Referring to the moon, if it is not on the plum tree, it is on the willow tree.
Also refers to the male protagonist Liu Mengmei in "The Peony Pavilion".
Others guessed that the answer to this poem was a round fan. A section from the Peony Pavilion:
From a distance, it looks like a fairy. When he was young, he had to visit the Toad Palace, not by the plum blossoms, but by the willows. (Putting pen Huanjie) In Chunxiang, there are beauties from ancient and modern times who married their husbands early and fell in love with each other, and drew pictures for him; there are also beauties who took portraits of themselves and sent them to their lovers. Who should I send it to, Du Liniang?
In fact, this sentence is a foreshadowing for Du Liniang’s encounter with Liu Mengmei.
The introduction is as follows:
Du Bao, the prefect of Nan'an who claimed to be after Du Fu, had a daughter named Du Liniang. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, he was born beautiful and elegant, with good calligraphy and good poetry. The female workers' needle chisels are even more exquisite. Good at painting. Very popular with parents.
However, Du Liniang's parents were extremely strict with her. She was not allowed to go out of the courtyard except for the study and embroidery building. She was only allowed to accompany her maid Chunxiang. She was not allowed to interact with anyone except her father and teacher Chen Zuiliang. Male contact.
In order to make his daughter a well-educated and sensible scholar, Du Bao specially invited Chen Zuiliang, a failed scholar who opened a medicine shop, to be Liniang's teacher. He would train his daughter in ethics and principles, and ordered Chunxiang to accompany her in reading.
Chen Zuiliang was a corrupt scholar. He told two girls about "Guan Guan Sui Jiu" in the "Book of Songs". As a book of sages, he was teased by the innocent Chunxiang.
When the innocent Chunxiang went to the back garden to pick flowers, she caught two white butterflies and brought them to the embroidery room, which aroused Liniang's love for spring. Under Chunxiang's guidance, she came to the back garden for a spring outing. .
In the back garden, the flowers are in full bloom. The sound of spring birds is endless, and the dancing butterflies stir up the spring light. Within the blue waves, there are countless fish swimming around. Beside the Peony Pavilion and the rockery beside the peony fence, it’s such a moving spring scene! This spring scenery makes Liniang's eyes perfect. She has lived in a cage for a long time. Now she is like a happy bird, flying in the free space.
Liniang was intoxicated. When Chunxiang came out of the back garden and returned to her room to answer the call, she lay tiredly in the Peony Pavilion and quietly fell asleep.
At this time, a handsome young man flashed out from behind the willow tree, holding a wicker in his hand. His name is Liu Mengmei, and he claims to be after Liu Zongyuan.
Liu Mengmei waved to Du Liniang, and Liniang walked over happily. Mengmei said that she had seen Liniang in her dream and came to meet her as promised. Liniang was shy and expressed that she seemed to have seen him before. Mengmei wrote a poem to Liniang, and gently pulled Liniang around the peony fence and behind the rockery. Mengmei undressed Liniang and took off her belt. Liniang half pushed her away, and the two of them talked about it. The flower god appeared and scattered flower petals to wake them up. Mengmei left with a smile. Liniang called Mengmei urgently.
She woke up from her dream. Chunxiang saw Liniang sleeping tiredly in the Peony Pavilion and hurriedly helped her into the embroidery room.
When Du Mu heard about this, she admonished Liniang to abide by the rules of the boudoir and not to go back to the back garden. She also strictly prohibited Chunxiang from taking the girl out of the boudoir.
Liniang was deeply concerned about what happened in her dream, and in the name of burning incense and praying, she asked Chunxiang to take her back to the garden to find what she saw in her dream.
Looking for dreams but not seeing Mengmei, I feel depressed and unhappy, I have an affair with Chunxiang, my self-portrait retains my spring face. Later, when she became ill, Du's mother tortured Chunxiang and asked Shigu, the master of the nunnery, to pray for her. At the same time, Chen Zuiliang was invited to diagnose Liniang.
Liniang missed Mengmei more and more, and she became seriously ill. Before her death, Chunxiang left her self-portrait under a rockery rock, waiting for Mengmei to pick it up, and often called Liniang's name.
After Liniang died of illness, her parents built a plum blossom nunnery for her. They ordered Shigu to take charge of the nunnery and Chen Zuiliang to guard the grave in the garden.
Liniang's father Du Bao was promoted to Huaiyang's pacification envoy by decree, and Chunxiang went to Huaiyang with Du's mother to take up the post.
Liu Mengmei, a talented scholar from Lingnan, and her friend Han Zicai made an appointment to go to Lin'an for an examination. Mengmei was helped by the imperial envoy Miao Shunbin on the way, and she braved the snow to reach Nan'an. She fell into the water and was rescued by Chen Zuiliang, who took her to Meihua Nunnery to recuperate and study.
Liniang’s soul entered the underworld, and Judge Hu took office and wanted to take Liniang as his ninth concubine. However, Liniang refused, so Judge Hu tortured her and imprisoned her in the City of Wasted Death.
Liu Mengmei was relaxing in the back garden and found Liniang's self-portrait under the rockery. There is a poem written for Liniang in a dream. It is hung in the study and I look at the paintings every day and miss Liniang.
Shigu of Meihua Temple has taken on another apprentice, a young nun. The two nuns paid homage to Liniang's soul.
In Hades, the supervisory censor had heard that Judge Hu had committed corruption and bribery, and had long wanted to impeach Judge Hu before Hades. But Judge Hu is the brother-in-law of Pluto, so he cannot make a move without being completely sure. At this time, when encountering Linianghun's case, the censor wanted to take action and carefully planned to write a letter to impeach Judge Hu.
