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preface
On June 1, 1990, Zhang Xueliang's 90th birthday banquet was held at the Yuanshan Hotel in Taipei.
On this day, the Taiwan authorities allowed him to celebrate his birthday in public, which means that the free life he has longed for for most of his life is finally coming.
At the banquet, his face was red and his spirit was strong, which made people feel gratified and admired.
On this special day, Zhang Xueliang has actually been looking forward to the appearance of another woman, that is, his married wife Yu Fengzhi in the United States.
In fact, just over two months ago, Zhang Xueliang sent Yu Fengzhi a birthday banquet invitation. Their past experience has triggered everyone's sighs and thoughts.
Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si are a couple known as the "Century Couple", and they spent fifty years of seclusion together.
Miss Zhao Si accompanied Zhang Xueliang through the most difficult moments of her life, whether in the years of war or in captivity, they supported and comforted each other.
Their love makes people feel a lot of emotions, but at the same time, it also makes people think: behind this strong relationship, is there hidden Zhang Xueliang's thoughts and expectations for his wife Yu Fengzhi who is far away?
People don't know if Yu Fengzhi will appear at the birthday banquet. Yu Feng is far away in the United States, and their separation and distance make it impossible to predict her arrival.
Whether or not Yu Fengzhi attended the birthday banquet, the past of the two of them had already caused everyone to think deeply and sigh.
Their stories are full of emotional waves and the power of perseverance, making people think about the true meaning of love and freedom.
Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi
Although the marriage of Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi is a product of the feudal society of the old era, they are a loving couple.
Initially, they were married by marriage, and although Yu Fengzhi initially refused, after meeting Zhang Xueliang, she gave her heart to him.
The two are considered to be a pair of golden and jade good relationships created by heaven and earth, and together they gave birth to three sons and a daughter, and the family was harmonious.
Zhang Xueliang's charm attracted many girls, including Zhao Yidi, who later became his secretary.
Despite this, Yu Fengzhi showed tolerance and sympathy for Zhao Yidi and agreed that she would stay with Zhang Xueliang.
With Zhang Xueliang's captivity, everything changed.
After Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, Yu Fengzhi accompanied him and gradually moved to the deep mountains and old forests in the south. However, Yu Fengzhi suffered from breast cancer, and her health deteriorated day by day.
Zhang Xueliang persuaded her to go to the United States for treatment, but she strongly disagreed, determined to spend difficult times with her husband.
Faced with her husband's insistence, she eventually agreed to leave, went to the United States for treatment, and helped Zhang Xueliang lobby international public opinion to force Chiang Kai-shek to release him.
Yu Fengzhi has undergone multiple surgeries in the United States, battled cancer, and taken care of children who have been left behind.
She became a businesswoman with brains, achieved success in the stock market, and provided financial support for raising children.
Despite having a place in the United States, she has not forgotten her commitment to her husband. She revealed the truth of the Xi'an incident abroad and called for Zhang Xueliang's freedom.
Despite years of hard work, Zhang Xueliang was escorted to Taiwan, and the dawn of freedom never came.
Cruel choices and the end of the wedding
Yu Fengzhi's departure made Zhang Xueliang fall into loneliness and distress, except for chatting with Miss Zhao Si, the only thing he was looking forward to was Yu Fengzhi's letter.
The connection between the two can only be transmitted through Song Meiling, and the letter becomes the solace for Zhang Xueliang to dissipate the blockade in his heart, and Yu Fengzhi becomes the only light in his life in captivity.
In 1964, under a series of public opinion offensives launched by Yu Fengzhi, there was a lot of turmoil in the United States, and the attention to Zhang Xueliang increased, and even the people in the city began to condemn Chiang Kai-shek's treachery.
Yu Fengzhi hoped that Chiang Kai-shek would relax his grip on Zhang Xueliang due to the constraints of international public opinion, and even release his freedom.
Yu Fengzhi never expected that Chiang Kai-shek was a vengeful and narrow-minded person.
