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""The Golden Lotus"" is a famous historical book,

""the first book of Wonder in the World"",

written by one of the six top...

Chinese scholars, translated into

Many languages and over 600 textbooks

on its subject

Known as the ""Golden"" studies

as the ""Red"" about

""The Dreams of the Red Chambers"".

In the book are

Pan ""Jing"" Lien, Lee ""Ping"" Er and Chuan ""Mae"", literally

gold, bottle and berry;

thus ""Jing Ping Mae"".

Xi Men Qing is an illiterate but wealthy Men,

well trained in martial arts,

brilliant in business

friendly with corrupted lords. Assistant ""mayor""

to the county of ""Clear River"" (equivalent to a

present assistant police chief) with local gangsters

for friends, a playboy, the "Godfather" of Shan Dung

Equivalent to present day Mafia boss.

Camera zooms in here... lower.

Remember your own positions.

-You come here. -Okay.

You will start right here later.

They will come along the camera track.

-What about us? -Just follow him.?

They come that way and I go this way, right?

Ready? Camera! Action!

Mr. Chou!

Do you know her?

Don"t even think about her.

Why not?

""Do not covet your neighbour"s wife""

Whose wife is she?

Our "goodbrother" Hwa Ze Xu"s wife

What a beautiful wife he has

Didn"t you mention that Hwa is often impotent?

His uncle married her in his name,

meaning...

Lee Ping Er was born in 15th of the first month in lunar calendar.

She was gixen a pair of fish-bowis

thus Ping Er.

Originally Lord Tsai"s son-in-law

Scholar Liang"s

concubine. Born beautiful,

great in bed and with 2 golden lotuses (feet)

She has another nickname : "" Big Beard""

The blackest pubic hair, thicker than anyone"s beard

Scholar Liang ran away when their home was burnt by

Lu Ju Yee. Lee Ping Er married old Eunuch Hwa"s

nephew, Hwa Ze Xu took 18 huge pearls as her dowry

Hwa Ze Xu looks very masculine,

but really impotent

therefore his name means"

to be without an heir""

Eunuch Hwa chose her for his nephew"s wife

but she was really his concubine.

An eunuch taking a wife,

no good hurrying:

pinching, biting, bounding,

burning, hanging

and exen burning pubic hair. Everything was tried, even the weirdest.

When Eunuch Hwa was died...

Lee was left everything,

including 8 treasure chests

There were 4 cousins,

oil, tight, pretentiousness, riches:

Hwa Ze Yiu, Hwa Ze Gwang, Hwa Ze Xu, Hwa Ze Hwa

They should have inherited equally

but Lee held the books,

so nothing could be done

Hwa Ze Xu did not haxe a proper job, just eating,

drinking, gambling and whoring all day long

Ieaving the beautiful Lee

alone and lonely.

Leaving her burning with lust,

reading Eunuch Hwa"s lusty books.

No one played Mah-Jong than

But "fooling around" was always to be...

Lady, l"m scared...

Silly child,

the lord hasn"t returned for three days

No, if the lord knew...

Hurry up!

The lord would beat me to death if he found out

If I can ask you to come, there"s nothing to be scared of

No, I can"t...

Hurry up!

I"m scared someone will see.

Come on, don"t be so frightened.

No, no...

Chuen Mae and Qiu Ju are both asleep

I can"t!

Over here!

I"d better get back to sleep in my own room

Hurry up and come over!

Lord Hwa is drunk, be careful!

Yes!

Mama Fung, hurry and prepare hot water

Yes!

Get away, l"m not drunk

I"ll support him

Be careful!

Why did you drink so much?

I don"t need to be supported

Alright!

I"m not drunk, get away from me!

It"s late, stop it.

I haven"t had enough to drink, more wine!

You must be elder brother"s wife?

How courteous, and you are?

I"m Xi Men Qing.

Lord Xi Men!

I could drink for 6 more days and still be sober

Just look at you, so drunk and thinking you"re sober

Go!

