The autumn wind rises, and the fallen leaves are light.

In the dappled dark yellow twilight, the lights come on.

This is Kyoto, the city of Kyoto, the city of Great Lockdown.

The city wall of the big closure city is simple and magnificent, the momentum is open, the city head is as high as dozens of zhang, it is divided into the inner city, the outer city and the palace city, the palace city is where the palace is located, the inner city lives in the dignitaries and rich gentry, although the outer city is the largest, but the people who live are ordinary people, under the bridge and hole, there are many wandering beggars.

As the sun sets, the hustle and bustle of the city slowly fades.

In the inner city, a carriage slowly stopped in front of a courtyard, and a woman in a pink shirt and a green dress and a girl in green clothes walked down from the car at the curtain of the car.

The woman was plump, and as soon as she got out of the car, her silk skirt was swept up by a light wind, and she hummed, revealing a slight gloomy, and a pockmarked maid behind the car hurriedly stepped forward to help her smooth her clothes.

In front of me is a courtyard with a red and white courtyard wall, on the vermilion gate, there is a red lacquer plaque, on which the word frost leaf is written uprightly with official script, and the handwriting is slender and beautiful.

Perhaps not because it sits north and faces south, this courtyard is a secluded place in the inner city of the Great Lockdown.

The woman had a round face, two hollow hairpins were combed obliquely on her ears, and a jade hairpin was inserted into the mustache, and two huge night pearls were hung on it, shining, and her face was quite thick with fat powder, a pair of apricot blossom eyes, and the eyes were rolling, and the fat powder was falling, showing a little meanness.

The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, about five feet tall, her hair was only simply coiled in a bun, her body was slightly thin, her skin was not very good, a little pale, and a little rough, especially a pair of small hands exposed, and a few calluses were grinded out, her face was a melon seed face, her eyebrows were willow eyebrows, a pair of peach blossom eyes under long eyelashes, the corners of her eyes were thin and curved, although she was not very old, she was a beauty.

At this moment, the girl was carrying a flower cloth bag, her eyebrows were pleasing to her eyes, and she looked very well-behaved, but her casual glance faintly revealed a bit of calm and alertness.

The woman led the girl to the door, and the pock-faced maid hurriedly stepped forward to open the lock with the key to open the door, and the woman hummed and pulled the girl across the threshold and walked in.

Bypassing the entrance, the eyes suddenly opened up.

The girl saw that the courtyard was scattered, and it was completely different from the outside, there were pavilions, rockeries, pond bridges, and a few green willows in the shadow of the trees by the pond, which was actually a graceful wind of the Jiangnan courtyard.

There are four or five pavilions in the garden.

The woman stopped, the corners of her mouth curled slightly.

"From today on, the Frost Leaf Pavilion here is open for you, your name, please forget it, Mr. Niang, in the future, you will be called Sang Yueyu, and I will call you Yue'er."

The woman spoke in a cold voice, seven points stern and three points tired.

"Yes, Mother Wang."

The girl known as Yue'er owes her body to answer.

"Yue'er—"

The woman's voice suddenly rose, and she reached out and pressed it on the ring on her left ring finger, and with a click, a short needle popped out, and she reached out and grabbed it on the girl's arm.

"Ahh

Yue'er exclaimed, looking at the woman with wide eyes, her expression was painful, but it was not afraid.

"You remember for me, here, you are only allowed to call me mother, if you call me mother again, I will give you a better punishment!"

"Yes, Wang, Wangniang."

"Okay, from now on, you have to forget everything in the Hundred Flowers Class before, except for dance, everything else is a waste of time, my mother will invite you to invite the best gentleman in Kyoto, teach you literacy, playing the piano, poetry and dancing, and my mother will personally teach you how to walk, how to speak, a woman, and the most important thing is temperament."

"Yes, Yue'er, thank you Wang Niang."

The girl wondered in her heart, you and I can't even talk or walk?

"Very good, my mother hopes that you are my last child, my mother will put all her thoughts on you in the future, I will devote all my resources to cultivating you, so that you can be crowned with Jinghua, unparalleled in the world, so that every man in the world will be shaken when he hears your name, and he can't hold himself!"

"Yes, thank you for cultivating it."

Yue'er couldn't see joy or sorrow on her face, but when she saw a trace of coldness hidden in Wang Niang's eyes, she couldn't help but tremble in her heart, and said secretly: "What do you mean by wishing I was the last child, if I don't do well, will I be demoted to a girl, or will I be sold again?" ”

Wang Niang turned around and commanded the elderly maid behind her.

