As we all know, Meng Xiaodong took the initiative to divorce Mei Lanfang, and later married a gangster boss, and Du Yuesheng was 20 years older than her. When Meng Xiaodong remarried, Du Yuesheng was already an old man in his 60s.

A generation of famous actors and peerless beauty Meng Xiaodong has two marriages in his life. The first time he married Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang , and the second time he married Shanghai Tan Qing Gang boss Du Yuesheng . The contrast between her two marriages is incredible and touching.

As we all know, Meng Xiaodong took the initiative to divorce Mei Lanfang, and later married a gangster boss, and Du Yuesheng was 20 years older than her. When Meng Xiaodong remarried, Du Yuesheng was already an old man in his 60s. Therefore, many people later thought that it was too unworthy for Meng Xiaodong to marry Du Yuesheng, and it was so good to follow Mei Lanfang. Both of them were celebrities in the art world. Mei Lanfang sang the female role, and Meng Xiaodong sang the raw role . The two were perfect matches and were born with a perfect match. And who is Du Yuesheng? Before he married Meng Xiaodong, he had four wives, and he was a scumbag. When Meng Xiaodong married him, he was almost like a flower to put it on cow dung!

But Meng Xiaodong doesn't think so. She values love. Since Mei Lanfang was indifferent to her, she chose to leave; and Du Yuesheng valued her, no matter what bad identity he was, no matter how old and ugly he was, she didn't care! Perhaps this is Meng Xiaodong's great enlightenment.

And this love between Meng Xiaodong and Du Yuesheng has really become a love story, which has been talked about by future generations. However, when people praise Meng Xiaodong, they often ignore another person. If it weren't for her, Meng Xiaodong's love affair would not have been realized. This person is Du Yuesheng's fourth wife, Yao Yulan, .

Yao Yulan and Du Yuesheng have a very good relationship. According to general logic, love is selfish. If she finds that her husband likes and wants to marry Meng Xiaodong, she should stop Du Yuesheng. But the fact is just the opposite, she instead led to the union between Du Yuesheng and Meng Xiaodong. Is Yao Yulan really so "generous"? What is the hidden truth? Later people discovered that Yao Yulan's move was really clever.

(I) A woman who is not inferior to Meng Xiaodong

Yao Yulan has a life experience, experience and legend that is not inferior to Meng Xiaodong.

is very similar to Meng Xiaodong, and Yao Yulan was also born in a family of Pear Garden. Meng Xiaodong was born in Shanghai, while Yao Yulan was born in Beijing. Both of them learned Peking Opera since childhood, and they both played the role of beautiful daughters, and later became famous for playing old students or beards.

is really interesting. Yao Yulan's father Yao Changhai also started his career in cross-dressing. He played the female role "Qingyi", while her mother Xiaolanying was a cross-dressing "old student", and her parents were both famous drama actors at that time. Especially Xiao Lanying, who was once a very popular figure in the Peking Opera world, became famous with Peking Opera master Yang Xiaolou and became famous in the Three Kingdoms drama " serial ". In the play, she played the role of the horse thief, Blue-faced Dou Erdun, became a classic.

Both parents are good at art, so Yao Yulan is destined to be unable to escape from the Pear Garden. She started performing with her mother at the age of three or four, and she also played a cross-dressing male role. My mother was very strict with Yao Yulan. When her daughter was 9 years old, she sent her to Hankou to learn the arts. Yao Yulan also has a sister named Yao Yuying, who is also a natural opera singer. The two sisters grew up hard and happy together in this family of Pear Garden.

Yao Yulan officially performed on stage at the age of 12. As soon as the girl came on stage, she was not ordinary and immediately won a lot of prizes. So she quickly "played with the best", and then she was taken by her mother to "walking around the world". Yao Yulan officially became famous at the age of 14. At that time, her sister Yao Yuying had also made her mark. As soon as the two sisters took the stage, they caused a drama whirlwind.

The two sisters once performed the Sui and Tang drama "Hongni Pass" on the same stage in Yantai, Shandong. The sister played Wang Bodang and the sister played Xin Wenli's wife Dongfang, which amazed the audience...

