Doted By The Regent Chapter 1219 - 1217: Reputation Is a Double-Edged Sword

Chapter 1219: Chapter 1217: Reputation Is a Double-Edged Sword

Upon hearing Old Mr. ng’s words, Wufu smiled faintly. Seeing the old man’s smug look, she picked up the teapot to refill his tea, saying, "Your esteed reputation is influential, but I didn’t plan to use it here."

"What, are you looking down on it then?" Old Mr. ng snorted.

"Disciple wouldn’t dare! I just feel it’s not worthwhile. Is the Wu Family worth exchanging my master’s credentials for?" Wufu took a sip of tea, sneering, "Do they think I am eager to return to my roots and recognize my ancestors? It’s not like I’m complaining my days are too carefree!"

"You don’t want to acknowledge them?" Old Mr. ng looked at her, "Girl, aren’t you afraid of having no clan behind you?"

Wufu lowered her eyelids and said, "Master, I’ve long considered my father dead. Recognizing them or not is irrelevant, it’s just for my mother’s sake. Now that their family doesn’t acknowledge , that’s fine, I can silence my mother’s protests."

"But your mother..."

Wufu said, "If I sever ties with the Wu Family and Wu Lihong, do you think it’s acceptable? As for my mother, whatever her choice is, I will respect it."

Old Mr. ng frowned, looking at this disciple in front of him, wondering if she was too composed at such a young age. How could she face her family not recognizing her so calmly? Could she be overly heartbroken?

And as for what she said about her mother, it sounded like she had no feelings, this feeling was too strange.

Hearing her ntion severing ties, Old Mr. ng was even more astonished, saying, "Girl, severing ties is usually applied when a husband and wife are ill-matched. Are you saying you want to sever ties with your father?"

"If so, am I being unfilial?" Wufu asked.

Old Mr. ng choked: "In theory, yes."

"I never ate a grain of rice he provided, now that he also doesn’t want to acknowledge , I likewise don’t want to, is this too unfilial?" Wufu was very confused, the rules and laws of the ancients were too complicated.

Old Mr. ng chuckled: "No matter what, he’s your father. Whatever you do, it’ll be seen as unfilial. Even if he is bad, suing him as a son suing his father is also considered a great unfilial act in the eyes of people!"

"In the end, it’s all about reputation," Wufu rolled her eyes.

Old Mr. ng sighed, "Reputation is a double-edged sword, good when it’s good, but when it’s bad, it drags you down, unable to move forward or back. If you’re not bound by this shackle, then anything you do doesn’t matter, follow your own heart. It’s just that the road ahead might be harder than for other noble ladies."

Wufu said, "Master, I think I’m freer than many noble ladies."

For those trapped in a confined space, living by the rules, what’s so aningful about that?

But that’s how the tis are, she wasn’t in a place to criticize.

"Just because you have an inner balance that’s why you’re free. But you, after all, are a woman and will have to marry one day. Will the family you marry into, like you, also not care about reputation?"

Wufu was silent. She didn’t care, Ah Jiu probably wouldn’t care either, but he is an Imperial Son. Would the Imperial Family not care?

Seeing her confusion, Old Mr. ng said, "Never mind, the Wu Family, if they don’t acknowledge you, let them be. They’re just a family that entered the circle of nobles and powerful people not long ago. Without the Wu Family, there’s the ng family; without a father, you have a master. Isn’t there the saying ’Once a teacher, always a father’? Your birth father is blind, ignore him!"

Wufu smiled, stood up, and bowed, "In that case, I’ll count on Master’s support!"

Old Mr. ng rolled his eyes in exasperation.