In 1915, Cai Wei, who held the power of the army, accepted Yuan Shikai's invitation to come to Beijing. After arriving in Beijing, Cai Wei learned that this was a scam.
The ambitious Yuan Shikai actually wanted to go against the grain and secretly plot to "claim the emperor". Cai, who learned the truth, was very angry, and in order to protect the fruits of the victory of the Xinhai Revolution, he decided to launch a "national defense movement" to attack Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai saw that Cai Wei turned against him and decided to put him under house arrest in Beijing. Cai Wei could only "put the plan into account" and decided to use "blind methods" to escape from Beijing.
After that, Cai Wei did not ask about political affairs and began to wander around the famous eight hutongs in Beijing. Here, Cai Wei met an art seller named Xiao Fengxian.
Xiao Fengxian was originally from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, because her parents passed away, she was raised by a nanny, in order to survive, the nurse took Xiao Fengxian to Shanghai.
But the big Shanghai of Ten Mile Ocean Field has no place for them to stay, and when they are cornered, the nanny can only let Xiao Fengxian learn from a master surnamed Hu, which is the only way out for the daughter of the poor in the old society.
In 1913, the master took Xiao Fengxian to Beijing and sent her to the famous Eight Great Hutongs in Beijing. Since then, Xiao Fengxian has fallen into red dust.
Because of her gentle appearance and good voice, Xiao Fengxian soon became famous in the eight alleys, and she also lived a life wearing silk satin.
But deep down, Xiao Fengxian is not happy, thinking back to her upheaval life, she often cried. But there is one person who has lit up Xiao Fengxian's bleak life, he is --- Cai Wei.
When I first met Xiao Fengxian, I noticed that Cai Wei had a good temperament, and there was a sense of justice between her eyebrows, and the subsequent contact confirmed that Xiao Fengxian's feeling was right.
Cai Wei is different from other "prostitutes", he is decent and knowledgeable, Xiao Fengxian has more admiration and love for him, and Cai Wei also appreciates the understanding, gentle and lovely Xiao Fengxian.
Cai Wei decided to use Xiao Fengxian as a cover, he stayed in Xiao Fengxian's boudoir day and night, and threatened to marry her, and his former ambition seemed to have worn out.
After the news spread, Cai Wei's wife cried and made trouble, and then simply took her mother-in-law back to her hometown, Cai Wei did not retain, in fact, this is also part of his plan, only if the family goes first, he can have no worries.
Yuan Shikai learned that Cai Wei was willing to fall for a dusty woman, and said: "I think he is a capable talent, but he can participate in national affairs, who knows that it is so useless!" After that, Yuan Shikai greatly relaxed his guard against Cai Wei.
Cai Wei also began to plan to leave Beijing, and when he told Xiao Fengxian about his plan, Xiao Fengxian said with tears in his eyes: "I want to go with you too!" ”
Cai Wei said: "This trip is dangerous and unknown, when I settle everything in, I will come to pick you up!" Xiao Fengxian would not mess around, but said obediently: "Okay, I'll wait for you!" ”
That night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Cai Wei successfully escaped from Beijing under the cover of Xiao Fengxian and soon launched the "National Defense Movement", shattering Yuan Shikai's dream of becoming an emperor.
Xiao Fengxian looked forward to Cai Wei to pick her up day and night, but what she finally waited for was the bad news of Cai Wei's death, and Xiao Fengxian only felt that her sky had fallen.
At Cai Wei's funeral, Xiao Fengxian was dressed in a black veil, tears flowed into rivers, Cai Wei was gone, her soul seemed to be taken away, and she was so sad that she almost cried until she fainted.
In fact, many people say that Cai Wei does not love Xiao Fengxian, but needs her to help her leave Beijing, for Xiao Fengxian, it does not matter how deep Cai Wei's love is, the important thing is that she found the love of her life.
After Cai's death, Xiao Fengxian lived an incognito life, and later she married a Northeast Army division commander, but they left no descendants after marriage.
This marriage did not go to the end, some said that the master died, and some said that he abandoned Xiao Fengxian. After the founding of New China, Xiao Fengxian changed her name to Zhang Zhifei and married Li Zhenhai, a boiler worker five years older than her.
Li Zhenhai has a 14-year-old daughter, and Xiao Fengxian likes this child very much and treats her as her own. After marriage, Xiao Fengxian still likes to clean and make up, but her husband does not know that the person next to his pillow is Xiao Fengxian, who was famous in Beijing that year.
A few years later, Li Zhenhai also died, and Xiao Fengxian took her stepdaughter to live with her, and she also began to work, working as a nanny for others, going to garment factories and so on.
Although the days are calm, but thinking of the previous days, Xiao Fengxian will still be stunned, there is a feeling of past life and this life, her favorite thing is to be in a daze with a photo, the man in the photo is Cai Wei.
Several times, the stepdaughter couldn't help but ask her: "Who is this?" Xiao Fengxian smiled slightly and replied, "A friend! As he spoke, Xiao Fengxian's cheeks were crimson.
Although Xiao Fengxian worked hard, it was difficult to change the poor family, and the difficult days continued until 1951. This year, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang passed through Shenyang to perform.
After Xiao Fengxian and Mei Lanfang got in touch, they got the opportunity to meet, and Mei Lanfang not only gave Xiao Fengxian some money, but also introduced her to work in the provincial government kindergarten.
For the new job, Xiao Fengxian cherishes it, she is more diligent than her colleagues, but only a few years after the stable days, Xiao Fengxian suffered from Alzheimer's disease due to a sudden illness.
In the last days of her life, Xiao Fengxian was no longer literate, but whenever she was in a violent mood, as long as her stepdaughter handed her the photo of Cai Wei, she would calm down.
How forgetful it is to be old, for not forgetting lovesickness. Xiao Fengxian only appeared for a few short months in Cai Wei's life, but he lived a lifetime in Xiao Fengxian's heart.
In 1954, Xiao Fengxian completed her life, and before dying, she suddenly took out a photo of Cai Wei from under her pillow and kept looking and watching with cloudy eyes.
At the end, two lines of tears fell from the corners of her eyes, in fact, if it were not for the marriage with Cai Wei, Xiao Fengxian was just a duckweed in troubled times, and would not leave any shadow in the long river of history, it was Cai Wei who added some color to her life.
Years later, when the stepdaughter learned of her stepmother's true identity and the heart-wrenching love, she said with emotion: "My mother has never forgotten Cai Wei in her life!" "This affectionate touches the heavens and earth.
However, Cai Wei's descendants are very taboo about the existence of Xiao Fengxian, and when he mentioned Xiao Fengxian, he only said with disdain: "She just makes herself amorous, and my father doesn't love her at all!" ”
Perhaps they feel that Xiao Fengxian's identity has brought shame on her father, but for Xiao Fengxian, she does not care whether Cai Wei loves herself, she only remembers Cai Wei's appearance, which brought her a short period of warmth.
Time goes back to when Xiao Fengxian was 15 years old, she and Cai Wei were drinking tea and watching the moon in the boudoir, Cai Wei looked at the agile woman in front of her and said: Since she is a beautiful woman, she has never been a heroine.