A seemingly goofy but actually resilient, sunny, straightforward girl who raises silkworms
A gloomy, aloof prince at first, then an insanely doting wife-guy with eight hundred schemes and a jealous streak
In short, this is a fun little story about falling in love while getting rich and saving the country.
War erupted, the land was shattered, and Su Wan was separated from her family. Carrying her family’s heirloom pearl silkworm eggs, she settled in a remote village.
From the young lady of Jiangyun Manor to a poor silk farmer mocked by the villagers, Su Wan endured hardship after hardship without ever losing heart. She believed that as long as she had these one-of-a-kind little silkworms, she could revive the Su family’s silk business.
But after years of war, the people were destitute. In an age when a brick of gold could buy only a measure of rice, no one needed fine silks and brocades. Facing the villagers’ scorn and rejection, Su Wan gradually found herself unable to manage alone.
Until she found the boy who had lived next door when she was little.
Her childhood neighbor was still as handsome as ever, but he had been injured in the war and lost his memory. Worse, he was determined to become a monk.
Just as the villagers were pressuring Su Wan to marry, inspiration struck.
Why become a monk? Here was a perfectly good husband right in front of her.
Su Wan tried everything to awaken his worldly desires.
But things didn’t go as planned.
She wanted to make chicken soup, but was too scared to kill a chicken.
She tried brewing fruit wine, but got drunk herself first.
She set off fireworks, but the gunpowder she’d picked up accidentally burned down the house.
All right, this “weak, pitiful, and helpless” girl couldn’t manage without him.
Time for another trick: the beauty trap.
By the little window, she finished her makeup, then lay, tipsy, in the bed beneath the mandarin-duck canopy.
“Brother Heng… No, I mean, husband, it’s late. Let’s turn in early.”
The crown prince Xiao Chenglang was in the middle of being hunted, and somehow had acquired a secret identity and a childhood betrothed: ?
Later, Su Wan spun silk, embroidered, and became the wealthiest person in the region. She also bred new silkworms. The wars gave way before the tiny jade silkworms, while silk, more precious than gold, opened trade routes to the Western Regions and paved the way for a peaceful, prosperous age.
The young emperor stopped the wealthy businesswoman from turning to her real childhood sweetheart.
“Your husband is right here. Where are you going, Wanwan?”
Theme: Perseverance will eventually bring the dawn
