At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, a downpour fell over Shengjing City.
The rain was so heavy that water had accumulated in the low-lying areas.
In the city center, in a corner of a courtyard within the General Mansion.
There was a small servant girl, now soaked to the skin.
She kneeled there, shivering, as if a gust of wind could blow her over.
In the house not far away, sounds of young girls laughing and playing could be heard.
The little servant girl kept her head down, her eyes had cried dry.
Her body felt both painful and weary, and she found herself utterly exhausted.
Were it not for the last bit of willpower she clung to, she feared she would have collapsed.
Suddenly, a silhouette of another servant girl rushed into the room.
She appeared to be wearing clean and decent clothes, adorned with hairpins and jewelry made of plain silver.
Clearly, she was someone of status, a figure among the ladies of the house.
