When it comes to the Qinglou woman, everyone may think of Li Shishi, who looks like a city, or yu Xuanji, who is talented and affectionate, or Du Shiniang, who is extremely courageous. There is a Qinglou woman who is even more legendary than these people, she is called "the heroine of the country", her story is made into a drama, a sensation, she is "China's first chaotic beauty" Sai Jinhua.
Sai Jinhua's life is absolutely legendary, a prostitute born but successfully married to Yuanlang, and also traveled to various countries as the wife of the ambassador. With her own clever mouth, she successfully persuaded the commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance at the time, Wadsi, not to kill innocents indiscriminately and protected many people in Beijing at that time.
The Qinglou woman went on a mission to various countries
Sai Jinhua is not her real name, but her "flower name", and there are many theories about her real name that are not uniform. Some people have said that she is from Jiangsu, but some people say that she is from Anhui, and some people say that she is from Huizhou, so her place of birth is unknown, about her birth year, most people think it is 1870, but there are legends that she reported her age by 6 years, so she should be born in 1864.
She was sold to Suzhou as a prostitute at a very young age, and in the thirteenth year of Guangxu, the former Keyuan Hongjun fell in love with her at first sight, redeemed her, and adopted her as his concubine.
At that time, Hong Jun was 48 years old, and Sai Jinhua was only 15 years old, but the two were still a good match, the first two ladies of the Hong family had a gentle and euphemistic personality, and there was no dispute with the world, and Sai Jinhua's life in the Hong family was quite good. This marriage made her a prostitute in the flower boat, and it was also the most important class leap in her life.
In 1888, Hong Jun's mourning period had expired, so he returned to Beijing with his family and was soon transferred to Europe as a diplomat.
In that era, the Chinese people were prejudiced against foreigners, and in their view, blonde foreigners were not people, but "devils", who would eat human flesh and drink human blood. Lady Wang, who grew up in a boudoir, had never seen a real foreigner, and she deeply believed in these legends, so she did not want to follow her husband to Europe, in this case, Sai Jinhua volunteered, and Lady Wang was very happy.
In this way, Sai Jinhua followed her husband to France and became the real minister's wife. It may be that she has cultivated a social talent since childhood, and she is very successful in the social life of celebrities and aristocrats, and has been favored by many celebrity aristocrats.
In 1890, Hong Jun's term of office expired and he was recalled to China, and three years later he died of illness, and Sai Jinhua, who was only in her 20s, became a widow. As a widow, she must follow Mrs. Wang 'Fu Ling" back to her hometown in Suzhou, on the way she met the past good friend Sun Zuozhou, and at the instigation of Sun, Sai Jinhua moved to Shanghai.
Here she rented the façade and began to do her own old business, as soon as her brothel was opened, it was the most senior brothel at that time, and the identity of Mrs. Zhuangyuan made her famous and sensational, and many people with status in Shanghai at that time wanted to kiss Fangze.
The "Flower List Heroes" have saved countless people
In 1898, she led the brothel to Tianjin, which also caused a lot of shock in Tianjin, and after arriving in Tianjin, she recruited a large number of young and beautiful girls. Soon after opening, she met Yang Lishan, the then Hubu Shangshu, who liked her so much that he brought her and her brothel to the capital.
After arriving in Beijing, her reputation did not diminish in the slightest, many important members of the imperial court, the palace ministers wanted to praise her, at that time, prostitutes were like dramas, and they needed to be sought after by people with status to be able to gain a foothold.
In addition to Yang Lishan, the Hubu Shangshu, Zhejiang Jiangxi Inspector De Xiaofeng and Qing Wang ye were all closely related to her. Unlike other weak women, Sai Jinhua loves to wear men's clothes, wear a straw hat, and has a heroic spirit, many people call her "Sai Second Master".
Unfortunately, the situation was turbulent at that time, and Sai Jinhua, the seat of the "top seat of the eight hutongs", had not yet sat hot, and he encountered the Gengzi Incident, and the originally prosperous Beijing suddenly became a hell on earth.
In August 1900, the emperor and empress dowager fled west in a hurry, and the citizens of Beijing were brutally raped and plundered by the Eight-Power Alliance. Sai Jinhua hid in the southern city of Beijing, but was still discovered by the German army, in a hurry, she spoke German, and also took out a photo with the German royal family in the past, seeing this photo, the soldiers did not dare to make a mistake, and brought her to the german marshal Vadersi at the time.
Wadsey and she had been old acquaintances, and after the reunion, they were warmly welcomed. At that time, the citizens of Beijing were afraid of these foreigners, so every house was closed, and it was difficult for the German army to buy food. Sai Jinhua guaranteed that the people would dare to sell grain to these foreigners.
In order to protect these merchants from the deception of foreigners, Sai Jinhua planted a German flag in front of these merchants. In order to save the women in Beijing from harm, she started her own old business and let foreigners come to her shop. Whenever Sai Jinhua saw foreigners bullying the people, she would often try her best to stop them, so she saved the lives of many people.
Because the empress dowager was not in Beijing, Sai Jinhua had a great relationship with Vadersi, and the princes and ministers at that time competed to please her, and the people also gave all the credit to her.
The legendary woman came to an end
In 1903, Sai Jinhua was punished by the Punishment Department for buying Liang for adultery and causing death, according to the law at that time, she should be punished with a staff for 100 and exiled for 3,000 miles, but because she was good friends with the people in the Punishment Department, she was not punished in this way, and was only fined 3,700 minutes and 5 cents to return to her hometown.
Soon she went to Shanghai to open a brothel, and after the founding of the Republic of China, many revolutionaries often visited her brothel. Among these people, she met the love of her life, Wei Sijiong, who was the director of the Jiangxi Civil Affairs Department at the time, and fled to Shanghai after the failure of the second revolution and became acquainted with Sai Jinhua. With the help of Sai Jinhua, he successfully disguised himself and ran to Japan. In 1918, Wei Sijiong returned to Shanghai and held a grand wedding with Sai Jinhua.
Before that, Sai Jinhua had also married a small official surnamed Cao, but Cao soon fell ill and died. Less than three years after the marriage, Wei Sijiong died of illness. The world said that she was a red face, and even the Wei clan swept her out of the house.
In her old age, she moved to a slum near the overpass to spend her poor and destitute old age. Later, she was found to live here, which aroused great social attention, and with the help of the media, she became a celebrity in the social arena again, many people wanted to see her true face, but most people were disappointed by her old age and decline.
Still, there were people who sympathized with her, but this sympathy did not last long, and in 1936, on a cold winter night, Sai Jinhua died of hunger and cold. Her death caused a great sensation, her story was once again mentioned by the world, people from all walks of life donated money and materials for her, Mr. Qi Baishi personally inscribed a monument for her, Mr. Zhang Daqian laughed for her, and the drama named after her was also put on the stage.
The life of a generation of legendary women has come to an end, Qiu Niang is old, the legend has gone, as a person in the wind and dust, she has shined in the storms of history, although she is a woman, she is also enough to arouse the respect of the world.