The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 560 Shared Fate Gu

Old Wang was unaware of what had happened when he saw his wife come out of the house.

He rushed forward and asked, "What happened? I heard that Qin Huai coughed up blood and fainted? Wasn't he better?"

No wonder Old Wang asked that question; when Qin Huai visited Hu Family Village before, he definitely looked like he was destined to die young.

It's still the kind of condition that's beyond medical help.

Later, it must have been Ah Yu who used some magical medicine to help him recover. After all these years, the child still looks healthy and strong.

"If he's still suffering from health problems, we'll have to make some serious plans for Ayu." In Old Wang's mind, Qin Huai was just someone he loved because of his relationship with Ayu.

Everything must be done with Ayu first. If Qin Huai really doesn't make it, we should break off the engagement while he's still alive, so Ayu doesn't end up as a widow.

Grandma Wang rolled her eyes at him: "It's too early to talk about these things now. Come with me first, I have some questions for you."

Grandma Wang greeted Liu and asked her to keep an eye on Qin Huai's condition. She then sent Ayu to the small kitchen to oversee the brewing of medicine before leading Old Wang into a secluded courtyard.

"What's wrong? Is this a serious matter?" Old Wang realized from Old Mrs. Wang's expression that things might be more serious than he had imagined.

"Do you still remember what happened to my second sister back then?" Old Mrs. Wang frowned, and felt a dull pain in her heart whenever she mentioned her second sister.

"You mean Princess Wanru who married into the Northern Di?" Old Wang didn't have a very deep impression of his wife's former sister, only vaguely remembering a title.

Grandma Wang: "Yes, before my second sister got married, she also vomited blood like this, and then fell into a coma. She didn't wake up until her wedding. Back then, you asked me why I suddenly came to you. In the end, it was because of my second sister's coma."

Grandma Wang's words brought back memories of more than 30 years ago for Old Wang.

Back then, Old Wang was a handsome young man, not bad looking, and quite wealthy. Not only were his parents deceased, but he also didn't have any strange relatives around him.

Of course, he was also a famous jade carving master, and in the eyes of many young ladies, he was a truly good husband.

However, some families that value good fortune are unwilling to marry him, fearing that after he brings death to his parents, he will also bring death to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

As a result, Old Wang's marriage was delayed until he was eighteen, and he had not yet been betrothed.

Old Wang was a self-taught jade carver who became famous in the area at the age of ten. His multi-layered openwork jade carving skills were particularly astonishing. As a result, the emperor at the time invited him to Wanning City at a high price.

Back then, Old Wang was known as Master Wang, a title that even the now-famous Zhuo Wang couldn't match.

The young Wang Tou received an imperial order to create a set of large jade carvings, ostensibly as part of the princess's dowry, but in reality, they were deliberately intended by the late emperor to demonstrate imperial majesty and intimidate the Northern Di.

Therefore, it is necessary to invite a master jade carver to oversee the project.

The place where he carved was the West Suburb Villa donated by the Duke of Yongguo's Mansion. It just so happened that the old lady Wang, who was also the Princess of Yongchang, stayed at the West Suburb Villa after returning from her trip.

Like many refined gentlemen of the time, Old Wang fell in love at first sight with Princess Yongchang.

But the others were all reserved and timid, either going home to ask their elders to propose marriage, or writing a few sentimental poems for Princess Yongchang.

Only Old Wang is different.

He presented Princess Yongchang with a set of jade dolls and said to her frankly, "Our child will surely grow up to be just as lovely and beautiful as these."

Then Old Wang was beaten and lay in bed for a whole month. If it weren't for the fact that he still had to carve jade for the royal family, he might have been beaten to death on the spot.

After being beaten, Old Wang's love for Princess Yongchang only grew stronger.

He realized that Princess Yongchang did not like such direct expressions. After finally recovering from his injuries, he secretly went to Princess Yongchang's residence and had her carriage decorated. It was the most exquisite decoration under Princess Yongchang's regulations, and everyone who saw it was amazed.

However, due to the instability of the carriage after it was carved, Princess Yongchang fell out of the carriage.

Old Wang was beaten again, this time by Princess Yongchang who hung him up and beat him.

This time, he lay in bed for five whole months, completing all the jade carvings in bed. On the day he recovered, Old Wang told himself, "Let's try one last time."

He learned that Princess Yongchang had gone to the Duke of Yongguo's mansion, and since he was among those invited, he went along for the banquet.

