Chapter 172
After Nanny Zhou took Yin Ziniu away, Yin Zijin picked up the bowl of hot medicine, picked it up and put it down again, hesitating. Yin Zijin covered her chest with her slender hands holding a pink handkerchief, tears welled up under her thin eyebrows, and she gasped slightly.
Her thin eyebrows were slightly furrowed, outlining a hint of sadness at the corners of her eyes. Tears flickered in her eyes, like dewdrops on lotus leaves in the early morning, crystal clear, yet filled with deep sadness. Her panting was slight, like a breeze blowing through the flowers, soft and weak, adding a sense of fragility.
Against the backdrop of her thin, slightly messy bangs, Yin Zijin's face looked even more delicate and charming. Looking at him like this, A Tian couldn't help but sigh heavily, his heart full of pity.
He carefully held the medicine and gently persuaded her, "Girl, drink it!"
Upon hearing this, Yin Zijin turned around and faced A Tian with his back. He closed his eyes gently, and two lines of tears slid down his cheeks. The cry was so heartbreaking, as if every drop of tear carried endless grievances and pain.
He just cried quietly like that, and when people saw this, they felt a strong desire to protect him and wanted to take on all the suffering for him.
A Tian sighed and was about to put down the green jade bowl. Yin Zijin stretched out her arms as white as lotus roots, picked up the steaming cold medicine, and drank it quickly.
Yin Zijin put down the green jade bowl. The cold medicine was steaming hot, but Yin Zijin's body was cold. Yin Zijin felt very uncomfortable. Her originally blazing body seemed to be suppressed, as if she was in an ice cave, and she felt very weak.
After lying on the bed for a long time, Yin Zijin finally got off the bed with the help of Ah Tian. As soon as she got off the bed, she felt that her legs were not her own and she almost fell to the ground...
Yin Zijin looked at A Tian with tears in her eyes: "A Tian, are you heartless? Why don't you have any expression at all?"
Ah Tian smiled bitterly, and while helping Yin Zijin dress, he said: "Sixth Miss, I have experienced a lot, so I will naturally become hard-hearted. I once fell from heaven to hell in an instant, and used this broken body to serve many people before I was able to be reborn and become invulnerable.
Sixth Miss, you have just reached your destination! Is it really nothing compared to slaves? So I am not a heartless person, but I have experienced a lot and seen too much suffering in the world, so I am numb..."
Yin Zijin murmured calmly: "Ah Tian, what on earth have you been through?"
A Tian showed a very bitter smile on his face and said slowly: "Alas, apart from the extremely cruel foot binding, I have already experienced all the hardships that the world should let me experience. This once lively body has now been rotten to the bones. Who could have thought? How many nobles have it served?
After those nobles got tired of playing with me, they kicked me away mercilessly like discarding a piece of broken object, and then passed me on to others. Think about it, this body has been forced to learn countless skills of serving others, and behind each skill lies endless humiliation and pain.
At that time, how could I care about dignity and shame? Being able to seek death is an unattainable luxury for us.
Sigh... Never mind, let’s not talk about the past anymore. Once you say these words, others may just think you are very pitiful, but if you say them too much, they will get annoyed and even treat you as a ridiculous existence, becoming the topic of their idle chat in their spare time.
Some things are better to be digested and endured silently by yourself. After all, this is the path I have taken and it cannot be changed. There is no need to talk too much to others. ”
Yin Zijin looked at herself in the bronze mirror and put on a small lip-biting makeup. After she finished cleaning up, A Tian hurriedly stepped forward to support the staggering Yin Zijin and slowly helped him out of the room. At this moment, Yin Zijin's red eyes from crying were like two ripe cherries, particularly eye-catching, making her look even more pitiful.
His face was as pale as paper, his rosy complexion had lost its former beauty, and his steps were unsteady, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.
Seeing that look, people couldn't help but feel pity for him, and even had an urge to bully him, but more importantly, they wanted to take good care of him and protect him so that he wouldn't get hurt again.
Yin Ziniu was originally talking to Nanny Zhou. Seeing Yin Zijin's pitiful appearance, Yin Ziniu couldn't help but feel distressed. She quickly stood up and walked forward, saying with concern: "Zijin, please sit down. You are feeling unwell. Please sit down quickly."
When no one was paying attention, Yin Ziniu's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and she glanced at A Tian stealthily. Then, as if she had done something wrong, two bright red blushes appeared on her face, and then she lowered her head shyly like a frightened deer.
At the moment she lowered her head, her heart seemed to be gently tickled by an invisible hand, and a strange feeling quietly surged into her heart, as if a warm current was surging in her body, as if something was flowing out inadvertently.
Yin Ziniu was startled and thought to herself that something was wrong. She thought quickly in her mind, "Oh no, could it be that my monthly period has come early?"
At this time, Yin Zijin followed Yin Ziniu quietly, walking towards the low couch step by step. When he saw that Yin Ziniu's emerald green dress was stained with a bright blood color, the bright red color looked particularly dazzling against the emerald green.
His heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly said, "Niao Niao, are you having your period? Change your skirt!"
I wanted to show my best side in front of A Tian so that he would look at me with new eyes, and I was preparing for this meeting with great anticipation. However, who could have thought that such an embarrassing thing would happen during this second meeting? Yin Ziniu suddenly felt a burning sensation on his face and was filled with annoyance.
She quickly quickened her pace and walked quickly to Yin Zijin's exquisite bed. She anxiously instructed the maid Xiaomei beside her: "Xiaomei, go to Hongmei Pavilion and get a clean and tidy dress, and also bring a menstrual handkerchief..."
In the feudal and conservative era of the Great Sheng Dynasty, menstruation was an extremely secretive and dirty thing for women.
At the fixed time of each month, the women were always cautious and sneaky, as if they were doing something shameful. They secretly changed their menstrual pads and then washed them quietly, for fear of being discovered by the men in the family.
They know very well that in this male-dominated society, it is inconvenient for men to know about menstruation, so they can only bury this secret deep in their hearts and silently endure the inconvenience and trouble brought by physiology.
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