Qing Jiang nursed a longtime resentment toward Li Lili for decades, as she felt Lili took roles that she otherwise would have received. Jiang would later marry Mao Zedong, and use her power to have Lili and her husband tortured. Both would survive, though Lili's husband was unable to cope with the trauma, and committed suicide. Jiang would later commit suicide herself, after serving 8 years in prison, a sentence which was shortened from an original death sentence for crimes against the state.