[{"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-73":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},1325014,1760,"Chapter 73 - 73 73 Lost the Signboard","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>73: Chapter 73 Lost the Signboard 73: Chapter 73 Lost the Signboard Madam Zhou came to the woodshed with a tray full of food in her hands, her brows furrowed as she noticed the last meal still on the ground, untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wufu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to eat!” She tapped on the door of the woodshed and called out gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no response from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou called out again and waited, but still, there wasn’t a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grew anxious and wanted to push the door open, but remembering Wufu said not to disturb her, not to enter the woodshed, she forcefully retracted her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past two days, Wufu had been staying inside the woodshed, busying herself with something unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou had asked her once, and she only said she had been entrusted with a task to carve something and needed to concentrate, so she couldn’t be disturbed by the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Madam Zhou would leave the meals by the door of the shed for Wufu to eat on her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for going to relieve herself, Wufu hadn’t stepped out of the room anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou felt reassured yet worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reassured because these few days the little brother had been watching, Wufu and she hadn’t been wandering around the village, surely that would put Mother’s mind at ease?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What worried her was that Wufu, now locked up by herself, wasn’t even eating her meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this be acceptable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wufu, a person isn’t made of iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve got to have a full belly to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why don’t you eat first, then continue your work?” Madam Zhou spoke softly through the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just leave it there, I’ll eat in a bit,” Wufu finally replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou, overjoyed, quickly agreed, placing the tray on a bamboo chair at the door, and added, “Remember to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m going to the Chen family to buy a fish and make you soup for dinner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu had given her some silver, so with money in hand, Madam Zhou wanted to nourish her daughter’s health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just informing her of her plans without expecting a reply from Wufu, but unexpectedly, the door opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou jumped in fright and looked up to see the dark circles under Wufu’s eyes, anxiously exclaiming, “How did your eyes get so dark?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t you sleep last night?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her haggard appearance worried and concerned her deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou said, “You’d better eat and then get some sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can you continue like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone was unusually firm, faintly tinged with anger, but she couldn’t hide her concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu cracked a smile, “Okay.” She then added, “Mother, when you go to buy fish, can you also get a block of tofu from Tofu Beauty for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tofu?” Madam Zhou was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu nodded, “I need it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please buy a block.” After that, she took the tray back into the woodshed and shut the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Always mumbling to herself.” Madam Zhou muttered, then added, “Eat and try to get some sleep right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no reply from Wufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Zhou shook her head and let it be, picking up a wicker basket, grabbing some copper coins, and heading out the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Wufu, she put the tray with food aside and sat cross-legged in front of her work desk, puffing up her face in annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, her surroundings were in a mess, with many scattered tools at hand, and the piece of jade she had been cutting open on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frustrated, Wufu picked up a small piece of jade, scraping at the broken lines with the pad of her finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had overestimated herself and this body, thinking she could easily make full use of a piece of jade with her experience and skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the inconsistent pressure of her hand and the unsuitable tools meant the jade, which could’ve been carved into many small pieces, was now ruined by her two whole times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the shattered jade, Wufu laughed self-deprecatingly, “Wufu, Wufu, you’ve really capsized in a ditch and tarnished your own reputation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a good thing this happened in her own home, where no one was watching her fumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Shopkeeper Lin from Hundred Treasures Silver Building or Ghost Hand Master were here, they would probably laugh her to shame while pounding their chests and lamenting wasted talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu sighed and steeled her heart; she had to practice her craft with this body once again.\u003C\u002Fp>",747,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.771Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef0e62b159bec76abb07c714a0314f8121b194374b45036cd588da9f6cb045ec","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-74","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-72",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]