[{"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-206":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},1325197,1760,"Chapter 206 - 206 206 Zhou Xiuer Gets Scolded","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-206",206,"\u003Cp>206: Chapter 206 Zhou Xiuer Gets Scolded 206: Chapter 206 Zhou Xiuer Gets Scolded Madam Zhou gave a pair of earrings to Zhou Xiuer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not only her concerns about Wufu becoming angry and making a scene that worried her, but Zhou Xiuer herself was also somewhat anxious because of the precedent set by Madam Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spent a night fraught with anxiety, even dreaming that Wufu came over and beat her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she woke up the next day and realized it was just a dream, that Wufu had not come, she suddenly felt refreshed and relieved, and confidently put the earrings on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiuer had something, everyone in the family knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At breakfast, Old Lady Zhou’s sharp eyes, and the conspicuous color of the earrings, made it hard to overlook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did those come from?” Old Lady Zhou asked, pointing at Zhou Xiuer’s ears with her chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes turned to look in unison, and Lady Liang blinked several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Auntie gave them to me,” Zhou Xiuer said, flaunting her head with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, Old Lady Zhou’s expression changed, and she slapped her chopsticks down on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gave them to you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she give them to you, or did you snatch them from her?” Old Lady Zhou asked with a darkened expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Wufu’s family had started living more comfortably, Xiuxiu and her mother had been eyeing Madam Zhou’s possessions greedily, hatching plans to get them every two to three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou knew it and had strictly forbidden them from going over there, fearing they might cause a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But people have their own two feet, and the old woman’s words were not heeded; her children would not listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her efforts to stop them from going over because of their greed, there had been no embarrassment to speak of, so she had let it slide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, however, as Zhou Xiuer came home wearing jewelry, Old Lady Zhou immediately thought of the incident when Madam Lu had stolen a hairpin and was beaten by Wufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still vividly remembered the vicious look in Wufu’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t believe that these people, their wounds healed, had forgotten the pain and were being greedy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandma, don’t use such ugly words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a snatch; Auntie dotes on me and rewarded me with them,” Xiuxiu retorted upon hearing the word “snatch.” She didn’t like that at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t a robber; what was this talk of snatching?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou pounded the table hard, glowering at Zhou Xiuer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugly words?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You still won’t tell the truth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think you have no regard for your life, forgetting how your mother’s fingers were broken.”Madam Lu’s face stiffened as she looked at her own fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they had healed, she still felt a faint pain, unsure if it was psychological.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, don’t get angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s listen to what Xiuer has to say first,” Madam Lu, feeling disgruntled from being the topic of discussion, interjected awkwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having the past brought up in front of her daughter-in-law was too much; her mother-in-law was really not giving her the face she deserved as the elder daughter-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak up!”Zhou Xiuer, scared out of her wits, began to cry as she spoke: “It’s true, Auntie gave them to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t refuse the gift from an elder; Auntie gave them to me, so of course, I had to accept.”Lady Liang listened, silently cast her eyes down, and gnawed on the bread in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could see her niece’s nature clearly enough; all this talk of not daring to refuse a gift from an elder, she must have coaxed it out of Madam Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you not to go to their place, why didn’t you listen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You even dared to cajole Wufu’s mother; I think you’re asking for trouble,” Old Lady Zhou said indignantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go and return those earrings right now.”“Auntie gave them to me, why should I return them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie didn’t ask for them back,” Zhou Xiuer defiantly refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had finally managed to coax them out, why should she return them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou would not let anyone challenge her authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with Zhou Xiuer’s rebuttal, she got so angry she grabbed her chopsticks and hurled them at her: “You even disobey me; you’re insubordinate!”Zhou Xiuer, feeling disgraced, burst into tears and ran out.\u003C\u002Fp>",730,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","589e989bbaedef30b1ce2c5ae5a0bf6aef4059312398fe5b15e67db3e6161539","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-207","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-205",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]