A time-travel story where I forcefully marry the leading lady in a film/TV series!

"Pfft..." Dou Zhao and Miao Ansu couldn't help but laugh when they heard Zhao Zhangru's words.

However, Zhao Zhangru was not lying.

Although she didn't actually cook a single dish of her own, nor did she manage to sneak a bite of a shredded shrimp, she did indeed assist Dou Zhao.

Otherwise, Dou Zhao wouldn't have been able to make two dishes in such a short time, and both dishes are quite complicated to prepare.

So Zhao Zhangru did indeed deserve credit for this!

"You are guests!" However, Wei Tingyu shook his head and looked at Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru, saying, "How could I let you cook?"

"My lord! It's all my fault!" Dou Zhao quickly interjected, "But this guest... could very well become family!"

Upon hearing Dou Zhao's words, Miao Ansu's face flushed red from the base of her neck to behind her ears.

How could she not understand what he was saying? From guest to family... Was Dou Zhao going to propose to the Marquis that she be taken as a concubine?

What will the Marquis's reply be? Will he agree? Will he look down on his family for being merchants?

After all, Dou Zhao's fifth uncle was an official of the imperial court. Although she herself was also a businessman, she could be considered from an official family.

But I'm different! No one in my family is an official; I'm just a low-level merchant!

Moreover, not only Miao Ansu, but even the carefree Zhao Zhangru understood the meaning behind Dou Zhao's words.

Although she didn't blush as much as Miao Ansu, she was now acting coy.

“That’s true!” However, Wei Tingyu only glanced at Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru, and nodded with a smile.

These three words alone have shown Wei Tingyu's attitude: he is absolutely willing to take the two women into his family!

Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru received the answer they had been longing for, and after exchanging a glance, they were both overjoyed.

Seeing this, Dou Zhao immediately seized the opportunity to speak to the two women, "Susu! Where should you start eating this Golden Jade Treasure? It looks like a jade carving, I almost can't bear to destroy it! Cousin, do you still have wine in your wine pot? Mine is empty..."

The two women immediately understood each other and quickly stepped forward, standing on either side of Wei Tingyu.

Miao Ansu used her chopsticks to place her treasured gold and jade items onto the plate in front of Wei Tingyu, personally serving him the food.

Zhao Zhangru took the wine pot and stood on the other side of Wei Tingyu, while pouring him a full cup of fine wine.

Good heavens! Three beautiful women serving me breakfast?!

At this moment, Wei Tingyu basically didn't even need to move his chopsticks; he only needed to open his mouth for them to feed him the fine wine and delicacies!

It can be said that apart from tasting and swallowing, which you have to do yourself, all other actions can be omitted!

Oh, the evil feudal society!

Wei Tingyu mentally complained, then comfortably enjoyed the breakfast served by three beautiful women!

……

"Oh dear! This is too much!" After breakfast, Zhao Zhangru sat in a chair in the main hall, stretched heavily, and complained, "I never knew serving people was this tiring!"

"What's so tiring about this?" Miao Ansu was already immersed in the joy of receiving praise from the Marquis and soon becoming a concubine in the Marquis's mansion.

Upon hearing Zhao Zhangru's complaint, she immediately retorted, "Serving the young master is just a matter of course!"

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Chapter 40 Two Concubines Enter the House!

"You haven't even entered the Marquis's mansion yet, how come you're already a young master?" Zhao Zhangru couldn't help but roll her eyes after hearing Miao Ansu's words.

“The Marquis has already approved of both of us. The only thing missing is the deed for taking a concubine, right?” Miao Ansu blushed, but she refused to admit defeat. At this moment, she already considered herself a concubine of the Marquis’s mansion!

Even the servants of the Marquis's mansion addressed her as Aunt Miao when they met her. Although Miao Ansu waved her hands repeatedly to refuse, she was secretly overjoyed.

"Alright then!" Zhao Zhangru, seeing Miao Ansu's beautiful appearance, rolled his eyes and said, "From now on, you'll be in charge of serving the Marquis his meals, and I'll be responsible for protecting his safety..."

This wasn't her being modest at all, because in Zhao Zhangru's opinion, standing next to her husband and pouring him wine and serving him food was more tiring than punching for an hour!

"Who goes to serve is not something you or I can decide," Miao Ansu said speechlessly, "Even Sister Zhao's opinion doesn't count! It's up to the Marquis to decide who goes to serve whom..."

"Oh my! So you're calling me Sister Zhao again?" Zhao Zhangru suddenly caught the point in Miao Ansu's words, sat up straight, and looked at her with a bewildered expression, asking, "Didn't you always call me Cousin Dou Zhao or Aunt Shou before?"

"That was before!" Miao Ansu blushed again upon hearing this and said, "Now that we've all become sisters in the Marquis's mansion, there must be some rules! If other concubines entered the mansion, they would naturally have to call Sister Zhao 'Madam' or 'Elder Madam'! But we've played together since we were little, and our relationship is like that of real sisters, so calling her 'Sister' sounds more intimate!"

Miao Ansu also had her own ulterior motives. She called the Marquis's wife "Sister Zhao," so that even if other concubines came into the household in the future, her status would be higher than theirs. At least her relationship with the First Madam would be incomparable to that of others!

“Oh! Right! You can’t do without rules!” Zhao Zhangru nodded, thinking that Miao Ansu’s words made some sense.

But the next second she realized that something seemed wrong!

"No!" Zhao Zhangru suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I'm Shougu's cousin! Does that mean I have to call her 'sister' from now on? Isn't that going against the natural order?"

