The rooms on all four sides were divided into small private chambers, with peach-colored silk curtains hanging at the entrances. Through the propped-up windows, one could see the tables inside adorned with alcoholic drinks and dishes, as well as a smoking bed.
As for the backyard, it was where the girls changed clothes and rested.
Clotheslines were crammed together, hung with assorted clothing and bedding.
Li Yan lowered himself, walking across the rooftop, then took a deep breath and looked towards the second floor of the central courtyard.
He saw that the innermost 'Heavenly Suite' on the second floor was decorated far more luxuriously, with wool rugs on the ground, but beneath the rugs, half of a reed mat was visible.
A spring palace painting hung on the wall, appearing exceptionally suggestive amidst the flickering candlelight.
Pine wood chips were burning in the copper fire basin, their smoke curling the edges of the wealth-attracting papercuts on the beams.
