The young lady's surname was Du, and her given name was Liniang. When her parents gave her that name, the Southern poet Tang Xianzu had not yet been born, let alone written The Peony Pavilion, which would later become famous through the ages.
The maid was called Hongniang. Before she was born, there had already been countless Hongniangs in this world. After she died, there would still be countless Hongniangs in this world.
The young lady lived in a beautiful embroidered tower, and Hongniang slept beside her. They had grown up together, as close as one person.
Then, one morning, Hongniang did not wake the young lady as she usually did, because the night before, she had quietly died beside her.
Du Liniang reached out and touched the person sleeping beside her. The body had not yet stiffened, but the young lady's bedroom was already filling with an inescapable smell of death.
She poked Hongniang's face. "You're so cold."
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