Chapter 208 The Next Day

Wei Tingyu woke up from a hangover headache. Before he even opened his eyes, he heard a gentle voice asking him, "Lord, are you awake?" A faint scent of osmanthus filled his nose, and a soft body gently supported him, and a warm porcelain bowl was placed to his lips: "Lord, drink some sobering soup, you will feel better."

He was too lazy to open his eyes, and gulped down the sobering soup from the porcelain bowl in a daze. He fell asleep and was ready to go back to sleep. He wondered who this maid was? Why did her voice sound so strange? But she was pretty nice, with a soft body, a fragrant smell, and gentle movements, much better than the servants who usually served him... The thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly remembered that he had gotten married yesterday. He shouted and sat up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Dou Ming sitting by the bed, cleaning up the soup bowls and not having time to get up.

"Fifth Miss?!" Wei Tingyu's eyes were wide open, "You, why are you here?" He looked around in great panic, but in his heart he was afraid that he had done something wrong yesterday. When he saw all the red wedding curtains and candles, he was sure that he was indeed in his own new house. He felt relieved and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Then he heard Dou Ming smiling softly and asked him, "My Lord, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?" As he said that, he smiled with his sleeves covered. His big almond eyes were as tender and affectionate as spring water, which made Wei Tingyu stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Dou Ming, who was marrying in place of someone else, was worried about everything. She was heartbroken when she saw Wei Tingyu avoiding her like a snake or a scorpion. But she remembered that she had made up her mind when she decided to marry in place of someone else. No matter what kind of difficulties she would encounter, she would not regret it, complain, or complain to her family - anyway, her so-called family were nothing more than her sister whose husband she had taken away and whom she would probably never have any contact with again until she died, and a group of cousins ​​who did not like her. For the sake of her mother's better life in the Dou family and for her own face, she had to fight for it no matter what and live a good life with Wei Tingyu.

So he pretended to be indifferent, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and chatted and laughed with Wei Tingyu with a smile.

Wei Tingyu was just like before, staring at himself in a daze again.

The smile on her lips deepened.

What my mother said makes sense. As long as you coax a man, nine out of ten of them will change their minds.

She simply lowered her body and asked him with a charming smile, "My Lord, are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to make you another bowl of sobering soup?"

Wei Tingyu was startled and came to his senses.

He looked alert and asked, "You, why are you here? Where is your sister?"

Dou Ming blinked when he heard this, and tears soon fell: "Yesterday, yesterday I worshipped heaven and earth on behalf of my sister and Lord Hou, and entered the bridal chamber." As he spoke, two red clouds appeared on his cheeks, as tender and beautiful as peach blossoms in spring.

Wei Tingyu was no longer in the mood to appreciate it. He was sweating profusely and cried out in shock: "How could this happen? Where is your sister? What happened?"

The upper house of the Marquis's mansion had seven beams and five rooms. Ma Jun's wife had been on guard in the banquet room outside the inner room for a whole night. When she heard the noise, she knew that the truth had been revealed and the Marquis of Jining would hold her accountable.

The young wife who had slept with him all night, and who was also a beautiful girl, was naturally more popular than this half-blurred woman. How could she be so foolish as to barge in?

She gave a look to the maids who came with the dowry, and a little maid went in and took all the servants from the inner room out of the bridal chamber.

Ma Jun's family put their ears to the door of the inner room and eavesdropped.

Dou Ming's sobbing sound came from the inner room.

"What could it be? Doesn't the Marquis understand my sister's feelings? I asked the Marquis to meet me at Daxiangguo Temple because there are many gossipers in my family and I was afraid that someone would gossip about me in front of my sister and make her jealous. Who knew that my sister would find out about this and she didn't want to marry me. She even begged my fifth aunt to help her break off the engagement.

If you want to cancel the engagement, then cancel it. But your sister refused to agree. She insisted that the Dou family delayed your marriage and asked the Dou family to compensate your family. My Dou family in Beilou has been officials for generations, with many descendants. My fifth uncle is a noble elder. If he agreed to compensate your family, wouldn’t the children of the family follow suit when they encounter such a thing in the future? Where would my fifth uncle’s dignity be then?”

This is definitely something my sister shouldn’t have done!

"This, this..." Wei Tingyu wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling very aggrieved.

Dou Ming's hand, which was wiping his tears, paused slightly and he glanced over out of the corner of his eye.

She pursed her lips and smiled secretly, but then she cried even louder: "How could my fifth aunt agree? My sister refused to get married no matter what. When it was time to get on the bridal sedan, I don't know why, my sister suddenly fainted, and your bridal sedan had already arrived at the door. The whole family was in a panic... People at home blamed me, saying that it was all my fault. I was so angry that I changed my sister's wedding dress..." At this point, she wiped her face randomly, straightened her body, and said stubbornly, "Although we have already prayed to heaven and earth, you were very drunk last night and did nothing. There is still a quarrel between us. "The past is innocent. If you still care about my sister, please send me back while it's still early and we haven't worshipped our ancestors yet. If my sister is willing to come with you, just pretend that nothing happened and I will tie my hair up and become a nun. If my sister is not willing to come with you, you have the marriage certificate in hand and you have asked the Marquis of Yan'an to be the matchmaker. You can ask him to help you either ask the Dou family for someone or ask the Dou family to compensate you. It's up to you to do it. I will obey you, Lord Marquis!" After saying this, she pursed her lips tightly, looking like she was ready to let you do whatever you want, but tears fell silently like raindrops.