1922, Yao Yulan met Meng Xiaodong while performing in Hankou. Both of them play old actors and have common topics, so they feel like they are old and hate to meet too late. So they join the army to join Jinlan and become sisters . Because Yao Yulan was two or three years older than him, Meng Xiaodong called him a sister. Since then, the two seem to have been brought together by fate.

But later, the two went their separate ways. Meng Xiaodong left Shanghai and went to Beijing to develop, met Mei Lanfang, who was already famous in the Peking Opera world, and was included in his command to learn opera, and soon became Mei Lanfang's third wife. Yao Yulan, on the contrary, left Beijing and went to Shanghai. The two were amazed on their respective stages, and in the Chinese theater at that time, they had a similar status.

Front row: Meng Xiaodong, Du Yuesheng, Yao Yulan

(II) The woman who made Du Yuesheng surrender

And the beach at that time was Du Yuesheng's territory.

Yao Yulan meets Du Yuesheng three years after Meng Xiaodong left Shanghai.

1928, Xiao Lanying and her daughter were invited to perform in Shanghai by the boss of Qinggang . Famous actors are naturally extraordinary. In particular, Yao Yulan, her mother and sister, both women made guest appearances in the role of the role, which was even more eye-catching. At that time, the Three Kingdoms drama "The Heroes" and " Huarong Road " were staged one after another. The mother Xiao Lanying played Lu Su first, and then Cao Cao ; the younger sister Yao Yuying played Zhou Yu first, and then Zhou Cang; and Yao Yulan was even more powerful. She played Guan Gong with the most scenes. Her appearance was majestic and elegant, and her singing style was thick and round, which won a lot of prizes.

The strange combination of Xiao Lanying and her daughter quickly shocked Shanghai, making Huang Jinrong's " Golden Theater " full of events, making this Shanghai Beach boss make a fortune.

At that time, Du Yuesheng, who was 40 years old, was already famous all over the world and could almost be on par with Huang Jinrong. As the "No. 1 drama fan in the world", how could the indulgent performances of Yao Yulan and others be missing Du Yuesheng's visit? Unexpectedly, Du Yuesheng deeply admired Xiao Lanying and her daughter on the stage: There is such a magical combination in the world? Especially, he is very obsessed with the Yao Yulan sisters. He soon became a huge fan of their mother and daughter.

Du Yuesheng is always here in almost every game, supporting Yao Yulan. He also went backstage like an ordinary drama fan to present flowers to the Yao Yulan sisters. Of course, we can't just offer flowers. He had long fallen in love with this pair of sisters and wanted to take it into his arms.

Unfortunately, Yao Yulan's sister Yao Yuying died of illness unexpectedly, and Du Yuesheng launched an offensive against Yao Yulan. At first, Yao Yulan and her mother Xiao Lanying disagreed. It’s not about Du Yuesheng’s identity, and the performer has no status. Isn’t it a blessing I have cultivated in my previous life to be attracted to by the Qing Gang boss? However, in Xiao Lanying's opinion, the age difference between his daughter and Du Yuesheng is quite different. The key is that Du Yuesheng already has three wives and concubines, so it is a bit too condescending to let his daughter be his fourth wife, right?

Ko Who is Du Yuesheng? How could the person he liked to run away? But Lao Du is not a rogue either. If the other party doesn’t agree, he will rob it clearly. That's not his personality. He also wants to marry a gentleman just like a righteous man. So he went to ask someone to help him accomplish his good deeds.

This person is Huang Jinrong’s daughter-in-law Li Zhiqing. Of course, Li Zhiqing is also a drama fan, and is smart and capable. In dealing with Xiao Lanying and her daughter, she has long been very familiar with them and has become a close friend of her. So Li Zhiqing took the initiative and came forward to deal with it, and soon conquered Xiao Lanying.

Mother agreed, what else do you say? Back then, marriages were arranged, so Yao Yulan, who was in her early 20s, had no choice but to surrender.

However, Xiao Lanying is not a soft persimmon, she can marry her daughter, but how can you ensure that my daughter will not be bullied when she gets married to your family? You have three wives!

When it comes to this, Du Yuesheng made up his mind to let Li Zhiqing pass the message and made two guarantees for Xiao Lanying: first, I will definitely grow old with Yao Yulan; second, I will never treat Yao Yulan as a side-sided person. Both of these points of are actually very difficult, and even the gentleman Mei Lanfang dare not guarantee to Meng Xiaodong. And Du Yuesheng dared and did what he said.

