速描《金瓶梅》第9 回 / 100

西門慶終於娶了金蓮，現有五房妻子，排行和背景

• 1. 吳月娘，大家閨秀
• 2. 李嬌兒，酒樓歌妓
• 3. 孟玉樓，富裕寡婦
• 4. 孫雪娥，廚娘晉升
• 5. 潘金蓮，克夫美女

正妻吳月娘把自己的丫頭春梅分派伺候金蓮。春梅出場，她就是《金瓶梅》中的梅。

武鬆回家知哥死於西門慶足下，正酒樓喝酒， 武鬆奔向酒樓，西門慶窗口見武鬆，跳窗逃之，武鬆錯把正喝酒的縣官李外傳當西門慶打死。

Ximen and Jin finally get married.  Ximen now has 5 wives with their ranking and background:

1. Yue-niang, a fair lady
2. Li Jiao, a whore
3. Yulou, a wealthy widow
4. Xue-er, a cook
5. Jin, a kiss-of-death beauty

Yue－niang’s maid, Mei, was assigned to serve Jin.  Mei, is one of the three ladies in the book title.

Wu Song is back in town,  finds out that his brother is killed by Ximen, runs after Ximen who is drinking in a restaurant. Ximen sees Wu Song coming, jumps out of window,  Wu Song breaks in, hits Li Waizheng, the town official, to death instead of Ximen.