Chapter 31 Eavesdropping

He's so jealous of Yan Jue right now, he's going crazy with jealousy!

But he couldn't show it now; he could only watch as Yan Jue spoke these words casually in front of him.

Su Xuanmao suppressed the surging anger in his heart and almost forced out a sentence, "The Regent still likes to joke around."

Yan Jue casually played with the jade ring on his hand. "Your Highness, I was not joking. Every word I just said was the truth."

Su Xuanmao's forehead veins bulged, and his hands were clenched into fists, but a forced smile still appeared on his lips. "My Crown Princess is frail, so I will instruct people to send more tonics to her room. However, I would like to remind the Regent of something."

Yan Jue raised his head, his tone playful, "Your Highness, please speak."

Su Xuanmao almost gritted his teeth as he pulled Shen Ruixue into his arms. "Now that the second young lady of the Shen family is already a lonely Crown Princess, then the Regent should watch his mouth. Otherwise, if he offends someone in the future, he will easily become a laughing stock."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jue smiled faintly. "I have offended countless people and abducted countless women. Your Highness's admonition now is perhaps a little too late. It seems that in everyone's eyes, I am already a heinous, philandering, and unreasonable person."

Su Xuanmao was surprised that Yan Jue would be so disrespectful to him. He forced a smile and said, "Since the Regent insists on this, then I don't need to try to persuade him any further."

Yan Jue nodded in agreement, "Your Highness is right. You really don't need to try to persuade me anymore, after all, I'm known for not listening to advice."

Shen Ruixue's thoughts were also churning. She had only known that she wanted to steal Shen Pingjin's marriage, but she had no idea that there were so many rules in the royal family.

Even the clothes you wear are custom-made to a fixed size. To fit into them, you have to practice your posture to make yourself fit the size perfectly.

She never expected that the regent she had despised would start pointing fingers at her height.

They actually compared her to Shen Pingjin and said some vulgar things.

Shen Ruixue's initial impression of Yan Jue was limited to his womanizing ways, but now, her impression of him is more of a playboy and someone without any moral compass.

After thinking about it, Shen Ruixue realized that she did not regret what she had done that day.

If she had obediently married Yan Jue that day, perhaps it would be Shen Ruixue who is enduring such a man today.

She felt ashamed and jealous, yet also wildly fortunate, and at the same time, she felt even more mockery and disdain for Shen Pingjin.

But so what if this regent is a womanizer and a playboy? Shen Ruixue will still take everything that Shen Pingjin owns.

She wants to leave Shen Pingjin with nothing!

Seeing that Yan Jue was still eloquent in front of Su Xuanmao, Shen Ruixue moved closer to Su Xuanmao and said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "If the Regent does not listen to advice, he will inevitably take some detours in the future. And now that you have become the Regent's wife, I wonder if the Regent will be able to listen to your advice in the future."

Yan Jue saw that Su Xuanmao had come to speak for him again, and his eyes were full of smiles. His right foot, which had been kicked by Chen Pingjin, was still throbbing, but he didn't care. "Of course, after all, your sister is now the Regent's Consort whom I married with great ceremony. It was perfectly legitimate for her to advise me. Why shouldn't I listen to what my Consort said?"

Shen Ruixue was taken aback. Was this regent clearly going to oppose the two of them?

Shen Pingjin was also stunned. She frowned slightly. This old scoundrel, how come she didn't realize that he was an unserious, two-faced, and scheming person when she spoke to him on the day she returned to her parents' home in her previous life?

Shen Ruixue tried her best to appear calm. "If the Regent will listen to your advice, that would be the best outcome. Then I can finally breathe a sigh of relief for you."

Yan Jue couldn't stand this kind of superficial sisterly affection. He raised his eyes slightly, his tone casual yet unquestionable, "Your sister's affairs are none of your concern, as her half-sister."

Shen Ruixue's face stiffened when she heard the words "illegitimate child." Her birth mother was indeed just a concubine in the mansion. If it weren't for the death of Shen Pingjin's birth mother, her mother would not have had the power to take charge.

Shen Ruixue gritted her teeth even more at Yan Jue, but the more different this man was towards Shen Pingjin, the more she felt a desire to conquer this regent.

Since Yan Jue's words embarrassed her, Shen Ruixue could only grit her teeth and swallow her grievances. She forced a smile and said, "Since it is the Regent who has spoken, then Ruixue will not worry about it."

Yan Jue nodded with great satisfaction, "As expected of the Crown Princess, she is indeed sensible."

Shen Ruixue felt as if she had a breath stuck in her throat. She felt that the regent in front of her was very wicked. He seemed to be praising her, but in reality, he was not.

Hearing him say that, Shen Pingjin rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

She had only been reborn for a few days when she overturned her previous understanding of Yan Jue.

She remembered the Regent she met on her return visit to her parents' home in her previous life. He was aloof and distant, exuding an innate air of nobility that made him seem distant and unattainable.

When she first heard rumors in the capital that Yan Jue was a playboy, Shen Pingjin was somewhat incredulous. After all, the Yan Jue she had met that day and thereafter was completely unrelated to the playboy stereotype.

But now...

Shen Pingjin realized that this guy was a complete cunning, two-faced individual with a belly full of bad intentions.

However, seeing Shen Ruixue's expression of wanting to retort but being unable to, Shen Pingjin shook her head and mentally gave Yan Jue a big thumbs up.

Pingjin was truly impressed!

Shen Ruixue and Su Xuanmao were both rendered speechless by Yan Jue's words, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.

Just then, Aunt Yuyan's voice came from downstairs: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the cloth has been sent over for processing."

Yan Jue felt the pressure of the girl beside him pinching the back of his hand, and replied, "Aunt Yu Yan, I understand."

Just as Yan Jue was about to get up and go downstairs to check, he suddenly heard a "ouch" coming from the stairwell.

Shen Pingjin frowned, but she moved nimbly and quickly to the side of the stairs.

The woman was wearing a light green button-down dress with a half-length openwork lotus leaf design. Her face was clean and without makeup, and her hair was plain. She seemed to have tripped on the stairs for some reason and was rubbing her knee in pain, with broken gasps occasionally escaping her throat.

Upon hearing this, one could tell that the pain was unbearable, which was why the person cried out in alarm.

When Shen Pingjin saw the woman's face clearly, she was slightly surprised. Wasn't this the manager of Yujingfang who had just been acting strangely down below?