"This is called drawing on yang to replenish yin." The Eldest Princess said, "Just look at me. I'm almost forty, but I still look like a girl of sixteen."
[Sixteen? Who are you trying to fool?]
[Do you think I'm blind?]
[You look at least twenty-seven or twenty-eight.]
The Eldest Princess: "..."
Jian Ruonan said, "Don't you look young because you've never worked?"
The Eldest Princess said, "Look at those ladies in the Flower Hall. They've never worked either, but the wrinkles on their faces could practically pinch mosquitoes to death!"
Jian Ruonan said, "They might not work, but they're married. They have men."
The Eldest Princess said, "They are married, and they do have men, but with all those concubines at home, once they get older, they can go ten days or half a month without any nourishment."
Jian Ruonan said, "So the secret to staying young is being single, not working, and having yang energy available to nourish you whenever you want."
The Eldest Princess said, "An excellent summary."
There was some truth to what the Eldest Princess said.
Even unmarried women had needs in that department. Otherwise, their hormones could fall out of balance, making them prone to excess internal heat and acne, and aging them faster.
She used to have a close friend who, whenever her irregular period failed to come for months, would go on Douyin to watch male bodhisattvas. After watching them regularly, her cycle would become much more normal.
Jian Ruonan pondered the matter with a solemn expression.
After turning eighteen, she could finally unlock those little movies in her head that she had long dreamed of. But while an occasional viewing was fine, watching too much could send her spiraling into madness.
The money she earned now would last her several lifetimes.