As the saying goes, "No filial piety has three, and no queen is greater." The ancient idea of son preference was deeply rooted, and many families have been deeply affected by it until now. Especially for large households, the continuation of incense is the top priority in life.
Huang Zongyan was the son of Huang Yisheng, the admiral of the Seven Provinces of the Yangtze River in the late Qing Dynasty, and in his early years, his father donated a Daotai for him in his later years. However, Huang Zongyan had no heirs before he was ready to take office, and the eldest lady Wang, who had been married for many years, had been unable to have children, and under pressure and the upbringing of everyone's boudoir, wang took the initiative to express his hope that her husband could take a concubine to eliminate some of his inner guilt and pass on the inheritance of the Huang family.
Huang Zongyan went to Guangxi to take up his post after his concubine became pregnant, but unexpectedly he contracted miasma after less than a year of service and died at the age of thirty. After Huang Zongyan's death, the family lineage snatched the family property on the grounds that Huang Zongyan had no son, fortunately, the concubine who was pregnant with a widow eventually left a son and a daughter for Huang Zongyan and saved the Huang family property. The unexpected death caused a storm
Huang Zongyan was born in the Shomen family, his father Huang Yishengyi became loyal to the late Qing Dynasty, followed the famous minister Li Hongzhang at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty at that time, so at that time, the status of the Huang family was still very high. Huang Zongyan has lived a good life since childhood, with good clothes and food, and no worries about food and clothing. When he reached the age of marriage, the family had set up a marriage for him early.
Although it is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, Huang Zongyan and the Wang family are very affectionate after marriage, and the parents of both sides are also very satisfied with the two. After the marriage, Huang Zongyan did not move to marry a concubine, and the in-laws did not say much.
The Wang family took very good care of the in-laws, the Huang family took good care of them, and everyone was very convinced of this big lady. However, a few years after marriage, the Wang family was still not pregnant and failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter for the Huang family.
The in-laws who were anxious to hold their grandchildren began to worry. Wang Shi was also a person of general knowledge, and took the initiative to stand up and persuade Huang Zongyan to marry a concubine. Huang Zongyan only left for Guangxi after the concubine became pregnant.
Who would have thought that Huang Zongyan died of miasma less than a year after he went to daotai, at the age of thirty. At that time, Huang Zongyan's father had died, and when this news reached the Huang family, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
Neither Huang Zongyan's grand wife nor her concubines gave birth to children, and at that time, wives and concubines without heirs had no property inheritance rights. Therefore, the Huang family placed their only hope on the pregnant concubine, hoping that the concubine could give birth to a son for the Huang family. The peak loop turns finally after
Huang Zongyan's uncle was bent on hoping that Huang Zongyan would have no queen and take over the family wealth, and everyone focused all their eyes on the concubine's belly. The Grand Lady Wang clan was even more nervous, and sent someone to take care of it very thoroughly. The day of the concubine's imminent birth slowly came, the whole family became more and more nervous, and when it was almost time to come to the basin, the Huang family invited several midwives to be ready to deliver the baby at any time.
On the day the concubine gave birth, all the distant relatives of the Huang family rushed to see the final result. In the end, the concubine gave birth to a female and a male twin for the Huang family, and the whole family was very happy. After seeing That Huang Zongyan had it, his uncle and relatives all returned home in sorrow. After the concubine gave birth to twins, she died soon after due to excessive weakness. The eldest lady, Wang, was responsible for raising these two children.
One of the girls is named Huang Suqiong, also known as Huang Yifan, that is, Zhang Ailing's mother, and the boy is called Huang Dingzhu, which is Zhang Ailing's uncle. Judging from Huang Yifan's life, after the death of her father Huang Zongyan, her life in the Huang family may not be good. Although he was born into a rich family, he was born of a concubine, and his own mother also died early, without fatherly love or maternal love, which was really pitiful. Declining aristocrats
After Huang Zongyan's unfortunate death, the concubine gave birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus and also left. Huang Zongyan's royal family brought the child to Shanghai to raise him. The girl's name is Huang Suqiong, and the boy's name is Huang Dingzhu.
After Huang Suqiong grew up, she married Zhang Zhiyi. Zhang Zhiyi's mother was the biological daughter of Li Hongzhang, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, this marriage was regarded as a match made in heaven and the appearance of a talented woman.
But the good times did not last long, because Zhang Zhiyi smoked opium, prostituted, and married several aunts, Huang Suqiong, who accepted the new ideas, became more and more unaccustomed to her husband who did nothing but enjoy himself. The two contradictions escalated day by day, eventually reaching an irreconcilable point.
Later, Huang Suqiong ran away from abroad many times, and this marriage that was rumored to be a good story ended in failure. In 1924, Huang Suqiong first studied abroad with her sister-in-law Zhang Maoyuan, when Zhang Ailing was only two years old.
The lack of maternal love is a great blow to the child, not to mention that there is a father who is not doing the right thing, which has caused a lifelong irreparable impact and harm to Zhang Ailing and her brother.
Huang Suqiong changed her name to Huang Yifan after going abroad, on the one hand, she longed for a new life, yearned for spiritual independence, and became an independent woman in the new era; on the other hand, she had to live by selling her ancestral property like her hated husband.
Every time Huang Yifan returned to China, he took away one or two boxes of antiques to sell for some money to maintain his life, and these actions did not make Huang Yifan's life comfortable. She blamed herself while continuing to sell her dowry. In the end, only a box of antiques was left in the family business, which was left to his daughter Zhang Ailing.
Let go of hatred, keep learning, and keep improving to get a new life. Huang Yifan wandered all his life with hatred and hatred for the old times, and in the end he did not find the self he wanted to be.
Zhang Ailing and her mother's life experience is very similar, when she was young, she lacked the love of her parents, and when she grew up, she longed to be loved and did not know what love was, she was unladylike when she met people, her life was turbulent and displaced, and when she was dying, she left empty hatred.
Huang Zongyan was lucky, born into a rich family, and had no worries about food and clothing. Although he grew up and got married at the behest of his parents, he also met his true love.
He was also unfortunate, after inheriting his father's title, he became the Guangxi Yandao, and his future was originally bright, but he died of disease. In the end, leaving his original wife to live with a son and a daughter born to a concubine, how many were lucky in that turbulent and displaced era?
Whether it is a concubine who died of postpartum weakness or a grand lady Wang Shi who moved to Shanghai with a son and a daughter, the fate is bumpy. Although he married into a rich family, he was not blessed, and the early death of his husband left these people with endless regrets. In that era of male superiority and female inferiority, the bitterness of life can be imagined.
Huang Suqiong married into the Zhang family, which was originally a door-to-door pair, a good story. Helplessly, he met the brother of the fallen magnate, who did not learn any techniques, did not think of making progress, only coveted pleasure, and was corroded by the cancer of the old society without a single bit of pride.
The decline of the family, the misfortune of the family, and the divorce of her parents have left an indelible shadow on Zhang Ailing. Even though she is as talented as Zhang Ailing, the lack of affection makes her long for love but does not understand love, and the wrong marriage to Hu Lancheng makes her become more withdrawn, and eventually she lives a ghostly life until she dies and is cold.