On October 24, 2003, Song Meiling died of illness in New York, USA, at the age of 106.
Compared with Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Mei-ling lived for 28 years, but after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Soong Mei-ling's life was not good, and in September 1975, after dealing with Chiang Kai-shek's funeral, Soong Mei-ling lived in New York, USA.
Since then, many people have spread rumors that Soong Meiling has no feelings for Chiang Kai-shek, and that the marriage between Chiang and Song is purely a political marriage, which can't help but make people have bad ideas about the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling.
Even before Song Meiling died, she also remembered Zhang Xueliang, it is said that 106-year-old Song Meiling said two regretful things in her life when she was dying, the first of which was "I can't stand Han Qing", "Han Qing" refers to Zhang Xueliang.
What is there about Song Meiling that is sorry for Zhang Xueliang? Don't think about it, Song Meiling is sorry for Zhang Xueliang, not an emotional matter, but a credit matter.
After the military advice, Zhang Xueliang not only kept his promise to release Chiang Kai-shek, but also insisted on personally sending Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing. Then why did he insist on sending it away knowing that he would be retaliated against?
That's because there is Soong Meiling, Zhang Xueliang trusts Soong Meiling very much, and it is precisely because of Soong Meiling's assurance, but after arriving in Nanjing, the change of events is not under the control of Soong Meiling, and Chiang Kai-shek put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest.
For this reason, Song Meiling did not hesitate to quarrel with Chiang Kai-shek, but it was still to no avail, and when she swore an oath to Zhang Xueliang, after Chiang Kai-shek turned his face, Song Meiling was powerless, so Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest for most of his life.
It is precisely because of this that Song Meiling will say "sorry Han Qing" before dying, in fact, it does not have to be so, Zhang Xueliang once said that there are two women in his life who are very kind to him, one of which is Song Meiling, which shows that Zhang Xueliang did not blame Song Meiling.
As mentioned earlier, Song Meiling had two regrets when she was leaving, in addition to apologizing to Zhang Xueliang, the second one surprised many people, and the second regret was that she could not leave a descendant for the Jiang family.
When everyone heard Soong Mei-ling say this, they couldn't help but cry, Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Kai-shek lived together for 48 years, and in such a long life, she did not have children, which has always been strange.
Although Song Meiling did not give birth to a child for Chiang Kai-shek, her feelings for Chiang Kai-shek were still relatively deep, and in 1986, on the centenary of Chiang Kai-shek's birthday, she returned to Taiwan to participate in commemorative activities and lived in the Shilin official residence for 5 years.