Faced with Fengzhi's activities in the United States, Chiang Kai-shek felt pressure, and even had the idea of killing Zhang Xueliang. At this critical juncture, Song Meiling came forward to propose a perfect solution.
In 1964, when Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si were preparing to be baptized as Christians, Song Meiling asked Zhang Xueliang to make a choice on the grounds that Christianity could not commit bigamy crimes. This means that he must give up Yu Fengzhi, who is far away in the United States, to save his life.
Song Meiling's proposal put Zhang Xueliang in a dilemma. Although he was unwilling to divorce, under the pressure of the situation, he had to write a letter to Song Meiling to forward to Yu Fengzhi.
Monitored by the Taiwan authorities, he could not clearly tell Yu Fengzhi the true purpose of the divorce, but could only say that the Christian faith did not allow two women to maintain a husband and wife relationship at the same time.
When he received this letter, Yu Fengzhi was difficult to accept or even believe. She eagerly dialed Taiwan, but the people on both ends fell silent for a long time.
In the end, Zhang Xueliang only left the words "we will always be us" and handed over the decision to Yu Fengzhi, which is a cruel fact for Fengzhi, but she understands and finally accepts this decision.
On the divorce agreement, Yu Fengzhi signed his name with trembling hands. In her later years, she was in a foreign country and had nothing but the company of her daughter.
At the same time, Taiwan on the other side of the ocean will hold a grand wedding.
On July 4, 1964, Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si, who accompanied him through many years of seclusion, entered the palace of marriage, drawing a successful end to this relationship.
This incident has become a tireless talk after tea, and people still regret the divorce of Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi.
Love and wait
In 1965, Song Ziwen and his wife Zhang Leyi came to Yu Fengzhi's villa and gathered with the three people who had not seen each other for a long time.
In this meeting, they not only brought Zhang Xueliang's recent situation, but also triggered Yu Fengzhi's determination to change.
Zhang Xueliang's rescue was ultimately successful, and Chiang Kai-shek placed him under the management of Chiang Ching-kuo.
This decision improved Zhang Xueliang's living conditions, and although he was still followed by secret agents, he was much more free than his previous life in captivity.
After Yu Fengzhi heard these news, he seemed to have found the motivation to live again.
She decided to go to Los Angeles to enter the real estate industry, buy a villa for Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Si, and provide a place for them to come to the United States.
This decision shocked her daughter Zhang Luying, after all, her mother is already nearly 70 years old, why work and run around?
But Yu Fengzhi replied indifferently that she wanted to buy a villa for Han Qing and Zhao Si, even if it was just so that they could live in the United States.
The news brought by Song Ziwen and his wife this time is not only Zhang Xueliang's current life, but also his desire to move to the United States. This wish once again ignited Yu Fengzhi's fighting spirit for life, and she was determined to fight for her husband to her last breath.
Yu Fengzhi successfully transitioned from business to real estate, and with her more than 20 years of stock trading experience, she is handy in doing business in Hollywood.
Every investment makes a lot of money, and even the local real estate developer is ashamed of the old Chinese lady.
Yu Fengzhi is not working hard to become a strong woman, but to give her husband a free and prosperous life.
Although Zhang Xueliang's living conditions improved, he never gained true freedom.
Shortly before Zhang Xueliang's 90th birthday, Yu Fengzhi died of a heart attack at the age of 91.
Before dying, she left the two villas she had earned all her life and sweat to Zhang Xueliang, hoping that he could enjoy wealth and peace for the rest of his life.
After Zhang Xueliang learned of Yu Fengzhi's death, he deeply missed and repented. He expressed his thoughts and remorse for her at Feng Zhi's tomb.
Zhang Xueliang realized that the person who had been silently protecting him for the past fifty years was not Song Meiling or Zhao Yidi, but Yu Fengzhi, who had exhausted everything.
Zhang Xueliang is deeply aware of his lack of Feng Zhi and his love for Feng Zhi.