In 1949, Chiang retreated to Taiwan along with the Nationalist government, and her family came to dwell in official quarters on Chang-an East Road in Taipei. In those years, she could be seen treading on her curtains as she washed them, like any other housewife, and the guards likewise remembered her for her frugal, sparing ways.
一九四九年方良女士隨國府撤退抵達台灣，一家人住在台北市長安東路的官邸裡。一如尋常的家庭主婦，訪客早年還可以看見她以腳來踩洗厚重的窗簾，侍衛們也記得她儉省的點點滴滴。