During the banquet, someone made fun of Princess Yongchang, saying that she was ignorant and arrogant, and that she had actually quarreled with her own mother and caused a scene in the late emperor's palace, becoming the laughing stock of the entire Wanning City.

Old Wang immediately overturned the table and got into a fight with the group of people. His leg was broken and his clothes were torn. He stumbled and cursed as he walked to a small courtyard, where he happened to meet Princess Yongchang, whose clothes were also somewhat disheveled.

The two looked at each other in silence. Princess Yongchang asked, "If I were no longer a princess and gave up all these titles, would you still be willing to marry me?"

Without hesitation, Old Wang said, "Anyone can be Princess Yongchang. The person I like is Zhang Yaoguang!"

Yaoguang is the name that Old Mrs. Wang gave herself. It is the seventh star of the Big Dipper, and the handle points in a direction, representing her desire to control her own destiny.

And so, Old Wang left with Old Mrs. Wang, no longer caring about the rights and wrongs in Wanning City.

However, Old Wang lost his position as a jade carving master and became the prime suspect in the abduction of Princess Yongchang.

To evade various pursuits and searches, the two's once comfortable life became increasingly miserable, and Old Mrs. Wang gradually mastered the wisdom of survival among the common people.

Later, they bought a house in a rural village, settled down, and had children.

Because of the custom that a betrothed man becomes a wife and then a concubine, in order not to wrong Old Mrs. Wang, Old Wang specially found another family for her to be her maternal family, namely the family of his third son's wife, Xiao Zhang.

The head of the Zhang family unexpectedly went there and was rescued by Old Madam Wang and others. He not only recognized Old Madam Wang as his goddaughter, but also directly put her name on his deceased daughter's name, thus giving Old Madam Wang an identity.

Later, as they fled the famine, they headed towards that place.

Before fleeing the famine, Old Wang had never let Old Mrs. Wang suffer. He took care of several children, did all kinds of housework, and taught several students who loved carving. Zhuo Wang is one of them.

Zhuo Wang was originally a homeless child who was adopted by Old Wang and given the name Wang Zhuo. Later, he was given a nickname, and following Old Wang's instructions, he reversed the order of the names to avoid revealing his master and mistress.

Old Mrs. Wang never mentioned her past wealth and status in Wanning City, and Old Mr. Wang never asked about it either; the two maintained a tacit understanding.

Now, more than thirty years later, Mrs. Wang finally told Mr. Wang about the reason for what happened back then.

"Back then at the Duke of Yong's mansion, I heard a sordid story about the royal family." I felt utterly disgusted at the time, but now I can talk about it with a light heart.

Actually, the matter is quite simple. It's just that Princess Yongchang's second sister was cursed with a kind of "fate-sharing curse".

The "Shared Fate Gu" was introduced by the emperor at the time. He originally intended to place the Gu on Princess Yongchang to connect him and Princess Yongchang.

As fate would have it, the poison fell on her second sister.

“Once the Shared Fate Gu is planted, the two people will live and die together. They will not feel it in normal times, and it will only show signs when their lives are in danger.” Old Mrs. Wang said coldly, “My second sister is not innocent either. She knew it was the Shared Fate Gu, but she still swallowed it herself. Just to avoid the fate of being forced into a marriage alliance, so that I could take her place.”

When this past event was mentioned, Old Wang vaguely remembered that his wife's second sister was not originally granted the title of Princess Wanru. It was only after they had left Wanning City that they heard that Princess Wanru had been granted the title and sent to the Northern Barbarians.

It was around that time that news of the imperial family's madness began to spread throughout Dachang.

"Is there a cure for the Bitter Fate Gu?" Old Wang asked.

“It’s a combination of Gu worms and witchcraft. Once the Gu worms are planted, they become integrated into the body’s flesh and blood, leaving no trace and no reaction. They only manifest when life or death is imminent, and there is absolutely no cure.” Old Mrs. Wang shook her head. “Therefore, if either side has an accident, the other side cannot survive alone.”

Old Wang gasped: "Then what about the imperial family back then—"

He sent someone he knew was his mortal partner out of Dachang—did he not want to live anymore?!

"Let's not dwell on the past. Now, you need to make use of those people you knew before," Old Mrs. Wang said coldly. "Investigate who connected with Qin Huai."

(End of this chapter)