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

Chapter 302 Provoking Trouble
Pei Dongzhou forced himself to stay awake: "I know my cousin is just trying to fool me."

After that, no matter how much Shen Shuyi tried to comfort Pei Dongzhou, Pei Dongzhou remained dejected until they arrived at the Prince of Jin's residence.

Shen Shuyi had visited the Prince of Jin's residence once before, but at that time she was forcibly brought there as the top courtesan of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

I never expected that my return to the Prince of Jin's residence would be to attend Li Yi's wedding banquet.

There were many guests attending the wedding banquet today. After entering the Prince of Jin's residence, Shen Shuyi parted ways with Pei Dongzhou and accompanied Madam Zhang to the west hall where the female guests were.

He Ruoxi is a strong-willed person. Even though she wasn't chosen that day, she still attended the banquet.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she always felt that people were looking at her as if they were laughing at her.

Just as she was getting furious, Shen Shuyi appeared with Madam Zhang and the other young ladies from the Pei family.

Upon seeing Shen Shuyi, she recalled that she had originally intended to be introduced to Pei Dongzhou, but the Pei family broke their promise and stood her up. Now, thinking back on it carefully, it was clear that Shen Shuyi had the advantage of proximity and had seduced the young master Pei back then.

Now that the Pei family is in decline, she can definitely get her revenge on Shen Shuyi.

As soon as Shen Shuyi entered the flower hall, she sensed the unfriendly gaze directed at her by He Ruoxi.

She recognized her; she was the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu's mansion and also a relative of the Empress Dowager's family. She was usually spoiled and willful.

The moment she entered, He Ruoxi stared at her intently, clearly looking for trouble.

Zhang also noticed something amiss and whispered a reminder: "Yi-jie, you need to be careful of this Miss He. She doesn't seem like a good person."

"Mother, I understand." Shen Shuyi was least afraid of people causing trouble.

Sure enough, the next moment, she heard He Ruoxi raise her voice: "Who do we have here? It's the wife of Prince Pei..."

Madam Liang had arrived earlier, and as soon as she saw He Ruoxi speak, she beckoned to Shen Shuyi: "Yi'er, come sit next to your mother."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shuyi ignored He Ruoxi and went directly to Madam Liang's side: "Mother."

“My daughter is even more beautiful now.” Madam Liang pinched Shen Shuyi’s cheek.

The mother and daughter chatted happily, completely ignoring He Ruoxi.

Seeing this scene, He Ruoxi suddenly remembered that Shen Shuyi was the lost legitimate daughter of the Li family, and Li Yun was a first-rank official. Shen Shuyi was not someone to be trifled with.

Once the arrow is released, there's no turning back. Everyone watched her with amusement, clearly wanting to see her make a fool of herself.

She could only steel herself and retort, "Madam Pei, you certainly have quite the airs. Are you deliberately trying to embarrass me?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Shuyi looked directly at He Ruoxi and asked in return, "May I ask which family you belong to?"

He Ruoxi was stunned for a moment before she realized that Shen Shuyi was doing it on purpose. This woman couldn't possibly not know that she was the legitimate daughter of the He family.

At this moment, a palace maid serving at the Prince's residence came out and answered, "Reporting to the Lady of the Heir Apparent, this is Miss He, the Third Miss of the Duke of Chu's residence. This servant is Yun Hui. The Prince specifically instructed me that since you are a distinguished guest of the Prince's residence, if you have any questions, you can simply tell me." As soon as Yun Hui said this, everyone sensed that something unusual was going on.

They suddenly remembered that Li Yi's best friend was the third young master of the Pei family. Li Yi and Pei Xizhou were so close that they were practically inseparable, even closer than blood brothers.

Since Shen Shuyi is the wife of Prince Pei, it is reasonable for Li Yi to show her some respect.

He Ruoxi, who had intended to stir up trouble, was caught off guard by Yun Hui's words. She had originally planned to pick on the weak, but ended up picking someone with powerful backing; Shen Shuyi actually had so many people supporting her.

Shen Shuyi laughed upon hearing Yun Hui's words: "So it's Miss He. But I don't recall having any dealings with Miss He San. I wonder why Miss He San thinks I'm deliberately trying to embarrass Miss He?"

He Ruoxi's expression changed slightly, and she subconsciously looked at the old lady of the He family.

The old lady gave He Ruoxi a cold look and tried to smooth things over, saying, "The Empress Dowager and Consort Xian will be coming to the wedding banquet later. Please take your seats."

Bringing up Empress Dowager He was also an attempt to give Shen Shuyi a warning.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing that Empress Dowager He was coming, He Ruoxi immediately straightened her back, feeling that she had a powerful backer: "The young master's wife glared at me as soon as she came in. I would like to ask myself when I offended the young master's wife? Or is the young master's wife unhappy after marriage and feels that everyone is an eyesore to her?"

Seeing that He Ruoxi was deliberately picking a fight, Shen Shu raised his voice and asked, "May I ask if anyone here saw me glare at this Miss He?"

When everyone heard about this issue, they all felt it was unnecessary to get involved in this mess.

Although the He family had Empress Dowager He's backing, Empress Dowager He didn't have much power in the harem; the Empress was in charge.

Even the Dong family, the maternal family of Empress Dong, is not as arrogant as He Ruoxi. Why did He Ruoxi go and cause trouble for Shen Shuyi? After all, the Pingyang Marquis's mansion has not fallen. Even though a Crown Princess was lost, there is still the talented young man, Prince Pei.
Although Prince Pei did lose the emperor's favor at the hunting grounds last time, he is still the heir of a marquis's family and the vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

Furthermore, Shen Shuyi's family is the Li family, which is a very prominent and influential family in the capital. Many people try to curry favor with them.
No one would risk offending Shen Shuyi for the sake of He Ruoxi, so no one stood up to support them.

Shen Shuyi looked at He Ruoxi and said, "Miss He, you saw it too. No one saw me glare at you. Besides, I don't even know you, Miss He. Why would I hate you? What good would it do me to hate you?"

He Ruoxi immediately understood the deeper meaning in Shen Shuyi's words. This woman was saying indirectly that she was not worthy of being Shen Shuyi's opponent, and that she was not even worthy of Shen Shuyi's attention.

He Ruoxi was about to lash out when the Duchess of Chu said in a deep voice, "Xi'er, that's enough!"

Wasn't the last time they chose a princess embarrassing enough?
The Duke's mansion had high hopes for He Ruoxi, which was why they had delayed arranging a marriage. Last time, they had hoped that He Ruoxi would be chosen by Li Yi to become a princess, which would bring glory to the He family.

But even Li Yi didn't think much of Xi Jie'er. Now that Xi Jie'er is getting older, it's harder for her to find a husband. If all else fails, she'll have to marry someone from a lower social class.

On such a grand occasion as today, Xi-jie still wants to stir up trouble. Does she think she's not old enough and wants to be an old maid forever? Seeing how competitive Xi-jie is, which young master would dare to marry her?
He Ruoxi was shocked that her mother would scold her. She felt extremely wronged, but she didn't dare to disobey her elders and could only swallow her resentment.

The Duchess spoke up, and the dispute came to an end.

Just then, a tall, slender figure came into everyone's view; it was Pei Nanzhou.

Pei Nanzhou walked up to Madam Zhang, greeted her, and then walked up to Shen Shuyi, bowing politely to her: "Cousin, how have you been lately?"

(End of this chapter)