"What do you mean by 'reversing the Heavenly Gang'?" Miao Ansu burst out laughing upon hearing this: "The principal wife is the most important, so you have to call Sister Zhao 'sister' when you see her! Of course, if you really can't bring yourself to say it, you can call her 'Madam'!"

"Then I'll just call her Madam!" Zhao Zhangru scratched the back of his head somewhat awkwardly.

Sigh! I've considered everything before, except for the relationship between these sisters!

Looking at it this way, I'm actually at a disadvantage! Dou Zhao, who used to be my cousin, is now my older sister...

"What do you mean by 'sister'?" Dou Zhao had just come out of the inner hall when she heard the two women talking, and she laughed: "Do we need to be so distant with each other?"

"No, no! We can't break the rules of the Marquis's mansion right away, otherwise you won't be able to win everyone's respect!" Zhao Zhangru was very moved after hearing Dou Zhao's words, but she shook her head like a rattle drum: "From now on, I will call you Madam in front of outsiders, and Cousin when we are alone. Is that alright?"

"Okay!" Dou Zhao was deeply moved to hear that Zhao Zhangru was so considerate of him, and nodded heavily while holding her hand.

"Sister Zhao! Is the Marquis resting?" Miao Ansu craned her neck and looked behind Dou Zhao, but did not see Wei Tingyu. She asked with some disappointment.

"Yes! The Marquis said he didn't need to rest, but he must be exhausted from not coming back all night, so I forced him to go to bed!" Dou Zhaoze laughed helplessly.

"Look how anxious you are! You've been away from the Marquis for just a short while and you're already like this!" Zhao Zhangru looked at Miao Ansu and said, "Why don't you go in and see if the Marquis is sleeping soundly? You can stay there and serve him, in case he wakes up and wants water."

"What kind of status do I have now? How dare I go into the inner room!" Miao Ansu blushed and shook her head slightly upon hearing this.

After all, she hadn't officially entered the household yet. Serving the Marquis a meal was one thing, but sharing a room in the bedroom was something Miao Ansu certainly couldn't accept so easily!

Because such a woman is too promiscuous, she might later misunderstand and think that he is not discreet!

"Don't worry, I know what you two are thinking!" Dou Zhao took the two women's hands and looked at them as he said, "Wait a moment! This afternoon I will bring the betrothal gifts and dowry to your two families' residences and personally arrange for the Marquis to take a concubine!"

"Yes!" Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru nodded with smiles upon hearing this.

If everything goes smoothly, by this evening, the three women will truly be sisters!

……

As Dou Zhao had predicted, when she went to the Miao and Zhao families that afternoon to ask her two best friends to become concubines for Wei Tingyu, she did not encounter much resistance.

Especially the Miao people!

Miao Ansu was originally a girl who was raised in a free-range manner in the Miao family, otherwise they would not have allowed her to live with Dou Zhao in her grandmother's estate for several years in a row.

When the Miao family heard that it was the Marquis's mansion that wanted to take Miao Ansu as a concubine, they were overjoyed and immediately agreed!

Dou Zhao and Miao Ansu were best friends who had grown up together. The fact that Dou Zhao, as the wife of a marquis, personally took charge of the matter put the Miao family at ease.

Although they didn't really care about Miao Ansu to begin with.

This opportunity to establish a connection with the Marquis's mansion is exactly what the Miao family, who are merchants by origin and of low social status, desperately want!

The Zhao family, however, faced a slightly more complicated situation.

After all, Zhao Zhangru's father, who was also Dou Zhao's uncle, valued his daughter highly. Upon hearing that she was to become a concubine in the Marquis's mansion, his instinct was to refuse.

However, Dou Zhao personally assured him that Zhao Zhangru would definitely become a noble concubine after entering the mansion, unlike ordinary concubines! And she would also take good care of this cousin!

In addition, Zhao Zhangru became stubborn, acting as if he would sever ties with Dou Zhao if he didn't agree, leaving Dou Zhao's uncle with no choice but to nod in agreement.

However, out of love for his daughter, he still repeatedly instructed Dou Zhaoqian to take good care of her daughter, and also to help each other in the Marquis's mansion and not to have any conflicts.

Dou Zhao and Zhao Zhangru naturally nodded in agreement to both of these points...

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Chapter 41 Can you make big money by taking a concubine? Wei Tingyu was dumbfounded!

At Dou Zhao's insistence, Wei Tingyu actually lay down in the room and dozed off. When he opened his eyes, it was already close to dusk.

Hearing the commotion in the courtyard outside, he came to his senses, stretched heavily, and then got up and walked out of the room.

As soon as he stepped outside, Wei Tingyu was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground!

Because the courtyard was filled with more than twenty boxes of various sizes!

All the boxes were open, revealing their contents: silks and satins, jade artifacts, and antiques!

There was even a box filled with silver ingots, which looked to be as much as 20,000 taels!

Meanwhile, Dou Zhao, Miao Ansu, and Zhao Zhangru, along with a group of accountants from the manor, were going from box to box, checking, registering, and recording the items.

Wei Tingyu, who came out of the door, immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the courtyard, especially Dou Zhao, Miao Ansu, and Zhao Zhangru.

When they saw Wei Tingyu come out, they immediately smiled and took the initiative to greet him.

"Your Excellency has woken up?" Dou Zhao stepped forward and bowed slightly. Then, seeing Wei Tingyu's surprised expression, he secretly rejoiced.

She had previously wondered what Wei Tingyu's reaction would be upon seeing all these wonderful things in the yard, and now she finally had her answer—it was pretty much exactly what she had predicted.

As for Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru, they were much more cautious and humble! Following behind Dou Zhao, they simply squatted slightly to greet Wei Tingyu, and said softly, "Greetings, Your Excellency!"