However, there is an outstanding person in Zhujiajian Island's family. Her mother-in-law is fierce and provocative, and her behavior is not straight. She has no money at home and wants to enjoy it. One to two, she fell in love with a Huizhou businessman.
The businessman was very generous after this tryst with his mother-in-law, and sent a lot of gold and silver silk to let her take Tang Guimei into the water so as to have sex with him. Strangely, my mother-in-law is greedy for money and has no integrity, so she happily agreed to the businessman's request.
After returning home, my mother-in-law kept nagging, saying that the family was too poor, and only by having a good relationship with businessmen could she improve her life and be kind to her husband. She also taught her some ways to please businessmen. However, deeply influenced by the concept of chastity in Ming Dynasty, Tang Guimei regarded chastity as more important than life and resolutely refused.
Mother-in-law was so angry that she whipped it up, and her white skin suddenly turned red, but Tang Guimei still refused. The irrational mother-in-law burned the copper rod red again and burned her to death. Tang Guimei made a poisonous oath, even if he died, he would never promise the businessman.
Mother-in-law can't make a plan, she will make another plan. The next day I went to the government to sue her, saying that my daughter-in-law was unfilial and abused herself at home. The Ming dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. If anyone mistreats the elderly, it will be a great violation. Later, the mother-in-law also showed several scars, saying that they belonged to her daughter-in-law Tang. The magistrate was furious after hearing this, and immediately sent the chief to lock Tang up.
The businessman was very rich, and soon bribed the county magistrate through some channels and killed Tang Guimei, but she still refused to admit it, saying that her behavior was clear to her neighbors.
But after all, the businessman coveted her beauty and pretended to let her mother-in-law bail, hoping that she would change her mind. When the villagers saw Tang Guimei coming back, they all complained for her, hoping that she would tell the government the truth and testify for her if necessary. However, Tang Guimei said that this can really save her reputation, but her mother-in-law's last day is hard to protect, and she can no longer look up.
Tang always refused to tell the truth, preferring to be wronged. One night, she was even sadder and hanged herself in the plum tree in the backyard.
In the morning, my mother-in-law took a wooden stick to teach her a lesson, but found that the room was empty. When she found it, she found that Tang Guimei's body was almost stiff.
My mother-in-law finally burst into tears when she saw the news of her daughter-in-law's death. After hearing the sound, her neighbors thought that Tang had been beaten badly again. They came to stop the fight, only to find that she was dead. The neighbor said that you abused her in every way when she was alive, and you also falsely accused her. Now that she's dead, you're happy. Why are you crying?
Another neighbor said that maybe she has a conscience.
Chastity archways built in the late Ming Dynasty and other feudal societies.
I didn't know my mother-in-law robbed me that if she were still alive, the businessman would definitely give me more money. Now that she is dead, the businessman will definitely take back what she sent before. I can't live without money.
Hearing this, all the neighbors didn't hate it.
After her mother-in-law's dream was shattered, even Tang Guimei's body refused to accept it, so she hung it on the tree for three days. Strangely, her face is as touching as when she was alive, comparable to plum blossoms.
Later, the story of Tang Guimei was learned by Yang Shen, the son of Yang Tinghe, the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He wrote The Biography of Tang Guimei, a Filial Wife, to promote the concept of chastity advocated by the Ming Dynasty.