The woman who is called Mother Sang by the girl is called Jia Nai, although she is not young, but her figure is as slender as a girl, she walks with one step and three shakes, and her face is full of charm and frivolity. She walked over to the bed and looked at Rika carefully, nodded and let out a chuckle, "Do you remember who you are?" ”

Rika threw her a roll of the eyes and struggled to sit up from the bed, perhaps after waking up for a while, her strength was restored, and her hands and feet were finally able to move.

Kano stood still in front of the bed, as if she wanted to have a good conversation with Rika. Seeing this, the girl neatly moved a chair and put it behind Jia Nai, who sat down, took a puff of cigarette and continued: "I have been asleep for more than a month, and it is a great luck to be able to wake up intact." He looked at Lixiang's face again, and said with a smile: "These eyes are really the most brilliant part of the whole face, and it is in vain that I spent so much money to buy you back." ”

Rika had no idea what she was talking about.

"Your appearance, when you close your eyes, you can only say that you don't lose the Oiran, and when you open it, your look is completely different. I'll be sure to tune you in. Teach the most outstanding Oiran of Dew Street. ”

Rika was finally able to say her first sentence in more than a month: "No matter who you are, send me back to the Daimyo's Mansion immediately!" "Because he hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant. Rika frowned and cleared her throat.

Kano laughed and trembled.

Rika glared at her in displeasure: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"You don't seem to have figured out where you are now?" Jia Nai laughed enough before she took care of Rika, and watched her delicate eyebrows almost twist into a ball, and then continued slowly: "Still 'back' to the Daimyo's Mansion?" Do you think you're a princess? ”

Although no one knows or believes it, Rika is indeed the real princess of the Fire Country.

The girl who was waiting for Jia Nai on the side couldn't help but hide her mouth and snicker.

Rika raised her chin arrogantly, "My father is indeed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. ”

The door was open, and someone pushed it in. The men were two young women in their twenties, dressed in the same shape as Kanai, but with much more elaborate headdresses than her. As soon as she heard Rika's words, she laughed out loud, and a woman named Yuriko among the two teased, "If you are really Princess Rika, isn't this Kitano Castle your fiefdom?" ”

Of course, Rika knew that Kitano City belonged to her fiefdom, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This is Kitano?" Even though she had never been to Kitano, she had heard that the border town was quite far away from the Daimyo's mansion.

"Dew Street in Kitano City." Kikyo, who came in with Yuriko, said.

After speaking, the two walked up to Jia No's side and stood with their hands down, their eyes unabashedly looking at Lixiang.

The windows are wide open, and the scenery outside the room is picturesque, and it is only the beginning of October, and the autumn leaves are already full of fire, and you can even see the snow on the top of the mountain in the neighboring country of Railroad.

Rika was shocked and angry, she was alone in an unfamiliar place, far away from the protection of her parents and brothers, and it was impossible not to be afraid. But the stubbornness of the girl's character came from no one else, and the more nervous she was, the more she straightened her back, and pretended to be calm and said coldly: "Send me back to the Daimyo Mansion immediately, and I will let my father not blame you for the past!" ”

Yuriko sneered, "I really think of myself as a princess." ”

Jia Nai crossed Erlang's legs, slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke, and asked with interest, "What's your name?" ”

The girl raised her eyebrows and replied, "Pear fragrance." ”

"No wonder she says she's a princess." Kikyo paced to the edge of the bed and sat next to Lixiang, raised his hand and gently brushed off the bangs on the girl's forehead to examine her white face inch by inch, "Back then, the daimyo named the young girl Lixiang, the name Lixiang was all the rage among the people, and there were not 10,000 girls called Lixiang in the whole country, but not everyone had a good life as a princess." ”

Rika hated being touched on the cheek by a stranger, so she moved back in disgust and waved her hand away.

Kikyo didn't care, turned his head to Jia Nai and smiled: "Mom San, you see that this child's skin is as smooth and tender as a shelled egg, and he must have been born in a rich and noble family." ”

Yuriko couldn't look down on the rich daughter who thought she was superior because of her good background, and sneered: "The most important thing in Dew Street is her background, whether she was a poor girl or a rich girl, and what she can't attract guests is waste." ”

As a man's paradise, Dew Street naturally values appearance, talent, and the means to please men.

There was a woman's voice outside the door calling in a panic, "Mama-san", and Kikyo leaned over and whispered in Kano's ear, "At this time, it should be Nikaido-sama who is here." ”

Nikaido is a well-known wealthy man in Kitano Castle, and it is said that his brother was a powerful and wealthy retainer in the capital, and he often spent a lot of money on Dew Street, but he had a strange temper and was quite difficult to serve.

