Thousands of years in time, the vast sky is covered with the Great Xia Dynasty.

In the summer of the sixth year of Baoyuan, Dingxi Hou Mansion.

The rain in the early morning has been falling for a while, and it is the time of dinner, the servants and maids who come and go are holding umbrellas, all kinds of clothes and umbrellas are intertwined, like colorful clouds, mixed with the laughter of you stepping on my shoes, you splashing my skirt, and the exquisite utensils can't hide the fragrance of the food.

The little girl is fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a green cloth shirt and pants, this is the most ordinary maid's outfit in Dingxi Hou Mansion, but what is not ordinary is that she is wearing a red belt, which is the color that can only be used by second-class girls in Dingxi Hou Mansion.

The contrast between blue and red is particularly eye-catching, but the people who come in and out don't look at her, it's like air.

The little girl carried a basket in one hand, rubbed her stomach with the other, and looked at the kitchen door, gradually fewer people came and went.

A stocky woman stepped forward, followed closely behind her, and four or five mothers-in-law scrambled to hold her an umbrella.

"I said that you are all awake, you are all old people for many years, but don't lose your identity, do what you should do, don't take what you shouldn't take, let go of your eyelids, I can tell you..."

As soon as she stopped, the mothers-in-law behind her immediately stopped and looked at her with a flattering smile.

“… If anyone loses my face, don't blame me for not giving her face, it's not a person who gets out, and when the time comes, crying with me and having a big family without a way to live, I can't control it. The woman said with a smile, raising her hand slightly to point at the men, and two red gold bracelets appeared on her white and chubby wrists.

"Mrs. Dong, this is a vain order, we are all old, where can we do things that are out of tune." A horse-faced woman laughed.

"Yes, yes, if we still have to teach Dong Niangzi here, it will be really in vain, it's better to leave here as soon as possible." Everyone chimed in.

This is the lady in charge of the kitchen of the upper room of the Dingxi Hou Mansion, Dong Niangzi.

The little girl bit her lower lip, rushed out of the corner of the porch, and stood in front of the group in the rain.

Dong Niangzi was smiling with satisfaction, and wanted to make a few jokes, when someone suddenly stood in front of her, and a splash of water splashed because she was running quickly, leaving a mark on her pine-colored horse-faced skirt.

"Oh, it's a death." The women next to him shouted, and the corner of his eyes swept over the Tsing Yi of the arrival, and he immediately raised his hand and slapped him.

The women were stout, and the little girl was struck on the shoulder, and the basket in her hand fell to the ground.

"Hey, this isn't..."Dong Niangzi fixed her eyes on the people standing in front of her, especially the red waist, and couldn't help but be stunned.

The woman who started beating people just saw this, and couldn't help but be startled, she was a third-class rough mother-in-law, and the second-class maid in the upper room couldn't afford to provoke her, and her inertial legs were bent.

"yes, yes." Dong Niangzi said, her voice stretched slender.

Hearing the name Ah Hao, the woman with bent legs suddenly stood up straight again, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that she was frightened and glared at the maid.

Ah Hao stood in the rain, and soon became wet by the rain, and his hair was attached to his head and face, making him look more and more embarrassed.

"Dong Niangzi, I, our young lady's...", she said in a trembling voice.

"What's wrong with the young lady? What is there to command? Dong Niangzi asked, looking at her with a smile and a kind attitude.

"The young lady asked me, may this month's statute be allocated?" Ah Hao said, raised his head and glanced at this Dong Niangzi, I don't know if she was scared or drenched in the rain, her little face was pale.

Dong Niangzi's face turned cold.

"What? Have you forgotten the example of Akitoi-in? She said nonchalantly.

Originally, listening to the little girl's complaint, and then looking at Dong Niangzi's cold face, the mother-in-law was a little scared, and was thinking about how to beg for mercy and admit their mistakes, but when they heard such a sentence, they immediately laughed again.

"I really should have been beaten," said a woman who raised her hand and slapped herself in the face, "and forgot about it! ”

When she said this, she looked at the little girl, and bowed slightly.

"Girl, hit me, I heard that the third lady was infected with the cold, so I panicked, and rushed to buy the light meals, fruits and vegetables ordered, I am old and old and useless, and I can't stand it, I remember this and forget that..."

Where did the little girl dare to hit her.

"Mom said that she laughed, naturally the third lady's illness is important.." She bit her lower lip and whispered.

Dong Niangzi showed a smile on her face, and then she was cold again.

"It's stupid, the girl is drenched in the rain." She said.

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding mothers-in-law seemed to see that the person in front of them had been poured into soup by the rain, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold an umbrella for her.

"Why did this day come out.."

"Whoever you don't want to say is it..."

"The girl even ran over herself..."

Everyone said one after another, full of distress and concern.

"No matter how busy you are, don't delay the work that needs to be done, and there will be a next time, don't blame me for being ruthless." Dong Niangzi shook her head at these women and smiled.

The mothers-in-law swore that they would never be.

"Then I'll go first." Dong Niangzi said, and looked at Ah Hao again, "Ah Hao, come and tell me if you are missing." ”

Ah Hao nodded his head tremblingly and thanked him.

Mrs. Dong left, and the mother-in-law in the yard turned around with a smile, from the young lady praising the delicious dish and rewarding a few dollars until the four treasures of the concierge wore shoes made by a girl, until Ah Hao followed them into the house, and one of them just saw her.