Xiao Lanying and his daughter Yao Yulan expressed satisfaction when they learned about it, but added two more: First, Du Yuesheng must hold a wedding publicly to have a big banquet for guests; second, after the marriage, Yao Yulan and Du Yuesheng's other three wives live separately, which means they must have a single family!

is in! Du Yuesheng is really bold. So this matter was decided.

Yao Yulan married Du Yuesheng in 1928 and became his fourth wife. It can be said that Yao Yulan has completed a leap in her life. Otherwise, in that era, it would be hard to say what good results could have as an actor. At least, after marrying Du Yuesheng, no one dared to mess with him, even the Japanese who later showed off his power in Shanghai.

After marriage, Du Yuesheng was really good to Yao Yulan, and the couple was very loving. Of course, Du Yuesheng kept his promise and built another house for Yao Yulan to live in. However, Yao Yulan still has to pay some price, that is, from now on, she can no longer perform and can only be a full-time wife at home.

A year later, Yao Yulan gave birth to a girl, Du Yuesheng was very happy, regarded it as the pearl in his hand, and named it Meiru.

Yao Yulan is a very smart woman. Since she can no longer appear on stage, she should be a good housewife. But she won't be unknown at home. Since her husband said that she would not treat her as a side-limited person, she had to make a difference. Later, Du Yuesheng's eldest wife Shen Yueying was imprisoned by Du Yuesheng because of a wrong thing (an affair with his cousin); and his second and third bedrooms had no ability, so Yao Yulan's opportunity came.

Originally, as Du Yuesheng's new favorite, Yao Yulan was jealous and suppressed by the three wives above, but with the "fall of the eldest son Shen Yueying", the other two had no cohesion, and the threat to Yao Yulan became much smaller. So Yao Yulan quickly took office and became the de facto first lady of the Du family and the veritable "harem leader" with her youthful spirit and talent.

However, among them, Yao Yulan also has noble help from , she is Soong Mei-ling . When Yao Yulan was still playing a role on the stage, Soong Mei-ling was also a huge fan. With her strong forward-looking ability, Yao Yulan thought Soong Mei-ling was a "potential stock", so she developed into a best friend with her very early. Soong Mei-ling was a Christian. Later, in order to become closer to Soong Mei-ling, Yao Yulan simply brought her children to Christianity, so that the two became sisters.

And what a character Soong Mei-ling is! Originally, Du Yuesheng did not buy Lao Chiang's account, and the two seemed to be convinced by each other. The well water did not violate the rivers, and they did their own things. But later, due to the relationship between Soong Mei-ling and Yao Yulan, Lao Chiang and Du Yuesheng also cooperated with Du Yuesheng. During the Anti-Japanese War, Du Yuesheng also made some contributions and made some efforts to the Anti-Japanese War. With the blessing of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling, Yao Yulan's skills became even stronger, and it was difficult for her to have a low status and prestige in the Du Mansion.

Also, Yao Yulan herself is also successful. She married into the Du family and gave birth to four children, two sons, two daughters, which greatly strengthened Du Yuesheng, so her status in the Du family naturally became stable. For a time, the Du family formed a situation where Du Yuesheng was in charge of the outside and Yao Yulan was in charge of the inside. Yao Yulan has the final say on what cigarettes Du Yuesheng smokes, what food to eat, and what clothes to wear. Of course, Du Yuesheng was also quite convinced by this lady, almost reaching the point of obeying the rules.

However, Yao Yulan, who was so happy and glorious in the Du family, later discovered that her husband Du Yuesheng was interested in Meng Xiaodong and wanted to marry again, but made huge concessions. Not only did she not stop Du Yuesheng, she took the initiative to fulfill this matter. What was going on?

(III) A woman who let go for love

1936, Du Yuesheng opened the ribbon for the rebuilt Golden Theater and solemnly invited someone to support her.

