In the first half of the twentieth century, when Chinese society was still in turmoil, the four families of Jiang, Song, Kong, and Chen succeeded in becoming the de facto controllers of both socio-economic and political aspects. As representatives of the bureaucratic bourgeoisie and wanting to consolidate their rights and interests, the four major families chose to marry each other and make friends with each other in an attempt to gain deep control over the state and society, and of course, they succeeded in doing so at that time.
Although the four major families were so vigorous in the Republic of China period, the continued development of the descendants of the family was not satisfactory, and people were not happy and gradually withered. With the advancement of social development, the power of the four major families is not as good as before, in the situation of no children and no daughters, the longest-lived Person Song Meiling is cared for by the eldest niece Kong Lingyi for the rest of her life.
First, the family is superior and loved by thousands of people
Kong Lingyi is the eldest daughter of the Kong family and the first daughter of Kong Xiangxi and Song Xialing. In 1915, Kong Lingyi was born in Taikoo, Shanxi, and Kong Xiangxi loved the eldest daughter very much, and in this year Kong Xiangxi began his political career, and Kong Xiangxi and Song Xialing believed that the birth of the eldest daughter brought them good luck.
Kong Xiangxi was very fond of this eldest daughter who was very similar to him in his life, whether it was temperament or style of doing things, Kong Lingyi was very much like his father Kong Xiangxi, steady and down-to-earth, not in contention, docile and low-key, but tenacious. When Kong Lingyi was twelve years old, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling held a wedding, and Kong Lingyi was arranged by Soong Mei-ling to be a flower boy for her sister-in-law at the wedding.
After the marriage, Song Meiling went to visit her sister's house, it happened that Mr. Kong Xiangxi invited Mr. Teacher for the children was in class, and the old-fashioned course made people listen to more drowsiness with the rhythm of Mr. Delay, song Meiling immediately suggested to her sister that she should take Kong Lingyi to Nanjing to study.
In 1928, when Kong Lingyi was thirteen years old, she followed her aunt Song Meiling to Nanjing and attended Jinling Girls' School, during which time Kong Lingyi often lived in Song Meiling's home. It is precisely because of Kong Lingyi's meek obedience that Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling love this sensible niece very much.
Kong Lingyi will have a driver to pick her up when she goes to school and after school, Chiang Kai-shek often takes kong Lingyi to drive around after school, Song Meiling often tells Chiang Kai-shek that this will delay Kong Lingyi's studies, Chiang Kai-shek just smiled and said that he would not leave behind his homework, everything was wrapped up in me. All kinds of signs are enough to see how comfortable this little princess who is loved by thousands of people lives.
Second, free love has been betrayed
As Kong Lingyi grew to adulthood day by day, her marriage became a serious consideration of the whole family, and Song Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek selected several suitable candidates for her to marry within the Kuomintang, all of which were vetoed by Kong Lingyi, Who rarely did anything against her parents' wishes, but in terms of marriage matters, she surprised everyone.
Kong Lingyi and her first husband belong to free love, at a cocktail party, Kong Lingyi met Chen Ji'en, although Chen Ji'en was talented and studied in Yang, but Chen Ji'en's family was not rich, it was not as rich as the financial strength of the four major families, Kong Xiangxi and Song Xialing resolutely opposed their daughter's marriage after learning about it.
Because of this incident, Kong Lingyi, who has always been obedient, quarreled with his parents, but Kong Xiangxi and Song Xialing loved their daughters, and finally promoted Chen Ji'en, arranged for him to work abroad, and also completed the procedures for Kong Lingyi to study abroad, and Kong Lingyi and Chen Ji'en married abroad. It's just that the good times are not long, this relationship that he won did not last long, Kong Lingyi divorced Chen Ji'en, and the beautiful love that he once longed for gave Kong Lingyi a heavy blow, and later Kong Lingyi chose to keep silent about this relationship.
After Kong Lingyi and Chen Ji'en were separated, Song Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek were worried that Kong Lingyi was in a bad mood, and Chiang Kai-shek specially sent Huang Xiongsheng, a colonel in the Kuomintang Air Force, to accompany Kong Lingyi on a sightseeing tour to relieve his sorrows. It was also this time of companionship that Huang Xiongsheng fell in love with Kong Lingyi and launched a fierce pursuit, and soon after divorcing his wife, he married Kong Lingyi.
Third, take care of Song Meiling
After Huang Xiongsheng and Kong Lingyi were married, they went to Taiwan to continue working until after retiring from the military, and the couple moved to New York, USA. When Song Meiling also moved from Taiwan to New York in 1991, Song Meiling chose to live in Kong's convenient mansion in New York, which was relatively close to Kong Lingyi's residence in New York, so Kong Lingyi often went to take care of Song Meiling.
Since Soong Mei Ling and Chiang Kai-shek had no children, and Kong Lingyi and her husband did not have children, Soong Mei Ling treated this niece as her own, as if she were her own daughter.
When Kong Lingyi took care of Song Meiling, she often accompanied Song Meiling for walks and chats, and would take time to accompany her aunt every day, and even if she was busy, she would go to the mansion to visit Song Meiling. Kong Lingyi has been taking care of her aunt for ten years, accompanying her through her last days, until after the death of Song Meiling, Kong Lingyi once fell into sadness and could not extricate herself.
As she grew older, Kong Lingyi sent away her brothers and sisters in the clan and became the longest-lived person in the entire family, until only she was left and lived alone. Until 2008, Kong Lingyi completed the journey of life, died at the age of 93, was childless and childless, and was buried in the United States.
epilogue:
Although the four major families held the economic and political lifeline and lived a rich life, they were criticized by later generations for making a fortune at the time of the war, and even if they left thousands of property, the family also declined due to the withering of people. Leaving alone Kong Lingyi a woman struggled to support her and became the last watchman of the family.
Kong Lingyi followed the rules all her life, and she always gladly accepted the arrangements of her elders, but she became a rebel in the marriage event, thinking that the pursuit of love was happy, who knew but sloppily ended. Although her second husband accompanied her for the rest of her life, Kong Lingyi, who was childless and childless, spent the rest of her life alone after witnessing the death of all her relatives, and can be called a legendary woman of a generation.