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

Despite these thoughts, Lady Li and her daughters didn't feel any resentment. After all, the gap between nobles and merchants was simply too vast in those days, almost insurmountable!

It should be noted that He Weifang's maternal family, the He family, was originally a very wealthy and respectable family in Dongdu! However, at the banquet welcoming Wei Tingyu and the Princess of Ji'an, their patriarch was not even qualified to sit at the main table!

As for small merchant families like the Li family in the outskirts of the capital, they were not even qualified to know about such banquets!

"But what is the status of the Marquis of Jining? Why would he be willing to accompany Madam Wang and her daughter to the gate of the Fan residence?" However, the eldest daughter, Shouhua, thought of another question at this moment, and she frowned and asked.

"You should know that many people in the capital must recognize the carriage of the Marquis of Jining!"

"If someone sees it parked in front of the Fan residence, with a group of women pulling and arguing in front of it..."

"Wouldn't this make the Marquis of Jining lose face if word got out?"

Shouhua's question was quite insightful. As soon as she said it, her younger sisters frowned, because the matter did indeed seem illogical.

"Isn't that simple?" However, their mother, Lady Li, revealed a meaningful smile and said, "It can only be because the Marquis dotes on my best friend's daughter too much!"

"You all need to learn something here! A young master's favor can sometimes be completely illogical!"

"If he likes you, he'd even pluck the stars from the sky for you!"

"If he doesn't have you in his heart, even if you are humbled to the dust, he won't even glance at you!"

"So when you get married in the future, you must remember to try your best to win your husband's heart! There is nothing more important than this in a grand family!"

Lady Li didn't miss this opportunity and quickly gave her daughter another lecture.

At this moment, she realized that her second daughter, Fu Hui, was being bullied in her husband's family because she was too upright and did not know how to be flexible.

Of course, she understood Fu Hui's situation in the Fan family, so although what she said at the door earlier was full of anger, as a mother, Li Niangzi did not blame her daughter too much!

……

Wang Yingxue was overjoyed, even excited, because of her best friend's arrival! She took the initiative to find a nice inn for Li Niangzi that wasn't too expensive, and arranged for the mother and daughter to stay there.

After expressing her gratitude to Wang Yingxue, Lady Li turned and gracefully walked toward the carriage of the Marquis's residence parked nearby.

"On behalf of my entire family, I thank Your Excellency for your great kindness!" Amidst the bewildered gazes of those around her, Lady Li bowed slightly towards the carriage and spoke.

Wei Tingyu, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them curiously at this moment.

Because this part wasn't in the original storyline! He's curious to see how things will unfold afterward...

What is the purpose of this beautiful lady coming all the way to pay homage to me?!

Wang Yingxue and Dou Ming were also completely dumbfounded. They hadn't expected that Lady Li would know that the Marquis was in the carriage and even take the initiative to go over and give him a deep bow!

"How did you know I was in the carriage?" Wei Tingyu asked directly without getting out of the carriage or lifting the curtain.

Li Niangzi, whose heart was still pounding, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the deep, powerful voice from inside the carriage.

It seems I guessed right, otherwise this behavior would have been incredibly embarrassing!

"I could vaguely sense an air of nobility emanating from the Marquis's carriage from the back!" Of course, Lady Li wouldn't tell Wei Tingyu the reasons behind her guesses, but instead directly flattered him: "That's why I dared to guess that there must be someone important inside! Fortunately, my intuition was right!"

"Overwhelmingly noble?" Wei Tingyu laughed upon hearing this.

Good heavens! This Lady Li's desire to curry favor with the Marquis's mansion is far too blatant!

However, he did not look down on the other party because of this. After all, as a mother, there was nothing shameful about bowing down for her own and her daughters' future!

Instead, Wei Tingyu felt a slight admiration for this woman who was both flexible and assertive, and who was both fierce and calm!

Thinking of this, Wei Tingyu reached out and lifted the curtain, revealing her entire face to everyone present.

This immediately stunned Li Niangzi and her four daughters! Upon seeing Wei Tingyu, they almost simultaneously gasped in surprise.

After all, in these women's original impression, shouldn't a so-called marquis be a middle-aged man with a big belly and a shiny face, or an old man who is on his deathbed?

But Wei Tingyu has truly shattered their preconceived notions!

This handsome and rugged face clearly shows that he is only in his early twenties. He is so young and promising, and he has also inherited the title of Marquis of Jining!

No wonder Wang Yingxue walks with a swaying gait; with a son-in-law like that, it's impossible not to be proud!

To be honest, Li Niangzi was originally a little envious of Wang Yingxue for marrying into the Jining Marquis's family, but now that feeling was almost turning into jealousy!

Of course, she was just itching to do it, and she didn't have any intention of harming anyone!

"I admire Lady Li for her hard work and dedication in arranging marriages for her daughters!" Since it was a matter of course to exchange New Year's greetings to save face, Wei Tingyu wasn't embarrassed at all and smiled as he nodded to Lady Li.

Without waiting for a reply, he turned to Wang Yingxue and said, "It's getting late! We should go!"

"Yes!" Wang Yingxue was initially a little jealous when she saw her best friend talking to Wei Tingyu.

Now that he was happy, he quickly nodded and then took his daughter to the Marquis's carriage.

