From Mei Lanfang to Du, it seems that Meng Xiaodong can't avoid these two people all his life. What makes people relish is that she is called Mei Lanfang's concubine in Shuangshi, and it is precisely because of this that she is hidden in the golden house and no longer sings; Also, she married Du in her later years and called her Fifth Aunt.

But few people know how much she paid behind her back to see Mei Lanfang in order to become the "Pear Flower Emperor", let alone the reason why she left Mei Lanfang, because Mei Lanfang did not stand with her on the most sensitive issue, even between two women, and chose another one instead of her. It was a devastating blow to her.

It is said that Du is a ruthless underworld boss, but he is very gentle with Meng Xiaodong. He was willing to give everything for her, know her, understand her, love her, and even gave her a sense of fame and security a year before her death. In troubled times, how can such a person pay such a deep love and not make Meng Xiaodong tempted?

Who would you choose?

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19081On February 9th, a girl was born in a cold winter in Shanghai. She is Meng Xiaodong.

Grandfather Meng, born in the old Huizhou class, is good at performing martial arts and is a martial artist; Father Meng Hongqun, a veteran who is good at playing both civil and military skills and Jason Wu, even played on the same stage with Tan Xinpei, the "king of music". In addition, almost all her uncles, brothers and sisters are singing on the stage. Three generations of Meng family produced nine famous Peking Opera actors. As you can imagine, she was born in a pear garden family. She watched her father perform acrobatics since she was a child, and she liked it somewhat and began to learn to "take the lead".

At this time, she was just a little confused about singing opera and thought it was more fun. The person who really started to set foot on this road, or enlightened her, was her uncle Qiu Yuexiang, an old student of Sun Pai. This is also the reason why her father Meng Hongqun sent her. She is only allowed to be enlightened in her later years, and she is not allowed to enter Danxing.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see from the subsequent stage photos that Meng Xiaodong is good at playing the old man and has always appeared as an old man. Even the showgirls in The Prince and Mei Lanfang are "dragons". Of course, this is another story.

Learning from the teacher is boring, especially for a 7-year-old child. Sometimes it is even more boring to recite a lyric for twenty or thirty times. However, Rao, Meng Xiaodong's talent is extremely high, willing to practice hard, plus some foundation. Therefore, at the age of eight, he made his first guest appearance as Liu Shichang in Wu Pen Ji, which became an instant hit.

This year is exactly the first year of her career, which is not only destiny takes a hand, but also hard work pays off.

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19 19 On March 8th, 11-year-old Meng Xiaodong from Wuxi made his debut and sang "xiaoyaojin", which was sold out. On the stage, she is inseparable from men and women, and her voice is wide and bright. No one can guess that the old student just now turned out to be a woman. Anyone who has seen her photo knows that she looks very heroic. Even now, such looks are rare, let alone at that time. It is said that the grand occasion at that time was like this:

Every night, the venue was full and packed, and the applause thundered and packed.

During the six years from 19 19 to 1925, Xiaodong Meng went from Shanghai to Tianjin and walked to Beijing step by step. Finally, because "Shiro Visiting Mother" became an instant hit in Beijing, it released three records, gained both fame and fortune, settled in Beijing, and brought my parents and family to Beijing to live in Dongsisantiao at that time.

That year, Meng Xiaodong was eighteen.

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1925 is a major turning point in Xiaodong Meng.

Fame and fortune, settled in Beijing, met Mei Lanfang and Du Fu, and the direction of life changed. I think, if there is no Mei Lanfang, maybe Meng Xiaodong will never quit the stage in his life, let alone marry Du after being hurt. However, all this is the result of a moth on Meng Xiaodong. After all, when I married Mei Lanfang, she was only twenty years old, and she loved to drink enough, so she didn't care about anything else.

On August 23rd this year, it was the 80th birthday of the mother of Feng Shu, the president of a company in Beijing. She planned to hold a grand church gathering. Mei Lanfang and Yu Shuyan (Meng Xiaodong studied with him for five years) were invited to co-star "Shiro Visiting Mother", but Yu Shuyan changed into constipation and could not perform. So, they found Meng Xiaodong to replace Yu Shuyan. It's okay not to replace it, but to replace it, and this touching love came out like this.

The next morning, Meng Xiaodong followed his master Qiu Yuexiang to Feng Zhai and met the legendary master Mei Lanfang for the first time. In order to ensure the smooth performance on August 23rd, Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong went on stage to rehearse "Shiro Visiting Mother". It was a great success.

