[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-doted-by-the-regent-king":3,"chapter-doted-by-the-regent-king-doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-174":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Doted By The Regent King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1325065,1760,"Chapter 174 - 174 174 The Origin of Liu Jin","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-174",174,"\u003Cp>174: Chapter 174: The Origin of Liu Jin 174: Chapter 174: The Origin of Liu Jin Wufu clearly understood Madam Zhou’s temperament; she was easily swayed by others’ opinions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Madam Lu and her kin had come acting pitiable, her heart had softened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t she remember how the Zhou family had treated them, mother and daughter, in the past?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wufu hadn’t been away from home, would they dare to come and feign pity to garner sympathy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had been there, would they have managed to gain any advantage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about how Madam Zhou had given them silver, Wufu’s heart was filled with discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she begrudged the silver, rather that those receiving it were not deserving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving to beggars would at least earn one the reputation of being a kind person, but giving to those ungrateful wolves would likely make others laugh and call her a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking her head, Wufu realized that in the future, she probably shouldn’t let Madam Zhou handle the silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it would be just as she had said, selling herself out and even helping the buyer count out the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting that matter aside, Wufu called over Liu Jin and asked him how he came to be sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of discomfort flashed in Liu Jin’s eyes as he lowered his head and said, “My real mother was once a girl in a brothel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu was taken aback; no wonder he had such looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must have taken after his mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Later, she was redeemed to be a concubine, but offended the madam of that family, so she was sold to my father to be his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, she gave birth to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past few years, we mother and son have constantly been beaten by that scumbag dad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mother was frail and couldn’t withstand it; she died last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then married a widow and had another son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with disaster striking our home, prompted by the widow, he sold me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few words, Liu Jin had explained his entire background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu was no fool; with just these few words, she could fill in the gaps to a tragic tale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you decided not to go back?” Wufu asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she thought it was a redundant question—as who would return to a heartless scumbag dad and a cruel stepmother—only a fool would go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Going back would just mean being sold once more,” Liu Jin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I resemble my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be sold again would likely mean following in her footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss, I don’t want that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would rather die than fall into that kind of place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu looked at him intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss, my mother was originally from an official’s family, forced into that situation due to our family’s hardships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite everything, my mother was a good woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss, I am clean,” Liu Jin said earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he had such features, and his manner of speaking didn’t quite resemble that of an ordinary farm boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a family background after all, though sadly it was marked by misfortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wufu lost in thought, Liu Jin clenched his hands tightly, filled with apprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wufu didn’t want him and cast him out, where would he go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How old are you this year?” Wufu asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seven,” Liu Jin added, “Miss, my mother taught me to read.” And then he said: “I can also do arithmetic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly afraid that Wufu might send him away, eagerly trying to show his value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu laughed: “Is your full name Liu Jin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My family name is Qi, my mother’s surname.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jin is because I weighed six jin when I was born, a name that man gave me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mother said, having a cheap name makes life easier,” Liu Jin said, head lowered as his nose felt sour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rejecting even the surname of his biological father showed just how much he loathed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Wufu, this seemed entirely appropriate; before blaming a son for lack of filial piety, one should consider an unkind father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our household is small, as you’ve seen; we’re not a rich and noble family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you want to stay, then stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have enough to feed one more mouth,” Wufu said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But let me make it clear, I won’t tolerate freeloaders here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss, you can count on me,” Liu Jin immediately assured her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whatever you ask, I will do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu smiled, taking his word for now.\u003C\u002Fp>",749,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","924c0a8c0f014a5ab6821abd0ab04f274f9c6cb61586a4372e1f521317d79a5d","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-175","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-173",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]