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

"How did a quarrel between siblings escalate to the point of shouting and threatening to kill each other?" Wei Tingyu looked at Zhuang Yuchi's foolish appearance, then helplessly asked the maids, "Repeat to me again, how did the two of them quarrel?"

"It was the young master who scolded the third young lady! He even said he would hit her!" Shu Hong naturally sided with Zhuang Hanyan, and at this moment she mustered up her courage and told the story of what had happened.

"Third Miss says hitting her won't vent my anger!"

"The young master then started shouting and threatening to kill the third young lady..."

"Then the young master tried to push the third young lady into the pool... and then... Duke, you... arrived!"

After saying this, Shu Hong became a little embarrassed.

Looking at the maids present, their cheeks were all flushed, and it was clear that they had also thought of the scene they had witnessed.

The scene of Wei Tingyu holding Zhuang Hanyan was deeply etched in the hearts of these maids, and they could never forget it.

Even Zhuang Hanyan's face turned slightly red at this moment.

"Yes! I was wrong too!" Of course, Zhuang Hanyan wasn't a shy little girl at this moment. She seized the opportunity and immediately stood up, then said, "I shouldn't have angered Fourth Brother!"

Her self-admission only confirmed that what Shuhong had just said was true.

Even if Zhuang Yuchi, that idiot, was incredibly smug and arrogant, he couldn't refute her at this point! He could only purse his lips and then glance to the side with a disdainful look...

“I saw that the assassin rushed straight for the Third Miss as soon as he broke in!” Wei Tingyu frowned, looking thoughtful, and said to Zhou Ruyin, “Aunt Zhou, there is indeed something strange about this!”

"But your son is indeed a suspect, and I'm afraid I'll have to take him to the Dali Temple to discuss this with him!"

"What right do you have to arrest me?!" Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yuchi stood up abruptly, glaring fiercely at Wei Tingyu and saying, "Besides, this is a matter for the Zhuang family. What does it have to do with you?"

"I happened to be there when the assassin arrived!" Wei Tingyu smiled slightly and said, "There were so many people in the courtyard, and the light was dim. Who knows who this assassin was after? He might have been after me!"

"Since I witnessed the entire incident, I cannot remain uninvolved!"

After saying that, Wei Tingyu waved his hand, and the two Golden Shadow Guards behind him immediately stepped forward and grabbed Zhuang Yuchi's arms behind his back.

Zhuang Yuchi originally wanted to struggle, but how could he possibly be a match for two Golden Shadow Guards?

At this moment, Zhuang Yuchi was just like a rabbit being carried by a tiger, with no other option but to squeak and scream with her face flushed red.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" Zhou Ruyin was terrified upon seeing this. She rushed forward, hugging her son Zhuang Yuchi, and turned to Wei Tingyu pleadingly, "Please wait a little longer! Since this matter occurred in my Zhuang family's courtyard, it is naturally related to my Zhuang family!"

"But right now there's no one in charge of my household, so I've already sent someone to invite the master!"

"How about we discuss this with the Duke when our master returns, and then make a decision?"

In fact, Zhou Ruyin could see that today's events had nothing to do with Wei Tingyu. He was only doing these things to teach his son, Zhuang Yuchi, a lesson.

Of course, it's also my fault for spoiling this son so much that he's become lawless. Right now, he even dares to defy the Duke of Wei. I'm afraid he'll get a severe beating later!

But even so, it's better than being kidnapped by Wei Tingyu and taken to the Dali Temple! After all, once the officials at the Dali Temple see that this matter involves the Duke of Wei, they will definitely interrogate him with great effort! The suffering that Zhuang Yuchi will endure will be far more than just a beating!

If they manage to extract another confession through torture and uncover something else, the entire operation could be implicated!

"Who says the landlord has no one in charge?!" However, just as Zhou Ruyin finished speaking, a dignified and deep female voice came from outside the hall.

Everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment, then turned around and looked towards the doorway.

A woman in a wheelchair stared coldly at everyone in the hall. Her gaze shifted slightly, lingering only on Zhuang Hanyan for a moment before quickly moving away, as if she were looking at someone insignificant.

This was the first time Wei Tingyu had ever seen this woman, known as the Mad Mistress, in real life!

Ruan Xiwen! The nominal matriarch of the Zhuang family! Zhuang Hanyan's biological mother!

They are also the biggest victims of the entire secrets of the dealer's inner quarters!

Just as described in the original plot, she couldn't help but make her appearance at this crucial moment!

He was dressed in a dark blue, almost ink-black robe. Against the backdrop of the night and the firelight, his cold and stern face exuded a sinister aura, as if he had just come from hell!

This appearance is exactly the same as Wei Tingyu's previous memory and imagination!

As soon as Ruan Xiwen appeared, the temperature in the entire hall seemed to drop several degrees, and many maids and servants couldn't help but shiver a few times.

Wei Tingyu was speechless at the sight!

A character with a built-in cooling barrier... Ruan Xiwen is probably the first one I've encountered so far!

This was the first time Zhuang Hanyan had ever seen her mother. Her face immediately showed surprise and hope, and she even involuntarily took a few steps toward Ruan Xiwen.

Wei Tingyu, watching from the side, was also heartbroken. Knowing that this little girl was about to suffer another round of emotional blows, he reached out and grabbed her arm.

Zhuang Hanyan was not expected that Wei Tingyu would suddenly grab her. She subconsciously stopped and frowned as she glanced at Wei Tingyu, her expression seemingly blaming him for preventing her from reuniting with her mother.

However, Zhuang Hanyan knew the reason in the next second.

Ruan Xiwen, expressionless, spoke in a deep voice: "Zhuang Hanyan has violated the Zhuang family rules and disturbed the inner quarters. Drag her to the ancestral hall and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Hanyan's pupils dilated sharply. She never dreamed that her first meeting with her mother would be like this.

The scene she had hoped for—that her mother would stand up for her—did not happen. Instead, it seemed that Ruan Xiwen hated her daughter even more than Zhou Ruyin.

Otherwise, they would never have dragged him to the ancestral hall and punished him without even asking what happened.

Upon hearing Ruan Xiwen's words, the expressions of everyone in the hall turned strange. After all, everyone present, except for Zhuang Hanyan, knew how mad this mistress was!

But her actions today have only deepened people's perception of her as a madwoman!

Of course, Zhuang Yuchi and Zhou Ruyin were secretly pleased with themselves. Now that Zhuang Hanyan's biological mother was disciplining her, no one could say anything!

"Mother!" However, when Zhuang Hanyan saw the two maids who came forward to try to hold her back, she immediately knelt down in front of Ruan Xiwen and questioned, "I don't know what family rules I have broken?!"

"Even if I die, please let my daughter die knowing why!"

"Third Miss!" Ruan Xiwen looked coldly at Zhuang Hanyan in front of her without saying a word, but Chen Mama next to her spoke up directly.

"In our family, matters of the inner quarters, regardless of right or wrong, are handled by the master and mistress according to family rules! Why are you taking it to the Dali Temple in the government?"

"Is it because all the elders in the family are foolish and unable to distinguish right from wrong, and no one stands up for you?"

"Or are you afraid that no one in the capital will laugh at our Zhuang family?!"

As soon as Granny Chen finished speaking, everyone present fell silent, except for Wei Tingyu, who couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly.

Putting everything else aside, just the crazy things your family has done in your backyard are something you won't find anywhere else in the capital!

"Mother, you are wise! I had no such intention!" Zhuang Hanyan immediately retorted upon hearing Chen Mama's words, "I certainly did not want to make a scene today!"

Zhuang Hanyan, this poor little girl, had been longing for maternal love for the past seventeen years, but she never expected to be met with a merciless beating.