This person is Meng Xiaodong. Meng Xiaodong was already very popular at that time. She performed in the theater for more than 20 days, adding a lot of color to Du Yuesheng. Because Meng Xiaodong is Yao Yulan's covenant sister, she was naturally entertained by Yao Yulan during the performance, so Du Yuesheng had frequent contact with her Meng Xiaodong. So the two of them had a story.

In fact, as a super drama fan, Du Yuesheng was her fan as early as 1925 when Meng Xiaodong was 18 years old. He wanted to pursue Meng Xiaodong at that time.However, Meng Xiaodong soon left Shanghai and went to Beijing to marry Mei Lanfang, and Du Yuesheng gave up on her; more than a year after Meng Xiaodong got married, he married Yao Yulan. In fact, in Du Yuesheng's heart, Meng Xiaodong's status is higher because Meng Xiaodong looks more beautiful and has a slightly higher singing skills than Yao Yulan. In a sense, Du Yuesheng's marriage to Yao Yulan is a substitute, and it feels like he can't catch up with Meng Xiaodong and is second to the best.

But Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang's marriage only lasted for 7 years. After the divorce, she has been single, and Du Yuesheng also wanted to pursue Meng Xiaodong again. But he already had Yao Yulan, and this lady was impeccable, so he was embarrassed to marry again.

At this time, the meeting again 10 years later had to rekindle Du Yuesheng's old love for Meng Xiaodong. However, Meng Xiaodong had no obvious intention to remarry at this time. She was a little cold to Du Yuesheng. Therefore, Lao Du cannot get entangled. The boss of the Qing Gang at this time still has the style of a gentleman.

Another 10 years have passed.

In 1947, Du Yuesheng celebrated his 60th birthday, and he specially sent someone to Beijing to invite Meng Xiaodong to Shanghai to sing. His admiration for Meng Xiaodong is eternal. When returning to Shanghai again, Yao Yulan of course had to receive this sister. At this time, Meng Xiaodong left Mei Lanfang for many years and was still single at the age of 40. In addition, she was excluded because she was too outstanding in the theater industry. She was a little down and felt warm when she met Yao Yulan. During

, Du Yuesheng was in poor health due to age and other problems and was recuperating at home. When he saw Xiaodong, he was in great spirits and his illness was much better. Yao Yulan saw all this.

After Du Yuesheng recovered from illness, he felt very complicated about Meng Xiaodong, a woman who had been in love with her for a long time. If you see that you are old and have confessed something to you, you will have no chance in the future. But due to Yao Yulan, he didn't dare to do that. That night, Yao Yulan took Meng Xiaodong to live in her home. Du Yuesheng was very excited. It is said that he could not sleep all night, walked around the study, and walked all night...

Faced with her husband's confusion, Yao Yulan made a decision, which surprised all women in the world.

Since my husband is so infatuated with Meng Xiaodong, how can he not help them? That's right, Yao Yulan really thought so. She did not regard Meng Xiaodong as her rival, but as her own sister. So he generously expressed his wish to her husband, and said that she was willing to give up her master bedroom for Meng Xiaodong to live in!

I couldn't believe my ears, and Du Yuesheng was so grateful to Yao Yulan!

Now, Du Yuesheng and Meng Xiaodong made it public.

There are three ladies who compete for favor for her, and now the fourth enemy has come. Is Yao Yulan's mind in her mind? At that time, many people were unable to understand. , but later, people thought that Yao Yulan's move was very clever.

First of all, for Meng Xiaodong, she was in a downturn and Yao Yulan was grateful to take in with her. She also had a lot of feelings for Du Yuesheng. She had long had this intention towards Du Yuesheng, but she didn't have the courage to confess. At this time, Yao Yulan helped her succeed, so she naturally felt even more grateful to this sister.

As for Du Yuesheng, Yao Yulan had known how many colorful intestines he had, and had long seen his thoughts. It was the beauty of adulthood to fulfill him at this time. Du Yuesheng wasn't grateful to her to death? So, will her status in the Du family be even more indestructible?

is still a clever trick for Yao Yulan himself. Because although she has real power in the Du family, she still has several "enemy" after all, and this harem is still at risk. After Meng Xiaodong moved into the harem, he naturally had the same trench as himself and had an extra ally. Then it would be a rain to deal with those three mortal enemies. In this way, if she is still the butler of the Du family in the future, her position will be more unbreakable; and with Meng Xiaodong's strong help, she will be easier.

