Since ancient times, women are the most affectionate, and what they yearn for is only the simple love of "only wishing that the king's heart is like my heart, and will not live up to the love", or the sweet marriage of "marrying a husband and wife, loving and loving". Li Shaofang had never fantasized about the love of "holding the hand of the son and growing old with the son", but she always couldn't ask for it.
Enviable love does not necessarily have the promise of the sea and the rotten stone, only two people stay together for a lifetime; even if the life after marriage does not have the taste of mountains and treasures, chai rice oil and salt can be fully satisfied; love emphasizes having a sharp heart, not a dream of the same bed. As a bridesmaid, Li Shaofang always yearns for a marriage like a phoenix.
Li Shaofang, who is full of girlish heart, has been looking forward to a "prince" riding a white horse to meet her, but her fantasy is shattered by a piece of marriage. In desperation, she can only pretend to be mentally ill, but she has not thought that the other party is chasing after her, but she has not paid her heart, and Li Shaofang's marriage tragedy is the epitome of the old era.
When she was young, she was engaged, and Li Shaofang rebelled fruitlessly
In 1914, at the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China, most families still adhered to the tradition of arranged marriages arranged by parents in the old era, and Li Shaofang was no exception. The 8-year-old Li Shaofang became a tool of her father's political marriage and became intimate with Yuan Kejiu, the second generation of officials, which became the beginning of the tragedy of her life.
It all starts with political relationships, and in that era of war and chaos, happiness didn't seem that important. At this time, Yuan Shikai already had the power to divide one side, but he was still not satisfied, and wanted to have the support of a stronger partner in order to sit firmly on the throne of the "provisional president" of the Republic of China.
Even if Li Yuanhong was reluctant in his heart, in the tense domestic environment at that time, mutually beneficial cooperation was the best choice, so he agreed to the marriage. In the chaotic times, the least valuable thing is love. Between his career and his daughter's happiness, he chose the former and made himself a ruthless father.
Even if Li Shaofang later resisted with his life, her father did not change his mind. Considering that the advantages of marriage outweigh the disadvantages, and the friend is always better than the enemy, adhering to this concept, the two big political figures hit it off at once and finalized the matter at a dinner. Even if Li Shaofang's mother objected, she only did not value Yuan Kejiu's position.
The words of her parents matched the fate of the concubine, and Li Shaofang had to admit the fact that the two were betrothed. But she was unwilling to bury her happiness in the political struggle. She tried her best to resist, but she could not change this established fact, and she was always depressed.
As an adult, Li Shaofang went to college in Nankai, accepted many new ideas, and pursued to be a free and liberated new era woman. Determined to rebel against the arranged marriage form arranged by her parents, which represents feudal ideas, she came up with the idea of pretending to be mentally ill and letting the other party propose to withdraw from marriage, but she did not think that she would really be forced to become mentally ill in the future.
The second generation of officials said that I also like mental illness
At that time, Yuan Kejiu already had a wife, but he was still unwilling to let go of the marriage with Li Shaofang, and for him and the Yuan family, the promotion of this marriage would always have more advantages than disadvantages. This marriage, which involves many intricate relationships, does not let go also has a major relationship with Yuan Shikai's death.
Li Yuanhong, who was originally a father, saw that his daughter was languishing every day, and he also had some guilt and heartache in his heart, and the idea of retiring from marriage flashed in his mind. With his power at that time and the decline of the Yuan family, he could completely cancel his daughter's marriage with his own strength, but he could never let go.
After Yuan Shikai announced his acceptance of the throne in December 1915, he promoted feudal despotism, which was opposed by all sides. In the context of the spread of new ideas at that time, feudal despotism was obviously not suitable for the development of the situation at that time. Thus, a vigorous patriotic movement was triggered.
Under the national condemnation, the farce of the emperor caused by Yuan Shikai ended in his failure, and Yuan Shikai also died in a bad posture, and since then, the power of the Yuan family has not been as great as before. All this happened only two years after the son got engaged. The marriage of the two families has also been postponed again and again due to the reasons of both parties.
