Li Wanhua lived to be 80 years old with many disasters in her life, and Lan Qiongying was a big winner but died at the age of 79.
As the wife of Macau's gambling king Stanley Ho,
After her death in 2004, Lai Wanhua was not buried in the ancestral grave of the Ho family, but was placed in a cemetery in Macau.
Her life has been full of ups and downs, suffering from illness, and tragic car accidents.
The hand of the son finally failed to grow old with the man she loved the most, and her children died and went crazy.
After Stanley Ho died, the big house behind her did not inherit a penny of inheritance.
Li Wanhua, a wealthy family and a righteous wife.
Why did it become such a miserable appearance?
Some people say that she caught a perfect hand of cards at birth, but unfortunately fate is merciless, good cards are not won, and even her children cannot be blessed.
How beautiful Li Wanhua's first half of her life was, and how tragic the second half of her life was.
It seems to answer the sentence: "Thinking about the past, cherishing the flow, easy to become hurt." The song is the first to be satisfied, the desire to laugh and the most broken intestines"...
Have a mental arithmetic without a heart, win!
In 1924, Li Wanhua was born into a prominent family, the ancestors of a high-ranking Portuguese official, and she herself settled in Portuguese.
Lai's father was a well-known lawyer and the only notary public in Macau at that time, with a large number of properties.
Just looking at the photos of Li Wanhua when she was young, you can know that this is a real big girl, a canary raised in purdah.
Most of the noble daughters' fate is not bad, find a real person with the right door, be spoiled by their parents before marriage, and spoiled by their husbands after marriage.
After giving birth to a child, the mother is expensive with her son, and she will have good food and clothing for a lifetime. Li Wanhua should also embark on such a life trajectory.
Carefully cultivated and raised by his family, he has a bright smile and is not familiar with world affairs, and is known as "the first beauty in Macao".
The father of the Li family likes this 15th daughter very much, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Wanhua is a rich flower in the world.
It's a pity that she met Stanley Ho, and her fate has been "greatly discounted" since then.
Born in Hong Kong in 1921, Stanley Ho also grew up among the Wang family, whose uncle Ho Tung was once the richest man in Hong Kong.
It's just that Stanley Ho's family fell in the family because of investment failure.
Fresh clothes and angry horses in childhood and adolescence, growing up in the golden nest.
After the age of 13, he became a poor boy, and he could only rely on himself for everything.
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In 1941, a 20-year-old boy was unusually bold.
Clutching the HK$10 in his pocket, he came to Macau from Hong Kong to become an employee of CIMB.
Through the company's senior management, that is, Li Wanhua's eldest brother-in-law, stood in the distance and saw this little Qianjin side of the Li family.
Young Stanley Ho
Stunning appearance, being rumored to be a distant talent, coupled with an unattainable family background.
So there was a slightly deliberate encounter, and the poor boy changed his life by charm and planted wings for his life to take off.
It was a fine afternoon, and Li Wanhua, who was walking in Shanshui Park, "happened" to meet Stanley Ho, dressed up and waiting for a long time.
For the "chance encounter" of this moment, Stanley Ho has secretly rehearsed countless times.
Wearing a straight and lean-looking suit.
The advantage of Dutch, British, Chinese and other multinational mixed races makes him have a particularly handsome face.
Holding a book, looking at the sunshine carefully, and stumbling through his mouth to read Portuguese.
Such a move immediately aroused Li Wanhua's curiosity, and she stood aside and watched for a while.
And Stanley Ho's face was red when he looked up "inadvertently".
"Hello lady, you've been standing here, did I disturb you?"
A polite and dignified greeting, a clear and clean smile.
The stunning young man used one photo to make the 17-year-old Li Wanhua deer bump into him with a gentle and elegant body.
With a sly light in her eyes, Li Wanhua responded in fluent Portuguese.
And Stanley Ho said in distress: "I don't speak Portuguese very well, can you teach me?" ”
And on that warm afternoon, the noble lady who was not deeply involved in the world listened to the widely heard young people talking.
His confident and generous appearance was imprinted in the girl's heart.
The words "soul fit" come to mind.
Li Wanhua nodded at Stanley Ho's charming smile and promised to have tea with the other party next time.