When Wei Tingyu saw her, a petite girl who looked like a crabapple flower, he was obviously afraid in his heart, but he showed his determination to never come back. His heart had already softened into a pool of water, so he had no time to think carefully about Dou Ming's words. He just instinctively felt that if he sent Dou Ming back, she would probably have no way to survive; if the matter got out of hand, the Dou family would be embarrassed, and their Wei family would also be pointed at by others, so it was not possible to sue the Dou family... But his wife who was not married was Dou Zhao!

The face as bright and beautiful as Mayday appeared in his mind, and he hesitated again.

Even after saying so much, Wei Tingyu was still hesitating.

Dou Ming gritted his teeth as he watched, and stood up suddenly. He said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "I won't make things difficult for Lord Hou!" Then he lowered his head and crashed into the big red floor-standing pillar beside him.

"Fifth Miss!" Wei Tingyu was horrified, and jumped up from the bed, rushed forward and hugged Dou Ming's waist, "We can talk it out, we can talk it out! You must not go and seek death!"

"If I'm not seeking death, then am I still alive to be laughed at?" Dou Ming struggled and was about to hit his head against the pillar.

"Don't do this, don't do this!" Wei Tingyu was extremely anxious.

Ma Jun's family broke into the house with a bang.

"Miss, Aunt, what's the matter?" I didn't expect that the Fifth Miss would have such means! With the Fifth Miss, this task is already half done! She couldn't help but praise Dou Ming in her heart, but pretended to be shocked on her face, "If you have anything to say, just say it nicely, if you have anything to say, just say it nicely! This is the second day of the wedding, and someone will come to invite you to offer sacrifices to the stove and recognize your relatives. If you make a scene," she said to Dou Ming, "the lady will definitely think that you are willful and disrespectful to your husband as soon as you enter the house," and said to Wei Tingyu, "You teach your son in front of the hall and your wife by your side. Even if our young lady has done something wrong, you can't make a scene like you did today. Everyone knows that our young lady will be in charge of the family's reward in the future. If you don't respect our young lady, how can the old people in the family respect her? No matter what, it's a matter of killing one thousand enemies and hurting eight hundred of your own! Please calm down, Lord. If you have anything to say, please talk to our young lady. Our young lady has been taught by the family since she was young and has read a lot of books. What doesn't she understand? She is not the kind of person who doesn't know what's good for her. Naturally, she will take your kindness to heart." As he spoke, he went to stop Dou Ming.

Wei Tingyu had already been frightened by Dou Ming. When he saw someone coming to persuade him, his expression relaxed and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Dou Ming took the opportunity to throw himself into Ma Jun's arms and burst into tears: "The Marquis wants to send me back, I might as well die here. If I had known this would happen, I should not have married here in my sister's place! If anyone is to blame, it's because I was too soft-hearted. I was afraid that the Marquis would embarrass himself, but I forgot that the Marquis only had my sister in his heart..."

Hearing that Dou Ming married for him, Wei Tingyu suddenly felt guilty and said quickly, "No, no!" As for what the "no" was, he couldn't tell.

Dou Minggan simply burst into tears.

Ma Junjia secretly praised in her heart, "That's a good point", but her face immediately changed to a frowning look. While holding Dou Ming's shoulders and wiping her tears, she shouted loudly: "This is the fault of the Marquis! Before the marriage, the Marquis knew our Fifth Miss. What's wrong? Now that we have worshipped heaven and earth, lifted the veil, drank the wedding wine, and entered the bridal chamber, he denies it? What did you do before? There is no such a cheap thing in the world?" As she spoke, she helped Dou Ming to sit on the armchair beside her, took two steps at a time, stepped forward and pulled Wei Tingyu's arm, "Let's go to Shuntian Mansion to ask the Justice to judge for us! Let's see who is right!"

They pushed and shoved each other and insisted on going to Shuntianfu with Wei Tingyu.

Dou Ming covered his face and cried even more heartbrokenly.

Wei Tingyu was overwhelmed. He knew in his heart that marrying on behalf of another was not such a simple matter. It must have been agreed by the elders of the Dou family. He felt like he had been wronged. But what Ma Junjia said was reasonable. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He felt that his daughter-in-law was too bold. He could not find a word to refute her. He was so anxious that he could not say a word. If she was not a member of the Dou family, it might be inappropriate for him to take action. Otherwise, he would have kicked Ma Junjia out of the door long ago. How could he tolerate her arrogance?

His face turned livid.

Dou Ming, who was always paying attention to Wei Tingyu, naturally noticed it.

She could not bear to cry anymore, and hurried forward to stop Ma Jun's family: "If you want to blame someone, blame my bad luck, what has it to do with the Marquis? Let me go quickly!"

The Fifth Madam wanted to accept this marriage. After overcoming the current hurdle, Marquis Jining would still be the Fifth Aunt of the Dou family, and she was just a daughter-in-law in the Dowager Madam's house. How could she dare to show the Fifth Aunt of the Dou family her displeasure!

Ma Jun's wife immediately let go of her hand, hugged Dou Ming and started to cry: "My poor Fifth Miss! Why are you so stupid? The Wei family is embarrassed, what does it have to do with you? You jumped out so hastily, how can others appreciate your kindness, they will only think you are a trouble..."

This daughter-in-law is really good at talking!

Dou Ming wished he could reward her with some top-quality red wine.

She and Ma Jun's family hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Wei Tingyu was dumbfounded.

Neither left nor right.

The room was in a mess.

A capable nanny by Tian's side had come over on Tian's orders to inquire about the new bride's true status. Upon hearing the news, she hurried to inform Tian.