The concubine is a man, and the illegitimate son of a divine physician has a spatial ability.

After a while, Yin Fengyu suddenly noticed a row of small, low houses in a corner outside the high wall. Pointing at the houses with some confusion, she asked, "Granny Zhou, what are those small houses for?"

Granny Zhou patted Yin Fengyu's head and explained, "That's where the lowly servants live. Only the first-class and second-class servants can live with their masters in the masters' courtyards. Their food, clothing, and daily necessities are much better than those of the lowly servants. Some of the more capable ones even live better than the concubines."

Sixth Miss, within these ten-meter-high walls, there are rows of small houses for the servants. Men and women are not supposed to have close contact, and this high wall separates the servants from the maids.

Yin Fengyu nodded blankly, looking at the rows of somewhat simple but very clean houses, and said, "Living there is indeed very pitiful. Then, Granny, will there be no servants in the inner courtyard of the new mansion?"

Granny Zhou said, "There must be servants in the inner quarters, otherwise who would do the work of carrying water and chopping wood? We old women are not allowed to do it! It's just that there are very few servants in the inner quarters. Most of them are concentrated in the kitchen and the rooms of the concubines. For example, there won't be any ignorant servants coming up to the Sixth Miss and the Seventh Miss."

This was also Madam's request, to protect the reputations of the Sixth and Seventh Misses..."

As they were talking, Yin Fengyu and Yin Ziyao followed Granny Zhou and Xiaolan over the high threshold of the vermilion gate and went inside.

Just as Granny Zhou said, in the corner of the 10-meter-high blue brick wall, there were some low and small rooms, where many third-class maids dressed in black or gray were packing their clothes.

Yin Fengyu turned her gaze back to the bluestone avenue in front of her. On both sides of the avenue were well-organized courtyards with blue bricks and black tiles, some with one floor and some with two.

Yin Fengyu estimated that there were about a dozen such courtyards in total. Each large courtyard contained more than a dozen smaller courtyards. The open spaces in the large courtyards were planted with flowers, grasses, and tall trees. The entire complex was quite magnificent.

Despite the grandeur, Yin Fengyu felt a profound sense of oppression. The high walls of the courtyard were like a cage, like a tomb, imprisoning the woman's entire life.

At this moment, Yin Fengyu couldn't help but think of a movie she had once seen, "Raise the Red Lantern," which was filmed in the Qiao Family Compound. It is also one of Zhang Yimou's best works.

The female protagonist, Songlian, was also a college student. After experiencing her family's decline and her father's death, she was arranged by her stepmother to become the concubine of a man in his fifties. At that time, Songlian had also received a modern education and longed for a bright future.

However, influenced by those around her and persecuted by feudal ethics, Songlian gradually became obsessed with hanging red lanterns and foot massages. Slowly, like the people in the deep mansion, she became obsessed with power struggles within the household, and all sorts of sordid and dirty things followed.

The red lanterns and foot massages, like sex, like poison, intoxicate and penetrate to the bone. Unforgettable, inescapable, and impossible to escape.

In the end, the first wife firmly holds her position as the legal wife, watching the two sides fight from the sidelines.

The second wife was a smiling tiger who killed the third wife, Meishan, and drove the fourth wife, Songlian, insane. But history is like a cycle, and the mansion welcomed a new enemy, the fifth concubine.