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

"Keep your voice down! This is Lord Liu, the garrison judge of Dongdu! I know him!"

"What? He's an official?"

"Why does the imperial court accept just anyone? Does this inhumane fellow even deserve to be an official?"

...Upon hearing Liu Shen's words, the onlookers immediately began to chatter and discuss among themselves.

Before long, the incident that had just occurred on the bridge and Liu Shen's true identity were revealed by the onlookers.

Of course, besides being gossipy, the masses have another characteristic: they love to exaggerate!

In just a short while, Liu Shen's attempt to capture He Weifang had already been transformed into rumors that a lecherous father-in-law was harassing his daughter-in-law!

Upon hearing this, Wei Tingyu could only laugh.

He Weifang was a good actress, because they were misunderstanding Liu Shen, not herself!

Besides, the scene of her falling into the river was seen by these people as a testament to her loyalty and fortitude, showing that she would rather jump into the river than let her father-in-law succeed, and it did not damage her reputation...

The only one who couldn't save face was Liu Shen. He couldn't tolerate his father-in-law harassing his daughter-in-law, and now the public had even exposed his true identity. How could he still have the face to live in Dongdu after this?

If these things were to spread among officials, then forget about getting promoted; you'd be lucky if you weren't kicked out of office by the court!

"What nonsense are you spouting! What nonsense are you spouting!" Liu Shen frowned upon realizing this, then desperately tried to explain to the surrounding crowd, "I just wanted to take my daughter-in-law home! What do you mean by 'disrupting moral order'? Don't talk nonsense!"

"What? Who grabs a daughter-in-law in the street? I think they're clearly trying to force her!"

"Exactly! This explanation doesn't make sense!"

"I think this person disregards human ethics and is now making excuses!"

"That's right! It was just my daughter-in-law going out for a stroll. Was it really necessary to drive her to jump into the river?"

However, Liu Shen's explanation was clearly not believed by anyone, which made him so anxious that he was covered in sweat.

The only way to prove himself right now is to have his daughter-in-law, He Weifang, personally testify.

"Peony!" Thinking of this, Liu Shen quickly turned to He Weifang and bowed solemnly, saying, "Please speak up for my father! This misunderstanding will really damage the reputation of our Liu family!"

He Weifang just chuckled when she heard that!

So now you old fool are aware of the Liu family's reputation problem? But what does the Liu family's reputation have to do with me, He Weifang?

Seeing Wei Tingyu secretly wink at her, the clever He Weifang immediately understood that this was a good opportunity to get Liu Shen to admit to misappropriating his wife's dowry.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" He Weifang's eyes darted around, and she immediately put on a pitiful look, standing in the middle and bowing to the surrounding crowd, saying, "This humble woman only wants to go and see the two shops that came with my dowry from my maternal family today!"

"Because my mother-in-law and father-in-law wanted me to use my dowry to help support my husband's family."

"This young woman is only thinking of her husband's family, but I don't know why my father-in-law is so obstructing me!"

...As soon as He Weifang spoke, everyone present immediately understood.

So that’s what happened!

However, this old bastard Liu Shen, although he didn't have any bad intentions towards his daughter-in-law, it was too much to prevent her from looking at the shop that was part of her dowry!

Besides, what a wonderful daughter-in-law! She's even willing to give her dowry to her husband's family to help them out. What more could your Liu family possibly want?

The crowd, now that they had thought of this, started chattering again, their words and expressions filled with contempt for the Liu family and sympathy for He Weifang.

"Miss!" Yu Lu and He Weifang grew up together and naturally understood each other perfectly.

She immediately knew what she had to do. She put on an angry face and said to He Weifang in a persuasive tone, "Those rumors must be true! Why don't you believe them?"

"It's all over the servants in the Liu family mansion that the master and mistress of the Liu family are going to sell your dowry shop!"

"But you just believed they wouldn't do that! Now it seems they were just being cowardly because they had a guilty conscience!"

Upon hearing Yu Lu's words, everyone present looked as if they had suddenly realized something.

"So that's how it is! It seems these rumors must be true!"

"No wonder they stopped their daughter-in-law from going to see her dowry shop! They've probably already sold it!"

"Yes! If the daughter-in-law sees this, wouldn't it give us away? I never imagined there were such in-laws in the world!"

"Pah! How shameless! They're supposed to be from an official family, yet they're so despicable!"

"This explains everything that happened before. The Liu family actually sold the shop that was part of the bride's dowry?!"

Using a daughter-in-law's dowry is something that even ordinary people would find very shameful, let alone wealthy families.

Liu Shen was even more shameless! To prevent his daughter-in-law from going to look after the shop, he actually forced her to jump into the river!

This... can only be described as an absolute jerk father-in-law!

"I..." Liu Shen never expected that He Weifang and Yu Lu would sing in unison and expose the shameful fact that his family had used his daughter-in-law's dowry. Seeing the contemptuous looks from the crowd and hearing their sarcastic words, he immediately lost face.

"Let's go! Let's go home!" But since he had already been exposed, Liu Shen decided to go all out and pointed at He Weifang, saying, "Fine! Fine! Since you insist that I sold your dowry shop, then let's just say I did!"

