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

"Don't you two sisters understand yet?" He Weifang stood up and poured Wei Tingyu a cup of hot wine, then looked at Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru and said with a smile, "What family banquet to welcome guests? It's obvious they just want Dou Ming to come into our Marquis's mansion too!"

Thanks to their conversations along the way, He Weifang now knows almost everything about the Dou family.

"Huh?" After hearing He Weifang's words, Miao Ansu and Zhao Zhangru finally realized what was going on.

It's no wonder they couldn't understand it before. Logically speaking, Wang Yingxue, as a mother, had no reason to put her own daughter in her stepdaughter's room as a concubine!

However, if you take a longer-term view, you will naturally understand what Wang Yingxue is planning!

So once the words were spoken, everyone present understood perfectly.

The so-called family banquet tomorrow is actually for Wei Tingyu and Dou Ming to get to know each other.

However, Wei Tingyu already has four wives and concubines at home, so the Dou family's actions are really risking their reputation!

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"The scenery is beautiful! The renovation is also excellent! I never expected that a manor could have such a refined and elegant style!" On the second day, at the banquet, as soon as she pushed open the gate of the manor, Wei Tingyu's elder sister, Lady Wei Tingzhen, the Duchess of Jingguo, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as she looked at the scenery of the entire courtyard.

Wang Yingxue seemed to have made preparations in advance, choosing a farm owned by Old Madam Cui as the venue for the banquet.

Ostensibly, it was to welcome back her son-in-law, Wei Tingyu, who had traveled a long way, so Old Madam Cui had no reason to refuse.

“My mother-in-law doesn’t like the hustle and bustle of the city, so she arranged this farmhouse for me!” Wang Yingxue couldn’t help but feel proud after hearing Wei Tingzhen’s praise.

Meanwhile, Dou Ming was already waiting in the courtyard. After all, she knew that if she wanted to become a concubine in the Marquis's mansion, it would be necessary to please Wei Tingyu's sister!

Upon seeing the two women enter, he quickly went to greet them, bowing respectfully and saying, "Greetings, Mother! Greetings, Duchess!"

"Good, good, good!" Upon seeing the obedient Dou Ming, Wei Tingzhen's face immediately lit up with a smile, and she quickly stepped forward to help Dou Ming stand up.

"I've always heard that Miss Dou is gentle, generous, beautiful and intelligent! Meeting her today, I can confirm that her reputation is well-deserved!"

Dou Ming blushed with embarrassment upon hearing Wei Tingzhen's praise, but he was also secretly delighted.

Of course, when she looked behind the two of them and found that Wei Tingyu was not there, she also showed a hint of disappointment.

"By the way! Why didn't the Marquis of Jining come with his wife?" Wang Yingxue, of course, saw through her daughter's little thoughts and asked Wei Tingzhen.

The reason she went through all the trouble of first asking Wei Tingzhen and then asking Wei Tingyu through her was because she was afraid that her nominal son-in-law wouldn't give her face!

After all, Wang Yingxue still remembered the scenes of the family banquet in the mansion very clearly.

It can be said that in the Dou family, apart from Dou Zhao, Wei Tingyu doesn't give face to anyone else!

Even though she was nominally his mother-in-law and an elder, she had absolutely no confidence in being able to control Wei Tingyu!

"He's now hopelessly in love! He can't extricate himself..." However, as soon as Wei Tingzhen mentioned this younger brother, an unhappy expression immediately appeared on her face.

"He went to the Eastern Capital and came back with another concubine! He didn't even inform me, his older sister, beforehand!" Wei Tingzhen became increasingly angry as she spoke, and began to complain to Wang Yingxue: "When I went to the Marquis's residence this morning, he hadn't even gotten up yet. I can tell he must have been up all night..."

As a result, Wang Yingxue quietly tugged at her clothes halfway through her sentence, signaling her to shut up.

Wei Tingzhen then realized what was happening.

Oh, right! Didn't I discuss with Wang Yingxue beforehand about facilitating Wei Tingyu's marriage to Dou Ming?

Now that he's complaining about Wei Tingyu's womanizing ways in front of Dou Ming, won't that make Dou Ming back down?

