[{"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-42":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},1324884,1760,"Chapter 42 - 42 42 The Strange Seal","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>42: Chapter 42 The Strange Seal 42: Chapter 42 The Strange Seal Ah Jiu’s breakfast was eaten in the firewood shed; he looked at his simple meal—a large bowl of thin porridge, two big pancakes, and a small dish of vegetables—and couldn’t help but smile bitterly, thinking he never expected such a day to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu and Madam Zhou were having breakfast in their own house, discussing a trip to town, which made Madam Zhou’s eyes widen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Going to town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu nodded, “I need to deliver a letter for someone, so I have to go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Madam Zhou felt uneasy; her little girl going to town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, I’m not a little girl anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many kids in our village also take firewood to sell in town at a much younger age?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m already fourteen; why can’t I go?” Wufu saw the worry in Madam Zhou’s eyes and quickly smiled to reassure her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Madam Zhou could only let her go, saying, “Then be careful.” She felt a bit displeased with that young man, who was quite troublesome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou remembered something she had cleared from her basket, putting down her rice bowl and handing over the small item to Wufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it yours?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found it in the basket yesterday; I saved it for you because I was afraid it would be lost,” Madam Zhou replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu took it and examined it carefully between her forefinger and thumb—it was a ring, round and black, probably made of some type of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She weighed it in her hand; it wasn’t very light but not too heavy either, and the ring was engraved with strange patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu looked at it for a long time, her brow furrowing slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ring—rather than calling it a ring, it seemed more like a seal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Particularly if those patterns were considered marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why say that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the ring was originally designed as a style for men, akin to the diverse men’s rings seen in gold shops in her past life which featured a square with the character “福.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it from the basket?” Seeing nothing else in the patterns, Wufu asked again out of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou nodded and glanced at the nondescript ring, asking, “What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know.” Wufu shook her head and after a while, she stored it away in her purse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t understand why she did it; just that this spontaneously appearing ring seemed peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for where it came from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chewed on her chopsticks, thinking about the past few days—she hadn’t interacted with anyone except for Ah Jiu in the firewood shed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, there was that walk in town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the basket had been bought in town; so, was it already inside then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did someone else put it in there at another time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu couldn’t figure it out and touched her purse slightly; well, now that it was in her hands, it was hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breakfast, Wufu went to find Ah Jiu to get the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leaving a message at the bookstore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Ah Jiu’s instructions, Wufu paused and asked, “The Wenshan Bookstore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu nodded, “You know it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she knew; she and her mother had just visited two days ago, wasn’t her mother waiting for a letter there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was also leaving a message at the bookstore; then, that bookstore wasn’t just a simple bookstore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of place is that bookstore?” asked Wufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu raised an eyebrow at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu shrugged, “I see my mother often waiting there for a letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can choose not to answer if it isn’t convenient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Wenshan Bookstore has many branches and functions partly as a message center,” Ah Jiu replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re willing to spend a lot of money, you should be able to find out any information you need.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu was surprised—did Madam Zhou know this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ordinary people just know it as a bookstore,” Ah Jiu added, as if he understood her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu rolled her eyes—who asked him that?\u003C\u002Fp>",679,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.491Z",1,"novelbin.me","8697b85aba676e8397bb53c95932ddf98497e712f2dc0caae3334fd892928252","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-352","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-41",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]