Be careful!

I"m not drunk!

See if you can walk proparly

I want more wine...

Drink, drink!

I want more to drink

OK, OK, we"ll have more to drink!

Mama Fung, hurry!

Coming, coming!

Let"s drink!

I bow to thank your Lord Xi Men

This courtiousness is unnecessary, please rise

Drink with me!

Lord, you"re so big!

Who?

Mama Fung"s my nursemaid,

Xiao Chuen and Ying Chuen are my maids.

All our own people.

Does the Lord live next door?

Yes

my fourth concubine lives next to your garden

Must be Madame Pan.

Yes, her name is Jing Lian. We"re newly wed

The 5th lady is very lucky to be married to you

I think my seventh younger brother is luckier

to be wed to one as beautiful as you

Your lordship!

Get out, get out!

Elder brother, you want to fool with my wife

Don"t, please!

Your lordship, don"t!

Hurry up and hide

Under the bed.

You, you wicked person

You cheap whore, whoring when l"m not at home?

Yes, l"m cheap, but you"re no better

Aren"t you the same, in a brothel all the time

You just go and die out there

Horrible, worrying me by not coming home for days

This wine has been treasured for years.

Enjoy yourselxes.

How old Mama Fung?

Fifteen-two

About you?

I was born in the year of the ram.

You"re twenty-three this year?

Right!

I"m 26, born in this year of the tiger

Hold on. The Buddhism protect me.

What"s wrong?

You guess. Haven"t I putting the ram in the tiger"s mouth?

No, the tiger"s being fooled be a doogie.

Come. Let"s drink!

Wait!

You feed me!

My grandfather took this from the palace:

24 way of marking lover.

Come, let"s look together.

Let"s learn from the drawings.

Alright!

What are you looking at?

I"ve got to go over.

Be careful!

What are you doing this early in the morning?

Yes, what are you doing on a ladder this early?

I"m a Men. Men have their business.

What good business would you be up to?

What good or bad business?

It"s none of your business

What? What are you doing with my things?

Gixe it back to me!

Don"t go away!

Did she give this to you?

Which she are you talk about?

Are you learning to do this from her?

No, of course not. Don"t talk rubbish,

Your lordship, you"re back.

Why are you leaving as soon as you"re returned?

Not only was Xi Men Qing lustful for women, he was also greedy for money.

He lied and cajoled to women to obtain sex.

Increased his wealth by any possible means.

He encouraged the three Hwa brothers to sue

their other brother, Ze Xu and his wife Lee Ping Er.

He Menaged to take all that Eunuch Hwa left.

And kept him in prison by using his official rank.

Elder brother, Had you seen Ping Er?

Yes, she says she"ll hang herself if you still don"t go out.

Today l"ve come specially to tell you

everything"s almost ready.

Xi Men Qing act like helping Eunuch Hwa out

and tell Hwa"s brothers to...

sue him out in court

The prices are too high to be sold immediately

Elder brother, help me, l"d want to get out of here quickly.

Not that I don"t want to help you.

I"m afraid people say l"m taking advantage.

It"s helping people out.

You decide.

Alright, l"ll help you!

No need!

Thank you...

Say it slowly! Be calm!

You speak out

My lord...

The left was supposed to give us evenly

but Enunch Hwa just listened to his wife...

to take the left solely

Now I allow you to split the left with eunuch Hwa evenly

Okay? Case closed

But I heard that his wife got 8 boxes of treasures

Who told you that?

Lots of people said that.

Bullshit! There"s not proof

Leave now

Yes

Xi Men Qing then said sweet words to Lee Ping Er

to move the treasures into his house to avoid searching

He turns out to have treasures and the woman

Hwa Ze Xu watching exerything be owned disappear

He soon passed away

as be couldn"t bear to watch

Lee ping Er only wanted to marry with Xi Men Qing

She begged for new everyday.