However, when Wei Tingzhen turned to look at Dou Ming, she was surprised to find that the girl's eyes were full of disappointment, without any anger or resentment.

Dou Ming was only unhappy because Wei Tingyu had taken another woman as a concubine, and that woman wasn't her! As for jealousy, she felt absolutely none!

"Let's not worry about him, he'll be here soon!" Wei Tingzhen smiled and said to Dou Ming, "He wouldn't dare disrespect his older sister! After all, when he married Dou Zhao, it was my brother-in-law and I who personally proposed to him..."

Upon hearing Wei Tingzhen's words, Wang Yingxue couldn't help but roll her eyes several times, thinking to herself, "No wonder you and your brother don't get along very well!"

With your low emotional intelligence, you've probably offended everyone around you by now, haven't you?

If she weren't the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jining and the wife of the Duke of Jing, she would have been slapped countless times by now!

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Chapter 83 Her lover was actually Wei Tingyu?! Wang Yingxue was shocked!

"How dare I compare myself to my sister!" Dou Ming quickly shook his head after hearing Wei Tingzhen's words and said, "As long as I can stay by my brother-in-law's side from now on, I will be content! I really dare not have any unrealistic expectations..."

As soon as Dou Ming said this, Wang Yingxue rolled her eyes repeatedly!

At the same time, she felt helpless about her daughter's docile personality.

"What are you saying, Ming'er?" However, when Wei Tingzhen saw Dou Ming's appearance, she first glanced at Wang Yingxue in surprise, and seeing that she also had a helpless expression, she immediately understood.

She quickly stepped forward, gently took Dou Ming's hand, and said, "I really don't like Dou Zhao! If my brother hadn't insisted on marrying her, I wouldn't have come to propose marriage to her!"

"It's my fault for not asking around properly back then. I didn't even know the Dou family had such a wonderful girl as Ming'er! Otherwise, you would definitely be the mistress of this Marquis's mansion right now!"

"But don't worry about tomorrow! My heart is with you!"

"Sooner or later, I'll make Dou Zhao obediently vacate the position of your principal wife!"

Wei Tingzhen had already discussed the next steps with Wang Yingxue, and of course, Wang Yingxue had made many promises to her.

For example, they might make promises like, "After we remove Dou Zhaoxiu from the Marquis's mansion and seize her dowry, we can give half of it to Wei Tingzhen."

This kind of nonsense that even a ghost wouldn't believe was believed by Wei Tingzhen, a foolish woman, who believed it without question!

This is also the main reason why she is now working so hard to help Dou Ming replace Dou Zhao in his position.

As for who her younger brother Wei Tingyu actually likes? Wei Tingzhen doesn't care at all!

"Me, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis's mansion?" Dou Ming was taken aback, then quickly shook his head!

She had never had such a wish before, and hearing it now terrified her.

"No, no! If my brother-in-law finds out, he will definitely despise me!" Dou Ming is a smart girl. She probably understands Wei Tingyu's character and knows that his love for his sister Dou Zhao makes it absolutely impossible for him to divorce her.

If she tried to force herself on him, it would only cause him to be disliked, so she immediately shook her head like a rattle drum!

"Besides, my sister treats me very well! I can't do this!" Of course, most importantly, Dou Ming's conscience wouldn't allow her to do such a thing!

"Oh dear! My silly girl, how could you..." Wang Yingxue was speechless and stepped forward, pulling Dou Ming along, intending to scold her. But before she could finish speaking, they heard a commotion of chickens and ducks squawking from ahead.

Then, surprisingly, Zhao Zhangru, accompanied by two maids, was seen chasing after several chickens and ducks that were flapping around wildly, rushing towards them.

In an instant, chicken feathers and duck feathers flew everywhere, and many stuck to Wang Yingxue and Wei Tingzhen... causing them to squeal and scream!

Zhao Zhangru and two maids quickly caught all the chickens and ducks, then looked up at Wang Yingxue.

"Madam! Sister-in-law!" Zhao Zhangru blinked, holding a kitchen knife that looked like it was used to kill chickens and ducks, and chuckled as she stared at Wang Yingxue and Wei Tingzhen.

