[{"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-268":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},1325309,1760,"Chapter 268 - 268 268 Take Under My Wing","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-268",268,"\u003Cp>268: Chapter 268: Take Under My Wing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>268: Chapter 268: Take Under My Wing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell quiet, and Ah Jiu let out a long sigh, his young face showing signs of fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye felt a pang of heartache and couldn’t help but say, “My lord, if it really doesn’t work out, we could call over Liu Zhou and Shi Shan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhou was the most stable and oldest of the lord’s few personal guards, someone who could stand firm in tough situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Shi Shan, clever and astute, excel at inferencing, both were capable people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having them by your side, lord, would ease your burdens greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that we’re out, Liu Zhou is keeping watch at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s like our eyes and ears there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he left, we’d be blind and deaf,” Ah Jiu sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for Shi Shan, he has just found his footing in the Five Cities Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can’t afford to pull him out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because they were so important that it was such a dilemma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the end, since we left, my nature seems to have become more unrestrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s fortunate that we’ve now seen the drawbacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, when a major issue arises, if the people around me are not reliable, I can only wait to take the hits,” Ah Jiu said with a self-deprecating sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye immediately said, “My lord, don’t overthink it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Kongxu also said that you shouldn’t be overly suspicious and worry too much, otherwise…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face turned pale, not daring to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu snorted, “That old baldy, always spouting grandiose and alarmist talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m now the age of crown-wearing, but why haven’t I died an untimely death?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord!” Yuan Ye cried out in alarm and knelt with a thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu raised his hand, “Get up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please, my lord, don’t speak of such unlucky things again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the Royal Mother would be worried if she knew,” Yuan Ye pleaded, staying on his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know,” Ah Jiu said wearily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How would I dare to say such things in front of her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m just venting here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s been two years since I’ve seen the Royal Mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, by the end of next year at the latest, we can go home,” Yuan Ye said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once Xiao Li returns this time, we should know if Master Kongxu has any enlightenment to offer you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope so,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu stood by the window, gazing at a sweet osmanthus tree outside, and said, “No matter where I am, I’ve set those under me straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I return home, it will only get harder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, as you yourself said, after a few setbacks, one should learn from them.” Yuan Ye poured a cup of tea and handed it over, “Speaking of which, it is our first time following you out to experience the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We still have much to go through, and we are all young.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu took the tea and said with a bitter smile, “Xiao Ye, although I say so, I also know that life only comes once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I’m afraid of is that one setback could cost my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one’s life can be relived a second time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If those under me are still useless like a scattered pile of sand, sooner or later, an accident will cost me my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that cutthroat place, hasn’t he seen enough of it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, my lord, are you thinking of taking that girl under your wing?” Yuan Ye ventured after a long pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu spat out his tea, “What taking under my wing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of talk is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye offered a handkerchief, “I see that you quite admire her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That girl is very smart, isn’t she?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only fourteen years old, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given time, who knows how far she can go!” Ah Jiu’s eyes sparkled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye said, “If she truly is talented, my lord, and you wish it, you could take her into your service.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s wait and see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might not even want to follow me,” Ah Jiu sighed softly, the girl was untamed and wilful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye mused to himself, if her identity was revealed, would she be unwilling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an opportunity to soar to the branches above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Ye, tell me, am I really long-winded?” Ah Jiu asked again, “Do you think that I was born too impatient?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Ye: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t care, why bother with what others are 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