"You take Miss Yue'er to Yiyue Tower to rest, and my mother wants to go to Zuixiangju."

"Yes, mother, when are you coming back tonight, do you want to wait for the pothos?"

"No need, you wait and close the door, my mother will go to Zuixiangju, and I will rest there tonight."

"Yes, Pothos knows."

Yue'er was relieved to hear that Wang Niang would not come back tonight, along the way, Wang Niang always kept a straight face, and she didn't dare to come out.

"Ahh

Wang Niang sighed, looked at Yue'er and said: "Mother is a hard worker, she only knows how to worry about her children, you have to learn well, if you don't understand, let Sister Luluo teach you." ”

Yue'er bowed her head and bowed, and said, "Yes, my mother is tired, I will ask Sister Luluo for advice." ”

Wang Niang took care of the green pothos again: "There is paper and pen upstairs in Yiyue, don't be idle tonight, teach Yue'er the basic rules, such as how to grind ink and identify rice paper. ”

"Yes, slave and maid obey."

Yue'er wondered in her heart, what is the little Oiran, Wang Niang bought me, did she want me to participate?

Wang Niang waved her hand.

Luthos and Yue'er bowed to each other and said a blessing, then took a few steps back, and carefully turned and walked into the garden path.

Wang Niang looked at the back of the two leaving, her eyebrows frowned slightly, her face seemed to be melancholy, she said to herself: "Seven days later, I hope Yue'er can bring me an accident, there are only six days, it's too rushed." She shook her head and turned to walk out of the courtyard.

Another maid was waiting next to the carriage, this maid was slightly fat, about twenty years old, and looked honest, she saw Wang Niang open her mouth, and she wanted to speak again.

"Go to the drunken fragrance house."

"Yes—"

"Baozhu, what do you want to say, is my mother going to buy a rope trick for an acrobatic class and bet on her?"

Orb nodded.

"I had to do that because someone forced me to bet on it!"

"Mother-in-law?"

"Not bad."

"I heard that Mother-in-law Zhu's daughters were all bought back at the age of five or six and started to cultivate, like that Shi Shiqin, who was accepted as a disciple by Master Su, Miss Yue'er was completely unknown in the big lockdown, only seven days, will it be too late?"

Wang Niangmei smiled coldly and said, "Because that old beggar wants to bet with me, whoever loses will get out of the big lockdown, and he will never step into half a step in the future!" ”

Baozhu was silent, she knew that Mother-in-law Zhu and Wang Niang had a vendetta.

Wang Niang sighed, and continued: "We have been fighting here for more than 20 years, and my mother originally wanted to wash her hands in the golden basin, but the surname Zhu was too deceitful, and she had to fight with me one last time, so I took her bet!" ”

"What about Miss Yue'er, what if she loses?"

"I can't even stand on my own, can I still take care of her?"

Wang Niang smiled with a little regret as she spoke, and bent down to get into the car.

The carriage started and slowly left.

The streets are quiet, but the breeze lingers for a long time.

Yue'er followed the pothos into the garden, this garden and pond blend together, the eaves and corridors are staggered, every corner is very exquisite, she can't help but secretly say: "Once our Baihua class went to Suzhou South Park to perform, the scenery of the South Park is already beautiful, I can't think of a place in Kyoto, you can also see the scenery of the South Garden." ”

Seeing Yue'er's surprised look, Luluo couldn't help pouting.

"It's your first time in Kyoto, aren't you stunned?"

"Yes, yes."

This pothos, with a beautiful name, is an ugly person, she has a pockmarked face, short and thin, not very old, but she looks like a thirty-year-old woman, only half a head taller than Yue'er, when she heard the courtyard door closed, she immediately changed her face.

"See clearly, there are a total of five small buildings in the Frost Leaf Pavilion, the row over there is the maid's room, the largest is the Frost Leaf Building, your Yiyue Building is there, it's that small building, go and tidy it up tonight and sleep there."

"Hey, aren't you going to teach me the rules, why do I go alone?"

"Girl, as soon as you enter the door, you really regard yourself as the owner of the Frost Leaf Pavilion, you are just a cheap maid bought by Wang's mother from an acrobatic class for a hundred taels of silver, and after seven days, she will sell you to the kiln!"