Since then, Mei Lanfang has been asking Meng Xiaodong to co-star "Shiro Visiting Mother". After a while, the feelings will be performed. How can an eighteen-year-old girl not be moved by a thirty-year-old man? Moreover, Mei Lanfang is still so handsome. In today's words, she is the "uncle" who exudes charm. This love is that my uncle falls in love with Lori. Obviously, Lori has her own ideas and wants someone who will always put her first. Helpless, my uncle can't give it, so I can only separate. This is only one of the reasons.

1in the second half of 926, at the birthday party of Beijing Finance Director Wang Kemin, Zhang Hanju suggested that they co-star The Prince and the Dancer;

Others also booed and wanted to see a play other than Shiro Visiting Mother.

Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong performed on stage without wriggling or rehearsing. The dragon and phoenix were upside down on the stage, but someone in the audience saw the doorway. What is a doorway?

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We must start with Mei Lanfang's two wives. Wang Minghua's original wife was diligent and clever. She often performed with Mei Lanfang, helped him make up and match his clothes, and even had birth control surgery after giving birth to a pair of children for Mei Lanfang, just to better accompany her husband to perform. Who knows, people are doomed, and measles killed two children. As Mei Lanfang is the only son of Fannie and Freddie, she agreed to let Mei Lanfang bring another woman into the house, that is, Fu Zhifang, for the sake of family incense.

Fu Zhifang, who entered the door, has a good appetite. She married Mei Lanfang for fourteen years and gave birth to nine children, five men and four women. Although only the four of them grew up, it was enough for Mei's family. It is conceivable that the power of the Mei family to participate in politics is all in Fu Zhifang's hands. She is very strict with her husband Mei Lanfang and won't let him see Mei party member. Later, Mr. Feng took over the financial power from Fu Zhifang, because he was the president of the bank, and he was naturally good at managing money. At this time, Wang Minghua was very ill and could not compete with her for anything.

As a result, Meng Xiaodong became the victim of the struggle between Mei Party and Fu Zhifang.

When the Mei Party in the audience saw the ambiguous meaning in their eyes, they had the idea of matchmaking. With the consent of Mei Lanfang and Master Feng, Qi Rushan and Li Shiji came as matchmakers to propose to Meng Xiaodong.

Meng Xiaodong must be very happy. After all, the other party is Master Mei Lanfang. How can he not feel anything? However, Meng Hongqun has some questions. After all, Mei Lanfang has two wives. What is Meng Xiaodong's marriage like? Qi Rushan explained to the old man that Mei Lanfang was the only son of Fannie and Freddie, and hinted that they would be as old as each other when they got married. Meng Hongqun was relieved.

In this way, 1927 January 14th, in Liu's residence, Liu Ye as a witness, Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong got married.

This year, Meng Xiaodong was twenty years old and Mei Lanfang was thirty-three.

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Married life, calm and sweet, Meng Xiaodong stopped coming out to sing opera and began to practice calligraphy and study, instead of just focusing all his energy on singing opera. Mei Lanfang will always accompany Meng Xiaodong every time she comes back from a public performance, and she will be happy and beautiful.

Until a fanatical fan named Li Zhigang, after killing people in Fengzhai, Dongxiu, broke all the calm.

Li Zhigang's original intention was to kidnap Mei Lanfang, because he heard that Meng Xiaodong was hidden in Mei Lanfang's golden house, which made Mei Lanfang suffer. After this incident came out, for some reason, Mei Lanfang began to alienate Meng Xiaodong and stopped looking for Meng Xiaodong, just waiting for the limelight to pass.

Let me talk about Meng Xiaodong again. Originally, Mei Lanfang often went out to perform in public, and there were not many days to accompany her, but recently it has become less and less. She began to think, and then something happened, which made them drift away.

1929, Mei Lanfang was invited to perform in the United States and could bring a wife. Before the trip, my original wife Wang Minghua accompanied me, but by that time, she had already passed away. Mei Lanfang wandered between Fu Zhifang and Meng Xiaodong. Unexpectedly, Fu Zhifang threatened Mei Lanfang with abortion and forced Mei Lanfang to take her out. He felt that Xiaodong Meng would be unhappy if he took Fu Zhifang to travel, and Fu Zhifang would be unhappy if he took Xiaodong Meng to travel, so he gave up the idea of taking his family with him.

