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

Chapter 268 Tied

Seeing that Pei Dongzhou had finally calmed down, Qingzhu whispered, "I'm just worried that the Second Young Master will file a complaint with His Majesty and impeach the Young Master."

Pei Dongzhou remained silent; his thoughts coincided with Qingzhu's.

So the first thing he did after leaving the palace was to go to the palace and report the matter to Emperor Jinglong, so as not to give Pei Nanzhou any leverage over him.

Emperor Jinglong was somewhat surprised upon hearing this: "My dear minister, do you suspect that it was Nanzhou who took Shen Shuyi away?"

“Nan Zhou is indeed infatuated with his cousin, and he does have such a motive. I only have reasonable suspicions. My mistake was forcibly entering the Prince’s residence without any evidence. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

Another purpose of his going to the palace to plead guilty was also to subtly file a complaint with the emperor.

Pei Nanzhou dared to snatch someone right under his nose. Even though he had no evidence that Pei Nanzhou did it, he would still make things difficult for Pei Nanzhou in front of the emperor, so that Emperor Jinglong would have a deeper first impression of this prince.

"This matter must not be repeated. Do not act rashly again in the future." Emperor Jinglong gave Pei Dongzhou a deep look.

He did value Pei Shizi's abilities, but between Pei Shizi and his own son, he naturally favored his newly recognized son.

Pei Dongzhou was naturally aware of this, and he replied respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"

"Step down," Emperor Jinglong waved his hand.

Pei Dongzhou left the palace as instructed, but he had already achieved his goal, and that was enough.

Even though His Majesty favors Pei Nanzhou over him, monarchs have always been suspicious. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Emperor Jinglong will summon Pei Nanzhou.

As long as Pei Nanzhou shows up, he will have a way to track him down and find his cousin.

That was his ultimate goal, which was better than him wandering around aimlessly like a headless fly looking for someone.

Shen Shuyi naturally never expected that she would be kidnapped during her homecoming visit, and that she would be taken away right under Pei Dongzhou's nose.

She had only wanted to get rid of Pei Dongzhou, but she never expected that she would be targeted.

The strangest thing is that when she woke up, she found that her eyes were covered and she had no idea who was next to her.

But she knew there was someone by her bedside.

"Second cousin?" For some reason, Shen Shuyi felt that this person was Pei Nanzhou.

Even though he didn't say anything, she felt it was Pei Nanzhou.

What's going on here? If Pei Nanzhou kidnapped her, why blindfold her?

Before long, she remembered that Pei Nanzhou was the Prince of Zhao, and that he had just recognized Emperor Jinglong.

Pei Dongzhou is not someone to be trifled with. She is now Pei Dongzhou's wife. Pei Nanzhou sent people to kidnap her. If Pei Dongzhou has evidence, he will definitely file a complaint with the emperor.

Is this the real reason Pei Nanzhou is being so mysterious? Because he can't let Pei Dongzhou find any fault with Pei Nanzhou.

"Is this my second cousin? Second cousin, please let me go..."

Shen Shuyi had just opened her mouth when she suddenly realized that the person had kissed her. She was startled, and her expression changed several times.

Damn it, she's like a fish on a chopping board now, completely at their mercy.

Most importantly, not only were her eyes blindfolded, but her hands were also tied.

She had been kidnapped once before by a drunken Pei Dongzhou, and now she's being kidnapped by another man. She's really... unlucky.

If this person really was Pei Nanzhou, she wondered if her self-inflicted injury would have worked. Fortunately, he only kissed her once and didn't molest her again, which relieved her slightly.

"Second cousin, is that you? My hands are tied too tightly, it hurts so much. Can you help me untie them?"

Shen Shuyi had just opened her mouth when she realized that her lips had been pecked again.

Her expression was a little stiff; although she was still frightened, she wasn't as flustered as before.

At least this time she could sense that the man seemed nervous too, and he carefully kissed her before quickly pulling away.

The man didn't respond, so she continued, "I know it's my second cousin. Putting everything else aside, I've never done anything to wrong him before. If he kidnapped me to torture me, then I have nothing to say. But if he kidnapped me because he likes me and tied me up like a prisoner, I'll only grow to hate him more and more, and I'll never like him in the slightest. Respect is mutual. My second cousin used to treat me badly..."

The next moment, she realized that the man had come closer and was helping her untie the restraints on her hands.

She then understood that Pei Nanzhou had taken her words to heart.

Yes, this person is none other than Pei Nanzhou.

Only someone as extreme as Pei Nanzhou would kidnap her and blindfold her. Although Pei Beizhou is also a lewd man, he has no obsession with her and wouldn't make an enemy of the heir Pei Dongzhou for her sake.

Pei Xizhou was even less likely to do it, since he was a man of principle. Even if he couldn't let her go, he wouldn't go so far as to kidnap her.

Now that she has identified the real culprit who kidnapped her, she should be able to protect herself as long as she targets the other party's weaknesses.

Once her hands were freed, she shook her wrists and said, "Ouch, that hurts! Who tied me up so roughly?"

The man noticed a striking red mark on Shen Shuyi's fair wrist and couldn't help but blow on it, as if that would ease the pain in her hand.

Shen Shuyi clenched her fingers, thinking to herself that this was something Pei Nanzhou would do—hitting her with a stick and then giving her a sweet treat.

"I'm a little hungry, could you give me something to eat?" Shen Shuyi wanted to untie the silk cloth covering her, but she knew that this couldn't be rushed, as Pei Nanzhou was still in front of her.

In the current situation, it's most important to keep him calm.

No one responded to her, but soon food was brought inside.

"I can't see, can you take off the blindfold...?"

Before Shen Shuyi could finish speaking, a mouthful of food was stuffed into her mouth. It was clear that someone was feeding her, and this person was most likely Pei Nanzhou.

She thought optimistically that being fed by him was better than being taken advantage of by him.

Never mind, let her keep eating.

"Where is this? Is the scenery nice? Can I go out for a walk and take a look?" Shen Shuyi asked while eating.

Then another bite of food was stuffed into her mouth, perhaps the other person wanted to shut her up with food.

She has experienced what it feels like to be blind; she can't see anything, and even if the other person feeds her pig feed, she has to eat it.

"Second cousin, I know it's you. You don't need to blindfold me. I can sense it's you." Shen Shuyi actually made her decision based on the man's scent.

At first, I thought there was an 80% chance that this person was Pei Nanzhou, but after smelling his scent, I knew it was definitely Pei Er.

"Don't worry, I won't go to the emperor to complain. I'm really panicking because I can't see!" Shen Shuyi said, and decided to take matters into her own hands and try to untie the blindfold...

(End of this chapter)