The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, also known as the Eight Beauties of Jinling, are Gu Hengbo, Dong Xiaowan, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, Kou Baimen, Liu Rushi, Ma Xiang, and Chen Yuanyuan. Of course, talking about Bian Yujing is inseparable from the Qing Dynasty. A poet named Wu Meicun, the emotional story of Bian Yujing and Wu Meicun's life is full of twists and turns. Bian Yujing was born in a declining official family, so Bian Yujing was sold into a brothel when he was young. However, Bian Yujing received a good education since he was a child, especially his excellent calligraphy. He became a singer in the brothel, which is us. This kind of artist is usually said to sell her body but not sell it. Within a few years, Bian Yujing has become a famous singer in Huaizhou.
It was under this circumstance that Bian Yujing and Wumeicun met. At first, Wumeicun and Bian Yujing recognized each other as confidants after meeting each other only a few times. Bian Yujing even wrote a letter to Wumeicun, hinting in the letter that he could marry Wumeicun, but God was not satisfied. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen's brother-in-law came to Huaizhou and fell in love with Bian Yujing, and used his power to oppress Bian Yujing and his wife. He left together, so that Bian Yujing and Wu Meicun were separated.
Since the family Bian Yujing married into quickly declined, Bian Yujing was freed. However, Bian Yujing could not find Wumei Village, so Bian Yujing gradually looked down on the world of mortals and entered a Taoist temple to become a female Taoist priest. She also wrote a "Lotus Sutra" in the Taoist temple. Bian Yujing thought that she might have lived an ordinary life like this. However, such a life experienced fluctuations in the seventh year of Shunzhi. She saw her childhood love Wumei Village again, but the two They were already gray-haired old men, and they were speechless when they met each other. Bian Yujing continued to play the piano for Wumeicun, and Wumeicun continued to write poems for Bian Yujing. It was like returning to Jinling and his youth. Although the two were infatuated in their lives, But full of regrets.