As she said these words, tears were already welling up in her eyes.

Despite being bullied by malicious outsiders, Zhuang Hanyan remained calm and composed, neither humble nor arrogant!

But faced with her biological mother's ruthlessness, she truly couldn't understand it at this moment, and was even extremely heartbroken!

Of course, it wasn't just Zhuang Hanyan who couldn't understand it; even if Wei Tingyu knew what was going on, he still couldn't comprehend Ruan Xiwen's current behavior.

Although this woman was obsessed with protecting her daughter, her actions were really too exaggerated!

So, in her mind, protecting her daughter means hurting herself badly before her daughter is harmed by others?!

"Hit her!" Of course, after so many years of seclusion in the backyard, Ruan Xiwen's mind and mental state were no longer those of ordinary people. When she saw her daughter pleading for her, she showed no pity on her face, but instead shouted loudly.

Originally, she was supposed to remove the ancestral hall, but now, in her anger, she couldn't care less about that and was about to carry out the family discipline right here in the main hall.

Following Ruan Xiwen's command, a servant holding a rattan cane immediately stepped forward and swung the cane to strike Zhuang Hanyan's back.

Of course, Wei Tingyu would not allow anyone else to harm Zhuang Hanyan. He stepped forward and waved his folding fan, knocking the scoundrel to the ground. He rolled several times before barely stopping!

Seeing that Wei Tingyu had once again stepped forward to meddle in her family's internal affairs, Ruan Xiwen glared at him with unfriendly eyes.

Of course, Wei Tingyu was not afraid of this crazy future mother-in-law at all. He simply smiled and said, "Madam Zhuang, what are you saying? How can you whip the Third Miss with such fabricated charges?!"

“Lord Duke!” Although Ruan Xiwen had been keeping herself locked in the courtyard, she was not truly ignorant of the world! She had been closely following the changes and situations in the outside world, so she naturally knew Wei Tingyu’s identity and why he was in the Zhuang family’s courtyard.

He frowned, glared at Wei Tingyu, and questioned, "Have you been meddling too much in today's affairs?!"

"No matter how you look at it, this is a matter within my family, what does it have to do with the Duke?"

Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you if word gets out?

However, Ruan Xiwen's warning had no effect on Wei Tingyu, who naturally paid no attention to it. Upon hearing her words, his smile only deepened.

"The saying 'draw your sword to help those in need' is a code of honor that even the most ruthless outlaws understand!"

"I am a Duke, surely I am not as good as those who roam the martial world?"

"The lady kept saying that Miss Zhuang was going to take the matter to the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review, so she punished her with family law..."

"But everyone present could see clearly that it was I who was about to report to the authorities what happened tonight! What does this have to do with the Third Miss?"

"If Madam were to strike the Third Miss with this cane, what difference would it make from striking my face?"

"Or is it that Madam is using the punishment of the Third Miss as a pretext to actually harbor resentment towards me?!"

As Wei Tingyu finished speaking, his tone became increasingly sharp, and he sounded quite unfriendly, as if he were genuinely angry.

"Lord Duke! Please don't misunderstand, please don't misunderstand!" At this moment, Zhou Ruyin quickly stepped forward to persuade Wei Tingyu, "Madam absolutely did not mean that!"

Zhou Ruyin was naturally happy to see Zhuang Hanyan get a beating, but if it caused the Duke of Wei to become hostile towards the Zhuang family, it would be a huge loss and would also have a great impact on her son's future.

So Zhou Ruyin was the first to step forward!

After all, in her view, whether the family business prospers or fails in the future, it will be inherited by her son! Protecting this family business is protecting her son's future.

At this moment, Ruan Xiwen did not expect that Wei Tingyu was determined to get involved in the Zhuang family's affairs! What he said actually made some sense, so much so that she could not refute it!

But now she's in a bind! If she were to call it quits now, wouldn't she become a laughingstock?