[{"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-514":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},1325355,1760,"Chapter 514 - 514 514 Arriving a Step Too Late","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-514",514,"\u003Cp>514: Chapter 514 Arriving a Step Too Late 514: Chapter 514 Arriving a Step Too Late As soon as the competition concluded, it was the end of the year once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numerous businesses gradually began to leave, hurrying back home for the New Year celebration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had become friends with Wufu, aware that she was staying at the Chaoyang Inn, also came to bid farewell, including Jin Yu and Lady Wang among others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember to come and visit me,” said Lady Wang, who was very fond of the young friend Wufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Jin Yu, he expressed, “I look forward to another heart-to-heart with the young lady.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If fate wills it, we shall meet again,” Wufu said goodbye to each one, and also promised that she would definitely visit Suzhou-Hangzhou for leisure if she had the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching as they walked into the distance, she then returned to the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss, are we returning to Huayang today?” Hongyu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why, do you miss home?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We aren’t leaving yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll have some fun for a few more days first; you all have worked hard these past days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on, let’s go eat, drink, and shop,” Wufu laughed as she flicked at Hongyu’s twin buns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she was a wealthy lady with plenty of silver to squander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongyu was delighted inside but hesitated for a moment, “Miss, just the two of us going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who else then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ninth Master…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu was taken aback and said, “Ninth Master is a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He surely can’t accompany us young ladies shopping and having fun, can he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongyu, having spent two days with Ah Jiu and already disciplined to be obedient, said softly, “Shall we let Liu Jin go and ask?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly, Miss, let this servant go ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows, Ninth Master might need to buy some New Year goods to take home as well!” Liu Jin said cleverly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then go and ask.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” Liu Jin responded crisply, scurrying over to the courtyard where Ah Jiu was staying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu was standing under the corridor, his hands behind his back, watching the snow in the courtyard, and his lips curved into a smile upon seeing Liu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve seen Ninth Master,” Liu Jin bowed, “My miss mentioned she wishes to explore the city and buy some New Year’s goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Ninth Master care to join?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu’s eyes sparkled with amusement, “That would be possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jin was overjoyed, “Then this servant will go and inform the Miss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mhm,” Ah Jiu watched him depart, then turned to Yuan Ye, “Prepare as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu was waiting in the inn’s main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ah Jiu approach in a dark-colored large cloak with rabbit fur trim, she stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu first glanced at her attire, noting that she too was wearing a plain-colored cloak, and he nodded to himself internally, “Didn’t you say you had to say goodbye to someone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they walked out together, Wufu replied, “They’ve all been seen off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems you’ve reaped quite a bit these days.” Money, connections, popularity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quite the haul for just one outing, such good luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu giggled, “When one’s luck is in, there’s no stopping it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu chuckled lightly, letting her board the carriage first, “It’s cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s have some tea together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your carriage, let Hongyu and the others take it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu, who had no clue about his intentions, wasn’t a genuine lady of ancient times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was usually informal in her mannerisms and, upon hearing this suggestion, she took it in stride and got into the carriage without a second thought about the proprieties of male-female interactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Ah Jiu also got inside the carriage and let down the curtains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage started moving slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene was witnessed from a distance by someone in another carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young master,” Nan Shan glanced at his own master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rare for his master to delay the journey back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having planned to extend an invitation to Wufu to visit the Plum Garden to appreciate the snow, he had not expected that the lovely lady would have prior arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Congrui’s expression was unreadable as he lowered the carriage curtain and commanded, “Let’s go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage began to move away, quickly disappearing from sight, leaving behind only a shallow set of wheel tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snowflakes continued to flutter down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who says loneliness, who dictates the depth or shallowness of fate?\u003C\u002Fp>",737,"2026-06-05T19:25:26.183Z",1,"novelbin.me","24b2342ad4754bdaea23a5b6e1415dcd7822ecf5cab0cc750b1b715ffcf4049c","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-515","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-513",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]