The censor tried his best to tell the story in front of Pluto about how smart Liniang, the ghost of the dead city, was, and said that she died for love, which can be called a wonder in ancient and modern times. Pluto's heart beats. The soul of Liniang was interrogated, and she fell in love with her at first sight. After checking her life and death, it was found that Liniang's life was not over yet, so she should be allowed to return to the earth. The censor took this opportunity to impeach Judge Hu for being corrupt, perverting the law, and seizing a daughter of the people. Pluto gave Shang Fang a sword and ordered him to investigate Judge Hu's crimes.
Liniang received Pluto’s token and was allowed to visit relatives in the underworld. Liniang's soul returned to the back garden of Du Mansion in Nan'an, and she had many secret conjugations with Mengmei in her dreams, which made Mengmei look in a trance while looking at Liniang's self-portrait every day, and she missed Liniang even more.
When Shi Gu and the little nun were in the spirit of Liniang, her spirit appeared and extinguished the candles on the altar table. The two nuns exclaimed that Liniang's spirit appeared. Liniang met her again in Mengmei's dream, and they vowed to become husband and wife.
Upon seeing Mengmei, the little nun was greatly moved and wanted to meet Mengmei many times, but was rejected. Shi Gu, who has long been interested in Mengmei, is wary of the little nun coming into contact with Mengmei alone.
Liniang and Mengmei met every night, laughing and chatting, but the little nun noticed it and mistakenly thought that Mengmei and Shigu were dating; Shigu mistakenly thought that Mengmei and Shigu were dating, so the two nuns caught each other in bed. .
In the underworld, Judge Hu refused to give up, ignored the censor's warning, and tried every means to possess Liniang's soul. He ordered the kid to ask for his life from Mengmei, hoping to blackmail Liniang into obeying. Therefore, Mengmei, who should not have entered the underworld, was locked into the City of Death by an imp.
Linianghun was very anxious when she heard about this, so she had to use her savings to bribe Judge Hu in exchange for Meng Meiyangshou. After Mengmei returned to the world, she obeyed Liniang's instructions, dug up Liniang's tomb with Shigu and others, opened the coffin, and poured soul-reviving soup to revive Liniang.
After the incident, Liniang and Mengmei took Shigu to Lin'an, and the little nun went to another temple.
Chen Zuiliang discovered that Liniang's tomb had been stolen, and rushed to Huaiyang to report to Du Bao at starry night.
Jin Wanyanliang wanted to go south to seize Lin'an, so he appointed the rebel general Li Quan as an internal agent for King Liu Jin. Li Quan and his wife planned to encircle Huai'an and attack Yangzhou. Huaiyang was nervous. Du Bao was ordered to move to Huai'an. The water route was slow, so Du Bao chose the land route instead. Du Mu and Chunxiang returned to Lin'an by boat.
Li Quan tightly besieged Huai'an. Du Bao led his troops into the city and fell into siege.
Chen Zuiliang was caught by Li Quan outside Huai'an City. Li Quan's wife, Yang, planned to kill Du Mu Chunxiang, let Chen Zuiliang go, and asked him to return to Huai'an City to report to Du Bao.
As expected, Chen Zuiliang arrived in Huai'an and reported to Du Bao that Du's mother Chunxiang was killed and Liniang's tomb was stolen. Du Bao designed and ordered Chen Zuiliang to return to Li Quan's camp to convey his intention to recruit troops.
Chen Zuiliang brought a letter to Li Quan, and Li Quan accepted the call to withdraw his troops and Huai'an relieved the siege.
Du Mu and Chun Xiang returned to Lin'an and stayed at a hotel amidst the chaos. They happened to meet Liniang and Shi Gu, and mother and daughter recognized each other.
Liu Mengmei went to Lin'an to take the exam. After the date, he cried and begged for mercy in front of the exam room. Coincidentally, the examiner was Miao Shunbin, the imperial envoy who had sponsored him, so he was allowed to take the exam.
After Liu Mengmei finished her exam, she was entrusted by Liniang to go to Huai'an to visit her father-in-law Du Bao. Du Bao denied it and had Liu Mengmei beaten and beaten as a tomb robber.
Chen Zuiliang sent a memorial letter to the Golden Palace and was named Huangmen Memorial Envoy. Because the Jin soldiers invaded the south, the imperial examination results were late and the Jin soldiers had retreated. The saints summoned the results. Liu Mengmei was the top scholar in high school and Jin Guayi followed. .
Guo Tuozi from Liu Mengmei's former hometown went to Lin'an to look for Liu Mengmei. By chance, he met a court official who was ordered to find Liu Mengmei, the number one scholar. Guo Tuozi was caught and ordered to lead an officer to find Liu Mengmei.
Du Bao was promoted to rank for his meritorious service in withdrawing money from the army. Liu Mengmei forced herself to recognize Du Bao as her father-in-law and told Liniang that she had been resurrected. Du Bao didn't believe it and continued to beat Liu Mengmei and planned to convict her. At this time, Guo Tuozi arrived with his officials and confirmed that he was the number one scholar. Du Pingzhang was not convinced and wanted to appeal to the Holy Emperor to punish Liu Mengmei.
The military academy announced the good news to Du Liniang and announced a decree for Du Mu and Liniang to face the saints at the fifth watch.
Long live the imperial court and personally try the Du Liu case.
After hearing the testimonies of witness Li Quan and others, it was revealed that Duan Liniang was indeed resurrected, and Du's mother and Chunxiang were still alive. The saint presided over the marriage, allowing Liu Mengmei and Du Liniang to become husband and wife, and ordered Du Bao to recognize his daughter and son-in-law. Happy End