[{"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-284":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},1325325,1760,"Chapter 284 - 284 284 Seeking Death","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-284",284,"\u003Cp>284: Chapter 284: Seeking Death 284: Chapter 284: Seeking Death Wufu was not someone to be trifled with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That statement from Zhang Facai caused Lady Chen’s face to change slightly, standing there stunned as she watched them leave with a flick of their sleeves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eldest son, Zhang Da, also turned pale with fear, subconsciously glancing toward the neighboring house, stumbling back two steps as if a wild beast might leap out and tear them to shreds and swallow them whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, uncle is right, that wild girl is not a soft touch,” Zhang Da sharply tugged at Lady Chen’s sleeve, his face filled with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha, now you remember that Wufu is no soft touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t you think of that when you were seizing land and clearing fields?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at how cowardly you are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you even a man?” Lady Chen swallowed hard, trying to appear calm, “Not a soft touch, sure, but we haven’t done anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We haven’t hit her or cursed at her; what can she do to us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, Baozi and his crew just gossiped about her servant, and she knocked their teeth out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our doing here, this…” Zhang Da pointed to the land that was cleared but still overgrown with weeds, unable to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they did was outright robbery, a far graver crime than Baozi’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean, ‘our doing’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re clearing the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t everyone doing the same?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claiming the land as you go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re in the right here, and we don’t fear her,” Lady Chen’s eyes darted back and forth, growing more convinced of her right standing, settling her heart a bit more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, would a mere girl really dare to kill someone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Da saw his mother so assured, he said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, his face was still marked with fear and unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he had known, he wouldn’t have followed his mother here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou returned to the room and couldn’t help but wipe away tears, furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Madam, what’s wrong?” Hongyu was completely astonished and then turned to look at Liu Jin, who followed in afterward: “What happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren’t you accompanying her to measure the land?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jin recounted the events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongyu, infuriated, threw aside the needle and thread basket she was holding and exclaimed angrily, “This is too much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m going to reason with them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Hongyu, don’t go, it’s no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Lady Chen is a shrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We need to think this through carefully,” Liu Jin held her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou wiped her tears and sniffed, standing up: “They’re bullying us because we’re alone without anyone to back us up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll go argue our case with the village chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve extended their clearing right beside our home—such a thing isn’t right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s blatant bullying and extortion; there’s no law left in this place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly,” Liu Jin said, “They knew we had plans to build a house, deliberately clearing to this spot just for silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are adamant that we have no choice but to pay up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongyu sneered, “Do they think we’re all fools?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll tell miss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss is currently sculpting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s not disturb her for now, and not interrupt her process,” Liu Jin stopped her again, suggesting, “How about this, Madam?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll go to the village chief’s house first to ask about the rules, then we can make plans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still young; it’s better I go,” Madam Zhou shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jin, seeing her red-rimmed eyes, chuckled and shook his head, “It’s not a big deal, Madam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t worry too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if they want to scheme against us, they’ll need to see if our miss is willing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the least bit worried about being schemed against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was willing, considering the character of their miss, she would never allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her way of handling things, she would rather sink the silver into the water than give in and seek out Lady Chen to buy the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling aggrieved was the last thing their miss could bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, whether the house is going to be built or not, Liu Jin wasn’t worried at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones who should be worried were the entire family of Lady Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daring to scheme against their miss was like the God of Longevity hanging himself—tiring of a long life, courting death!\u003C\u002Fp>",722,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","56b6582b812187d2643234df2bb58df16ece5632453fcf83d6b8e55963fd7017","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-285","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-283",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]