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

Chapter 231 She was blackmailed by the prince.

The old lady thought to herself, "Isn't it because Dong-ge'er has already spread the news that his marriage to Yi-jie'er will be held in March?"
Once this news came out, it would be hard for Madam Liang not to know that Yi-jie'er was coming back.
Dongge'er's eagerness is probably because he's afraid that Yijie'er, whom he's already got, will run away again.

Pei Nanzhou sat to the side, looking refined and elegant.

Just then, he suddenly spoke up, "Grandmother, shall I take my cousin to the banquet?"

Upon hearing this, Erkang refused, saying, "No, you can't! I'll just go with my grandmother!"

Just kidding, even if Pei Nanzhou seems harmless now, she's still afraid.

Only Pei Nanzhou, who used to speak harshly to her, could make her feel no fear.

If Pei Nanzhou could always be the same as before, how wonderful that would be.
The old lady was also worried that Pei Nanzhou might do something inappropriate to Yi Jie'er: "Yes, since it's a banquet, most of the guests are women. Nan'er, it's not appropriate for you to take Yi Jie'er to the banquet."

Pei Nanzhou agreed with this and replied, "In that case, I will escort my cousin and grandmother to the Li residence."

Shen Shuyi subconsciously looked at the old lady. The old lady knew that the child did not want to associate with Nan Ge'er. She was about to refuse when Pei Nanzhou said again, "Grandmother, you can't refuse again. I have nothing to do at home anyway, so I want to go to the Li residence to see what's going on and get to know the young master of the Li family."

His words sounded so grand and righteous that the old lady couldn't find a reason to refuse and had no choice but to give up.

Shen Shuyi was at a loss. She really hoped that a stunningly beautiful woman would come along and take Pei Nanzhou away so that she could be free.

But she also knew that if the female lead couldn't handle Pei Nanzhou, then there was even less she could count on the others.

She didn't leave Heshou Hall until quite some time after Pei Nanzhou had left. She was worried that Pei Nanzhou was still waiting outside, watching her like a persistent ghost.

Fortunately, when she returned safely to Fusang Temple, she did not see Pei Nanzhou.

Little did she know, Pei Nanzhou was simply following her in the shadows without her noticing.

Now he's learned his lesson and should approach his cousin in a harmless manner, just like Pei Dongzhou did. That's how Pei Dongzhou quietly approached his cousin and broke down her defenses.

Of course, his biggest mistake was speaking ill of his cousin in the past, which made her dislike him.

Now he can only stand in a dark corner and stare at his cousin.

Just as Pei Nanzhou was staring blankly in the direction of Fusangyuan, Pei Xizhou's voice suddenly rang out: "Second brother, this is scary. Cousin could never like you. Can't you just go back to how you were before?"

My cousin is about to marry my eldest brother, so what's the point of my second brother doing this?

Pei Nanzhou glanced at Pei Xizhou: "I like my cousin and want to have her, but I can't go back to the way things were before."

Pei Xizhou simply couldn't understand: "Second Brother, don't you think this behavior is perverted? I think if you like someone, you shouldn't make them live in fear. Second Brother's behavior is truly suffocating. Even I, as an observer, can't stand it, let alone my cousin?"

He accepted losing to his older brother; Pei Dongzhou was better than him in every way and was more capable. His cousin would definitely be happier marrying his older brother than marrying him.

After all, he frequented Bai Xiang Lou for many years and had a bad reputation. How could marrying him be better than marrying the elder brother?

At first, he couldn't understand it and insisted on making things difficult for her, but in the end, his cousin escaped from the Marquis's mansion.

His cousin's return to the Marquis's mansion was all thanks to Pei Dongzhou. He felt that Pei Dongzhou was indeed better than him in every aspect, and it was reasonable for him to lose to his elder brother.

The second brother, however, had stumbled into a dead end, determined to fight the eldest brother to the bitter end.

All he can do now is try to persuade Pei Nanzhou to stop causing trouble.

“If I like someone, I naturally want to win her over. If I can’t have my cousin, I’ll never marry anyone else in this life. Since I know I only have two possible outcomes, why not fight to the end?” Pei Nanzhou didn’t think there was anything wrong with his behavior. He only regretted that he realized he liked his cousin too late. If he had known sooner, perhaps Pei Dongzhou wouldn’t have gotten the upper hand.

He believed in fighting and grabbing, and if he couldn't win by force, he would resort to underhanded tactics.

Basically, he and Pei Dongzhou are the same type of people, except that Pei Dongzhou is better at pretending and has more tricks up his sleeve.

What he couldn't understand was, since he and Pei Dongzhou were the same kind of people, why could Pei Dongzhou marry his cousin but he couldn't?

Seeing Pei Nanzhou's condition, Pei Xizhou knew that Pei Nanzhou was terminally ill.

He no longer wasted his breath.

From now on, when his elder brother is not at the Marquis's residence, he will help keep an eye on his second brother. In any case, he and his second brother are both relatively unimportant, so it won't be a problem for him to stay by his side often.

The fact that Pei Xizhou was keeping an eye on Pei Nanzhou naturally reached Pei Dongzhou's ears as well.

He was only concerned about his cousin's banquet at the Li residence. Since Pei Nanzhou was going to accompany his cousin, there was no reason for him, as her fiancé, not to attend.

"Young Master wants to take another day off?" Qingzhu was surprised to hear this.

In his search for Miss Cousin, the young master frequently took leave, and this eventually reached the ears of His Majesty.

Now that Miss Cousin is going to a banquet, the young master actually wants to accompany her. What's the point? It's not like Miss Cousin is going to run away.

"Is there a problem?" Pei Dongzhou glanced at Qingzhu indifferently.

Qingzhu thought to herself, "Of course there's a problem."

The young master now only has eyes for his cousin. He used to be very career-oriented, but now his career is far less important than his cousin in his heart. It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

But he didn't dare tell the truth and could only shake his head: "No, no problem."

Pei Dongzhou, however, began preparing his clothes for the banquet. After searching through them, he suddenly said, "I'll go find my cousin."

Qingyun and Qingzhu exchanged a glance, realizing that the young master truly regarded Fusang Courtyard as his own territory.

Shen Shuyi thought to herself that Pei Dongzhou had come again, and secretly thought to herself that this young master really treated Fusang Courtyard as his own.

Pei Dongzhou sat down beside her and pulled her into his arms. He started touching her the moment they met; where did his former aloofness go?
"Is there something you need, Cousin Prince?" Shen Shuyi tried to quietly move Pei Dongzhou's hand away.

Unexpectedly, Pei Dongzhou gently patted the back of her hand: "Don't move, let me hold you for a while."

Shen Shuyi saw him resting his head on her shoulder, and she never imagined that Pei Dongzhou and she would interact in this way one day. Why did she feel like they were already living like an old married couple before they were even married?

"I want to accompany my cousin to the banquet at the Li residence, but I don't have any new clothes. Could you make me a set?" Pei Dongzhou explained his purpose.

"It's too late to do it now." Shen Shuyi didn't want to bother at all.

“My cousin has never made new clothes for me, her fiancé.” Pei Dongzhou could tell at a glance that Shen Shuyi was being lazy.

Shen Shuyi thought to herself that she hadn't willingly become his fiancée. It was clearly Pei Shizi who made all the decisions, and she, as his so-called fiancée, had been blackmailed into it.

(End of this chapter)