The reply was always that Xi was busy, unavailable

Troubled,

she became dizzy and fell ill

This was a strange illness, Dreaming of intercourse

with ghosts. Sometimes with the god of Wutung

other times with Xi Men Qing.

She would awake exhausted and faint.

The witch brought wa of no help.

Go, l"m not ill. Go, l"m not ill!

I don"t need you here, get out!

What?

I don"t want you here, I don"t need your magic

Go away, l"m not ill, l"m not ill...

Get out!

Open the door, please open the door, please!

Coming!

What"s the matter?

Our lady would like to see your lord Xi Men

Our lord is busy and not receiving guests

Then...

Sorry!

then when Mama Fung and Ying Chuen

tried to no avail

They didn"t know that

Xi"s supporter in the court,

Lord Tsai was innovated in a political failure

so Xi had be hide

This was why

Lee Ping Er married Doctor Jiang JuShan

Doctor Jiang!

You go and help the lady out

Doctor Jiang, please!

Thank you!

Get out!

Madame, please cough once for me

Voice is hoase, fire in the liver, any coughing?

Sometimes

Any phlegm?

A little

Clear or coloured?

Both I should say clear with cloudy yellow

Madame is ill due to ghosts

What do you mean?

I mean troubled sleep, dreams yet not dreaming

Restless,

Like having intercourse with a human, but not

Like having intercourse with ghost, but not

Like having intercourse with a wolf, but not

What type of intercourse do you mean?

intercourse, meaning sexual intercourse

Man and woman tossing and turning in bed

Clouds and rain, abnormal intercourse. Sometimes pain

then pleasure, other times pleasure then pain

I"m not sure what l"ve said is correct?

Yes, sometimes even...

Well? Sometime even what?

Pain, yet not pain; itchiness yet not an itch

Would that be pain then be pleasure or itchiness than pleasure?

Is it pleasurable?

Yes, pleasurable!

Beautiful?

Beautiful!

Like rising to heaven than dropping to earth?

Like waving and floating in clouds

Waving, Floating, Then suddenly a scream

Petrified and waking in a cold sweat

Bed and clothes soaked with sweat, completely drained

Exhausted and limp

Feeling, thinking... strange.

Am I correct?

You are absolutely correct!

Like a god but yet not a god, madame is too gracious,

The good doctor will please give me a prescription

Healing is observing, listening, questioning, feeling

Observing the colouring, listening to the sounds

Asking why and feeling the pulses:

everything is vital.

I can"t see the lady"s colouring through the wall

So it"s hard to define the illness

Please remove the screen

so I may see the lady

in order for me to prescribe medication

Sio Chuen, remove the screen

Yes!

What is it? Please hurry!

Almost, almost!

Alright...

Get out, teasing when there "s no fire, when there is

fire you"re useless. OK for looking but useless. Out!

So sorry! I"m useless during the day, but at night...

Don"t boast, when have you been capable at night!

You cheaper than the Xi Men Qing.

He is shit!

Although Jiang JuShan had medication

and injections,

all kinds of balms and oils

he couldn"t be helped. impotent.

Lee Ping Er kicked him off the bed and out the room

Mama Fung want to beg Xi Men Qing several times

saying that all Lee wanted wa to be married to him

Xi hand just made new connections

and was prospering

She would just be an extra mouth to feed. Why not?

Please have more drinks! Help yourselves!

My lord, please enter the wedding chambers!

I"m not going in. I"m staying with my 5th wife.

How can you not sleep here

on your wedding night?

Oh, no! The lady"s hung herself!

Come help! The lady"s hung herself!

Get away, get out, leave me alone.

Come, bring me a whip!

Cheap broad

why hang yourself in my house?

Since you"re married that bastard

you stay with him!

Come down!

Come down, come on down!

Kneel down!

Kneel down, kneel!

Take your clothes off

Strip!

Strip! Strip!

Strip hurry up!

Hurry up!

Cheap bitch!

Try to hang yourself?

Cheap bitch, it"s all right for you

to marry him and open a shop for him

but why say I stole your money?