"Ru-jie? What are you doing..." Wang Yingxue was completely dumbfounded. She originally thought that there would be no one else in this courtyard today except for Wei Tingyu, who would be attending the banquet later, and herself. However, she did not expect that Zhao Zhangru would also be there.

"I'll catch a few more chickens and ducks tonight for everyone!" Zhao Zhangru said with a smug smile. "Since today is to welcome the Marquis back, I must cook myself to show my sincerity! Sister-in-law, please stay for dinner later, don't leave first!"

After saying that, he waved his hand domineeringly and walked towards the kitchen with two maids carrying the chickens and ducks.

Wang Yingxue and the other girls were stunned for several seconds before they reacted.

"Wait a minute! How come she's here?" Wang Yingxue turned to Wei Tingzhen and asked, "When you went to the Jining Marquis's residence this morning to ask the Marquis to come over, wasn't the Marquis still asleep?"

"I only heard it from the servants of the Marquis's mansion, and I haven't seen my brother's wives and concubines! Who knew they would arrive at this garden before us?" Wei Tingzhen was also completely bewildered.

"Do you know, Ming'er?" Wang Yingxue knew Wei Tingzhen wasn't lying, so she turned to Dou Ming and asked. After all, Wei Tingzhen had greeted her and Wei Tingzhen in the courtyard earlier.

"I don't know either! I only arrived a little earlier than Mother and the Duchess!" Dou Ming shrank his neck and answered cautiously.

"It seems the Marquis's family isn't willing to be so easily manipulated!" Wang Yingxue finally understood completely; her trap had been set too obviously! Putting aside everything else, Dou Zhao and the other women must have realized it, so they had made arrangements beforehand.

"Huh?" Wei Tingzhen blinked, staring at Wang Yingxue for a long while before asking, "You mean not only the Zhao family... but also the others..."

"No need to ask, they're definitely here!" Wang Yingxue gently shook her fan, striking a pose like a female Zhuge Liang.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it anymore!" Wei Tingzhen smiled awkwardly, then said, "Anyway, didn't you want to send Ming'er into the Marquis's mansion as well? Wouldn't it be good to let her get to know my brother's wives and concubines beforehand?"

The group chatted as they walked on, but just as they passed a pavilion, they heard a sharp scolding voice coming from inside!

"I won!" Miao Ansu was playing mahjong with several maids in the pavilion, looking smug, with several pieces of paper stuck to her pretty face.

"You've lost again! Hurry up and stick them on!" Miao Ansu said triumphantly to the maids, and then, by sheer coincidence, she spotted the women walking over.

"Madam! Sister-in-law!" Miao Ansu immediately waved to them happily and called out, "Sister Zhao taught me this! It's so much fun! Do you want to join me?"

"..." Wang Yingxue and Wei Tingzhen both immediately showed embarrassed expressions, while Dou Ming looked at Miao Ansu with curiosity a few more times, as if she was quite interested in participating.

"Ming'er! Don't be rude!" However, Wang Yingxue was definitely not going to let Dou Ming go. She directly scolded him in a low voice, pulling the eager little girl's heart back from wandering over.

"Let's go check out the backyard!" Wang Yingxue was speechless. It turned out that the girls had put on this show for her first thing in the morning, just to mess with her mind!

Thinking of how chaotic the Marquis's backyard used to be, Wang Yingxue felt a pang of heartache.

I wonder if it's a good thing to send my daughter Dou Ming over as well?

What if Dou Ming ends up like them in the future? Wouldn't all my teaching over the past ten years have been for nothing?

However, at this moment, Dou Ming felt even more envious of her two older sisters, Zhao Zhangru and Miao Ansu!

Unexpectedly, the Marquis allowed them to have so much fun, as long as he was happy! This was such a rare luxury for women confined to their mansions!

“This courtyard is my grandmother’s favorite. The flowers and plants here are all carefully tended to…” Wang Yingxue pulled Wei Tingzhen into the backyard and began to talk incessantly, but then stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence.

Because she saw a richly dressed woman squatting on the ground with two maids, tending to the flowers and plants.

The mud on her little face and the jewels in her hair looked so out of place!

"When did this manor hire such a gardener?" Wang Yingxue frowned, then stepped forward.