After saying that, Aunt Wang gently touched Yin Fengyu's face with her delicate hand and said happily, "This child is so cute."

Looking at the sixth daughter before her, Aunt Wang couldn't help but think of her own son. She said with some sadness, "Madam, may I raise the sixth daughter? Ever since my son was adopted by my uncle, I have been unable to sleep at night. I long for a child to keep me company."

Looking at Aunt Wang in front of her, Yin Fengyu felt a pang of sorrow. Women in the inner quarters already had a hard life, confined to the deep courtyards, with bound feet, and forced to internalize the Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues.

As Yin Fengyu thought about it, she couldn't help but look at Aunt Wang with some sympathy and smiled.

Aunt Wang exclaimed with delight, "Look, Sixth Miss is smiling! She's happy, isn't she!"

Seeing Wang's state, Aunt Feng remembered Wang's sarcastic words and said sarcastically, "Aunt Wang, with your sickly body, you should take care of yourself! Sixth Miss is being taken care of by the Madam, which is definitely better than being with you."

Besides, if you're so capable, just have another one of your own. Why are you always thinking about raising other people's children?

Which child in the household does the Madam raise? That's that child's good fortune, it's only right and proper. Besides, even if the Madam doesn't raise them, there's still Sixth Miss's birth mother, Concubine Li! How could it be your turn…”

Yin Fengyu was getting a headache from being called "Sixth Sister" so often. The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. Wasn't that "Sixth Sister" herself? Wait, they just mentioned foot binding. That little girl had just had her feet bound.

So, if I'm the "Sixth Sister," does that mean my feet will be bound too? No way! I'm a man, how can my feet be bound? I absolutely cannot let this happen. No, I have to find a way back.

But as Yin Fengyu stared at the ancient-style building and the room full of beautiful women, servants, and children, she felt that everything was so real. Yin Fengyu thought with a heart full of despair, "It's all because of that purple glass bead. I haven't worn that purple bead at all, but I still dream about it every night. In my dream, I transmigrated here and have to become this so-called sixth concubine's daughter."

Thinking about having to bind her feet and breasts, being confined to a large mansion and raised in a boudoir, Yin Fengyu felt that her future was bleak. Unable to travel back to the modern world, Yin Fengyu suddenly felt sad about her unknown fate.

Listening to Zhang Shi and her two concubines talking back and forth in a noisy, chaotic way, she became extremely annoyed. So she pouted, opened her mouth wide, and started crying.

She wept for her uncertain future, for having just transmigrated and knowing nothing, yet already embroiled in the intrigues of the inner quarters.

Yin Fengyu's shout silenced Aunt Feng, who was talking incessantly, and Yin Fengyu immediately felt much more at ease.

Sitting at the head of the table, Madam Zhang hurriedly instructed, "Granny Zhou, perhaps the Sixth Miss is hungry. Where is the wet nurse? Let the wet nurse feed her."

After Zhang finished speaking, a beautiful woman in her thirties or forties stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Madam, I am the wet nurse of the Sixth Miss, and my surname is Qi."

Zhang waved her hand and said, "Go and comfort the sixth young lady, and feed her milk."

Qi, the wet nurse, held Yin Fengyu, who was still in swaddling clothes, and unbuttoned her clothes to prepare to breastfeed Yin Fengyu.

Only then did Yin Fengyu realize what was about to happen. She struggled frantically, but Yin Fengyu was still an infant at this moment, how could she refuse an adult!

Finally, she resignedly continued to suckle. Only when Zhang heard that Yin Fengyu had stopped crying did she feel relieved.

Seeing that neither Aunt Wang nor Aunt Feng was speaking, she said, "Alright, you two stop targeting each other. You're both women, and life isn't easy for either of you. You should get along well and make the master's household a little quieter."

"Sixth Miss, you should stay in Yimei Courtyard! After my baby is born, I can raise both children myself. Aunt Wang is ill; she should rest and recover. I won't trouble her any further. Oh! By the way, Granny Liu, bring two stools over; Aunt Wang and Aunt Feng must be tired of standing."

