[{"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-8":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},1324849,1760,"Chapter 8 - 8 8 Eccentric Eye","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>8: Chapter 8 Eccentric Eye 8: Chapter 8 Eccentric Eye Madam Lu smugly applied some proverbial ‘eye medicine’ to her sister-in-law right in front of her husband and, satisfied, carried her husband’s footbath out of the room, tossing the leftover water into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ouch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’s there?” Madam Lu’s grip on the footbath tightened as she looked toward the plum tree in the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drenched young man emerged from under the tree and frowned at Madam Lu, “Elder sister-in-law, couldn’t you have looked before dumping that water?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was her younger brother-in-law!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu was also resentful toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, their mother-in-law favored him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pouted and replied, “Younger brother-in-law, who told you to stand there in the middle of the night?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this pitch darkness, who could see if you were a person or a ghost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xueli glanced at Madam Lu, knowing all too well that his sister-in-law always had a sharp tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wanting to argue, he shook his head and walked into the main house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu spat in disdain and muttered to herself, then crept over and eavesdropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face twisted slightly as she hastened into her own room in the East Wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian was still lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her come in, he merely lifted his eyelids but said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was always dissatisfied with his illiterate wife—crude and not demure, unlike the wives of the headman and the registrar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they weren’t from noble families, they at least had some gentleness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what about Madam Lu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was louder than a gong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for her childbearing hips, his parents would never have arranged this marriage for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, after Madam Lu married into the family, she had their eldest son, followed by a daughter, and later on, a younger son, somewhat fulfilling the hope of spreading the family lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s with all the fuss?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many times must I tell you to be more composed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re in such a hurry—how unseemly,” Zhou Xuennian spoke with dissatisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu walked over and said, “Ay, my dear husband, if I were to slow down like that, the whole Zhou family would fall into the hands of the younger brother-in-law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian sternly asked, “What nonsense are you spouting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know what I just overheard?” Madam Lu lowered her voice, “I heard the mother-in-law and Xueli talking about the marriage arrangements!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was wrong with that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His younger brother was already sixteen—it was quite normal for him to be engaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know how much bride price the mother-in-law plans to give for the younger brother’s engagement?” Madam Lu asked again, noting his indifferent expression, she flashed two fingers, “Twenty taels!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian sat up a bit straighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu snorted, “All the family money is in the hands of our mother-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these years, except for what father earns from tutoring, isn’t it your earnings from outside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The younger brother just takes care of the family property and hasn’t earned a single wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet mother-in-law says she’ll give him a twenty-tael bride price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This favoritism is too much, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s only marrying a young lady from the Liang Family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, enough, the property hasn’t been divided, and it’s mother who’s in charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Liang Family is an educated family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A higher bride price is not a big deal.” Zhou Xuennian replied irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu grew even more indignant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she married into the family, her own bride price wasn’t even ten taels, and now her brother-in-law’s was doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t even know how much money was in the household?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s all spent on the younger brother-in-law, Dajun and Xiuxiu will have hardly anything leftover for their own marriages,” Madam Lu complained bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just don’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, you are the eldest son, yet mother-in-law dotes on the youngest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I get that—people love the youngest child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dotes on Ying Mei, even after she did something so shameful, he has protected her for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I refuse to believe he hasn’t helped them out financially in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for our main branch, we are loved by no one…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian gave her a cold look and laid back down.\u003C\u002Fp>",711,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.491Z",1,"novelbin.me","19d5bb4cef84380ee8a5b309dfa188b1f426253a4c42a431e637a96014e59794","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-9","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-7",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]