Shut up! Don"t cry!

You involve me!

Didn"t you say so?

I didn"t even think of it

I just wanted to marry you

I want your love.

What does money mean to me?

Sounds so good, just wanted to marry me

Then why did you marry Jiang JuShan?

You didn"t come for me so I want a little crazy

I even dreamt of you, I was so ill

When Jiang came to heal me, he persuaded me

So you told him I took all your silver?

No, I swear, I didn"t say such things.

So what if you did?

How do I compare with Jiang?

There is none: your are heaven

and he is hell

I really do love you

Really?

It"s said that a pirate

never has long to enjoy

but Xi Men Qing stole other"s wives time and again.

Poisoned Wu Da Lang, angered Hwa Ze Xu to death.

Not only was he unpunished, he became wealthier

Lee Ping Er had even given him a son: Little Gwan!

But evil brings evil and goodwill brings godwill;

if not, the time has just not come yet.

Little Gwan was always weak and sick, along with

along with Pan Jing Lien"s jealousy

there was always trouble...

Just frightened, some medicine and he"ll be alright.

Thank you, doctor!

You go out first.

Good boy, stop crying!

Good boy!

All Xi Men Qing can think of is little Gwan

This boy is best of dead

How could there be dog faeces?

Pick it up!

Pick it up and bring it over!

Bring it over!

Don"t be scared, I won"t beat you, just come look

Come smell it

Does it stink?

A little!

Bring the horse whip!

Cheap bitch, think there"ll be a next time? Go to hell!

Go find out what"s happening outside.

Don"t cry! Be good!

5th lady, don"t whip her so many times!

You"re all so noisy you"re scaring little Gwan

the 6th lady asked me to beg you to be lenient!

What a joke! She"s my maid so none of her business.

Did you hear that, you stupid girl?

Can"t you hear that someone wants you to shut up?

Go to hell!

Child, child, don"t scare your mother, child!

Out! Get out!

What"s the matter? What"s going on?

Mama Fung said the cat scared the child.

Cat? What cat?

The 5th lady"s snow lion!

Snow lion, snow lion, give me my child"s life back

Snow lion!

Where"s the snow lion? Give it to me!

Give it to me!

What?

Give me that stupid cat!

Why? What"s it done to you?

Get away! Get out of my way!

Cheap bitch! Get out of my way!

Give it back to me!

Get out of my way!

Give it back to me!

Get away!

Son of a bitch!

Little Gwan, Papa will take revenge for you!

Go die!

Lady!

Lady, 5th lady is fooling with some man in her room

With which man?

The 16 year old boy Qing Tung

6rd lady brought over

Can"t be, 5th lady with that boy?

Truthfully, I saw them with my own eyes.

5th lady tied him to the bed

and is whipping him

Qing Tung is screaming.

Good boy, be stranger, good boy, be stranger

Quiet!

how can you speak of your mistress like that?

Never mind if there was such a thing

Even if there was, you mustn"t speak of it.

If the lord hears about it there"ll be big trouble.

Lady, oh no, something"s happened!

What happened? Speak up!

Qiu Ju told everything about you and Qing Tung!

What?!

Lady, where are you going?

Hurry, go and tell Qing Tung to run away, understand?

Yes!

Come back! In case the lord asks about anything,

don"t admit anything, understand?

Chuen Mae, if the lord asks about the purse,

say you found it in the garden, remember?!

Come with us!

What"s going on? What"s happening?

Go!

Where are you taking me?

Shut up!

When did you come in, you startled me.

If one had a clear conscience they"re not scared at night.

What are you scared of?

My lord, haxe tea. Have tea, my lord!

What is it?

What is it? You know perfectly well.

Tell me, how many times have you been with Qing Tung?

What are you talking about? That stupid Qing Tung?

Still pretending? What other Qing Tung?

The Qing Tung Mung Yu Leu brought with her.

Oh, you mean that 16 year old boy.

Boy, so a virgin

Who purse is this?

Where did you find that?

