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

Chapter 48: Taking her as a concubine!

An hour later, Qingzhu saw that her master on the bed was still tossing and turning, and couldn't help but say, "Young Master is too kind-hearted. Why should Miss Biao sleep in the young master's bed, while I can only rest in such a small bed?"

Pei Dongzhou looked at Qingzhu helplessly: "Why are you guarding me?"

"Isn't it to prevent Miss Cousin from taking advantage of Master while he's asleep? Miss Cousin's fickle and promiscuous nature..."

"Qingzhu, you mustn't speak ill of your cousin behind her back." Pei Dongzhou interrupted Qingzhu's reckless words. "Get out of here, you're disturbing my sleep."

Qingzhu dared not disobey and was about to retreat when she heard the young master reprimand her: "From now on, you must not be disrespectful to Cousin Shen. She is the mistress, and you are the servant. Your behavior is an act of insubordination."

"Yes, I know I was wrong," Qingzhu replied softly, and left the room.

The room returned to silence, but Pei Dongzhou still couldn't fall asleep.

The thought of his cousin Shen sleeping in his bed made him feel uneasy...

Pei Dongzhou barely closed his eyes that night, while Shen Shuyi slept soundly.

The next morning at dawn, while she was still asleep, the system was already online:

[Congratulations, host! The mission is currently 15% complete.]

Shen Shuyi suddenly opened her eyes and jumped up: 15%?

Last night, she actually got 5 points from this hellishly difficult task. It has to be said, although the task was incredibly hard and ridiculously difficult, the high point value made up for it.

Just as A-Jian was about to help Shen Shuyi change her clothes, the girl suddenly hugged her and kissed her hard.

She looked at her young mistress with a blank expression: "Is there any good news, young lady?"

Shen Shuyi smiled from ear to ear: "It just makes me feel so good to be alive. Especially seeing such a pretty girl like you makes me feel even better."

Pei Dongzhou, who had barely slept all night, had just approached the main room when he heard Shen Shuyi's energetic voice.

Judging from her voice, Cousin Shen slept well last night, while he...

At this moment, Shen's cousin's voice came from inside again: "I am so grateful to my cousin, the young master, for taking me in for the night last night. I must say, the feng shui here is really good. I only slept here for one night, but I feel like I have been reborn."

A-Jian smiled upon hearing this: "This servant also thinks that you look quite well, Miss."

"Right? Cousin Prince is such a good person." Shen Shuyi's voice sounded full of energy.

"Will the young lady go to thank the young master later?"

"No. My cousin, the young master, doesn't want to see me. If he sees my face, he'll probably lose his whole day. Let's leave quickly so that no one sees us coming and going from the East Garden. That would damage my cousin's reputation."

Qingzhu's eyes widened upon hearing this. Did Miss Shen know that the young master was outside and deliberately say these things to deceive him?
"Thank goodness you've come to your senses, Miss. From now on, please don't be infatuated with the young master anymore. The young master is of noble status, and no matter how good you are, you can't warm his heart." A-Jian's words actually had a hint of testing.

She was only worried that the girl was just pretending to have let go of the young master, but in reality she still liked him.

"Relax, how could I possibly be infatuated with Cousin Shizi? Cousin Shizi belongs to Cousin Xia, I would never make a move on him." Shen Shuyi really didn't understand why Ajian still thought she liked Pei Dongzhou.

However, her behavior does indeed easily lead to misunderstandings.

"Why does the young master belong to Miss Xia?" A-Jian asked in confusion.

“Because…” Shen Shuyi was momentarily speechless. She couldn’t reveal the plot, so she casually said, “You don’t understand. Cousin Shizi will definitely fall in love with Xia Nianchu in the future. No relationship is ever smooth sailing. Right now, Cousin Shizi is torturing Cousin Xia terribly, so when he’s chasing after her in the future… never mind, never mind, you wouldn’t understand what I’m saying anyway. Let’s go back to Fusang Courtyard. I have a lot of things to do.”

Qingzhu was still standing there eavesdropping when he was suddenly pulled aside by the young master. He couldn't understand why the young master was acting so suspiciously, as if he were stealing someone from this place, even though it was clearly the young master's territory.

That wasn't even the strangest thing. When the young lady left the East Garden, the young master secretly followed her, and even forbade him to follow, saying he didn't want to alert her.

Watching her master's departing figure, Qingzhu asked Qingyun beside her, "Young Master, you've suddenly become interested in Miss Cousin. Won't you end up hurting yourself?"

Qingyun remained silent, like a taciturn person, and did not speak to him.

Shen Shuyi and Ajian left the East Garden, and the two, mistress and servant, talked the whole way.

Pei Dongzhou followed from a distance, realizing for the first time how talkative his cousin Shen was. It was a pity, however, that he never heard Xia Nianchu's name mentioned again.

After watching Shen Shuyi return to Fusang Courtyard, he realized that his behavior was inappropriate and not the conduct of a gentleman.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to eavesdrop anymore and turned back the way he came.

Shen Shuyi was unaware that she had been followed. As soon as she returned to Fusang Courtyard, she began checking the Pei brothers' favorability rating towards her.

Strangely, Prince Pei's favorability towards her actually increased again, reaching -20%.

Could it be that her seduction yesterday was successful?

She sat there for a moment, then suddenly remembered that she needed to go to Heshou Hall to pay her respects.

Unfortunately, she arrived at the wrong time; the Pei family's daughter and Xia Nianchu were just coming out of Heshou Hall. The Pei family's daughter's expression was relatively normal, but Xia Nianchu looked pale.

Upon seeing her, Pei Xuexuan frowned: "I heard from Nianchu that you were staying at your brother's East Garden yesterday evening?"

Shen Shuyi could not deny this fact, so she acquiesced.

Pei Xuexuan originally didn't want to talk to Shen Shuyi, feeling that it would lower her own standards, but at this moment she couldn't help but say: "Cousin should know her place. Someone like the young master is not someone you can aspire to."

Shen Shuyi thought to herself that she had slept in the East Garden last night. If Pei Xuexuan found out about this, she would probably be so angry that she would skin her alive.

Pei Dongzhou had just arrived and happened to overhear Pei Xuexuan's words.

He stood quietly not far away, wondering how Shen Shuyi would respond and whether she would reveal that she had stayed at the East Garden the previous night.

"I only went to the East Garden because I happened to have something to do. My cousin Xia just left, and I also returned to Fusang Courtyard. You can rest assured, cousin." After saying this, Shen Shuyi entered Heshou Hall.

Unexpectedly, the three young masters of the Pei family were still there. When they saw her arrive, the three brothers did not even bother to look at her. Only the old lady warmly pulled her to sit beside her.

Aunt An handed her some tea, which she accepted and drank.

At this moment, the old lady brought up Pei Xizhou's outrageous behavior: "Xi-ge'er has caused such a commotion in the city over a dancer. Which noble lady would be willing to marry him in the future?"

This abrupt and cryptic question left Shen Shuyi bewildered: "What dancer?"

Pei Nanzhou's gaze fell on Shen Shuyi's face, and he replied calmly, "Xizhou is searching the whole city for Susu. He's so worried about her that he can't eat or sleep. He even threatened that if he finds Susu, he'll take her as a concubine!"

"Pfft—" Shen Shuyi, who was drinking tea, choked badly upon hearing this.

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