The target host refuses the exchange.
The Galaxia Feast is a national banquet held once a year by the royal family to celebrate the birthday of the empire. On this day, the whole country celebrates, and there is music and singing everywhere from morning to night.
The royal family will hold a dinner party at night on this day and invite celebrities from all walks of life to attend. As the head of the four noble families, the Su family naturally received an invitation, and Su's father attended with his wife and daughter.
As soon as the Su family members stepped half a foot into the banquet hall, the queen sent someone to call Su Cheng over. For a moment, a lot of whispers were heard in the banquet hall.
Su Yanxi, once recognized by everyone as the future daughter-in-law, was ignored by everyone, while Su Cheng, who had just emerged recently, was the focus of attention. Most of the nobles could understand the deep meaning behind the queen's actions.
Although this is not a decent thing to do, Su Yanxi has nothing but a pretty face, while Su Cheng is very talented and has a promising future, so they would do the same.
Shen Yunian's heart was calm, and he ignored Su Cheng's hypocritical question before being taken away: "Sister, do you want to go together?"
This is a common trick used by the queen. As the one in power, she can give power to those she likes and then force some insignificant little people to death.
The reason why Shen Yunian hates nobles is because of this.
The nobles always use others' knives to kill people, and when they learn of others' misfortunes, they still say in a high-sounding way: "What a pity." Others even praise their kindness.
Hypocritical, false, and insidious, all nobles are like this.
Father Su stood aside with a sullen face, watching the queen take the person away with cold eyes, feeling very displeased.
Mother Su was worried that her daughter was upset, so she consoled her by saying, "Perhaps the Queen called Chengcheng over to ask about the Second Prince's studies."
That being said, she actually didn't believe this reason. What kind of study situation was so private that she couldn't just call both sisters over?
This is differential treatment, but Su's mother hopes her daughter can understand it.
"Yeah." Shen Yunian said lightly.
The queen did not give Su Yanxi face, which resulted in no one daring to invite Su Yanxi to dance when the ball started.
For the noble ladies, this kind of cold treatment from the opposite sex is a great shame and humiliation.
Father Su's eyes became even colder. Even though he knew that his daughter was useless, she was still a member of his Su family. These people were fawning on the powerful and standing on the same front with the queen, or they did not dare to offend the queen and watched in secret, but they never thought that they would directly offend the Su family in this way.
"She's trying to intimidate me and warn me!" Father Su said in a deep voice, "Does she really think that my daughter of the Su family is going to be chosen by the royal family?!"
To be honest, Father Su didn't think his daughters were that good. The eldest daughter was spoiled and willful, with low mental strength. The second daughter was found from the folk, timid by nature, with high mental strength but not domineering at all. However, he looked down on the second prince even more. He was just a show-off. Why should he choose between his daughters?
No matter how bad his daughter is, she is still from the Su family. Even if she cannot get married, she will not be reduced to the point where she can be chosen by anyone.
Besides, with the Su family's wealth, it wasn't necessary for them to marry into the royal family! At worst, he could just give up being the first noble!
Father Su was extremely angry, but Shen Yunian was happy and at ease.
Unfortunately, his freedom didn't last more than ten minutes, as Shen Zhe quietly approached him.
Shen Yunian smiled with interest.
This mother and son are really contradictory.
One gave the cold shoulder, while the other stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster.
Is the eldest lady's charm really that great?
Shen Yunian disdainfully distanced himself, leaning sideways, his defensive stance clearly evident.
Shen Zhe froze, stung by the girl's obvious rejection, and said inexplicably:
"Xixi, the Queen Mother wants to change the marriage candidate."
"oh."
Shen Zhe frowned at the short answer, "Don't you have anything to say?"
"No." Shen Yunian took a sip of the cold cocktail calmly.
The girl's nonchalant tone made Shen Zhe feel frustrated.
From childhood to adulthood, he has been surrounded by many beautiful women, but only Su Yanxi has made him run into obstacles again and again.
She is spoiled, willful, and reckless. She only does what she wants and never cares about other people's feelings.
Before, he found it interesting, but now he feels a little tired.
He didn't understand, they were both daughters of the Su family, why was there such a big difference between them?
My sister is not only outstanding in every aspect, but also gentle and considerate, perfectly meeting all men's fantasies.
But he still resisted the temptation and chose Su Yanxi, but he didn't expect that she would not appreciate it. If today, at this moment, or in the next second, she acted coquettishly towards him and said that she wanted to continue to be his fiancée, he would go and fight with the Queen Mother. As long as he persisted, he believed that he could change the Queen Mother's mind.
But Su Yanxi didn't.
Not a single soft word.
Thinking of Su Cheng saying guiltily, "I don't want to steal my sister's marriage."
She was reluctant and full of longing. She looked at him in embarrassment and made a difficult decision.
Sometimes, there is no harm without comparison.
Being deeply loved by such an outstanding person, why should he keep trying to please someone who doesn't like him?
Thinking of this, Shen Zhe's heart gradually leaned towards Su Cheng.
Since Su Yanxi doesn't care, why should he fight the whole world for her?
But, I was damn unwilling to accept it.
"Su Yanxi, don't you feel anything at all?" Shen Zhe asked without giving up.
"What does it feel like?" Shen Yunian just found it funny.
The matter has been decided. As one of the parties involved, he was the last to know the news. Do his feelings matter?
Shen Yunian smiled sarcastically.
Shen Zhe was too thick-skinned, and a trace of sympathy arose in Shen Yunian's heart for no reason.
Su Yanxi is quite pitiful.
After all, she is just a tool for family marriage.
Shen Zhe was confused by the girl's attitude. The laughter that came out of the corner of her lips was so harsh that it made him angry and embarrassed.