Last point, for Du Yuesheng's identity, it is normal for Yao Yulan to think that it is normal for him to have three wives and four concubines. There is actually not much difference between having four wives and five wives.If he really wants to marry Meng Xiaodong, you have no way to stop him. It would be better to follow his wishes and do favors. This can also effectively reduce the possibility of Du Yuesheng being flirting with her. After all, instead of marrying an enemy, is better to marry a friend and .

Combining various factors, it is impossible to say that Yao Yulan is a top-notch smart person. Of course, letting go for love is also a kind of generosity.

(IV) A woman with a good ending

Meng Xiaodong checked in (note that it was checking in, not entering the main), after Du Yuesheng's first three wives were basically cool. Du Yuesheng was enough to be served by Yao Yulan and Meng Xiaodong. Meng Xiaodong managed Du Yuesheng's diet and daily life, while Yao Yulan completely controlled the affairs of Du Mansion . The two had a clear division of labor, so Du Yuesheng was naturally happy.

Yao Yulan won a complete victory in the game with Du Yuesheng's many wives. The reason why she achieved such a record was that she gained Du Yuesheng's absolute trust was also related to one thing.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, after Shanghai fell, Du Yuesheng's family moved to Hong Kong. But later Hong Kong fell and the Du family fell into trouble. In December 1941, Du Yuesheng went to Chongqing because of an appointment with Dai Li and escaped from the Japanese clutches. Other members of the Du family, including Yao Yulan, were in danger of being ravaged by the Japanese invaders. For this reason, Du Yuesheng and Dai Li tried every means to save Dumen.

In the end, Du Yuesheng and Dai Li planned to use Kai Tak Airport, which had not been occupied by the Japanese army, to send planes to send Du Mansion's people to Chongqing. But because there are many people and few planes, the list Du Yuesheng has prepared has been repeatedly screened, and of course the most important people who should be brought to Chongqing are the most important people.

But on December 9, Du Yuesheng was not on the plane where he was waiting for his wife Yao Yulan! This surprised Lao Du.

It turns out that Yao Yulan sticks to her in Hong Kong. She believes that if she escapes first, all the people related to Dumen in Hong Kong will not be able to contact you, and they will not be able to fall into the hands of the Japanese! Du Mansion is stared by the Japanese and some thugs. If there is no backbone in charge, it will be dangerous. She wants to keep it to the last moment. As a result, she did not leave until the end of the day after all the people related to the Du family left Hong Kong safely. At that time, only Du Yuesheng's friend Yang Hu's wife Chen Hua was accompanied.

When the two of them arrived in Chongqing with disheveled faces and dusty faces, Du Yuesheng was naturally moved. It is said that Du Yuesheng was lying in bed because he missed Yao Yulan. When he heard that his wife had come back, he jumped off the bed!

With such a woman who knows justice, Du Yuesheng’s husband will ask for in this life! Therefore, even though he later had Meng Xiaodong whom he loved deeply, "joined" Du Gong, Du Yuesheng also had consistent love and trust for Yao Yulan. Therefore, Yao Yulan was able to die with a good end.

1951, a generation of hero Du Yuesheng died in Hong Kong. After , Yao Yulan and Meng Xiaodong also had some unhappiness, which was inevitable. So Yao Yulan retired bravely and left Du Mansion, and was invited by Soong Mei-ling to live on Taiwan. Meng Xiaodong still stayed in Hong Kong, and at this point, the sisters separated and went their own way.

In Taiwan, Yao Yulan and her children were taken care of by Soong Mei-ling and Miss Kong Er . They lived a satisfactory life. Her children all grew up smoothly and later they all achieved certain results. Yao Yulan's old age was safe and worry-free.

And Meng Xiaodong's life in Hong Kong was not satisfactory. After Du Yuesheng passed away, she could only stay alone at the green lamp...

Yao Yulan did not forget her sisterhood after all. In September 1967, she invited Meng Xiaodong to Taiwan to spend her old age. Meng Xiaodong gave up her past grudges and went happily, and the two sisters reunited again. In the end, neither of the two beauties had a poor life and both ended up in a good life.

(Woman who talks about history·Zhuo Xue)