A good wife brings her own "help husband luck"
After another conversation from a pot of tea, Li Wanhua held Stanley Ho's outstretched hand.
Less than a year has passed since they started falling in love and getting married, and the Li family's father has objected to the lover his daughter has found for him.
But a heart is occupied by the sweetness of love, Li Wanhua can't allow others to say that her boyfriend is not good at all, even if she loves her father.
"I like him, it has nothing to do with wealth and family lineage, only about talent and morality. Many sons of rich families do not have his nobility and courtesy, he is the person I identify, and he is also the person who is most compatible with me! ”
In 1942, 18-year-old Lai Wanhua held the arm of 21-year-old Stanley Ho and tied the knot.
This marriage of the wrong family and the marriage of the rich and noble flower to marry a handsome year became the news that was rushed to report at the time.
The media took Stanley Ho's sentence "I only love you all my life" as the first sentence of the opening chapter, and the content also praised him as heaven and earth.
Because Li Wanhua was cultivated by the family, she is a woman who is good looking and can afford a family backing.
How can the man who can make her fancy be an ordinary person? If you have a lot of talent, you will be able to achieve something.
Stanley Ho did not live up to the media's evaluation of him, and did not live up to Lai Wanhua's choice that he believed.
In the first year after marriage, he was taken by his father-in-law and made many high-class friends.
With the help of the Li family, he also earned his first 1 million.
And Li Wanhua, who accompanies her, is not just a flower in the greenhouse, a big lady who does not know the world.
She has the brains and courage, and is the virtuous helper of her husband.
Lai used her contacts to help her husband win textile export quotas.
Combined with his hobbies, he became the host of Macau football matches and helped her husband start his football lottery career.
She is not a vase celebrity beside Stanley Ho, she has her own circle and girlfriends.
The most famous of her girlfriends is Fok Yingdong's wife Lu Yanni.
Stanley Ho was able to pull the Huo family onto his chariot, and a lot of credit goes to Li Wanhua.
Stanley Ho's nephew once said: "My uncle can start a family because of Lai Wanhua." If it weren't for Li Wanhua's business privilege in the circle of rich and noble celebrities, he would not have created everyone's great cause so smoothly. If it hadn't been for the help of the Li family's family at that time, he wouldn't have had such a solid heel and such a great reputation! ”
The family has a good wife, and the husband has no misfortune; The family has a good wife and prosperous personnel.
With the support of his wife's family, Stanley Ho's career has become more and more prosperous, and his family has also added imports.
The birth of the eldest daughter He Chaoying and the second daughter He Chaoxian made the relationship between Li Wanhua and Stanley Ho the highest level.
I don't know if I answered the phrase "when the moon is full, you lose". After reaching the heights, the rest is almost entirely downhill.
18-year-old Li Wanhua actually knows the truth that "when a man is rich, he becomes bad".
It's just that she has enough self-confidence that she will let Stanley Ho be that exception.
But I couldn't see through my husband's handsome appearance and affectionate eyes the disguise and ruthlessness in his internal organs.
33-year-old Li Wanhua completely tore apart the illusion of a happy marriage she created because of an illness.
Deeply affectionate and heartbreaking since ancient times
In 1957, Li Wanhua was admitted to the hospital because of colitis.
Stanley Ho was anxious and found doctors at home and abroad to treat his wife.
Before we could see good news, complications from the disease were menacing.
The doctors at the time were helpless, and only gave a way to save life by removing the patient's stomach.
Stanley Ho nodded with difficulty, and the doctor quickly prepared for the operation.
Her life was saved, but Li Wanhua lost her quality of life since then.
Without a stomach, she could only survive on liquid food, and she was quickly skinny, and her weight dropped from more than 100 pounds to 60 pounds.
It is the most attractive period for women, she loses her beauty, like an old woman.
At that time, Stanley Ho had always been by his sick wife's side.
But not long after the Li family was at the helm, Li Wanhua's father died.
Without the greatest confidence in her life and without her father, Li Wanhua cried in the hospital until her liver and intestines were broken.
After the tears dried, she found that the husband who had said, "No health, you still have my children" was no longer around.
As soon as I asked, I was busy with my feet because of "work". But this year, the Hong Kong media exploded.
Because 36-year-old Stanley Ho found a 14-year-old new love Lan Qiongying in Hong Kong a few months later.