"Li Niang! After you've settled in, remember to come to the Dou residence and have a good talk with me!" Wang Yingxue said to Li Niangzi through the curtains after getting into the carriage.

"Don't worry! I'll come see you whenever I have time!" Li Niangzi nodded with a smile and replied, "I have so many things I want to tell you over the years."

……

"Madam! Ladies! We have prepared the best rooms for you!" After watching the carriage of the Marquis of Jining's residence gradually disappear into the distance, the innkeeper personally came forward, bowing and scraping as he spoke to Lady Li and her five daughters.

"A superior room?" Li Niangzi was taken aback, then blinked and said, "We didn't book a superior room! We booked a medium-sized room in the lower-level section! Superior rooms are too expensive, we can't afford them!"

After all, this is the capital city, and the inn's accommodation fees are several times more expensive than where they used to live! After inquiring, Li Niangzi gritted her teeth and took out the money to stay in the middle room.

She really couldn't bear to give up her room!

"Oh dear, what are you saying!" However, the innkeeper quickly shook his head upon hearing this, and while instructing the waiter to help Lady Li and her party carry their bundles and wooden boxes upstairs, he said, "It's already an honor for a distinguished guest like you to stay here! How could I be so ungrateful?"

"Don't worry! We'll still charge you the price for a medium-sized room, but we'll upgrade you all to a superior room!"

The boss was no fool, of course. After seeing Lady Li and Marquis Jining exchange a few words, he immediately understood.

After all, how could someone who has been able to run an inn in the capital for so long not be a shrewd person?

Since the upper rooms are empty and no one lives there anyway, we can just upgrade Li Niangzi and her group to the upper rooms. We won't lose anything, and we can even gain some goodwill out of thin air!

"Mother! Be careful, it might be a scam!" Si Niang Haode whispered to Li Niangzi as she approached.

"What if we stay in the superior room and then they raise the rent for us tomorrow morning?" Wu Niang Leshan nodded repeatedly, as she had seen this kind of scam in storybooks before.

"Oh dear! What are you saying, ladies?" The innkeeper shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, sweat beading on his forehead.

"Even if I had the greatest courage in the world, I wouldn't dare to lie to you!"

"If the Marquis comes looking for trouble with me again, how am I supposed to keep this shop running?"

"Please, gentlemen, don't say that. If you continue, I'll have no choice but to prove my innocence with my life!"

The boss's words became increasingly exaggerated, and he even put on an act as if he would immediately kill himself on the steps if they didn't believe him, leaving the women completely stunned.

And combining this with what he had just said, Li Niangzi and her daughter finally understood.

So the innkeeper wasn't trying to cheat himself, but rather to curry favor with the Marquis's family?

But the problem is, I have no connection with the Marquis. I only exchanged a few words with him. Is that enough to warrant him going to such lengths to come up here and curry favor?

It seems I was too conservative when it came to reading stories and listening to audiobooks back then!

……

Bah!

"What did you say?" At this moment, in the Fan residence, Master Fan slammed his hand on the table, stood up with wide eyes, and threw the tea he was holding onto the ground.

Madam Fan stared in disbelief at the servant woman kneeling before her, weeping.

Lady Li's two slaps were truly powerful; the servant's cheeks were already swollen! Moreover, the two red handprints on her face were very clear, looking as if they had been drawn on with cigarette paper!

"It's true!" The maidservant seemed to have found her pillar of support. Covering her cheeks, she cried to Master Fan, "That in-law, relying on her connections, actually slapped me twice, left and right! Master, look at my face..."

"I didn't tell you to say that!" Before she could finish speaking, Master Fan angrily stepped forward and kicked her again, knocking the maid to the ground.

"Huh?!" The maid was completely dumbfounded. The accusations she had just prepared vanished from her mind. For a moment, she stared blankly at the master of the house, utterly bewildered.

"Tell me about the person who's backing up Lady Li!" Master Fan was so angry that he grabbed a servant's collar and shouted, "What? You've gotten involved with the Marquis of Jining's mansion again?"

"Yes...yes..." The maidservant only reacted after being yelled at by Master Fan, and quickly nodded.

At this point, she disregarded her grievances and recounted the whole story verbatim.

Moreover, seeing the patriarch's furious appearance, he was trembling with fear!

So much so that the process of description was entirely truthful, without daring to embellish it in the slightest.

"It's over! It's all over!" After hearing the maid's description, Madam Fan stood up shakily, her teeth chattering, and said, "Master! It's all over!"

"Who would have thought that the Li family could be connected with the Marquis of Jining's mansion?"

"Who is this Marquis of Jining? If he wants to punish our Fan family..."

"What are we going to do?!"

Mrs. Fan swayed unsteadily, looking as if she was about to faint, and uttered words that suggested there was no hope left.

"Shut up!" Upon hearing this, Master Fan became even more furious and roared at his wife.

Back then, it was I, the wife, who made things difficult for my daughter-in-law in every way, and even tried to make things difficult for her mother and sisters who were about to visit the capital! Now look what's happened. Who really got the short end of the stick?

"But sir..." Madam Fan still didn't understand the situation! She knew that crying and wailing wouldn't help resolve the matter at all, but she just couldn't help it!

Master Fan was, after all, a businessman, so he quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

Hearing his wife still arguing and saying discouraging things, he couldn't stand it anymore and went up to her, slapping her hard across the face twice.