The Handmaid in the Empty Room is a common folk tale genre that has been produced in several versions, and here is a synopsis of one of them:
In a small village, there is an old mansion that has been abandoned for a long time, and it is said that there was a bizarre **, and there have been rumors of haunting since then. One day, a young painter passing by the village, heard about the legend, took a keen interest in the ancient house, and decided to spend the night here to experience whether ghosts really existed.
As night fell, the painter entered the old mansion, and he felt a chill in his face, but he was not intimidated, but took out his brush and canvas and began to paint in the room. Suddenly, he heard a soft footstep and looked back to see a woman dressed in an ancient maid's costume standing behind him. The painter was startled, but he mustered up the courage to ask who the woman was.
The woman told him that she was the maid of the old house, and that she had served her master here, but had died in an accident and had remained in the room ever since. The painter was frightened, but the woman told him that she would not hurt him, but that she wanted to ask him for a favor. She wanted the artist to paint a portrait of her so that her soul could rest in peace.
The painter hesitated, but finally decided to help the woman. He picked up the brush and began to paint a portrait of her with his heart, and in the process of painting, he felt that the woman's soul gradually became calm. When he finished his final stroke, the woman thanked him and disappeared.
When the painter walked out of the old house, he felt that he had experienced a wonderful adventure. Since then, there have been no rumors of haunting, and the painter's portrait of a maid has become one of his proudest works.