Meng Xiaodong really died this time. Mei Lanfang must take her abroad. Unexpectedly, Mei Lanfang disagreed. In a rage, she returned to her family. How to make Mei Lanfang ignore you and naturally take Fu Zhifang abroad?

When Mei Lanfang came back from America, her aunt died. He was very sad. He was brought up by his aunt since he was a child. For example, there is no difference between his biological mother. He wanted to be filial, but things change. His son wants to be raised, not close. At Mei Yi's funeral, countless people came to offer their condolences, and Meng Xiaodong naturally went. After all, as a member of the Mei family, the etiquette of kowtowing to mourn the death of the old man should be observed.

Unexpectedly, Fu Zhifang stopped him at the door and wouldn't let him in. Even Qi Rushan, the matchmaker, advised her not to go in. One won't let in, two won't let in, Meng Xiaodong is determined to enter, and then it depends on the attitude of Man Mei Doris. Mei Lanfang and Fu Zhifang told her to kowtow at the door, and Fu Zhifang took her pregnant again. But children are Mei Lanfang's weakness, so Mei Lanfang had to let Meng Xiaodong go back.

This is the fuse of their emotional breakdown. Some quarrels that happened before were at best normal quarrels between husband and wife. At this point, when it comes to birthright, Mei Lanfang still only lets Meng Xiaodong endure it. With Meng Xiaodong's stubborn character, what can I do? It was Qi Rushan who said she had married two houses, but now she has gone back on her word. She is heartbroken and even hurts to breathe. He felt that he had been poached by a stranger and could not extricate himself.

So, she went to her relatives' home in Tianjin and recited the scriptures all day.

Later, she buried her aunt, and Mei Lanfang chased her to Tianjin. Persuaded by her family, they made up.

After all, second time around. 193 1 year, the enemy still couldn't cope for various reasons and finally broke up.

There are two reasons, both of which are guesses. They all sound good. One is for Mei Lanfang's family problems. The Mei Party held several meetings and finally chose Fu between Meng and Fu. Because Fu Zhifang is virtuous and can serve others, Meng Xiaodong is proud and needs to be served. For Mei Lanfang's happiness, she chose Fu Zhifang. Funny, who said bead curtain combination at that time? Sure enough, when you are not needed, you are nothing. The other is that Meng Xiaodong suffered from gynecological diseases, which is infertility today. She wanted to have children by her mother, but she didn't expect to have children, which also led to the breakdown of their marriage.

In order to completely end this relationship, Meng Xiaodong went to Shanghai to find his sworn sister Yao Yulan. At this time, he had married Du, his fourth aunt. So he asked Du to come forward and end the marriage.

For Du's sake, Mei Lanfang promised to pay 40,000 yuan as divorce compensation, and now at least 400,000 yuan. Because Mei Lanfang couldn't think of it for the time being, Du Xian made it up. In order to pay back the money, Mei Lanfang also sold the hutong Meiyuan of Lord Infinite.

The relationship of more than four years ended like this. Since then, Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong have no contact at all, and even if they meet later, they have no original feeling. As Meng Xiaodong's first man, she completely withdrew from her world.

07

Yes, the second hero appeared. Du, the boss of China gangster, was all-powerful all his life, and he liked watching movies all his life. He has four concubines, and the fifth room is our heroine-Meng Xiaodong.

I first met Meng Xiaodong in Beijing, 1925.

At that time, in order to help Huang find his ex-wife Lu Lanchun back to Shanghai, I heard that Lu Lanchun might go to Meng Xiaodong. So Du took his apprentice to Beijing. However, as a foreigner, I don't know where Meng Xiaodong lives. What should I do? Du is very clever. The boss of the green gang didn't work for nothing. He knows that Meng Xiaodong is a famous singer, but as long as there is her play, the newspaper will definitely report it. Not long after, I found the news of Meng Xiaodong.

Later, after seeing Meng Xiaodong, he didn't ask Lv Lanchun again, because after several days of observation, he knew that Lv Lanchun was not in Meng Xiaodong's palace, and this time he just wanted to see Meng Xiaodong in the name of visiting. It is said that Du fell in love with Meng Xiaodong at first sight when they met, but he didn't use tough measures like Dongsi. Why do you say that? Yao Yulan, the fourth aunt, was robbed by him, but he just expressed his admiration. After that, he didn't do anything. I think about it, I still have different feelings for Meng Xiaodong.