And in accordance with the long-abolished "Great Qing Regulations", this new welcome into the gate of the He family.
I don't know what kind of negotiations He and Li, the original couple, have had.
The final result was that Lan Qiongying was settled in a villa in Koo Pak Road in Hong Kong, and Lai Wanhua lived in the Macau White House for a long time.
Stanley Ho often travels between places and tells the media that he will "level the bowl of water" and achieve the division and rule of the two wives.
After that, Li Wanhua no longer read the newspaper and did not like to learn about current affairs.
Stanley Ho later "defended" in his autobiography, saying: "I am a normal man, it is impossible to be a monk for a lifetime, my family is big, and I also need a woman who can always be around to cope with the large amount of entertainment outside." ”
Such an argument is somewhat far-fetched.
In fact, Li Wanhua dragged the sick body and Stanley Ho to attend high-class parties many times to accompany her husband to socialize.
Although lost the beautiful face and full body.
But from her gestures, it seems that her innate grace has completely supported the name of the wife in charge, and there is no reason why the family has lost a little.
In addition, at the age of 34, she ignored the doctor's dissuasion, and why Hongsun gave birth to her eldest son He Youguang and youngest daughter He Chaoxiong.
This woman can be said to have given everything for the love she once identified, for a husband who is thin in love.
It's just that people who have changed their hearts, no matter how affectionate they are, may be regarded as a burden.
Love is shattered, and the past becomes a joke. Li Wanhua has less and less power in her hands, and after that, she pins all her hopes on a few children, trying to keep something for them.
It's just that there is only one family, but there are many children.
It is rumored in the upper circles of Hong Kong that Lan Qiongying, the second room of the He family, can pry the rich businessmen of Macao who are two rounds older than themselves at a young age, so long sleeves and good at dancing, there is something in it, and there will be achievements in the future.
I have to say that these rumors are very reasonable.
Lan Qiongying was born as a gatekeeper, with a backer behind him, and he still has the ability to have a wrist.
Never be a little woman behind her husband, nor do you do Lingxiao flowers that climb on her husband.
In addition to helping her husband with work, she also brought her family into her husband's business, learned to do business herself, and became a strong woman in the mall.
In turn, he won the favor, trust and satisfaction of Stanley Ho.
After turning 19 years old, Lan Qiongying successively added 5 children to her husband, He Chaoqiong, He Chaofeng, He Chaoyi, and He Youlong.
The most affectionate is that it cannot retain people's hearts; Only by pushing yourself to a high place and seeking for yourself can you win the favor of the people you like.
Where there are many people, there are rivers and lakes, and where people from rivers and lakes gather, there are intrigues and intrigues, and there are bloody winds.
Li Wanhua once fought with Lan Qiongying.
But in 1973, she was on vacation to Portugal and was in a car accident one afternoon.
After a severe brain injury, he was in a coma for a month, and when he woke up, he lost most of his memory.
At this time, Li Wanhua almost became a waste, unable to take care of herself even for eating, and lost control of the He family's business.
He Chaoying
After that, Li Wanhua's eldest daughter He Chaoying was arranged to embark on the road of wealthy marriage.
The only thing that comforted her was that her eldest son, He You, was excellent and was cultivated as the heir of the family since he was a child.
He has a certain voice in the family and can be the backer of his mother and sisters.
And he himself is also very talented, deeply trusted by Stanley Ho, and is recognized by the outside world as the "prince" of the He family.
It's just that everything came to an abrupt end eight years later, in 1981.
In Portugal, on the street where his mother had an accident, it was also an afternoon, He Youguang and his wife were also in a car accident, and the couple and the driver who caused the accident were killed on the spot.
He Youguang and his wife SUKI both died in a car accident
The crash remains a mystery to this day, and the media and the public are divided.
And bearing the pain of the white-haired person sending the black-haired person, Li Wanhua fell into deep despair.
But this is not over, and after the grief there is a new round of cruelty.
Li Wanhua's eldest daughter He Chaoying does not believe that her brother and mother's car accidents are all coincidences and the fault of fate.
wanted to investigate deeply, but was coldly stopped by his father Stanley Ho.
He said that he did not want the whole family to be suspicious of each other and fall apart because of the people who had left.
