The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 566 Forming a Golden Cocoon

Grandma Wang suddenly understood many things. If Qin Huai was the child of the woman in the palace, then it made sense that he could come up with so much money. The current Emperor Minghua's mother's family belonged to a prominent family in Jiangnan, a prestigious clan with hundreds of years of history and exceptionally deep family wealth.

Their wealth is probably more than double that of the entire national treasury today.

It is likely that most of the money in Emperor Minghua's private treasury comes from the Qin family in Jiangnan.

When Emperor Minghua was first the crown prince, he was imprisoned in the Eastern Palace. The Qin family of Jiangnan declared, "We may not sit on the throne, but we cannot kill the child."

The late emperor was wary of the Qin family in Jiangnan, which is why he dared not order the execution of the imprisoned crown prince.

Throughout history, deposed crown princes have rarely met a good end, but Emperor Minghua was fortunate, thanks to his maternal family, which was willing and able to protect him.

Fortunately, the Qin family of Jiangnan had no intention of vying for power. In fact, when Emperor Minghua was revitalizing the court, they led the famous merchants of Jiangnan to pay taxes to the court, allowing the Dachang court, which was in dire need of rebuilding, to continue to play its role.

After that, Old Mrs. Wang didn't bother to inquire about it. She was already annoyed by these things, but due to her experiences as a young girl, whenever she heard similar news, she would weigh the pros and cons in her mind and would know a little bit about it.

More than 30 years have passed, and those merchants from Jiangnan have not been completely suppressed by the Qin family. Now, many of them are becoming increasingly arrogant and domineering, relying on their past contributions to the Qin family.

Especially in the two years before Ayu arrived in Hujia Village, Old Mrs. Wang had heard many people who had returned from Jiangnan talk about the plural of Jiangnan, but they had no heart to help other regions, and they did not donate food or provide disaster relief.

On the contrary, every time a disaster occurs, they demand that the imperial court exempt them from taxes, which has long been a scourge to the region.

However, the loyalty of the Qin family of Jiangnan to the royal family of Dachang still seems to be solid. As for whether it is truly solid, only the royal family knows.

At least, Qin Huai has spent money like water over the years and has never been short of money, which shows that he still has financial support.

"Could it be that the child is—" Old Mrs. Wang pointed to the top of her head.

Master Duanfang smiled slightly, without answering yes or no, but two intelligent people naturally didn't need to be so explicit.

"In that case, the range of people affected by the Fate-Sharing Gu can be narrowed down a bit." Old Mrs. Wang didn't have time to think about whether Qin Huai was the prince who died young in the rumors or some other member of the royal family. She just wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible. "He is either a nobleman or an enemy of a nobleman. It seems that the possibility of him being an enemy is relatively low."

Master Duanfang took out a parchment from his pocket, opened it, and found a token inside. The parchment itself was a map.

“For many years, I have been guarding this thing, and I have not dared to pass away.” Master Duanfang sighed. “Princess, it is time to go home and take a look. Perhaps the answers you are looking for are there.”

Grandma Wang took it: "We'll talk about it later."

She came here only to try to cure her grandson-in-law. If he can be cured, that's his good fortune; if not, it doesn't matter.

It just so happens that she doesn't want Ayu to marry the prince, so if Qin Huairuo dies, it will save her trouble.

As for the whole "widowhood" thing, Zhang Yaoguang says no, and anyone who dares to say yes, she'll tear their mouth apart!

Master Duanfang said, "Actually, the imperial city sent someone to inquire about the Tongming Gu the day before yesterday."

Grandma Wang: "Thank you for letting me know."

With this clue, it can be basically confirmed that Madam Qin is a concubine, or even an empress.

Old Mrs. Wang never formally met Madam Qin at that time. If she had, she would have known from her demeanor that the other party must have been the Empress.

No matter how well it's disguised, it can be easily exposed.

When Ayu arrived at the silkworm house, she found that there were more silkworms than she had imagined, and the cocoon-making tools woven by the monks were neat and beautiful, with the silkworm cocoons hanging on them, looking more like delicate decorations.

The young monk accompanying her explained, "With a frame woven like this, the silkworms will spin their cocoons more easily, and it will be easier to handle them. Little benefactor, look, this one over here is spinning its cocoon."

As Ayu looked at it, she said to Tuanzi, "Elf, I want to draw this and send it to the village so that Brother Sanpang and the others can try it too."

"You draw it, and I'll help you see if there's anything wrong with it." Ayu then asked the young monk, "Young monk, can I draw this? Our village also raises silkworms, and I'd like them to try it out."

The young monk smiled gently at her, took out a clean silkworm cocoon holder from the wooden box beside him, and handed it to Ayu: "Take this."

How much does this cost?

“I made it myself, it’s not worth much, you can take it. But do you want me to teach you how to weave it?” the young monk asked.

Ayu picked up the item, looked it over from top to bottom, and smiled, "No need, I know how to do it!"

The weaving of the frame itself is not difficult; it's just a matter of clever design.

Ayu learned to weave things from Old Wang, but she couldn't do complicated ones; she could manage this level.

She got the frame, and she still planned to paint on it, because the cocooned frame looked beautiful and might be suitable for painting.

There were some writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones in the temple. The young monk found them for Ayu, and Ayu sat down at the table to paint.

She was very focused on her drawing, and Tuanzi even played sounds from the starry sky for her in the space to help her get into the zone more easily.

After she finished drawing, she felt a slight soreness in her neck. Just then, a pair of warm hands landed on her neck and gently massaged it.

It's Old Mrs. Wang.

"Grandma! Are you done chatting?" When Ayu saw that it was Grandma Wang, she put down her pen, stood up and greeted her.

Grandma Wang smoothed a strand of her hair before smiling and replying, "Yes, we're done chatting. You want to paint it and send it to the village? It seems your painting skills haven't declined during these years of studying abroad; they've become even more lifelike."

"Mmm." Ayu was so happy to receive the praise that she wanted to wag her non-existent tail.

Seeing that she had stopped painting, Old Mrs. Wang simply started watching in the silkworm house as well.

This time, Ayu acted as the guide, explaining the frame to Grandma Wang. As she was talking, Ayu exclaimed "Eh!"

“Grandma, look, that silkworm cocoon is golden!” Ayu said, pointing to a shelf deep inside.

Old Mrs. Wang's expression changed: "Where is it!"

“It’s right there, a beautiful gold color. I’ve never seen this color before, it’s so pretty.” Ayu had seen red, yellow, green, and purple silkworm cocoons before, but this was the first time she had seen gold.

Upon hearing this, the young monk hurried to look, and sure enough, he saw that one of the cocoons had turned golden, and that cocoon looked rather small.

"Oh no! It's the abbot's golden rain insect that's spun its cocoon!" the young monk exclaimed anxiously. "We've been looking for it for days, but we never expected it to sneak in here."

Ayu suddenly realized: "Is it the Golden Rain Insect that can predict the weather and fortune? I heard that this kind of insect is very delicate and difficult to raise."

Moreover, once the cocoon is formed, if it is not discovered, the golden cocoon will slowly melt in less than half a day, and the golden rain insect pupa inside will be suffocated.

"The golden cocoon is also the antidote for the 'Same Fate Gu' poison," Old Mrs. Wang suddenly said.

It seems that Master Duanfang's invitation to Ayu to come to the silkworm house wasn't necessarily just to coax the child.

Ayu almost jumped up: "Grandma, is it true?!"

I'm sorry, honey, I couldn't find any relevant information here.

(End of this chapter)