Lan Guihen

[Sadness in Classical Chinese during the Republic of China/Ancient Proverbs about Troubled Times/Sadomasochism Classics｜Xu Zhenya's masterpiece following "The Soul of Jade Pear"] Shen Zhongkan, a scholar from the Marquis Government, was devastated by the loss of his first wife, the Ruan family. Her late wife asked him to go to Bianliang in search of his previous marriage in a dream. During the journey, he passed through Xinyang and met Yang Zhenniang who had become a prostitute. Zhenniang was originally an orphan from an eunuch family. She was kidnapped when she was young. She lived in the mud but maintained her innocence. Every day she was treated harshly by the madam and plotted against by others. Zhongkan fell in love at first sight and asked for redemption with a lot of money, and the two of them swore to stay together in Sanyi Temple. Unexpectedly, the madam and the evil coachman colluded out of jealousy, set up a robbery along the way, and took away all the money. They also planned a estrangement, and sent Zhenniang to prison to be tortured. Zhongkan ran around, borrowing the power of his family friend, the prefect, to overturn the verdict and clear Zhenniang's grievances. The long road in troubled times was full of wind and frost. The two broke through the shackles of ethics and the maliciousness of the market, and finally got married and stayed together. For half their lives, they shared the joys and sorrows of the old-fashioned woman's involuntary hatred.