Granny Liu immediately replied, "Yes, Madam." After saying that, she immediately directed someone to bring over two stools.

Then Zhang said to Aunt Feng, "Aunt Feng, you should take good care of the Third and Fifth Misses. If you have nothing else to do, give them some pointers and educate them. Although they are illegitimate daughters, they still need to be properly raised so that they don't bring shame to the Yin family in the future."

Upon hearing this, the two concubines were taken aback for a moment, then immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Madam, we will remember your teachings."

Aunt Feng and Aunt Wang had been standing for a long time. Now, having received the mistress's order, they finally sat down on the stools and immediately felt much less soreness in their feet.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Madam Zhang asked, "Granny Liu, what time is it?"

Granny Liu said, "Madam, it's early morning, shall we set out the meal?"

Madam Zhang nodded and said, "Let's set out the meal! It's getting late."

Liu Mama clapped her hands, and eight or nine first-class maids dressed in green came in carrying food boxes and quietly placed the meal on the large table next to the main hall.

Then, Granny Liu helped Zhang up and led her to the side of the main hall. Aunt Feng and Aunt Wang followed closely behind, and the maids and servants led the second young lady, Yin Ziyue, the third young lady, Yin Zifeng, the fourth young master, Yin Jing'an, and the fifth young lady, Yin Ziyao, to follow.

With Master Yin Xu absent, Madam Zhang sat at the head of the table, while the maids serving the four children also sat at the table.

Because they were concubines, Aunt Feng and Aunt Wang could not sit at the table; they could only stand next to Madam Zhang and serve her at any time.

Immediately afterwards, five exceptionally beautiful first-class maids approached carrying a tray. On the tray was a small copper basin filled with warm water, next to which was a pure white cotton hand towel. Beside that were a cup of tea and a spittoon for rinsing the mouth.

Zhang picked up her teacup, took a sip of tea, rinsed her mouth, then covered it with a handkerchief and spat into the spittoon. She then washed her hands with warm water, and finally dried them with a white hand towel before beginning her meal.

Of the remaining four children, only eight-year-old Yin Ziyue could complete the task; the others were too young, so they were served by maids and servants.

Looking at the scene before her, Yin Fengyu felt a sense of déjà vu.

Suddenly, Yin Fengyu realized that this was a scene from Dream of the Red Chamber. It was so similar, so extravagant, even more so than the scenes in Dream of the Red Chamber.

Yin Fengyu couldn't help but wonder if the Yin family owned a mine. This was far too extravagant, even more so than in Dream of the Red Chamber. There were a huge number of maids and servants, and the maids were all energetic and dressed very appropriately.

However, the Jia family in Dream of the Red Chamber was already on the verge of ruin at that time, and looking at the current scene, Yin Fengyu felt that the Yin family was not far from ruin as well.

However, Yin Fengyu realized that the situation was different. The Yin family of Jiangnan had stood for hundreds of years. The Yin family was like a powerful clan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with land, retainers, soldiers, and so on...

It seems they can survive for another few hundred years! Moreover, their cheap father is currently enjoying great influence and is being heavily relied upon by the current emperor, and is about to be promoted to the position of second-in-command.

Yin Fengyu was also feeling the influence of the TV dramas she had watched before. She couldn't help but think that the decline of a family would inevitably be accompanied by the extinction of its descendants. But looking at her cheap father, Yin Xu, she saw that he was having one child after another, so it seemed that he wouldn't be finished so soon.

Yin Fengyu felt her life was incredibly miserable. Just two days after transmigrating to the Great Sheng Dynasty, she witnessed the raw, unfiltered life of a wealthy ancient family: a rigidly hierarchical inner quarters, extravagant lifestyles, and various forms of oppression against women. Now, she had to constantly worry about her own life.

After everyone had finished their breakfast, they returned to the main hall. Madam Zhang sat at the head of the table and said to Aunt Feng, "Aunt Feng, you should teach Third Miss properly when you have time. I just saw that Sister Feng couldn't sit still while eating breakfast. She was fidgeting around and hasn't learned her manners well. You should teach her properly when you get back."

Aunt Feng quickly replied, "Yes, Madam, I understand."

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