Chapter 1355

Ma Xianglan's life is not as good as she imagined.

Especially in old age.

She gained fame and fortune, but lost love.

In the end, he died alone.

She is also a poor woman.

Of course, this also has something to do with his identity.

After all, he is a romantic person.

In this situation, a person can be a concubine, but cannot become a wife.

Ma Xianglan, together with Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, Kou Baimen, Gu Hengbo and others, were known as the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai and were famous prostitutes in the world.

And Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and others entered the palace and became the concubines of King Yun.

From here we can also see Ma Xianglan’s excellence.

Although Ma Xianglan is not particularly beautiful, her talent is absolutely top-notch.

Worthy of Yuwen Chengdu.

Locally, I don’t know how many people want to pursue her.

However, Ma Xianglan has a very high vision and has always looked down upon others. Because she is the fourth child in the family, she is also called Siniang. She has a smart nature and is good at poetry and painting, especially orchids and bamboos, so she is known as"Xianglan".

Although her appearance is not outstanding,"her posture and head are like ordinary people", but her"expression is clear, her voice is like a spring willow and the early orioles, her words are full of hope, and she is skillful in waiting for others' wishes."

At that time, the area around the Qinhuai River was lined with pavilions, pavilions, boats, and beauties. It was the place where fireworks and willow alleys were located in Jinling.

Ma Xianglan is not a stunning beauty. She has slender eyebrows and thin eyes, and is as thin as a willow. However, her skin is white and greasy, and she is graceful and graceful. With her only average appearance, she was able to stand out on the banks of the Qinhuai River where beauties are everywhere, mainly due to her elegant and refined temperament and outstanding talent.

In addition to being able to recite poems and paint, she is also good at conversation and conversing with people. Her voice is like a warbler's cry, her expression is charming, she is caring and understanding, she knows the present clearly, and she can attract people every time. In this way, she gradually became a celebrity along the Qinhuai River. There were many guests in front of her door, and most of them were elegant guests with status and education.

Relying on gifts from guests, Ma Xianglan also saved some money, so she built a small building by the Qinhuai River. It has quiet flowers and rocks, winding corridors and orchids everywhere, and named it"Orchid Pavilion".

When Ma Xianglan comes out, she drives a carriage and a horse, and when she comes in, she calls for slaves and maidservants. Although she is a woman from a brothel, she has the air of a noble lady.

Ma Xianglan was a righteous and open-minded woman. She spent money like water, left hand and right hand, and was very generous to others. She had helped many scholars who had no money to take exams, businessmen who had experienced changes, and some old, weak and poor people nearby. Farewell to Zhang Yingli, old friends and new guests, her life seems colorful and lively; however, in the minds of others, she is actually a woman with fireworks like a duckweed. As a guest, she mostly comes and goes. In a hurry, there are few close friends, so Ma Xianglan felt lonely deep in her heart.

On a drizzly and cold late spring afternoon, the courtyard was silent, flowers fell everywhere, and the guests disappeared for a while.

When he and Yu Wen Chengdu are together, they can really be said to be a golden boy and a beautiful girl.

It not only made up for Ma Xianglan's gap, but also found her a good home.

Zhang Juzheng seems to understand this truth, so he is so active.

He even asked his servant to go to his hometown to pick up Ma Xianglan.

Of course Lu Yan knew Ma Xianglan's reputation, but he didn't know about his relationship with Zhang Juzheng.

Ma Xianglan also has a younger brother named - Ma Wencai.

It was to compete with Liang Shanbo for Zhu Yingtai's existence.

At this time, Ma Xianglan was just in her 28th year, which is a bit young now.

But women in ancient times got married relatively early.

Ma Wencai was still an eight-year-old kid at this time.

Historically, Ma Xianglan only met the person she loved when she was twenty-four years old.

When Ma Xianglan was twenty-four years old, she met a down-and-out talented scholar - Wang Zhideng, a scholar from Cheung Chau.

According to legend, Wang Zhideng was able to make opponents at the age of four, was good at writing in big Chinese characters at the age of six, could recite poems and compose poems at the age of ten, and became even more talented when he grew up.

In the last years of Jiajing's reign, he went to the capital as a traveling official and became a guest of the great scholar Yuan Wei. Because Yuan Wei offended Xu Jie, the prime minister who was in power at that time, Wang Zhideng was implicated and failed to be reused by the court. After returning to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River in despair, he became dissolute and wandered in restaurants and alleys all day long.

Wang Zhideng came to the"Youlan Pavilion" by chance, and during the conversation with Ma Xianglan, they got along quite well. After a close friendship, they both lamented that it was too late to meet each other. As a result, Wang Zhideng often went in and out of the"Youlan Pavilion", where he and Ma Xianglan drank and talked, and enjoyed the orchids together, which was very pleasant.

One day, Wang Zhideng asked Xianglan for a painting. Xianglan nodded in agreement and immediately waved her hand to draw him a picture of her best one-leaf orchid. This one-leaf orchid painting is Ma Xianglan's original method of painting orchids. It only uses a slanted leaf to hold an orchid, which best reflects the quiet and ethereal charm of the orchid.

Because Ma Xianglan is a member of the entertainment industry, she is most afraid that Wang Zhideng will regard her as a wanton woman with no true feelings, so she specially made this picture to show that she is by no means a wallflower, but like a lone orchid on a cliff. , extraordinary people can see the beauty.

Wang Zhideng is such a smart man. Of course he understands the meaning of Ma Xianglan's poems and paintings, but he has many concerns.

He felt that at the age of thirty-seven, he still had no position and no position. His future was uncertain, but his ambition was unquenchable. He didn't know when he would have to go through fire and water and fight hard. In this way, it would be difficult to bring protection and happiness to Ma Xianglan..

He knew that Xianglan was a sensitive and passionate woman, and that he could hurt or even destroy her if he was not careful. It would be better not to make any promises early on, and it would be easier to interact with her.

Therefore, Wang Zhideng deliberately pretended not to understand the feelings in the poem, casually accepted the painting, and politely expressed his gratitude.

Ma Xianglan only thought that he was unwilling to accept her, and was secretly sad. But she couldn't forget Wang Zhideng, so the two still interacted closely like good friends, and never talked about marriage again.