Chapter 57 Chapter 57 You eat first, I'll go wash up and come back...
The court doctor came very quickly. After Madam Yin asked the servants to leave, she signaled the court doctor to come forward and take her pulse.
The old doctor felt the pulse and examined the patient for a long time, then asked Mrs. Yin Ruizhu if she had a poor appetite recently, or if she had eaten something she shouldn't have, causing stomach discomfort.
Madam Yin was startled and asked him, "Is it just a spleen and stomach problem?"
The court physician nodded in affirmation. "Don't worry, Madam. It's just a stomach upset. Coupled with the recent weather changes, it can cause occasional vomiting."
Madam Yin chanted "Amitabha" and asked the court doctor to prescribe a few prescriptions before happily having the doctor sent away.
Yin Ruizhu also heard the court doctor's words. She stroked her belly and looked at Nan Xu, tears streaming down her face. "Ah Xu, thank goodness."
Fortunately, she didn't say what, but Nan Xu knew it in her heart.
If an unmarried woman becomes pregnant, it will bring shame to the family. Such a woman will not be welcomed by the family. The better ones will be sent to the family temple or the farm to spend the rest of her life, while some will be killed by being drowned in a pond.
No wonder Yin Ruizhu's personality changed so much in such a short period of time.
Nan Xu looked at Yin Ruizhu lying on the bed, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She just had a vomiting reaction, so how could she feel that she was pregnant?
Unless, she and Zhao Huaijue had physical contact.
As expected, after watching the court doctor disappear through the doorway, Madam Yin's smile faded. She said to Nan Xu calmly, "Good girl, you've been tired all day. I've had someone make your favorite snacks. Go to the side room and rest for a while. Let me talk to Ruizhu."
Nan Xu already had a guess in her mind. She stood up, bowed to Madam Yin, and then followed the maid out.
Before stepping out, she turned around and looked into the room. Madam Yin's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
*
"Get up, I have something to ask you." Now that there were only mother and daughter in the room, Mrs. Yin no longer hid her emotions. Considering that Yin Ruizhu had been in a bad mood recently, she restrained herself a little.
Yin Ruizhu didn't move, but shrank back into the bed as if in fear.
Madam Yin's eyes twitched, and she lifted the quilt and pulled her out.
"Hide? Why didn't you think of now when you were having a secret meeting with that beast?" She doted on her youngest daughter, but that didn't mean she would tolerate anything.
Yin Ruizhu's face turned red after hearing what she said. Seeing that Mrs. Yin was determined to get to the bottom of the matter, she knew she couldn't escape. She simply sat cross-legged on the bed and looked directly at Mrs. Yin, who was full of anger.
"Mom, if you're not satisfied, just hit me. What's the point of saying more after it's already happened?"
Madam Yin pointed at her, her chest heaving as she remained silent. After a long pause, she gritted her teeth and tugged at her ear, "No wonder, your father said he'd find you a marriage, but you refused to marry. It turns out you've been unclean for a long time. Aren't you trying to get your parents killed?"
What people say when they are angry is always unpleasant.
When Yin Ruizhu heard the word 'unclean', her face turned pale. She stood up from the bed, looked down at Madam Yin, and said ferociously, "Yes, I am unclean. Is mother satisfied? Go tell father that he will beat me or kill me. Madam Yin, please come up with a plan as soon as possible!"
Madam Yin looked at her in shock, her body shaking uncontrollably.
She didn't understand, how could her daughter become like this in just a month?
*
Nan Xu was just about to close her eyes and rest when a maid came to invite her in, saying that Yin Ruizhu had angered Madam Yin and left. No one knew what the mother and daughter had said to each other, but Yin Ruizhu was smashing things like crazy in the house at this time.
When she reached the door, she saw something coming towards her. Nan Xu turned her head to avoid it, and a Ru kiln vase was broken at her feet.
Nan Xu took a few quick steps and stopped Yin Ruizhu who was about to raise something to smash something.
"Ruizhu, if you continue to smash things up, there will be no room left in this room."
Yin Ruizhu looked back at her, tears streaming down her face before she could say a word.
Nan Xu sighed, wondering where the lively and cheerful Yin Ruizhu who used to dress up as a woman had gone.
She walked closer, took the things in her hand reluctantly, and took her to sit on the couch. Yin Ruizhu seemed to have found her backbone and held her tightly.
"Ruizhu, stop crying. Let's have a good talk."
Yin Ruizhu remained silent. Nan Xu patted her hands. After a long while, Yin Ruizhu slowly nodded.
Seeing that she had calmed down, Nan Xu quickly beckoned the maid outside to come in and clean up the mess. When she saw that the mess was almost done, Nan Xu helped her sit up straight and asked softly, "Is it worth it because of a man?"
Yin Ruizhu didn't expect her to ask so bluntly. She lowered her head and replied in a muffled voice, "Whether it's worth it or not, hasn't it already happened?"
Nan Xu said that was not right. "What happened is what happened, but there is still room for maneuver. If you are so listless and crying at home, even if Aunt Yin loves you so much, she will get tired."
Yin Ruizhu nodded again and said that she knew.
Nan Xujian really wanted to pry her head open. "Since you know this, why are you still making such a fuss? I know Uncle Yin cares about his reputation, but he won't really ignore you, his daughter. Think about it, when you insisted on dressing as a man, and despite all his objections, he finally agreed, didn't he? Think about it, how did you convince him back then?"
