From ancient times to the present, the emperor is a huge harem, beautiful women such as clouds, let people envy, as far as the emperor is concerned, he can choose the imperial concubine who sleeps according to his own preferences, but the emperor has only one, it is inevitable that most of the imperial concubines have their names, and they have not been favored all their lives, which is inevitably the sorrow of the women of the feudal dynasty, although eating and wearing is not worried, but the emptiness of the spirit and body is also very human to endure. However, the imperial concubines in history did not dare to divorce the emperor for other reasons, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, her appearance reflected the determination of women to break through the feudal shackles.
She was the last imperial concubine, Wenxiu, who was born in 1909 to a family of aristocratic bureaucrats with yellow flags in Manchuria. Nicknamed Huixin, scientific name Fu Yufang, Mongolian, surname Erdete, Qing Shunzhi first year (1644), the family followed Dolgun into the customs, according to the flag was assigned to settle in Beijing Andingmen, generations of people in the Qing Dynasty as officials. At the beginning of 1921, Wen Xiu had just turned 11 years old, and the news came from the palace that he would choose an empress for Puyi, who had abdicated but still retained the imperial title. Because Wen Xiu's ancestors were Mongolian nobles who had already been registered as flags and met the conditions for candidacy, Wen Xiu's fifth uncle Hua Kan (who also served as an official Shangshu in the late Qing Dynasty) came to consult with Jiang and wanted to take a picture of Wen Xiu and send him to the election.
Puyi selected Wenxiu from many photos, so Wenxiu, who was only 13 years old, married Puyi, who was only 16 years old at the time, and became a lady concubine. After Wen Xiu entered the palace, he lived in the Changchun Palace of the West Sixth Palace, which was the place where the former Empress Dowager Cixi lived for more than twenty years.
After entering the palace, Wan Rong was jealous of the wind with Wen Xiu, and she was very ostracized on weekdays. Wen Xiu has never been favored by Puyi, coupled with an introverted personality, not good at talking, and depressed in his heart cannot be discharged. Fortunately, she liked to read poetry books since she was a child, so she lived alone in the Changchun Palace and accompanied by books. Although Puyi did not spoil her, he invited an English teacher and a famous Confucian to teach her English, the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Poetry And Laws. It can be said that in the years of the deep palace, wen embroidery benefited a lot from books. Unfortunately, such a day did not last long, Feng Yuxiang's "forced palace incident" occurred, Puyi and the palace people were expelled from the palace, temporarily living in the Beijing Prince Of Alcohol Palace.
At that time, Puyi, who was bent on defecting to the Japanese and hoping to restore the Qing emperor's business, was strongly opposed by Wenxiu, which deepened Puyi's dislike of Wenxiu, and after their family moved to the Japanese concession in Tianjin, Puyi was even worse for Wenxiu. Before, he was only cold to WenXiu, not disgusted, and now he really annoyed her, and even scolded her. This is the two of them more like strangers.
The depressed Wenxiu can only be accompanied by books for many years, due to long-term bitterness and emptiness, but also suffered from serious insomnia, so Wenxiu thought of divorce, this woman who was bound by feudalism thought of breaking free of the shackles, when Wenxiu found a lawyer to propose a divorce to Puyi, Puyi was still very surprised, which is a ridiculous thing that has never appeared in history. But it was impossible to change wenxiu's insistence, and the two sides finally reached an agreement. Puyi paid Wenxiu 55,000 yuan for living expenses, and Wenxiu promised Puyi never to marry again.
Due to the divorce and agreement not to marry, Wenxiu began his own civilian life, so Wenxiu changed his name back to Fu Yufang and went to Beiping City's private Sipin Primary and Secondary School to become a teacher of Chinese language and drawing classes. This seems to be the beginning of a new life. Wen Xiu gradually had a smile on her face, and she liked to be with the children. And the students liked her. She was very knowledgeable, young, had a clear voice, and was so well pictured. Wen Xiu really felt happy.
But the good times were not long, after being discovered by the people with hearts, she chose to leave school after being harassed, Wenxiu was only 24 years old, because of the observance of the divorce agreement has not remarried, until after the victory of the War of Resistance, Wenxiu no longer fulfills the agreement not to marry, she has to think about herself for the rest of her life. Liu Zhendong, an officer in the Nationalist army, broke into her life at this time. Liu Zhendong is more than forty years old, never married, after marriage Liu Zhendong is very considerate of Wenxiu, such a harmony, maintained for two years. The situation was turbulent, and Liu Zhendong went bankrupt.
After bankruptcy, Liu found a job in the cleaning team in the northeast Xicheng District, and although his income was small, he was able to make ends meet. Wen Xiu and Liu Zhendong lived in poverty, living in a 10-square-meter cottage. Wen Xiu took care of the housework by himself, bought vegetables and cooked rice, and they never had children. Although there was no problem with the relationship between the two people, Wen Xiu's health was getting worse and worse, and one day two years later, Wen Xiu was doing things at home, and suddenly, she fell down, and at that moment, she had no consciousness. Wen Xiu died of myocardial infarction at the age of 43. The burial was simple, a coffin made of four wooden planks, and even the tombstone was not erected, and the last imperial princess was buried.
Wen Xiu's life is sad, and the number of happy days is limited. This disgraced noblewoman, this last imperial concubine who was snubbed, is not easy to be a commoner. She has longed for a free life all her life, and when did she have freedom? Freedom may never come back to her on the day she enters the palace. It is the same as the encounter of the last empress Wanrong, how tragic!