"Why hasn't the girl left yet?" She asked.

Ah Hao looked down at his empty basket.

"Oh, we let people send things personally, it's raining, the road is not easy to walk, where can the girl carry it?" The woman smiled and said, "Old sisters, do you hear me, hurry up and prepare the things and send them to the young lady." ”

The room resounded with the sound of laughter and sporadic responses.

"I..." Ah Hao hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say something, but was pushed and pulled out of the door by the woman.

The courtyard door slammed shut, and the rain became heavier and heavier, so Ah Hao stomped his foot and put the basket on his head and ran briskly along the path.

Through one door after another, over a sandwich road, you can see this small courtyard standing in the rain and fog in the distance, surrounded by a few flowers and trees, there is nothing else, it seems extremely lonely.

A red umbrella floated over there.

"Aajo." Ah Hao saw the shouting and quickened his pace.

Under the red umbrella here, there is a girl of her age, wearing a simple white middle coat with a cyan bijia and a gray cloth skirt.

"No matter how you go out, you don't have an umbrella, you run back in the rain, and you don't know where to borrow one." She finally put the umbrella over the people who were coming, and looked at the girl who was soaking wet, she looked distressed and anxious, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her face.

"I'm fast, I'm not afraid." Ah Hao grinned.

Just an umbrella, this kid is afraid that he won't be able to use it, Aru is very sad.

"Hurry up and go back and change." She stretched out her hand to pull Ah Hao, but when she saw Ah Hao's empty basket, her expression was stunned, "Why, still not..."

"Sister, they said they would send it right away." Ah Hao hurriedly said, feeling that he didn't do things well, and he was a little ashamed and blamed himself.

Aru sighed.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to wait until two or three days later....

"Sister, why did you come out, young lady..."Ah Hao asked again and hurriedly.

"The young lady is asleep, I don't worry about you, come out and take a look." Aru said.

The two talked, walked to the front of the courtyard, the courtyard wall was a little mottled, and there was a plaque with paint off on it, with the words Qiutong Courtyard written, with a creak, the door was pushed open and the two women entered.

After changing clothes in the house, Aru boiled another bowl of ginger soup and brought it over.

"Sister, there isn't much ginger left, keep it for the young lady." Ah Hao excused himself and said.

"Drink, the young lady's body is not inferior to this bowl of ginger soup." Ah Ru sighed and said, "The most important thing is that we all have to be good, otherwise, who else can the young lady rely on..."

When she said this, tears fell from her eyes.

Ah Hao stopped talking, took the ginger soup and drank it in a big gulp.

"Sister, don't worry, we can all be fine, when the prince comes back, tell him that the young lady is well, and he will definitely take us out." She said with a smile.

Aru looked at her, and the smile on his lips was very bitter.

"I hope so." She whispered.

There was silence in the room.

"I'll go boil some water, and the young lady will wake up and wash up in a while." Aru stood up and said, breaking the dullness in the room.

Ah Hao nodded, pulled his hair at the bronze mirror on the low table, and just tied the last head rope, he heard a scream outside, followed by the sound of the copper basin falling to the ground.

The sound was sharp and piercing, and it was chilling across the eardrums.

Ah Hao shuddered and rushed out, only to see Ah Ru sitting on the threshold of the main house, trembling and screaming one after another.

"Sister, what's wrong?" She hurriedly ran over, reaching out to support Aru, while subconsciously looking up.

A terrible cry pierced the rain and fog.

"Young lady, young lady." Ah Hao cried and crawled into the house.

Following her line of sight, you can see a pair of feet hanging in the air, wearing shoes embroidered with tangled lotus, and then looking up, there is a white gauze skirt, and a snow green plate-collar embroidered robe, and then a plain white face, the tongue faintly sticking out.

"Put it down." Aar, who had recovered from the scream, pounced and lifted her legs up.

Ah Hao cried and came to help, and finally put down the person hanging on the beam.

"No... It's not ....angry..."Aru trembled and reached into the woman's snort, and suddenly turned pale.

"Young lady," Ah Hao cried loudly, and threw herself on the woman lying on the ground, "Why are you so confused! ”

The woman on the ground remained motionless, and if it weren't for her suffocated face, it would have been as if she had fallen asleep.

"Quick, go tell Master Hou and Mrs. Hou." Ah Ru was a few years older, got up and ran out.

The door was smashed and there was a clanging sound, Ah Hao's crying stopped suddenly, she reached out to cover her mouth, the door opened and the wind swept the rain in, except for the sound of the rain brushing, there was no other sound, and the plain room like a snow cave became more and more cold.

Ah Hao's breathing became more and more rapid, she suddenly didn't dare to look at the person lying on the ground, and with the door clanging again, she let out a scream, turned around and rushed into the rain.

A flash of lightning suddenly burst into the air, accompanied by a rumbling thunder that almost tore through the entire sky.

Ah Hao, who had just run out of the yard, was paralyzed on the ground and fainted in fright.

At the same time, the man lying on the ground in the room moved his hands, and then the whole person twitched as if he was spasmodic, and the hand hanging by his side was raised and waved violently, as if to grasp something, and there was a coughing sound in his throat, and at the same time a white box suddenly appeared above her, and smashed straight down, and smashed it accurately and the abdomen of the person on the ground.

"Ambiguous at my mother." The man on the ground let out a cry of pain and sat up sharply.