Gong Yueyue quickly avoided it and said, "No, no need, I will do it myself. You have to be careful with these books! You two will take me to the study. I will rest in the study tonight."
Yingyue led the way, and Yingri took the first step to light the lamp in the study.
"You guys go and rest, I don't have anything to do here."
When they arrived at the study, Gong Yueyue started to chase Yingyue and Yingri. However, they refused to leave. Gong Yueyue had no choice but to say, "You guys here will affect my reading, so you should go down."
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"Well, then, the slave girl is standing outside. If anything happens to the girl, just call us."
Yingyue thought for a while and said.
Gong Yueyue originally hoped that Yingyue and Yingri could go back to rest, but outside, with thick autumn frost and dew, wouldn't it go against the original intention?
"Forget it, forget it, you don't have to go out, just stay in the study. It's cold in autumn, and it won't be good if you get frozen."
"Yes, the slaves will never disturb the girl's reading."
Yingyue and Yingri said happily.
Time passed quickly, and Gong Yueyue read books very quickly. There were piles of books she had read on her left hand side, while there was a pile of unread books on her right side.
The light of the oil lamp was a little dim, so Yingyue quickly stepped forward and cut the wick with scissors, and the oil lamp suddenly lit up again.
Gong Yueyue rested her head on her arm and suddenly woke up. It turned out that she had fallen asleep.
She looked at Yingyue and Yingri again. They were also taking a nap with their eyes squinted, leaning on the pillar and swaying.
Gong Yueyue thought that hatching guiding butterflies cannot be done in one night. I will look through the books tomorrow, maybe go to the library to search, maybe I can find something else that is useful!
"Reflect the moon, reflect the sun, wake up, go back to your room and sleep."
Gong Yueyue shouted softly.
Yingyue woke up in a daze and knelt down quickly, "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die."
At this time, Yingri also opened her eyes. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she knelt on the ground and kowtowed with Yingyue.
Gong Yueyue wanted to stop but it was too late, so she could only say quickly, "Get up, I don't blame you, what time is it now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of banging clappers outside, dong dong, dong dong...
Yingyue raised her head and responded, "Back to you girl, it's the fourth watch."
"Ah, it's almost dawn! You two, stop kneeling, I'm so sleepy, take me back to my room and take a nap."
Gong Yueyue squinted her eyes and yawned very unsightly.
"It smells so good. If only the peony were here, I would definitely make sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
Gong Yueyue missed peony and red beans a little, and even more missed her mother.
"Oh, I don't know if my mother had a good meal when I was not at home. Did she miss me? Maybe she would be worried about me?"
Gong Yueyue whispered.
Yingyue came closer and whispered to Gong Yueyue, "The girl said that Shaoyao was the girl's original maid? I heard from the housekeeper that the prince has asked someone to take them to Guangzhou, saying that he wanted to buy some things for the girl.
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Yingri's face was also full of envy, "None of my slaves have ever been out since they came to the palace. Guangzhou is said to be far away from here. I heard that there are long-nosed, blond and blue-eyed businessmen from the other side of the sea.
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Guangzhou?
Gong Yueyue remembered, didn't she just tell her mother that she was going to Guangzhou? But if she went to Guangzhou, why didn't she buy anything from Guangzhou?
Gong Yueyue only heard about Guangzhou from Xie Zhen and knew that it was in the southernmost part of China, close to the sea. She had never been there! But she heard that silkworms were raised in Guangzhou and the silkworms would spin cocoons and become adults.
The pupa finally emerges from the cocoon to lay eggs.
This seems a bit like a guiding butterfly.
Gong Yueyue laughed happily and said, "Great, I thought of it."
"Yingyue, I heard that some places in Hangzhou also raise silkworms, but is it true?"
Yingyue shook her head, "I don't know, but if I ask the housekeeper, the housekeeper might know."
"Then go quickly!"
After a while, the housekeeper came, accompanied by an elderly woman.
"I heard that the girl wants to ask about silkworm raising. Although this nanny is old, her family used to raise silkworms. If you want anything, just ask Aunt Gui."
After the housekeeper finished speaking to Gong Yueyue, he turned to Aunt Gui and said, "Aunt Gui, please serve the girl these days!"
"Yes, I understand."
Aunt Gui is old and frail, and her voice is a little hoarse.
Gong Yueyue originally just wanted to ask some questions, but she didn't want to cause such a big fight.
She said, "Butler, you don't have to be like this. I'm just asking some questions."
The butler smiled and said, "Young lady, you are just joking. Your Majesty gave me the order. The girl is His Majesty's guest. If you have anything to do in the future, you can just give me your orders directly. There is no need to be polite to the servants."
Nonsense, the woman in front of him is someone whom the prince values. Perhaps it won’t be long before she becomes the mistress of Zhao Changyuan Mansion.
The housekeeper moved out of Zhao Changyuan, and Gong Yueyue didn't have much to say, so she could only nod, "In that case, I'll help the housekeeper."
After saying that, he got up and sent the housekeeper out. Even though the housekeeper kept refusing, Gong Yueyue still insisted on sending him to the door of the courtyard.
Aunt Gui was very responsible. Although she was old, her eyes were very good. She squinted at the eggs that led the butterflies and said, "Look, old slave, these are not silkworm eggs."
"Mommy, you have good eyesight. These are indeed not silkworm eggs. But I thought, since they are both eggs, are there any similarities in the hatching methods?"
"Haha, are you trying to get older? As the saying goes, grasshoppers can't be around long after autumn, so naturally the butterfly will be the same."
Aunt Gui said, "If the girl has any questions, just ask. I can't do anything else, but I still know a little about these things."
"There's no problem now. If there's anything I don't understand, I'll come over and ask grandma later. I hope grandma won't dislike it."
Gong Yueyue said, and asked Yingyue and Yingri to clean up a room and help Grandma Gui to rest. Gong Yueyue herself entered the room.
Although it is autumn now, the ground dragon has not burned yet, but there is a stove specially used to heat boiling water in the house. Gong Yueyue thought for a while and put the box next to the stove.
The eggs of the lead butterfly are still the same as before, with no changes. Compared with ordinary insect eggs, the eggs of the lead butterfly look larger, and the black eggs seem to have gold and blue lines on them.
It's impossible to hatch them just by doing this alone.
Gong Yueyue thought for a while, wrapped several layers of cloth on the outside of the box, then hid the box on the bed, and moved the stove next to the bed.
"Oh, what are you doing, girl? Put it down and let the slave come!"
Yingyue and Yingri were startled when they came in.
Gong Yueyue said happily, "It's great that you are here. Come and help me push the stove this way."
The stove was not big, so the three of them worked together and quickly moved the stove to the bottom. The water in the kettle was boiling, and the hot steam just hit the bed. (To be continued)