Since ancient times, in order to win over the powerful or consolidate their position, many people will choose to sacrifice their people and children, resulting in "political marriage". It refers to the marriage of both men and women for the political interests of one party or the group to which a certain party belongs, most of which have no emotional basis, and the two parties sacrifice their own happiness to meet political and economic purposes, basically without considering personal factors. During the Republic of China period, in order not to marry the second generation of officials, there was a woman who lied that she had a mental illness, but she did not expect that in the end she actually had a mental illness.
Li Yuanhong, the president of the Republic of China, had a daughter named Li Shaofang, who was born in Wuchang in 1906. She is the youngest daughter of Li Yuanhong's wife, Wu Jingjun, and is the third oldest in the family. Li Shaofang has been clever and clever since childhood, and has been deeply loved by her father. In 1913, at the age of 7, she followed her father to Live in Beiping.
In 1914, yuan shikai proposed a marriage between the two families in order to win over Li Yuanhong and also to restrain him. Li Yuanhong knew that this was a political marriage, and under various pressures, he had to sacrifice his daughter's happiness and agree to Yuan Shikai's proposal. In this way, 8-year-old Li Shaofang and Yuan Kejiu, the ninth son of Yuan Shikai, made a marriage contract. Due to their young age, the two families decided to wait until the two grew up to have a wedding. After that, Li Shaofang continued to study and completed her studies. Yuan Kejiu also followed the other children of the Yuan family to study in the United States.
As she grew older, Li Shaofang increasingly disagreed with this family affair, and she also had people she liked, so she often persuaded her father to cancel the marriage contract. Li Yuanhong thought that if he retired from marriage, he would inevitably be criticized, saying that as soon as Yuan Shikai died, he was busy breaking off relations with the Yuan family, and he was too snobbish, so he did not agree to his daughter's request. Li Shaofang saw that she could not help her father and could not withdraw from marriage, so she let the Yuan family take the initiative to withdraw from marriage. So she came up with a way to send people around to release news that she had suddenly become mentally ill. For a time, the news that the president's daughter was mentally ill spread in the city.
Li Shaofang originally thought that the Yuan family wanted face, and after knowing that she was mentally ill, she would immediately repent of her marriage. Unexpectedly, Yuan Kejiu is also an alternative. After returning from school, he heard that Li Shaofang had a mental illness and released the words: "Even if my fiancée has a mental illness, I will marry her, take care of her for a lifetime, and will not abandon her." The reason why Yuan Kejiu did this was for political purposes, to establish an image of a "good man" and save the face of the Yuan family. It can only be said that Li Shaofang is too naïve, this is a political marriage, whether the other party is stupid or disabled, it does not matter, what is important is the power of the family behind it. She saw that she could not get rid of this political marriage, so she had to admit her fate.
In 1934, Li Shaofang and Yuan Kejiu, a couple without feelings, got married. After marriage, Li Shaofang was dissatisfied with the marriage, the two had incompatible feelings, melancholy all day, and really suffered from mental illness. As her condition worsened, she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. On April 15, 1945, Li Shaofang died of illness at the age of 39. In order to dissolve this marriage, Li Shaofang would lie that she was mentally ill, but she did not expect that she would become a slur and finally end up depressed.