Where? I found it on Qing Tung.

Oh, your"re hitting me for that?

Stop being stupid.

Tell me! When did you give it to him?

Why should I give it to him?

Lady Mung and I were

were in the garden embroidering. It just disappeared.

Couldn"t find it anywhere in the garden

so the boy stole it.

Stop lying to me!

Bring the boy here!

Get out!

You bastard, you have guts.

how dare you fool around with my wife?

Just because you"re with someone"s with everyday,

it doesn"t mean that your wife"s fooling around.

I"m going to give you a good lesson.

My lord, I wouldn"t dare me,

I"m only sixteen!

16? You so young but with such old thoughts.

Bastard, you"re older than a mule

Speak up, have you ever been in bed with her?

No, truthfully, no!

No?

Tell! Have you ever been with her...

No, really, not lord, believe me, please!

I don"t believe that, tell me, tell me!

Have you?... Have you?...

Yes, just two or three times...

What did you say?

Cheap stuff!

Really just two or three times?

Yes, two or three times. Really, that"s all.

Was it two or was it three times?

Can"t remember.

You"re really been at it with the 5th lady?

No, not with the 5th lady, with Qiu Ju.

Rubbish! You"re talking rubbish, absolute rubbish!

Shut up!

You"re really been at it with Qiu Ju?

Yes, she came into my room

and said the 5th lady had

whipped her. Took her clothes off to show me.

She has a red mole under her belly button.

You won"t die a nice death.

Just be careful, lightening will strike you

Stand still!

My lord, no! I"m still a virgin, I swear!

My lord!

She, menstruated yesterday...

You think l"m blind?

Lying to my face!

My lord, please! I beg you, don"t hit her!

Now I understand.

You and my wife... you bastard!

Die!

I"ll beat you to death!

See if you still dare? With my wife?!

You"ve got guts, fooling with Xi Men Qing"s wife!

I"m going to beat you to death today!

Why are you quiet now? Answer me!

Dare you do it again? Dare you?!

Someone drag him out and dump him with the rubbish.

Get on your kneel!

My lord, why are you treating me so? I haven"t had

a good day since l"ve wed you.

You"re always out fooling with other"s wives, now you

come home believing others" lies about your wife.

Shut up and kneel properly!

Take off your clothes.

You bastard, you"ll end up in hell!

Shut up, no more noise from you!

Kneel down.

I beg you!

Take your pants off as well.

No...

Take them off!

You bastard!

Bastard!

You"ll burn in hell!

Speak up, how many times have you been with him? Talk!

I"ve fooled around with Xi Men Qing, who"s

fooled around with Wu Da Lang"s wife, Pan Jing Lien,

and with Hwa Ze Xu"s wife, Lee Ping Er and

with Fen Xe"s wife and also

with Lai Wang"s daughter-in-law, Sung Hwei Lien and...

Right... right... you heap bitch!

Keep quiet, I won"t allow you to talk

Shut up!

Yes, so I like fooling with other"s wives, so what?

What can you do about that?

You cheap bitch, actually thinking you can rule me?

I"ll teach you a lesson!

Who?

Chuen Mae, come over here!

Take off your clothes!

Hurry up and take them off!

Strip!

So you"d like to fool around as well?

Come over here!

Hurry! Hurry up! I said to hurry!

My lord, no! No...

No...

No...

Relax!

No...

Fun, isn"t this?

For the 5th lady

I"ll give you all my bottom half, OK?

Your lordship!

Chuen Mae! Chuen Mae!

My lord, she"ll be all right, the first time...

Carry on and she"ll wake up.

Chuen Mae! Are you wake?!

My lord, don"t stop, carry on...

please don"t stop, carry on, continue

My lord, don"t stop, don"t...

You must continue

Carry on don"t stop. Don"t!

Xi Men Qing killed two birds with one stone.

Lee Ping Er stayed in her room,

calm and forgiving

Understanding emptiness being sex and sex, emptiness.

Amen!