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

Chapter 287 Publicly Making Things Difficult for Her!
Pei Nanzhou's words made Qingfeng's heart leap into his throat, fearing that someone might overhear his master's rebellious remarks.

If this were to reach His Majesty's ears, it would be a capital offense punishable by death.

Because of the young lady, the master is already in a semi-mad state.

Fortunately, no one was around, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he heard his master say, "Think of a way to get Pei Dongzhou away. I want to get my cousin's body first. Once she's mine, she won't know that all men are the same, and that I'm no different from my elder brother."

Qingfeng was startled upon hearing this: "Master, this is unacceptable! My cousin is already married—"

"What, you're not listening to me anymore?" Pei Nanzhou's eyes sharpened, piercing Qingfeng like a blade.

Qingfeng fell silent, daring not to voice any further objections.

The master was originally crazy, but his harmless appearance had concealed his true nature. Now, his true nature has only been brought out by his cousin.

That night, a grand banquet was held in Weichang.

Pei Dongzhou and Shen Shuyi were not keen on attending this so-called banquet; they preferred to rest early.

Pei Dongzhou didn't want to participate because he wanted to spend some time alone with Shen Shuyi, while Shen Shuyi didn't want to participate because she didn't want to run into Pei Nanzhou.

But they had to make an appearance this time, so after some discussion, the couple decided to show their faces at the banquet and then quietly leave.

When they appeared, they attracted a lot of attention. The two were so good-looking and had such unique temperaments that the sight of them walking together was too pleasing to the eye, making people want to look again and again.

Seeing this, Madam Liang was also very pleased, feeling that Prince Pei was indeed very outstanding and worthy of her beloved daughter.

Seeing Shen Shuyi frequently glancing at Xiao Liang's table, Pei Dongzhou said in a low voice, "My wife must not abandon her husband."

Shen Shuyi was annoyed by Pei Dongzhou. He kept a close eye on her all day long, and he even interfered if she looked at her own mother.

Seeing the disdainful look Shen Shuyi gave him, Pei Dongzhou felt a pang of sadness: "Does my wife no longer love her husband?"

Shen Shuyi gave him a fake smile: "Maybe I've never loved you at all?"

Pei Dongzhou's eyes lit up. Didn't this mean that she actually loved him?
They had just sat down when Li Yi suddenly appeared out of nowhere and sat in the empty seat next to them.

"Oh, what a coincidence, it's Cousin Shen." Li Yi gave Shen Shuyi a bright smile.

Shen Shuyi returned his polite smile, but felt that this was not a coincidence, but rather something Li Yi had done on purpose.

Surely Li Yi, that womanizer, isn't still eyeing her? She felt that Pei Nanzhou's crazy behavior was within her acceptable range, after all, he was the male lead in the original novel, and this was a novel with explicit content.

But Li Yi was never mentioned in the article, so why was he targeting her, a married woman?

As she pondered, she glanced at Pei Dongzhou and saw that the young master still had a smile on his face, but it was a very fake smile.

"Let's switch seats," Pei Dongzhou said, getting up.

Shen Shuyi didn't want to sit next to Li Yi either, so she simply changed seats.

Li Yi was disappointed; he didn't want to sit with a stinky man like Pei Dongzhou. He knew he had a problem; he hadn't felt anything before seeing his cousin Shen, but after seeing her at the hunting grounds, his craving for her had been awakened, keeping him awake at night.

At this moment, Pei Xizhou also walked over and said to Li Yi, "I have something to say to you. Come out for a moment."

Li Yi believed him and followed Pei Xizhou away for a while. Pei Xizhou didn't say a word, and when he returned, he found that Pei Xuexuan had taken his seat.

Only then did he realize why Pei Xizhou had stopped lecturing him; it was because Pei Xizhou wanted to get rid of him.

Left with no other choice, he could only sit down next to Pei Nanzhou.

Pei Nanzhou was staring at Shen Shuyi without any attempt to hide it. The noble lady who had initially been interested in him felt her heart turn cold upon seeing this.

They had heard rumors before that the Prince of Zhao was interested in Shen Shuyi. They had initially dismissed them as mere gossip, but now, witnessing Pei Nanzhou staring at Shen Shuyi with their own eyes, the women felt nothing but swearing.

Isn't Shen Shuyi a married woman? Why is Pei Nanzhou staring at her like that?
Does staring at Shen Shuyi like this make her his person?
It wasn't that Lady Pei was seducing Pei Nanzhou. Since Shen Shuyi entered, she hadn't given Pei Nanzhou a single glance, but Pei Nanzhou stared intently at her, his eyes never leaving her, making no attempt to hide it.

Shen Shuyi wasn't dead, so of course she felt Pei Nanzhou's gaze fixed on her.

That's why she didn't want to attend the banquet; she had guessed that Pei Nanzhou would do this.

She glanced at Pei Dongzhou secretly and saw that he looked normal, thinking to herself that he was quite calm.

If she were Pei Dongzhou, she would probably fly into a rage if her wife were stared at so openly by another man. But the young master Pei's reaction was calm and seemed perfectly normal.

Now all she can do is wait for the banquet to begin, and then she will leave quietly.

Fortunately, Emperor Jinglong and Empress Dong soon appeared together, with Xia Nianchu following closely behind, behaving like a favored concubine.

Shen Shuyi glanced at Xia Nianchu a couple more times, just as Xia Nianchu looked at her and gave her a defiant look.

Shen Shuyi found it amusing.

She and Xia Nianchu are from different paths. As a favored concubine, is it necessary for Xia Nianchu to deliberately target her? It just shows that the female lead's vision is too narrow.

When the banquet officially began and everyone was seated, Emperor Jinglong formally introduced Pei Nanzhou to everyone, and then said, "These are the prey hunted by the Prince of Zhao. All of you ministers, please have a taste."

Seeing Emperor Jinglong deliberately push Pei Nanzhou in front of everyone, Li Hong's expression remained unchanged, but he was still shocked.

This shows that in the Emperor's heart, Pei Nanzhou was more important than he thought.

Next, everyone enjoyed the barbecued game and watched the song and dance performances. At this moment, Xia Nianchu wanted to stir up trouble: "When it comes to music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, Cousin Shen is the best. How about this, Cousin Shen, you perform a program to entertain His Majesty?"

She did this to see Shen Shuyi humiliated, because in her eyes, Shen Shuyi was a good-for-nothing who had nothing to offer except for her beauty.

Just as Shen Shuyi was about to refuse, Xia Nianchu said to Emperor Jinglong, "Your Majesty has not seen Cousin Shen's dance. It is truly exquisite and far superior to these dancers."

Xia Nianchu's comparison of Shen Shuyi to a dancer was itself an insult to Shen Shuyi.

Pei Dongzhou smiled faintly upon hearing this: "In response to Consort Li, my cousin, as the wife of the Crown Prince, is truly inappropriate to be compared to a dancer. Consort Li should have heard the saying, 'One must be cautious in speech and frugal in action.' If not, perhaps one has heard, 'People must first insult themselves before others insult them.'"

(End of this chapter)