Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 1352 - 1350: If They Don’t Acknowledge You, Then You Are Nothing

Wu Lihong came to demand justice. His son had suffered so much, he wanted to know how Madam Zhou taught her daughter to act so outrageously!

Pushing someone into a dung bucket—how could she bring herself to do such a thing?

Fearing that people might see him, he sat in the carriage at the side door, waiting. When the door opened, he stepped out of the carriage, but what he saw was neither Wufu nor her sharp-tongued maid, but rather a nanny with immaculate hair.

Wu Lihong glanced at her but didn’t ask anything, he just walked straight inside.

Speaking to a servant would be beneath his status.

"Lord Wu, please halt." Nanny Cheng said calmly.

"Insolent! Is it that wretched girl again who instructed you to block my path?" Wu Lihong flung his sleeve and shouted, "Does she not know the meaning of filial piety? How dare she have someone block my path!"

"May I ask, sir, what is your relationship with my young lady and madam?" Nanny Cheng was indifferent to his feigned arrogance and asked a quiet question.

Wu Lihong was at a loss for words.

He looked at the nanny, meeting her gaze. Was she genuinely unaware or pretending not to know?

"You!"

"In my household, there is no outside man to manage affairs. If sir is visiting, there’s no one to accompany you. Please, sir, have some propriety!" Nanny Cheng said coolly, "If you insist on barging into our residence, I will have to report this to the authorities."

"You insolent servant!" Wu Lihong wished he could kick her, "I am the master of this house. How can returning to my own home be trespassing?"

"I remember the Wu Residence is in Guixi Alley, and Lord Wu’s legitimate wife is Madam Wang of the former Marquis Yongan’s Mansion. Has Lord Wu divorced and remarried? Gui’an, go and find out." Nanny Cheng frowned and instructed the young attendant nearby.

"Yes, nanny." The young servant was about to run off immediately.

Wu Lihong could not truly allow this, and hastily had someone stop him. Then, in a fit of exasperation, he said, "You old hag, I won’t argue with you. Call Zhou Meiniang out, let’s see if she also refuses to recognize me!"

Nanny Cheng raised her eyelids and said, "I have been here working for some time, yet I have never heard the mistress mention a male master. You claim to be the master, may I see any relevant documentation? Or are there witnesses?"

"You, the child in Madam Zhou’s belly is mine!" Wu Lihong said, somewhat agitated.

Nanny Cheng said calmly, "I have never heard madam say so. Perhaps you have mistaken someone else, sir. Please, go back!"

Wu Lihong’s face darkened, "What does Zhou Meiniang mean by this? Go and call them out."

"Sir is an official of the Ministry of Rites, you should be more familiar with the laws and customs of our dynasty. If my mistress does not acknowledge you, then you are nothing. Would sir like to announce publicly that you, an esteemed official, are keeping a concubine?" Nanny Cheng said expressionlessly, "If so, I believe the Imperial Censor will be most pleased to discuss this with you."

Wu Lihong was so startled that he took two steps back.

Nanny Cheng looked at him indifferently, "It’s better for sir to wait until my mistress acknowledges you before returning, if you are so fortunate."

Wu Lihong stood there, dumbfounded, as she had someone shut the door in his face.

Once again, he had been turned away.

Wu Lihong was so furious that his hair almost stood on end. What did that old hag mean, saying that without the mistress’s acknowledgment, he was nothing? Ridiculous! 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

But if Zhou Meiniang truly did not care to recognize him or the Wu Family, then if he persisted, wouldn’t he be just like those reckless rogues, simply causing trouble?

What if Madam Zhou claimed that the child in her belly or Wufu was not his?

Wu Lihong’s face turned slightly dark. How did things turn out this way, beyond his control? Wasn’t everything fine in Huayang?