[{"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-224":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},1325215,1760,"Chapter 224 - 224 224 The Uncle Who Wants to Take a Shortcut","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-224",224,"\u003Cp>224: Chapter 224: The Uncle Who Wants to Take a Shortcut 224: Chapter 224: The Uncle Who Wants to Take a Shortcut The ruckus in the main room was not small, and it startled those outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu rushed in, only to see her husband being chased and beaten by his mother, and quickly threw herself to embrace Old Lady Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, what’s the matter that we can’t discuss it calmly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you really trying to beat my husband to death?” Madam Lu struggled to pry her mother-in-law’s hand off the bamboo pillow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou was still fuming and cursed, “Beating him to death would solve the problem and save our family from disaster.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Liang, who arrived at the door, felt her heart sink at these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth had the eldest brother-in-law done to make his mother so furious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, my husband is the eldest son, the most filial of all; how could he possibly bring disaster to the Zhou family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, take a moment to rest.” Madam Lu, with a combination of hugging and pulling, pressed her mother-in-law down onto the kang bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou was so angry that she panted heavily, her gaze at Zhou Xuennian as if she wanted to devour him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian was in complete disarray, his hair all messed up, his scholarly headwear askew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where was the dignity of a scholar in him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was annoyed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly a great opportunity; why was his mother so angry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she really want him to remain a mere Child Student for life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother!” Zhou Xuennian whimpered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou glared at him fiercely, “Don’t even think about it; I will not agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not understanding the situation, Madam Lu asked, “Mother, what’s actually going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian then said, “This is none of your business, go cook the meal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu wanted to say more, but Zhou Xuennian had already pushed her out and closed the door, giving her a meaningful look as he did so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After many years as husband and wife, they still had some unspoken understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu didn’t insist further and also pulled Lady Liang, who was standing at the door, into the kitchen to prevent her from overhearing anything inappropriate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for herself, she could ask her husband later that evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Liang was secretly furious but didn’t dare to brazenly stand at her mother-in-law’s door to eavesdrop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet recalling what her mother-in-law had said, she couldn’t help but feel alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the main room, Zhou Xuennian offered Old Lady Zhou a cup of tea, then knelt down before her with a thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou’s face darkened, and she smashed the cup of tea onto the ground with force, rebuking in a cold voice, “Don’t think I’ll be persuaded by that act of yours; this is a matter of family destruction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about cheating, an offense that could lead to death or ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Zhou family could not withstand such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, look at me, I am already thirty-two, yet still just a Child Student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many more years can I live?” Zhou Xuennian began to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou was greatly irked and pointed at him, “At your age, if you’re still a Child Student, that’s your own doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now you blame me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, I dare not blame you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that I’m unlucky, always something or other preventing me from earning the title of scholar’s mother for you,” Zhou Xuennian hurriedly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, Old Lady Zhou’s expression softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian was an expert at reading people, and seizing the moment, he crawled forward and clung to Old Lady Zhou’s legs, “Mother, do you remember how when I was little, I said I would earn you a phoenix halo crown and the title of imperial command lady?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she forget?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eldest son was clever from a young age and received his father’s careful guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had won the title of Child Student as a youth and vowed to bring her the status of imperial command lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more than ten years had flown by in the blink of an eye, and her son was still just a Child Student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had asked the temple masters, and they all said it was his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t believe that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, every two years at the exams, he failed to pass, and she gradually lost hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian was proud and always claimed it was just bad luck that kept him from passing, persistent in taking the exams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But was it truly bad luck, or was it a lack of ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An idea lurked in Old Lady Zhou’s mind, but she hadn’t discouraged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, her son was thinking of taking an unfair path?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it meant trading life for recognition and commands, she would willingly give up such honors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Old Lady Zhou said, “My child, it’s all fate; we must accept it!”\u003C\u002Fp>",827,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","080eeffaee0017c92d91654a7f11d9a87230cc1a79225717e265f96832e490ee","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-225","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-223",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]