A series of events later confirmed this.

Peter said that after Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang broke up peacefully, they began to study drama again and learned from teachers everywhere. I didn't think about it, but I spilled a basin of dirty water. Some newspapers said that someone blackmailed Mei Lanfang for a large sum of money, which was obviously beautifying the story of Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang, and obviously alluding to Meng Xiaodong.

Xiaodong Meng was so angry that he published "Xiaodong Meng's Critical Enlightenment" on the front page of Tianjin Ta Kung Pao. From September 5th, 1933, Lian Deng lasted for three days until September 7th:

Shoot a special part and you can experience it. As we all know, names are fixed and names are limited. Restrain others from me? " , and so on a series of words, all see Meng Xiaodong indignant, obviously not their own fault, but also to pour dirty water on me, well, you pour, I will tell you the actual situation, whether I am negative to others or others are negative to me.

This is really Mei Lanfang's fault. How can a woman not care? Do you really care that you have been with Zhang Xueliang for 36 years, as Zhao Yidi said before? Just lip service. Why take it seriously? So, since Mei Lanfang can't give it, let's leave. There is freedom and justice in the world.

Later, Meng Xiaodong returned to the stage and was sold out. It was worse.

Go too far, say du. 1 May, 9371day, Shanghai Golden Theater opened, and the ribbon-cutting people were Xiaodong Meng, Lu Sujuan and Zhang Zhuoyun. How can Meng Xiaodong be among them? And her good sister Yao Yulan. And she invited Meng Xiaodong, mainly because she knew that Du had liked Meng Xiaodong for many years. This theater was opened by Du and was his favorite. Naturally, Yao Yulan would agree.

After Meng Xiaodong cut the ribbon, the place where he stayed was Du Jia, and he took the opportunity to fix Du and Meng Xiaodong. With the help of good sisters, how could Meng Xiaodong disagree? Another reason for her promise is that Du is really good to her. In this way, during a trip to Shanghai, Meng Xiaodong became Du's fifth aunt. The happiest is Yao Yulan. On the one hand, I saw my sisters finally settled down and stopped wandering. On the other hand, Meng Xiaodong's participation strengthened her power in Du family, and she was no longer excluded by her second aunt and third aunt.

After two loves, Meng Xiaodong was actually trapped by others, but she was so sweet.

In fact, Du is really good to Meng Xiaodong. Such a gangster is so affectionate to a woman. When the Japanese invaders occupied Shanghai, he learned that Meng Xiaodong was in Shanghai and immediately wrote to ask her to come to Hong Kong, just because he was in Hong Kong, he could take care of her and ensure her safety. In wartime, peace is a blessing.

Later, Meng Xiaodong studied under her tutelage. During her five-year study, Du financially supported her. Because I have to study wholeheartedly, I have to stop performing, and the economic pressure is great. Although with the master's consent, he can appear in two or three performances every two or three times, but this is a drop in the bucket for the Meng family. It was Du who solved her worries and made her a close disciple.

As mentioned above, Yu Shuyan has been suffering from constipation. In the last five years of his life, he passed on all his clothes to Meng Xiaodong. Even lying in a hospital bed, I taught Meng Xiaodong by hand. It is said that there is no dutiful son in bed for a long time, but in Yu Shuyan's bed, this is not the case at all. In order to repay Yu Shuyan, Xiaodong Meng not only studied hard, but also took care of him at the bedside. Finally, send him through the last journey of his life.

After Yu Shuyan left, Meng Xiaodong even mourned for the master for three years, expressing filial piety and refusing any performance. It was not until War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression won that Cheng and I sang Wujiapo on the radio. She only sang The Guide. Because she is ill, she can't sing a play. Fortunately, Yang finished it for her, which is a great wealth.

Xiaodong Meng's last performance was at1830, 947, Du's 60th birthday party. Meng Xiaodong prepared for this performance for three months. Because this performance is a public performance, all the proceeds will be used for disaster relief. Mei Lanfang is also here. Under Du's arrangement, Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang didn't meet. Du is a smart man and knows Meng Xiaodong doesn't want to see Mei Lanfang. So he arranged for Mei Lanfang to sing eight days ago and Meng Xiaodong to sing two days later.

The ten-day charity performance raised more than 2 billion yuan, and more than 3 billion yuan as birthday gifts. Now, it is a huge sum of money, not to mention at that time. It is said that at that time, there were so many people in Meng Xiaodong's charity performance that even scalper tickets could not be bought. Everyone wants to see if Meng Xiaodong is better than before after five years of study.

