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

Chapter 59 Shocking Change: She was taken into the Prince's Palace

The next day, Shen Shuyi slept until the sun was high in the sky before opening her eyes.

She rolled around on the bed, thinking she was in Fusangin.

It wasn't until she saw the room clearly that she remembered she was still in Baixiang Tower, in the wing where Haitang lived, and that she was now the top courtesan in Baixiang Tower.

Oh right, didn't Prince Pei sleep with her last night? He even took the blankets from her...

She looked down and saw the blanket covering her, but Pei Dongzhou was no longer in the room.

How did she fall asleep last night? She even covered herself with the blanket. Did Pei Dongzhou lift the veil to look at her face after she fell asleep?

While she was thinking, she got out of bed and then saw a piece of silver on the dressing table.

There was also a note left by Pei Dongzhou: "Your service attitude is terrible!"

Clearly, this piece of silver was the reward money that Prince Pei gave her; in other words, her night was only worth a piece of silver.

Shen Shuyi tore up the note left by Pei Dongzhou and suddenly became certain of one thing: the young master Pei had confirmed her identity.

If she were Pei Dongzhou, she would definitely lift the veil to see her face after she fell asleep, right?

She's quite carefree; she was able to fall asleep even under those circumstances last night.

I wonder if Pei Dongzhou is working at the yamen now...

Because she got up so late, she simply didn't leave the room.

When the time came, the system finally came online: [Congratulations, host, you have completed the task. Current progress is 20%]

Shen Shuyi was overjoyed to see that the progress was quite fast.

She didn't get carried away with her success; she knew she had to leave Baixianglou as soon as possible and couldn't linger there to avoid something uncontrollable happening.

She stepped out of the room and bumped into Pei Xizhou.

She bowed to Pei Xizhou, thinking that there was nothing more for her to do, but Pei Xizhou wanted to have a private chat with her: "Did you ravage my young master last night?"

Shen Shuyi rolled her eyes, taking advantage of the fact that she was wearing a veiled hat.

Why didn't he ask if Prince Pei had mistreated her?

"This humble servant dares not," she replied politely.

"Looks like it was just a charade. But you're still pretty good, at least you managed to keep him here for one night." Pei Xizhou said, patting Shen Shuyi on the shoulder.

Shen Shuyi feigned agreement: "What you say is true, young master."

Pei Xizhou kept talking, but Shen Shuyi didn't want to listen to his nagging at all. Just as she was about to make an excuse to leave, she heard him ask, "What exactly does your older brother see in you?"

"The young master has not taken a liking to me."

Shen Shuyi was about to go downstairs when she heard Pei Xizhou say, "By the way, a distinguished person wants to take you to stay at his residence for a while. From now on, it's up to your own fate."

Shen Shuyi thought she had misheard: "What?"

"It's that important person who invited you yesterday. He thought you played the music quite well and is interested in you. He wants you to come to his residence to serve him." Pei Xizhou's lips curled into a playful smile. "This is the first time, so you'd better seize the opportunity. By the way, your sedan chair is already waiting outside Baixiang Tower. Go ahead."

Shen Shuyi felt dizzy. She was just a temporary worker and wasn't actually going to debut.

But now is not the time to panic; she needs to stay calm.

Don't panic!
"I'd like to buy some daily necessities in the city. Could you give me a ride, young master?" Shen Shuyi quickly made up an excuse.

"You can tell the sedan chair bearers, I'm too busy," Pei Xizhou said and walked away. Shen Shuyi looked on helplessly, knowing she would have to play it by ear later.

When she stepped out of Baixiang Tower, she saw a sedan chair parked outside, with four sedan chair bearers and two maids waiting by her side.

Shen Shuyi had no idea who the important person from last night was, but when she came out, one of the maids stepped forward and said, "Are you Miss Haitang? This servant is here to fetch you on the orders of my mistress."

"Thank you for your trouble," Shen Shuyi told herself to stay calm.

It's alright, she can escape on the way. I still have some sleeping pills on me, enough to knock out the two maids, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Unfortunately, she carried two types of sleeping pills with her: one had to be added to food, and the other had to be burned to be effective, unless she put the sleeping pills into the food along the way...

Just as she was calculating, the two maids suddenly exclaimed in unison, "Master!"

Shen Shuyi was stunned. A tall man walked towards her, followed by a group of servants.

Her mind went blank for a moment; she never expected that this person was right in front of Baixianglou.

"Miss Haitang, will you share a carriage with me?" the man said calmly, his voice as pleasant as ever.

Shen Shuyi felt ice-cold all over.

"This servant...this servant will rather sit in this sedan chair. Your status is noble, this servant..."

Before she could finish speaking, the man suddenly grabbed her wrist and dragged her toward the carriage parked not far away.

And just like that, without giving Shen Shuyi a chance to refuse, she was dragged into the carriage by this unknown man.

"Remember, I don't like anyone disobeying me!" The man's voice turned cold.

Shen Shuyi felt that things couldn't continue like this, so she quickly said, "This servant has something else to say to our young master. May I first..."

"Return to the manor!" The man gave her no chance to finish speaking before issuing the order.

Shen Shuyi finally understood what it meant to be autocratic, domineering, and unreasonable. What kind of weird man was this?
She only came to Baixianglou to complete her mission, not to offer herself to them.

She was so anxious she couldn't sit still. The man saw this clearly and suddenly asked, "What's wrong? You don't want to come into my house with me and become my woman?"

He just wanted to know what Haitang's abilities were that allowed her to keep Prince Pei for one night.

He knew Pei Shizi well; he was usually averse to romance and didn't even have a concubine. This man, who was always so virtuous, had actually been bewitched by Haitang.

That's why he set his sights on Haitang and decided to take her under his wing, perhaps to test how Prince Pei would react.

"Of course not! It's my good fortune to be with someone as noble as you," Shen Shuyi said, secretly lifting the carriage curtain to see if there was any way to escape.

The man noticed her furtive movements and became even more suspicious of Shen Shuyi's behavior.

Before long, they arrived at the bustling market. Shen Shuyi felt this was her chance to escape, and quickly said, "I haven't had breakfast yet. Could you stop the carriage so I can buy some food?"

"No way!" the man refused without even thinking.

Shen Shuyi had considered many possibilities, but she never expected that she would be brought into someone's home on her very first day of debut.

When the carriage arrived at its destination, the man led her down from the carriage. Even through the veil, she could vaguely see the three characters "Prince Jin's Residence".

Oh no! No wonder Pei Xizhou called this person a nobleman; it turns out this person is the famous playboy prince of the Great Qi Dynasty—Prince Jin.

She entered the Prince of Jin's mansion; wasn't she like a lamb entering a tiger's den?

(End of this chapter)