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

Chapter 317 The Child-Showing Maniac: He Has an Offspring!
“Sleeping in separate rooms is impossible!” Pei Dongzhou rejected Shen Shuyi’s statement without hesitation.

How can a woman sleep in separate rooms as soon as she gets pregnant? They're still newlyweds, what reason do they have to sleep separately?
Shen Shuyi gave him a fake smile: "I'm easygoing, anyway, I'm pregnant now."

Given Pei Dongzhou's lustful nature, lying in the same bed with her but not being able to touch her was a test of his willpower and self-control, and she wouldn't lose anything anyway.

Pei Dongzhou was a smart man and understood Shen Shuyi's meaning in an instant.

He frowned as he looked at his wife, who was smiling radiantly, when suddenly a very serious problem occurred to him: for the next year, he would be able to look at his sweet and soft-looking cousin but not touch her.

In the past, he wouldn't have thought it was a big deal, since he wasn't interested in women back then. He even thought he would never be able to develop much interest in women in his entire life.

He only realized he was a lustful man after he married his cousin.

To watch your beloved woman for a year without being able to eat her, isn't that torture?

Shen Shuyi couldn't help but laugh when she saw Pei Dongzhou's utterly dejected expression. Her man was quite amusing; only now did he realize the sky had fallen?
Anyway, she could rest for a while after getting pregnant, but it was different for Prince Pei. He lay beside her every day, but he had to live like a widow.

This is when the real test for this man begins.

Pei Dongzhou stared intently at Shen Shuyi's belly. The joy of becoming a father for the first time vanished in an instant, and he felt utterly hopeless.

That night, Pei Dongzhou slept with Shen Shuyi as usual.

Every time Shen Shuyi was about to fall asleep, she would be woken up by Pei Shizi's tossing and turning. She looked at him helplessly and said, "Why don't you go to sleep in the next room, my husband? I need to take good care of myself during my pregnancy."

Pei Dongzhou looked at Shen Shuyi with a dejected expression, a sight that Shen Shuyi found unbearable to look at.

She shook her head and sighed, now she knew why she was reading an unserious novel—because the male lead was unserious.

"I'll sleep on the floor." Pei Dongzhou really didn't expect his self-control to be so poor. He finally resigned himself to his fate and decided to sleep in separate beds. This was the safest solution he could think of.

But making him sleep in a separate room from his cousin is not an option.

Shen Shuyi watched as Pei Dongzhou carried out a quilt himself. Seeing that he was really going to sleep on the floor, she said irritably, "Cousin, go and bring in a chaise lounge. Don't sleep on the floor; it's too damp and will hurt your health."

Pei Dongzhou felt happy again at this moment, simply because his wife cared about his health.

It's only a year; what can't we endure?

It's really not his fault, because his cousin was too tempting.

Afterwards, Pei Dongzhou moved the chaise lounge inside, secretly thinking that he would have to move it out again tomorrow, since Shen Shuyi was pregnant and there couldn't be any bumps or stumbles.

Shen Shuyi was finally able to sleep peacefully, but Pei Dongzhou still couldn't fall asleep.

Except for the busiest days when he couldn't return to the Marquis's residence, he would come back no matter how late it was. However, Shen Shuyi was already asleep at that time and didn't know that he had come back.

Back then, he could sleep close to Shen Shuyi, unlike now, where he's still some distance from the bed.

Pei Dongzhou didn't sleep well that night. When he got up, it was still dark. He went to the bedside, looked at Shen Shuyi's sleeping face for a long time, and gently kissed her forehead before leaving home with peace of mind.

When Li Yi saw Pei Dongzhou, he felt that he was different from before. In other words, he seemed particularly pretentious.

"What's wrong?" Li Yi looked Pei Dongzhou up and down.

Pei Dongzhou walked up to him and replied gently, "My cousin is pregnant. I'm going to be a father."

Li Yi: ...

He had noticed that Pei Dongzhou looked different today; it turned out he was waiting for him here. "Your Highness and the Crown Princess have been married for some time now; it's time to hurry up and have a legitimate son." Pei Dongzhou then shifted his focus to Li Yi.

Li Yi: ...

He suspected that this guy was deliberately showing off that he had an heir. What kind of person was he, as if having a child was such a big deal?

If he wanted children, he would have had a large family long ago; it's just that he hadn't had any children before he married a princess.

I don't know what this person has to brag about, but the fact that his cousin Shen had a child for him is something that makes him jealous.

In fact, Pei Dongzhou couldn't wait to let the whole world know that he had an heir. He would tell everyone he met that Shen Shuyi was pregnant. Li Yi couldn't bear to look at him with such a worthless attitude and just wanted to pretend that he didn't know him.

After attending court that day, Pei Dongzhou was in a hurry to return to the Marquis's residence.

Seeing this, Li Yi frowned and asked, "Aren't you going to study with me?"

“Your Highness must walk your own path from now on. Many things are already on the right track for Your Highness, and I cannot always stay by your side. Your Highness must also learn to distinguish between loyalty and treachery on your own and cannot rely on me for everything,” Pei Dongzhou said solemnly.

Li Yi scoffed coldly.

He spoke in a high-sounding manner, but it was clearly his own desire to return to the Marquis's mansion to be with his cousin Shen.

This guy is a traitor who forgets his principles for the sake of a pretty face!

Pei Dongzhou's thoughts were all on Shen Shuyi. He left the palace as quickly as possible, bought some of Shen Shuyi's favorite foods, and headed straight for the Marquis's residence.

Ironically, when he rushed back to the Marquis's residence, Shen Shuyi was still unconscious. Madam Zhang also sent a lot of tonics, and the old lady was worried, so she sent someone to check on her.

This put Pei Dongzhou at ease.

Meanwhile, Pei Nanzhou also received news that Shen Shuyi was pregnant.

For a moment, he suddenly felt lost, unsure of the meaning of his existence.

"Qingfeng, proceed as planned. I don't want to wait any longer." Pei Nanzhou's eyes were deep as he finally made up his mind.

Qingfeng knelt on the ground: "Master, please think it over. This matter could be a big deal or a small one. If it fails, you might lose your life!"

Why did it have to come to this point of no return?

Even if the master were to become a leisurely prince, His Majesty would not mistreat him.

"I became a prince for my cousin, and I want to become emperor for my cousin too. Now that my cousin is about to have a child for my elder brother, if I don't hurry up, am I supposed to wait until Li Yi becomes emperor before I make my move?" Pei Nanzhou sneered.

Qingfeng was speechless; he knew his master was determined to see things through to the end.

If there's anyone who can bring the master back, it's only Miss Biao, right? But Miss Biao is the young master's wife, and now she's pregnant with his child. Besides, Miss Biao doesn't like the master. There's no one who can save the prince.

Mingyue also wanted to persuade him, but Pei Nanzhou had already made up his mind, and they couldn't change his mind. In the end, they could only follow orders.

It was a fight to the death; they had no way out.

If successful, the master will ascend the throne, and from then on, he will have both the beauty and the empire. If unsuccessful, the master's life will be over.

As Pei Nanzhou's close attendants, they naturally followed their master's lead.

(End of this chapter)