He had angered his wife and she had run away. He had originally planned to arrange a marriage for his daughter that very night, but unfortunately, no one dared to oppose the Regent's words in court yesterday.
The men, all of whom had reached adulthood, made their own pronouncements.
If the regent didn't marry, they dared not marry him either.
Overnight, this led to the matchmaker arranging a marriage for the regent.
"Waaah, my lady, I'm so sorry."
"Waaah..." Lord Du was sitting alone in the dining hall eating, and he started crying as he ate.
"I can't even win over Lin Wanwan, and I'm wasting my own money. I've even done the things that the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Dowager should be worrying about. Why am I so unlucky?"
He sobbed and buried his face in his arms on the table, weeping bitterly.
Just then.
The maidservant at the door ran in with a smile, "Master, don't cry, Madam is back."
Lord Du suddenly looked up. "Really?"
"real!"
He quickly stretched out his sleeve, wiped his face haphazardly, and laughed through his tears, "Alright, alright, go and greet the lady."
He then glanced at the lunch on the table and said, "Quickly, tell the cook to prepare a new meal so that my wife and I can have a good chat."
"Yes, sir."
The maids split up and acted separately, their eyes brimming with tears of excitement.
The lady has finally returned.
They no longer need to hear the master cry.
Waaaaah...
Lord Du excitedly ran to the gate of the mansion.
"Madam, you're finally back?"
"I knew it, you couldn't bear to see me all alone..."
Before he could finish speaking, Madam Du grabbed a broom from the doorway and swept it towards Lord Du.
"Du Huai Ren, I think you live up to your name; you're a bad person!"
Upon seeing this, Lord Du exclaimed, "Madam, what are you doing?"
"ah--"
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