"Go home right now and reflect on your actions!"

"Without my permission, you are not allowed to leave the hospital!"

These words displeased the onlookers, who immediately began to criticize Liu Shen.

The other party had made it clear that they had sold the daughter-in-law's dowry shop. When the father-in-law showed such a shameless face, the daughter-in-law really had no way to deal with it.

Because the other party really does have the right to lock you in your home and prevent you from coming out!

However, Wei Tingyu would certainly not tolerate Liu Shen! Especially not let him bully He Weifang like this!

A cold smile appeared on his lips, and he secretly pointed two fingers of his right hand toward Liu Shen's knee!

A sharp burst of internal energy shot out from between his fingers, striking the acupoint on Liu Shen's left knee.

Liu Shen was still loudly scolding He Weifang, and he was very pleased to see that she did not dare to talk back. But then he suddenly felt a pain in his knee and then he fell backward uncontrollably.

At that moment, Liu Shen happened to be standing by the bridge. Just like He Weifang had done earlier, he fell over the railing and into the river.

"Ah!" Accompanied by screams from Liu Shen and the onlookers, there was no hero to come to his rescue.

Liu Shen's obese body slammed heavily into the water with a thud, and the splashes even reached the bridge surface.

"Pfft!" Seeing her disgusting father-in-law end up like this, He Weifang couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Yu Lu burst into exaggerated laughter, so much so that she could barely straighten her back.

That's so satisfying! It really is satisfying!

From the very first day they joined the Liu family, the two women had imagined all sorts of unfortunate scenarios for Liu Shen in their minds! But unlike those meaningless fantasies, what was happening right before their eyes was a real occurrence!

"Help...help me...help me..." Liu Shen couldn't swim to begin with, and with one leg numb, he thrashed around in the water for a couple of moments before sinking, gulping down river water as he did so.

His two servants were terrified. If their master drowned, they would have no way to explain themselves when they returned. They might even be beaten to death by the angry mistress and young master.

So, without thinking twice, he rushed to the riverbank to prepare for the rescue.

Of course, all of this has nothing to do with He Weifang!

After seeing Liu Shen's miserable state, she glanced in Wei Tingyu's direction with her beautiful eyes that curved like crescent moons, only to see that his figure had already disappeared into the crowd.

"Huh!" At this moment, Yu Lu also noticed that the jade-faced fox-like young man had disappeared. She looked around in confusion and asked, "Where did that young master go?"

"What do you want with that young master?" He Weifang glanced at Yu Lu and asked, "Weren't you afraid that young master had ulterior motives towards me?"

“One thing at a time!” Yu Lu thought for a moment and replied, “I want to tell 220 directly to his face that Miss is already a member of the Marquis’s family, and tell him not to have any more ideas! Otherwise, he’ll regret it in the future!”

"Of course, he saved Miss's life, so we should naturally thank him properly! Giving him some gold, silver, and jade would be a good idea, wouldn't it?"

Why bother with gold, silver, or jade? I've already given him my whole self!

He Weifang thought to herself, then pulled Yu Lu, who was looking around anxiously, and walked straight into the distance.

Liu Shen's life or death was no longer her concern, and she couldn't be bothered to care!

Right now, we still need to stop the Liu family's steward and accountant from selling her dowry shops, but that's even more important!

Of course, He Weifang felt much more at ease at this moment!

After all, she knew that the handsome fox-faced young man hadn't gone far and was probably watching over her from somewhere.

……

It's lunchtime! In the courtyard where Wei Tingyu lives, he is having lunch with four beautiful women!

Dou Zhao and He Weifang sat on his left and right, respectively, one pouring him wine and the other serving him food.

Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru sat opposite him, one peeling shrimp and the other carefully picking out fish bones.

Of course, the shrimp and fish that the two women had peeled were also placed on the plate in front of Wei Tingyu.

Wei Tingyu already felt guilty about this life of being waited on hand and foot! Now, in addition to his three wives and concubines, He Weifang has also joined this large family that actively serves him.

But he couldn't refuse the favors of these beauties. When he thought that if he didn't let them serve him, all four women would have a "I'll cry if you don't let me serve you" look on their faces, what could he do?

I can only reluctantly play the role of this useless head of the household!

"Sister He! Have you heard?" Miao Ansu placed a peeled shrimp on Wei Tingyu's plate, and at the same time looked at He Weifang, who was pouring him wine, and asked, "The master of the Liu family fell into the river today, and almost drowned!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Zhao Zhangru's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. She had practiced her swordsmanship all morning and hadn't heard any of this gossip. Now that she was interested, she quickly asked, "Quick! Tell me the details!"

"I heard it from the servants!" Miao Ansu blinked and said, "It is said that the master of the Liu family went to inspect the family's shops today, but encountered villains who wanted to rob him. In the ensuing struggle, he was pushed into the river!"

"Pfft!" Upon hearing this, He Weifang burst out laughing. This Liu Shen really knew how to flatter himself!

It's a real shame that God didn't let this guy drown in the river!