[{"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-428":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},1324969,1760,"Chapter 428 - 428 428 Where Do You Get The Nerve","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-428",428,"\u003Cp>428: Chapter 428: Where Do You Get The Nerve?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>428: Chapter 428: Where Do You Get The Nerve?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting until the night fell, Old Lady Zhou still didn’t see Madam Zhou appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked Auntie Tan, who said her Madam had caught a cold and wasn’t convenient to meet guests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Old Lady Zhou knew it was an excuse and felt her heart sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dared not barge in and restrained the restless Madam Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, with trepidation, they spent the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The following day, after the rain had stopped and the sun shone bright, it was time for them to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But knowing that Madam Zhou was there, and more importantly that Wufu was not, how could Old Lady Zhou let slip such a rare opportunity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She requested to see Madam Zhou again, or she wouldn’t leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu also shared with Old Lady Zhou the information she and her elder brother had gathered about this estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Mother, it is said that this estate covers five hundred mu of land, including orchards and the like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, Wufu and the others don’t live here; they have a big house in the county.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yingmei is here because the estate was newly acquired, and she only came to have a look and stay for a couple of days,” Madam Lu said with sparkling eyes revealing her insuppressible greed and envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, my elder brother went to see it; all of that land is planted with rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s almost harvest time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder how much grain they will get!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou’s face darkened as she scolded in a low voice, “Who told you to pry into these matters?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a panic, Madam Lu said, “Mother, we have to figure out what Yingmei relies on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look, such a big estate, how much silver must have been spent to acquire it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a short time, Wufu and the others managed to do so; they must know some noble person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou said, “Now is not the time to talk about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important thing is to get your man out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behave yourself, or else go back to the Lu Family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making her feel scared with those words again, Madam Lu pursed her lips and sat aside in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou looked around, hoping for Madam Zhou’s appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting the time it took to drink two cups of tea, she finally saw Madam Zhou, supported by the hand of a maid, as she arrived at the Floral Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having swallowed too much tea, Madam Lu was already dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Madam Zhou dressed so splendidly, a trace of jealous envy flashed in her eyes, and she said with an acidic tone, “Auntie, you sure put on quite the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally showing up, you sure made me and Mother wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou’s movement to sit paused slightly, but then she sat down as if nothing had happened, looking at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today the weather is clear, and I have already ordered someone to prepare dry food and such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can leave in a while,” said Madam Zhou indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou’s complexion changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu jumped up, “What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yingmei, you’re driving us away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that you’re wealthy, you don’t recognize poor relatives, or your own family anymore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut your mouth!” Old Lady Zhou scolded her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really a brainless fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she should be humble and docile, yet she dares to shout?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does she think everyone is a Bodhisattva?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou put her teacup down heavily on the table, looking at Madam Lu, and said, “My family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a scoffing laugh, “How did Dajun treat his aunt that day, do you not have any recollection?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won’t bother mentioning it; I just pretend I don’t have such a beastly nephew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You all close ranks, I understand, but you ‘family members’ close ranks and then stab me in the heart, driving me and my daughter out of Wozi Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhenzhu, and now you tell me you are my family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where do you get the face!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu was choked up, staring blankly at Madam Zhou, as if she had seen a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, she, she—this woman before her, with a fierce look in her eyes and a stern face, was she really the ever-conceding and crying pushover, Zhou Yingmei?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she be possessed!\u003C\u002Fp>",725,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.774Z",1,"novelbin.me","bbe69f77051eea77bad562e77faa1b79520005f3c127273fe1433e0c7cdde35b","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-429","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-427",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]