Yin Ruizhu looked at the pedal blankly. Although she was crying at that time, she was much more rational than she is now.
And she had persuaded her mother at that time. This world has too many restrictions on women, but she just wouldn't accept it. Why can men do whatever they want outside, but girls can't?
Her father couldn't persuade her, and since the Yin family and the Yong'an Marquis's family had just married, her father didn't interfere in this matter.
"You mean, I should try to convince them?"
Nan Xu felt relieved. After all, all her talk was not in vain. She continued to persuade him, "Think about it, what was your original purpose?"
At first, after returning from the Big Buddha Temple, she felt uncomfortable for a while.
It wasn't entirely because Zhao Huaijue had deceived her, but more because she had been traveling for so many years and claimed to know men's character better than ordinary women, but she still made a mistake.
Later, her mother and father found out about her and Zhao Huaijue from her personal maid, and she was locked up in the yard by her father.
During the time she was locked up in the yard, she figured it out. He was just a man, so there was no need to hold a grudge against him. After this period of time, her parents would calm down and naturally they would no longer lock her up.
Until one day when she was constantly feeling nauseous and wanted to vomit, she started to worry about the only time she had given herself to him, thinking that she might be pregnant. Just as she was frowning, her father hinted to her that he was already looking for a man for her, a man no one outside Kyoto had ever heard of.
Naturally, she refused. She resisted, quarreled, and even threatened to commit suicide. Until last night, when she was kidnapped from the house by Zhao Huaijue, she suddenly became afraid. She was afraid that her identity as a girl could not escape the secular world, nor could she escape the fate of being hastily married.
Her purpose?
She just wanted to stay quietly at home for a few years, wait for the wounds in her heart to heal, and then travel across the country and visit the beautiful land of the Great Gan Dynasty.
A word of advice woke Yin Ruizhu up from her dream, and she began to understand.
She looked at Nan Xu steadily and said cheerfully, "If I can convince my father and mother again, there might be a chance for a better marriage."
Nan Xu nodded vigorously.
*
On the way back, Nan Xu was in a particularly good mood.
Yuxiang and Chunya, who came to pick her up, were infected by her emotions and also started to smile foolishly.
Nan Xu looked at them in confusion, "What's going on? Why are you so happy?"
Chunya just said that as long as the lady was happy, she would be happy too.
Yuxiang couldn't keep the truth to himself, so he leaned in and said, "When Manager Liu came back, he told everyone in the mansion that from now on, Master will be resting in our Jing Garden. If there's anything, he should go there and get his report. When Chunya and I came out, we saw the servants from the front yard study moving some things into our Jing Garden."
Nan Xu turned to look at Chun Ya, who smiled and agreed, "Madam, I see there are only pens, inkstones, and a lot of paperwork. I think the uncle is serious this time."
Nan Xu smiled, said okay calmly, turned closer to the wall of the carriage, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth where the two maids couldn't see.
The smile on her face grew bigger, and finally, she couldn't help but cover her face with her hands.
Chunya and Yuxiang were startled and thought she was crying. Just as they were about to ask, they heard a silver bell-like laughter coming from between her hands.
The two smiled at each other, feeling more and more hopeful about the future.
*
When Duan Wenpei came back, it was already dusk and the front yard was dark. Only Liu Hui was standing in the corridor holding a solitary lamp, waiting.
Liu Hui walked over and took the cloak handed to him by Duan Wenpei.
He asked knowingly, "Are you going to the study or the quiet garden?"
Duan Wenpei glanced at him, took the lantern from his hand, and walked straight to the backyard.
Liu Hui smiled and hurriedly followed.
In Jingyuan, the lights were on brightly, and the servants were all smiling happily as they welcomed Duan Wenpei in. Hearing the voice, Nan Xu, who was sitting at the table in the flower hall, stood up and took two steps. Then, remembering something, she sat down again with blushing cheeks.
Humph! She wouldn't go to meet him if he bullied others at will.
Just as I was thinking about it, someone came in. Because he left in a hurry last night, he was still wearing the same dark ink-colored clothes he wore last night. Some parts of the clothes were darker in color, as if they were stained by something and spread out.
Nan Xu wrinkled her nose and just as she was about to put her hands down to cover her nose, thinking it was too obvious, Duan Wenpei spoke before her.
He stood at the partition and said, "You eat first, I'll go wash up and come back."
After saying that, without waiting for Nan Xu to speak, he turned around and entered the ear room on the left.
There were wooden barrels and other bathing supplies inside. He sniffed and smelled a faint fragrance. Duan Wenpei asked someone to fetch some water.
Through the carved window lattice, the sound of flowing water could be heard faintly. After a while, mist began to slowly rise. Nan Xu looked at it and had no mood to eat.
She put down her chopsticks, tiptoed over, and stood on a low stool against the wall. Through the misty water vapor, a strong figure was faintly visible.
His skin was between fair and bronze, and because of the water soaking it, it had a charming glow. Even though he was lying there so relaxed, one could still see his slightly bulging and firm muscles. He stretched his arms and leaned comfortably on the edge of the barrel. On his slender neck was a Adam's apple that undulated like a hill. In the mist, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and Nan Xu swallowed uncontrollably.
When she first saw him in Tianxiang Tower, she was almost stunned, not to mention such an alluring body...
The sound of water came to her ears, and Nan Xu suddenly came back to her senses. She was about to get off the stool, but when she looked up, she met a pair of deep eyes. She screamed and fell down.
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