When Zhang Yuniang was fifteen, she was engaged to Shen Quan, a scholar of the same age group as her. Shen Quan is the seventh-generation grandson of Shen Hui, the champion of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. The Shen and Zhang families are cousins and have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. After the engagement, the two fell in love and exchanged poems and gifts. Later, as the Shen family became increasingly poor and Shen Quan had no interest in fame, Yu Niang's father regretted the marriage and said, "If you want to be a good son-in-law, you must wait for a dragon ride." As a last resort, Shen Quan left his hometown and went to Beijing to take the exam, and was ranked second in high school. However, his fate was unlucky. Unfortunately, he contracted typhoid fever and died of a terminal illness. He was only 22 years old when he died. From then on, Yu Niang fell into great sadness and endless longing. After staying in love for five years, Yu Niang also "succumbed to illness and died" and followed Shen Lang away. Yuniang's parents were finally moved by their daughter's act of loyalty, and with the consent of the Shen family, Yuniang and Shen Quan were buried together in the maple forest in the western suburbs. More than a month later, Shuang'e, the maid who had been with her day and night, "died" due to grief. Another maid, Zi'e, did not want to live alone and "died from her neck." The parrot that Yuniang kept during her lifetime also "fell mournfully." The Zhang family buried the "Three Pure Ones in the Boudoir" (i. E. Shuang'e, Zi'e and Parrot) beside the tombs of Shen Quan and Yuniang. This is the famous "Parrot Tomb" in Songyang.