Until the wedding date approaching, Li Shaofang's mental state was extremely poor, and her body was getting thinner and thinner. As a father, Li Yuanhong tentatively gave Yuan Kejiu a signal that he wanted to quit marriage, but the second generation of officials was loud and clear, saying that as long as it was Li Shaofang, even if he was mentally ill, he would marry her. The sounding is full of love, but he has never touched his heart.
In his opinion, this is to take into account the overall situation, to take care of the outside and inside, to obey his father's arrangement, and not to brush Li Yuanhong's face. In fact, he knows very well that this marriage not only climbed the big tree of the Li family, but also created his own affectionate personality, why not enjoy it.
In the end, Li Shaofang had no choice but to fulfill her marriage and marry into the Yuan family. After all, it is still wrongly paid, and the two people who have no feelings are tortured by life after marriage. In a word, Li Shaofang was deranged and truly became a psychopath.
A tragedy is a microcosm of China's feudal society
Such marriage tragedies in the old era were not uncommon, and eventually annihilated in the rolling river of history. The marriage of the two families originally came from the political game between Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong. At that time, the Xinhai Revolution, which shocked the whole country, overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and Yuan Shikai' forces with strong soldiers were like the sun in the sky, and he wanted to dominate the Central Plains with great ambitions, but there was also the power of Li Yuanhong in Hubei.
It is in this situation that the two parties set up marriages for their children, and each other restrained the other. As the daughter of the president of the Republic of China, her own happiness cannot be in her own hands, how sad. Born into the sons and daughters of a famous family, many things are involuntary.
After marriage, the two have no happiness to speak of, but in the end, Yuan Kejiu cannot be blamed. Although Yuan Kejiu was the ninth son of Yuan Shikai, he did not carry the vices of a clumsy disciple, on the contrary, Yuan Kejiu studied abroad with several brothers and sisters when he was young, and learned a lot of culture and ideas. He loves to study history and often soaks in books. On the book business alone, Yuan Kejiu is also a literati with a full belly.
Putting aside the so-called "conspiracy theory", just the feelings between the two people. It cannot be said that water and fire are intolerable, and it can be regarded as no worries. Not only does Li Shaofang not like Yuan Kejiu, Yuan Kejiu does not really treat their feelings, and the sentence "I also like" is also forced by the situation.
They don't even bother to make a scene, the dew marriage is still paying attention to your love and my wishes, and the couple who sleep in the same bed have their own thoughts. The resistance of Li Shaofang, who was married to the past, continued to resist this marriage, and the two ignored each other, and Li Shaofang was depressed all the time. In the eyes of the two, it seems that there is only the past and no future, and they have no vision for their future lives.
During these days, Li Yuanhong died of illness, Zhang Zuolin was killed by bombing, and the era of beiyang warlords was coming to an end. Losing her father and leaving her family, Li Shaofang seems to have lost the desire to live. Her yearning for beautiful love and her obsession with a happy life eventually caused her to suffer from mental illness.
A year after marriage, Li Shaofang's condition was very serious and she was sent to a mental hospital for treatment. In 1945, Li Shaofang died of illness, and this absurd marriage finally ended with her death. Her husband Yuan Kejiu also married another wife and concubine shortly after her death, and this loveless political marriage only became the talk of posterity.
Throughout, the two protagonists of the marriage seem to have no sense of participation, as if they were just puppets and tools to be manipulated. Leng Nuan knows that the world may feel the sadness behind this marriage, but it is difficult to complain about whether the protagonist in this marriage is also difficult to complain.
After all, Li Shaofang has become a victim of politics, and how can happiness come in the chaotic world. After all, she did not realize her wish to "win the hearts of a person, and the white head is not separated", and the girl who pursues love has also lost her way in the field of interests. May she be free from the bondage of the world in the next life, and find the lover who is full of her eyes to stay with for a lifetime.