At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qinhuai Bayan, which is famous for its talent, on the banks of the Qinhuai River, is known to almost everyone. At that time, why did the literati and inkers who came to admire the name be more than a hundred? Beautiful women love heroes, prostitutes love talents, and their brilliance not only moves ordinary people, but also makes many heroes and talents fascinated, and even changed the history of China.
The ending of "Qin Huai Eight Yan" is not good, only Gu Mei's end can be regarded as a relatively good one.
At a young age, he was loved by the stars of men, and even after that, he was still favored by his husband and wife. Although I regret not having a son in my life, I always have no worries about food and clothing.
Spring rain Qinhuai water boat, ten red shadow on the eyebrow building.
The east wind does not tie up the acacia, and the peach blossom is painted as a sad thing.
The woman in this poem is Gu Mei, one of Qin Huai's eight yans, with the character Mei Sheng, the number of Hengbo, known as "Lady Hengbo", is also the owner of the Meilou, talented. According to records, she is "good at literature and history, good at painting orchids", and is good at socializing, left and right, at the same time, this woman's heart is higher than the sky, although she is in the Qinglou, but she has the world in her heart, and it is not too much to call her "a generation of chivalrous women".
For this good-looking Gu Mei, there are not many records of her growth experience in the historical records, only that Gu Mei is one of the few women in the Qinglou who has her own assets and is not short of money. At that time, in the fireworks willow alley, Gu Mei had many "male fans", and her admirers were not jealous and jealous like the film and television dramas, but gathered together to discuss life with their skills, and their happiness and harmony were harmonious.
Perhaps, this is the cleverness of Gu Mei in dealing with the world, which can attract all the people who love them to be at peace, and they all think that Gu Mei only loves them.
In life, there are always one or two things that will change a person's life, why not Gu Mei?
The building where she lived was Mei Lou, and unlike Li Xiangjun, there were too many people of all kinds who came to Mei Lou, and Gu Mei inevitably had times when she couldn't cope with it. One day, above the Meilou where Gu Mei lived, a man came, who claimed to be the nephew of bingbu shilang. At first, Gu Mei secretly sent Qiu Bo, which made this person happy, but it wasn't long before the man found that Gu Mei was also having a good time with another person.
It is said that men are the most likely to be jealous, and so is the nephew of this waiter, who feels that his feelings have been toyed with by Gu Mei, so he actually took advantage of the drunkenness to give Gu Mei an ugly look in the MeiLou, fortunately, there are many "male fans" who act as flower protectors to break the siege for her. This time the change made Gu Mei begin to rethink life, not wanting to spend her life with everyone in such an ambiguous way, thinking that she still had to find a confidant to rely on and spend her life together.
Therefore, among the many men, she thought of Gong Dingxiao, a young and promising talent who was four years older than her, and at the age of twenty, she was recruited into the county order. On weekdays, he was very friendly with Gu Mei, and once revealed his heart to Gu Mei on Tanabata and asked for marriage. At that time, Gu Mei did not explicitly promise him, and later, when this incident occurred, she decided to marry Gong Dingzi and marry him for a hundred years, a dream of marrying a Woman in Qinglou.
Moreover, Gong Dingzi also specially inscribed a poem for him:
Waist jealousy hanging Yang hair jealous clouds, broken soul warbler whispering in the night;
Qin Lou should have been mistaken by the East Wind and did not send Luo Shi to marry the jun.
Gong Dingzi was considered Gu Mei's superior husband-in-law candidate, and after several considerations, she came to Beijing to reunite with gong Dingzi a year after she went to the capital. The husband and wife, who originally lived a happy life, were helpless at that time, the situation was turbulent, Li Zicheng rebelled, and the Chongzhen Emperor died... At such a time of national crisis, the officials of the DPRK and China had only three choices: surrender, martyrdom, or desertion.
However, Gong Dingzi chose to throw himself into the well.
In fact, he was not really like this, but just wanted to escape the disaster and hide in the dry well with Gu Mei to escape the disaster. After leaving the well, Gong Dingzi surrendered to the Dashun army. Soon after, the Qing army defeated the Dashun army, and he turned to the Qing army, and thus defected three times. During this period, Gu Mei advised her husband Gong Dingzi to be loyal to the king and martyr the country with his death, but Gong Dingxiao was reluctant to give up his future and happy family.
In the eyes of many people, Gong Dingzi is like a wall grass that is despised by people, but Gong Dingxiao attributes all the reasons to his concubine. He said: All his defections are because the women around him do not follow. This kind of person with this kind of mind is also like this, in the sneering eyes of everyone, Gong Dingzi still loves Gu Mei as always, and lives a fairy-like life.
No matter how turbulent the situation is, these two people are always inseparable and accompanied for life, but they are also a pair of "living Mandarin ducks" that others envy. Moreover, because Gong Ding's Dong clan had already received the edict of the Ming Dynasty, when the Qing Dynasty was rewarded, the Dong clan of the main chamber took the initiative to give the title to Gu Mei, so Gu Mei accepted the edict even more magnificently and was named "Lady Yipin".
Mr. Meng Sen, a famous historian, tried to write the article "Lady Hengbo Kao", and he was greatly dissatisfied with Gong Gu's character, believing that both husband and wife were snobs and shameless people, and people who wanted to smoke their hearts. Lady Yokoba, who was once known as "Li Xian Aishi, Chi Inner Junge", is really so unbearable? Politically, although Gong Dingzi was often criticized, he was a courtesy corporal, hospitable and light money in his daily life, and often rescued his friends from danger.
Time is like a white colt passing through the gap, and in the blink of an eye, it is Gu Mei's 39th birthday.
This year, the two of them passed through Jinling on the way north, and Gu Mei specially invited her old sisters to gather together. After experiencing so many things, it is really not easy for everyone to get together. Although things are already human, everything is still quite satisfactory, but although Gu Mei is accompanied by Ruyi Langjun, she does not have a child under her knees, which is a great regret.
Since Gu Mei married Gong Dingzi, she wanted to give him a child, which was her wish for many years. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, the two of them lived by the West Lake, and Gu Mei often went to the temple to burn incense and ask for children, and even made a little boy out of wood, wrapped in clothes, like a real child, and let his family call him "Xiao Xianggong". Over time, the whole city of Hangzhou knew about this matter and thought it was ridiculous.
However, she herself did not think so, for a long time, it seems that the heavens were touched by Gu Mei, at the age of 40, Gu Mei gave birth to a daughter, but, a few months later, she died because her daughter had smallpox. In the winter of the third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1664), Gu Hengbo fell ill and died in Beijing's Tieshi Hutong, and Gong Dingzi built a Miaoxiang Pavilion in Beijing Changfeng Temple to commemorate it.
Overall evaluation: In the "Qin Huai Eight Yan", Gu Mei is the most prominent one, and also the one with the best life.
Resources:
["Lady Yokoba Examination", "Gong Dingzi's Life Deeds and Analysis", "Notes of Sanyuan"]