What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Tang Ying and Lu Xiaoman, collectively known as the "Southern Tang dynasty and northern land", were two top social celebrities who went hand in hand during the Republic of China period. The reason why Lu Xiaoman's later popularity is far better than Tang Ying is mainly due to her and Xu Zhimo's love affair that risked the world. At the same time, the reason why Tang Ying's fate ends is far better than Lu Xiaoman's is precisely because of her rational attitude towards love and men.
Lu Xiaoman had three important men in his life — Wang Geng , Xu Zhimo , and Weng Ruiwu — and Tang Ying also had three important men in his life — Song Ziwen, Li Zufa, and Rong Xianlin. The difference is that Lu Xiaoman was born for love and was destined to be trapped by love, while Tang Ying was born for happiness and freedom, so he ended perfectly.
Tang Ying, once the "first lady in Shanghai", her flower-like beauty, her unique style, is the poison that captures the hearts of men, so that countless princes and grandchildren have fallen for her, the most famous of which is Song Ziwen, the key figure of the "four major families".
Speaking of Song Ziwen, people usually think of his love affair with Sheng Aiyi, don't you know that after rubbing shoulders with Miss Sheng Qi, Song Ziwen also irremediably loved the beautiful Tang Ying.
Song Ziwen was born in 1894, Tang Ying was born in 1910, the age difference of 16 years, it is reasonable to say that the two should not have any emotional intersection. However, the occurrence of love is often such an unexpected encounter. Tang Ying had an older brother, named Tang Ziwen, who had a close relationship with Song Ziwen, not only a classmate of Harvard University in the United States, but also served as the confidential secretary of Song Ziwen, then minister of finance of the National Government, after returning to China, and won Song Ziwen's trust and respect.
Due to Tang's relationship, Song Ziwen often visited the Tang family and became acquainted with Tang Ying. At that time, Tang Ying was at the age of Miao, and her style was unique, and Song Ziwen fell in love with her at first sight and could not extricate herself. And Tang Ying, also attracted by Song Ziwen's maturity and erudition, the two began to fall in love.
According to Tang Ying's sister Tang Weihong, in order to pursue Tang Ying, Song Ziwen wrote more than 20 emotional love letters, and it is not difficult to see that he really loved Tang Ying.
Tang Ying's love affair with Song Ziwen was sweet and vigorous, but Tang Ying's father, Tang Nai'an, did not agree, because as a famous doctor in Shanghai, he saw through the waves of cunning and intrigue in the official arena, and did not want to let his precious daughter be involved. Tang Nai'an's fears were soon fulfilled.
It was July 23, 1931, Song Ziwen and confidential secretary Tang Zhixun appeared at shanghai North Railway Station, the two dressed very similarly that day, both wearing white suits and wearing white Napoleon top hats, as a result, Tang Ziwen was mistaken for Song Ziwen, assassinated by assassins, killed on the spot, only 32 years old.
The cause of this assassination operation was a party strife, and the mastermind was Wang Yaqiao, who was the famous "assassination king" at that time, and the target was originally Song Ziwen, but Tang Zhiyi became a substitute ghost.
Tang Nai'an suffered the loss of his son, and he hated politics even more deeply, and resolutely opposed his daughter Tang Ying and Song Ziwen's continued exchanges. Tang Ying is not as emotional as an ordinary woman, she has a rationality beyond her age, when she breaks, she does not cry or make trouble, gorgeous turns around, and chooses to break up with Song Ziwen.
As for Song Ziwen's side, he really loved Tang Ying, and he didn't want to cut it off in his heart, but Tang Ziwen's death made him feel guilty and self-blame, and he had already killed other people's sons, and it was really not good to take away people's daughters. Therefore, Song Ziwen could only endure the pain of cutting love and agreed to break up with Tang Ying.
Soon after breaking up with Song Ziwen, Tang Ying married into a rich family, and the groom was Li Zufa, the son of Li Yunshu, a wealthy merchant in Shanghai. But unfortunately, this marriage did not last long, because Tang Ying, as the most famous social flower in Shanghai Beach, was unwilling to give up her life after marriage, and although Li Zufa loved Tang Ying deeply, she could not accept her wife's excessive appearance. In 1937, Tang Ying divorced Li Zufa.
After experiencing two failed relationships, Tang Ying painfully thought about the pain, reflected on the past, and finally found a good person for himself, he is Rong Xianlin. Rong Xianlin is the nephew of Rong Hong, the father of Chinese students, and although his uncle is a celebrity, he himself is very ordinary, at least not compared with the political leader Song Ziwen and the rich son Li Zufa. Yung Hsien Lin works at AIA Insurance Company, has average financial conditions, is divorced, and has four children with his ex-wife, but he and Tang Ying have similar interests, appreciate each other and understand each other, so they become a good match. For Tang Ying, whether he is poor or not, he is happy when he is a stepmother.
In 1948, Tang Ying went to Hong Kong with her husband, and then immigrated to the United States, and the two grew old in New York, and their old age was comfortable and happy. In 1986, Tang Ying died of illness at the age of 76.
Tang Ying's good end lies in the fact that she is not confused by her beauty, not troubled by love, and has maintained a sober mind from beginning to end, loving with her heart, and walking away if she does not love. This is the attitude that a perfect beauty should have.