The Golden Lotus Love and Desire

A corrupt local official Xi Men Qing who lusts after women and money pursues his brothers young wife Lee Ping Er Ping finds Men attractive and under her drunken husbands nose she and Men work their way through the illustrations of a pillow book the Golden Lotus Men pursues the same feat with his fourth concubine Pan Jing Lien who lives in the compound next to Ping Jings jealousy compounds a tale of humiliation childbirth death and depravity Does karma or enlightenment await anyone