In the early years of the Republic of China, the Qing Dynasty fell, but the women in the palace had not yet been released.
Aixinjueluo Lingyi was once the most respectable princess in Peiping. When she was seventeen years old, she was carried on a sedan chair into the mansion of the declining clan. On the wedding night, the first thing my husband asked after taking off his hijab was not "Are you tired?" But -
"Do you still have a copy of your dowry list?"
The husband was greedy for money and ruthless, and the mother-in-law asked for dowry. Her husband's family regarded her as a pledge to maintain their dignity. Everyone advised her to endure it.
But Lingyi didn't want to endure it anymore.
She got divorced, changed her surname to Jin, and became the laughing stock of the whole town. In order to save her reputation, her mother's family forced her to remarry. So, a hundred men were sent to her in Peiping, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Paris.
The fallen princes and grandsons thought she was innocent, the doctor who studied abroad asked her to be a good wife, the warlord marshal promised her wealth, the newspaper genius asked her to write poems, and the revolutionary youth asked her to sacrifice herself to fulfill the great cause.
She went on blind dates a hundred times, and finally understood: a man's choice of women is called rules, and a woman's choice of men is called presumptuous; but her life should no longer be evaluated by others.
Until the wind started blowing in Paris and the May Fourth Movement was approaching, she met Chen Yanchu, a young man studying in France.
He said: "I love you, but I can't allow you to be safe."
She smiled: "What I lack most now is the stability that others have given me."
This time, she wasn't saved by someone, nor was she finally married to a good man.
She rescued herself from the ruins of her old marriage with her own hands
Concept: Women are not accessories in marriage, nor are they selected, valued, or placed. True love should occur between two independent souls; true rebirth is when a woman finally has the right to choose her own destiny.