"Su Yanxi, do you know that your fake, noble appearance is really annoying?" Shen Zhe couldn't help but be sarcastic. "If you can't marry into the royal family, as a noble lady without high-level spiritual power and a strong background, do you think you can live a good life in the future? Do you think the aristocratic circle will accept you?"
He wanted to provoke Su Yanxi, but he failed.
Failure is followed by the familiar feeling of frustration.
As if to save face, he added another sarcastically, "Who would dare to marry you in the future if you're the woman I don't want?!"
Shen Yunian raised the corners of his eyes and looked at Shen Zhe with a cold face.
If the situation had not allowed it, he would have punched him.
In an occasion like today, he felt that he should be more respectful and not cause trouble for the young lady.
Seeing that the girl was immune to those offensive words, Shen Zhe laughed in anger, "I hope you won't regret it."
Looking at Shen Zhe's back, Shen Yunian irritably "tsk".
If she were to travel back in time and find out that her crown as the prince's fiancée had been taken away, the young lady would cry, right?
So annoying!
…
Halfway through the banquet, the queen finally appeared in the banquet hall, with the shy Su Cheng and the cold-faced Shen Zhe standing beside her.
Su Cheng looked towards Shen Yunian from time to time, but Shen Zhe didn't even glance at Shen Yunian.
Sometimes, Shen Yunian felt that the eldest sister was very contradictory. She clearly showed that she hated her sister, but every time Su Yanxi appeared, she seemed to always catch her eye.
Isn’t it the case that out of sight, out of mind?
In short, he was annoyed by this kind of constant scrutiny and investigation.
It's like a dog-skin plaster that can't be shaken off.
Like maggots attached to bones.
Soon, the scrutiny faded as the Queen began to organize everyone to raise their glasses and sing the national anthem.
After the song ended, everyone drank the wine in their cups. At this moment, the atmosphere of the banquet had reached its peak. While everyone's attention was focused on the queen, she suddenly turned around and said to Su's father who was not far away:
"Duke Su, you are so lucky! Your second daughter has just been found, and your eldest daughter has chosen a mecha course. These two daughters will surely elevate the Su family to a higher level!"
Father Su was unsure of the Queen's intention and did not blindly agree. He simply said, "No, no, as an elder, we just want the younger generation to be happy and not have to deal with trivial matters like us all the time."
"Duke Su is too modest!" the Queen said. "I have a suggestion. Why not let the two daughters of the Su family compete in mecha piloting? It will liven up today's auspicious occasion and allow us to see their true strength."
Father Su's face turned ashen.
The Queen's move was truly too cruel.
She really didn't give her eldest daughter any face at all. She had to slap her in the face in front of all the upper-class people at this moment. Everyone knew that the eldest daughter's mental strength was not high. If she competed with the second daughter, she would definitely lose and would definitely be beaten to a pulp. Wouldn't her face definitely be thrown to the ground and stepped on?
Moreover, even if the eldest daughter wins the competition by chance, the second daughter will also lose face as the loser.
This is an activity that does not bring any benefit to the Su family!
The royal method is to roast people on the fire.
Father Su wanted to refuse on behalf of his eldest daughter, but Shen Yunian refused.
The way the royal family eats is too ugly. This is intolerable!
"If Madam wants to watch, I'm happy to compete, but I have a request." Shen Yunian stepped forward and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Oh, what's the request?" Things went smoothly, and the queen finally gave Shen Yunian a straight look.
"I want to change my opponent. I want to compete with him." Shen Yunian raised his hand neatly and pointed at Shen Zhe.
Shen Zhe glanced sideways, a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.
Could it be that Su Yanxi thinks that he is still the fiancé who chases after her and grants her every request?
Did she think that if she chose him as her competitor, he would give in to her?
If he didn't mind making his girlfriend happy before, but now, what does it matter to them? !
Shen Zhe did not refuse and accepted the invitation to compete when the queen wanted to speak.
The Queen stared at her son with a look of dismay. He shouldn't have accepted this competition. Who was Su Yanxi? Even if he won, it would be an unfair victory.
Her original intention was to create a rift between the two sisters of the Su family. She wanted the future princess to stand firmly on the side of the royal family, rather than helping her natal family after becoming a princess and allowing the in-laws to dominate.
The silly son was too honest, which directly led to Su Yanxi's failure.
It seems that she underestimated this former future daughter-in-law.
A gentleman’s word is as good as gold.
The queen had no choice but to let her son play, and she lost interest in the game.
Shen Yunian and Shen Zhe both jumped onto the stage, each selecting a mecha on their smart computers, which were then transferred to the warehouse for delivery by a dedicated person.
After choosing their mechas, the two people in the center of the arena were silent at first, and then Shen Zhe couldn't help but say, "Su Yanxi, I won't let you win."
"Okay, use all your strength."
Shen Yunian didn't want to say more to Shen Zhe, so he turned and shouted to the queen: "Since it's a competition, doesn't Madam have any prizes?"
The queen who was called raised her eyebrows.
She felt that Su Yanxi was courting death.
Could it be that she thinks she'll win? And she's even asking for a prize?!
But that was exactly what she wanted.
"Then the loser agrees to one request from the winner."
This prize caused an uproar among the audience.
The Queen is about to take action to cancel the engagement!
Shen Yunian was very satisfied with this jackpot.
Just at this time, the mecha had been delivered. The two put on the mecha and the battle was about to begin.
At the critical moment, Shen Yunian felt his soul trembling, as if he was about to break away.
He calmed himself down and thought, now is not a good time to exchange bodies.
As his thoughts progressed, his soul returned to its place.
Shen Yunian only then realized that he was not completely passive in this game of interpenetration.
It turns out he could refuse.
Then the young lady will have to stay in his body for a while longer.
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