Jia no nodded, but still said to Rika unhurriedly: "From now on, you will be called Lily of the Valley." ”

Rika looked at her coldly: "My name is Rika." ”

Kano chuckled, and finally got up and walked towards the door with Kikyo and Yuriko, and when he was about to walk out of the room, he suddenly stopped and turned back and said, "You will be taken care of by Kikuko for the past few days until your body is fully recovered, and then I will teach you the capital to stand on Dew Street." As he spoke, he smiled again, and dropped these two sentences more imposingly than the previous pear fragrance-

"Maybe you used to be the princess of the family, but here, I am the queen. You'd better remember, lily of the valley. ”

…… Lily of the valley, your sister!

Rika gritted her teeth at her back.

Juzi picked up the bowl again and walked to Lixiang: "Lily of the valley, are you hungry?" The porridge I cooked even my mother said was delicious. ”

"My name is Rika."

Rika's tone was not good, Kikuko had a flat mouth, and her pitiful appearance was a bit like Hinada: "Lily of the valley, you see that your mother San is really good to you, and she said that she would transfer you. Teach it to be an Oiran! ”

The Daimyo's Mansion was strictly disciplined, and whether it was a minister or a servant of the guard, he had to be cautious in everything he said and did. Noble as a princess, you shouldn't know the deep meaning of the Oiran. But Rika knew—even as a prostitute. The highest rank of a woman, both talented and beautiful, and all things to do are nothing more than low-class prostitutes. Female - to please the guest, both verbally and physically.

Rika's acquisition of these peach-colored knowledge really can't but be attributed to the confiscated "Intimacy Paradise". In this way, of course, the first technician who unintentionally inserted willows also contributed a lot.

Kikuko scooped out the warm porridge while chattering about not wanting to be an Oiran's prostitute. Women are not good prostitutes. Female bar, la, la.

And on the winding aisle from Rika's temporary room to the tearoom where Nikaido was received, Kikyo asked Kano, "Does Mama-san really want to raise that child as an Oiran?" ”

Yuriko smiled unusually gloating: "You're afraid that kid will steal your limelight in the future, Kikyo." Even a little girl who has no experience in the world can make you uneasy, and you are really getting more and more wretched in this drunken house. ”

Kikyo ignored her taunts, and his face was not revealed, but he only straightened his sideburns and said, "That child must be fifteen or sixteen years old, and now he is starting to tune according to the standards of the Oiran. Teach, it's too late. ”

Flower Drunken House is one of the best women's houses in Dew Street, and the previous Oiran is from the girls under the age of ten who have been sold to the tour outline, and the beautiful faces and qualifications are selected. Teach them to acquire skills such as literature, calligraphy, chess, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, incense ceremony, shamisen, and most importantly, of course, master the means of flattery.

Although the pear fragrance is stunning, if you don't know anything about the fragrance of piano, chess, books, poems, camellias, and flowers, there is undoubtedly a long way to go from the oiran. And for her age, it was a bit late to start teaching from scratch.

Kanno doesn't seem to be worried about this: "Like you said, there are eight times out of ten lily of the valley. Nine was born in a rich and noble family, and those famous ladies must have been taught her since she was a child. As for the trick to please men...... If you spend some time in Dew Street, you can still learn? ”

Kikyo pondered for a moment, Jiang was really old and spicy, or Jia Nai was thoughtful, but he was worried about another thing: "Mom San, if Lily of the Valley is really a rich lady, what if her family comes to the door when the time comes?" ”

Jia Nai glanced at her, and the corners of her lips hooked: "You were also a young lady from a rich and noble family, for so many years, but someone has come to you?" ”

Yuriko sneered.

Kikyo lowered his head and eyes, and the smile on his lips seemed to be without any emotion: "Mom Sang is right, it's me who is too careful." ”

When Kikyo was sold to Dew Street, she was only half as old as Rika. Now, more than ten years later, home and relatives have become distant and pale memories, and she doesn't even remember what she used to be called. No relatives had ever come to her, and she couldn't take a step out of Dew Street.

All the pride and reserve back then have been worn away by the desolation of life, and today, what else will she do but have fun in front of men?

People really can't help but accept their fate sometimes. Just like her, no matter which family she used to be, now she can only be the Oiran bellflower of the Flower Drunk House on Dew Street.

That new girl will probably be reduced to a second bellflower. ――Kikyo smiled a second before he greeted Nikaido, and this sentence crossed his mind.

On this night, Dew Street sang and danced until dawn as before, and the Flower Drunk House was still full of customers. When the sun slowly rose in the sky, everyone yawned and went back to their rooms to rest, and Kikuko's voice suddenly broke the temporary tranquility of the flower drunk house.

"Mama-san! Lily of the valley escaped! ”