhou asked without much hope.

Madam Dai remembered that the young lady had indeed mentioned the young master, so she answered truthfully: "The young lady said that she is not worthy of the young master and asked the young master to find another suitable match."

Pei Dongzhou chuckled softly, and after a moment of silence, said, "Don't make a fuss about this for now, and keep it from Grandmother as well."

After leaving Fusang Temple, he instructed Qingfeng to quickly find a group of people to go out of the city and arrest people.

Qingfeng didn't know what had happened, but he just had to do as the young master instructed.

He quickly gathered a group of people, and they followed Pei Dongzhou out of the city to search for someone.

Furthermore, Pei Nanzhou and Pei Xizhou didn't wake up until evening. They weren't surprised when they didn't see Shen Shuyi and her servant at Fusang Courtyard. However, after asking Mama Dai, they learned that Prince Pei had already visited Fusang Courtyard, which displeased them.

Prince Pei always beats him to it, and who knows, he might be the one who finds his cousin first.

They quickly found people and chased after him out of the city gate.

Back to Shen Shuyi, she didn't dare to delay along the way. When it got dark, she was worried about encountering robbers on the road, so she had no choice but to find an inn to rest.

Now she feels that the system hasn't given her any rewards, which makes her unhappy.

Because she was in a hurry to get somewhere, she could only make do with her face on the carriage and eventually changed into men's clothing.

A-Jian also dressed as a man, but both of them were petite, so it was probably easy to tell at a glance that they were women traveling together.
After checking into the inn, A-Jian saw that the young lady couldn't sleep, so she comforted her, "Didn't you find a carriage to use as a diversion? The young master's shift ends in the afternoon. By the time he realizes you're missing, even if he chases after you, he won't be able to catch up."

Shen Shuyi wasn't as optimistic as A-Jian, but she also hoped she could escape Pei Shizi's pursuit. For some reason, she was certain that Pei Shizi would catch up with her, after all, he had put so much effort into her.

She, who usually sleeps very well, only slept for two hours before waking the coachman to get up and continue their journey.

The coachman was someone Sun Wang had found, so he was trustworthy and hardworking. Although they were traveling in the middle of the night, he didn't utter a single complaint.

After traveling for most of the day, Shen Shuyi decided to buy another carriage at the horse market, just to be on the safe side. The carriage they had left from the capital continued on its way in a completely different direction...

At first, Pei Dongzhou was indeed outmaneuvered by Shen Shuyi, chasing in the wrong direction and wasting about half a day.

But he quickly calmed down.

As far as he knew, Shen Shuyi was a woman who valued her life very much, so for her safety, his cousin would definitely look for an inn to stay at after nightfall.

This time, he calculated the travel time for each direction out of the capital, estimated the inns where his cousin might stay, and sent people to inquire about all the inns within a hundred miles.

This inquiry indeed yielded a clue.

Following the clues, he rode at full speed and soon arrived at the horse farm.

　Pei Da: Can a wife you've already got fly away?
　　(End of this chapter)