Facing the lifeless mother, facing the two children left by the younger brother.
He Chaoying shouted hysterically, accusing his father of desperation and cruelty.
Not long after, the once proud princess of the He family changed his mood greatly.
was swept away by the wealthy husband who was married, and was later taken by the fourth sister to take care of him.
In 1985, Lan Qiongying single-handedly favored the pepper house for nearly 30 years, and in this year, Li Wanhua's nurse Chen Wanzhen was promoted by Stanley Ho as the "third wife".
A year later, Stanley Ho met Angel Leung, who was 39 years younger than him, and raised him to the title of "fourth wife" in 1989.
Her husband's flower name and news outside were all blocked by Li Wanhua.
She often lives in a house on the Bishop's Hill in Macau, feeling the ruthlessness and darkness of wealthy families.
The death of the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law made Li Wanhua's life full of gray, and the eldest daughter's mental disorder became her permanent torment.
There are also two modest daughters, who do not fight or fight, and their lives are relatively stable.
The second daughter, Ho Chaoxian, was married away by her mother to Denmark, avoiding the whirlpool of strife and not relying on the family, her husband is an artist, has now settled in Denmark, and rarely returns to Hong Kong.
The youngest daughter, He Chaoxiong, is plain-looking, has been with faith all her life, has never married, and does not want to have more contact with the outside world.
But she is a rare good girl in the He family who values feelings and filial piety.
Later, Li Wanhua was already ill, her eldest sister was crazy, and she had two nieces who were not adults.
In the huge long room, only she has been serving the eldest sister and raising He Youguang's two daughters with her mother.
Since then, the long house has been lonely, and the five children of Stanley Ho's second room have infinite scenery and become the pillars of He's enterprise.
It also gradually opened up and fought with three children in three rooms and five children in four rooms.
Ho's two daughters are self-reliant, one went to England to study jewelry design with the support of Lai Wanhua, and then founded the jewelry brand "Sarah Ho SHO".
Carina Lau and Lily Cole are big fans of the brand.
Another hobby made a hobby of small animals into a career, was a volunteer for the Society for the Protection of Animals as a child, and was the head of the association as an adult.
She founded Macau's first pet hotel dedicated to pets of upper-class celebrities.
Someone once said: "Never have the heart to support men, once they succeed in their careers, they will break out of your gentleness, buy another life with the money promised to you, turn their heads and tear you apart with a smile, and in the name of love." ”
With a mutilated body, he provides the last harbor for his only daughter and granddaughter.
The rich and precious flowers who once believed in the beauty of love came to the world for a while, and they were full of hurt and heartache.
Her life with Stanley Ho was a big gamble.
Li Wanhua marries a down-and-out boy and bets that her vision is not wrong and she will get happy love.
Stanley Ho marries a noble girl and gambles that he will definitely make a difference in his life.
Lai Wanhua lost, Stanley Ho won.
No one can say that the couple married without love for each other, but in this love, one person poured everything, one weighed the pros and cons, had reservations, and finally spent it clean in the change of time and identity.
In 2004, Li Wanhua, who had infinite scenery in the first half of her life and miserable in the second half of her life, ended her 80-year road on earth.
82-year-old Stanley Ho sent her on her last journey, picking a cemetery in Macau, and wrote an obituary in the name of "his beloved wife Mrs. Ho Lai Yuen Wah".
The names of the second, third and fourth room ladies are not mentioned in the family rankings.
It is considered to give the last shred of decency to the knotted wife.
Lai Wanhua's funeral
Quietly closing her eyes, the former "First Beauty of Macao" could not see the greed of people in the so-called harmonious family after the death of her husband.
It is also impossible to see the second room become the ultimate winner, and his children are excluded from the family and receive almost no inheritance.
In 2020, on the 16th anniversary of Lai Wanhua's death, Stanley Ho also completed the last journey of his life.
The couple, who met in their best years, also failed to stay together after their death.
Because Lai Wanhua was buried in the Macau cemetery, Stanley Ho entered the Ho clan tomb in Hong Kong.
Perhaps at the end of her life, Li Wanhua prayed to be a healthy and ordinary woman in the next life, live an ordinary life, have a happy marriage, and have children with a bright smile.
Maybe not meeting in another world is the best thing to let them go ...