Really live up to expectations, it is not only excellent, but also better than blue in shine on you. Encouraged by Du, Xiaodong Meng took the stage to make a curtain call. Everyone's gone.

Just when people thought they would have a chance to hear Meng Xiaodong on the stage in the future, they didn't know that "Looking for Solitude" would be her swan song.

Since then, she has never performed in public, except for teaching her disciples, she sang all the songs to Du.

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1949, one month before the liberation of Shanghai, Xiaodong Meng went to Hong Kong with Du's family and lived in Du Mansion.

1950, Du got wind that if he didn't cooperate with Taiwan Province Province, Chiang Kai-shek would turn against him mercilessly. At that time, he knew exactly what would happen, that is, he would die. However, if we cooperate with Taiwan Province Province and return to the mainland one day, he will also die. In order to break this situation, Du decided to leave Hong Kong and go abroad.

On the eve of going abroad, Xiaodong Meng suddenly asked this sentence:

The place of birth, she is still worried, and she can't forget the harm caused by Mei Lanfang. She knew that for Du's sake, she had entrusted herself to each other, and even during Du's illness, she took care of him day and night. She doesn't know what Du is thinking.

When' tis once spoken, how can Du Can Yuesheng not understand how much she cares about this matter, and how can she not know the harm that "owning two houses" has brought to her? Du and Meng Xiaodong got married in spite of their family's opposition. I booked 900 Hong Kong dollars for a table and 10 wedding tables. I also asked my children to bow to her and let them call her "mommy" in the future.

This year, Xiaodong Meng was 42 years old and Du was 63 years old.

This didn't last long. A year later, Du died.

The only person in the world who gave her a sense of security, understood her, understood her and loved her left without saying a word, leaving Meng Xiaodong a legacy of 20 thousand dollars. Even after his death, he arranged this marriage just to take her into his wings and protect her, even if it was a sum of money, it would be enough.

Who says the mob boss is not affectionate?

They became so affectionate that no one could catch up with them.

After Du's death, Xiaodong Meng accepted Zhao Peixin, Qian Peirong, Yan Hui and other apprentices, seldom went out, and occasionally Zhang Daqian came to visit. It is said that Meng Xiaodong gave Zhang Daqian his last private singing in the world. Later, Zhang Daqian painted a lotus flower for her, probably to praise its nobility.

The quiet apprenticeship life in Hong Kong was broken by a phone call.

09

It turned out that it was Taiwan Province Yao Yulan. At that time, Du's coffin was sent to Taiwan Province Province, where he settled down and never contacted Meng Xiaodong again.

With the help of Yao Yulan, Xiaodong Meng went to Taiwan Province Province for ten years. Unfortunately, in the past ten years, she has suffered from illness. Although Yao Yulan takes care of her, she still can't take care of herself.

It seems that I don't know from which year, Meng Xiaodong's health is not very good. He followed his master, smoked a lot and had a bad time. In the next twenty years, he lived in seclusion, staying at home and listening to opera, occasionally interested, just imitating for a while. In short, life is very lonely. This is not a dog, or something that can be solved, but an inner loneliness that can only move on in this world.

1977 On May 26th, Li Di Meng Xiaodong finally passed away at the age of seventy. Zhang Daqian's title "The Tomb of Madame Du Mu Montaigne" finally got his wish.

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The world says that Meng Xiaodong is a cold and arrogant woman. She never smiles at photos and keeps a straight face. As we all know, she is just a sentimental and upright person.

If I didn't really like Mei Lanfang in those days, how could I be willing to be hidden in the golden house? If it weren't for the deep injury, I would have issued Meng Xiaodong's Critical Enlightenment and even Lian Deng for three days; If you are not willing, how can you be Du's fifth concubine? She is not a fool, she understands that if she loves, she will love desperately; If you don't love, then separate peacefully; Since you are so kind to me and even give me a place to live in troubled times, I am willing to marry.

Even if everyone doesn't understand, as long as you understand, you can.

Actually, Meng Xiaodong is a very simple woman. It is enough to give her an inherent right and a sense of security. It is enough to take care of her, love her, know her and understand her. Such pure love, Mei Lanfang refused to give, so it is enough for Du to give.

I hope that everyone who reads this article will have a person who knows you and be happy all his life.

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