In August 1931, Wen Xiu, the concubine of the last emperor Puyi, wanted to divorce Puyi. However, Puyi felt that his face had been greatly hurt and resolutely disagreed. However, Wen Xiu then broke a message. This news made Puyi feel ashamed of herself, and she had to agree to divorce Wen Xiu. So, what was the news that WenXiu broke at that time?
(Old photograph of wen embroidery)
Wen Xiu was born into a Mongolian aristocratic family and belonged to the most honorable yellow flag of the Three Banners in Manchuria.
Her ancestors had been serving in the Qing Court's Ministry of Internal Affairs. By the time of her father's courtesy, she also held the post of head of the Ministry of internal affairs. However, with the decline of the Qing court, after the death of Duan Gong, due to the decline of the family road, Wen Xiu could only live a life no different from that of a commoner with his birth mother Jiang.
In 1922, Puyi, who retained the small imperial court, reached the age of marriage. Although everything cannot be said on the same day as in the past, the rules that should be there should be implemented according to the old rules.
After the news of Puyi's selection of concubines spread, some warlord upstarts competed to send their daughter's small photos to the palace. Even Yuan Shikai, who was the president, also made a point of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and sent in a small photo of his daughter Yuan Jingyi.
However, the Qing royal family, which regarded itself as noble, rejected the daughters of these warlords and magnates, and still adhered to the principle of setting up the women of the Manchu and Mongolian nobles as the queen. As a result, there are not many candidates to choose. By the time Puyi looked over, there were only 4 pictures of girls left.
Although Puyi admired the beauty and ugliness, the photos at that time were too crude. He looked at it, and the 4 girls in the photo were all the same, and it was really impossible to see who was beautiful and who was ugly. The only difference was that one girl was wearing a flag suit that was slightly brighter in color, so he circled the photo with a pencil.
The girl in this photo is Wen Xiu.
According to the reason, since Puyi has a crush on it, he must be made empress.
However, the concubines who were bent on consolidating the power of the harem were not happy, and finally under their interference, Puyi still chose a better appearance and appearance as the queen. And since Wen Xiu was favored by Puyi, it naturally could not marry into the people, so PuYi listened to everyone's advice and sealed Wen Xiu as a lady concubine.
(Puyi old photo)
After the 13-year-old Wen Xiu entered the palace, Puyi did not exercise her obligation to be a husband. And as the empress, Wanrong squeezed her out in every way, so her life in the palace was boring and depressing.
In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched a coup d'état in Beijing, tearing up the "Preferential Conditions for the Qing Imperial Family" and expelling Puyi and others who had been living in the Forbidden City from the palace.
Encountering such a change, Wen Xiu had to flee with Puyi in panic. It took several turns to settle down in a small three-story building in the Japanese Concession.
Due to the separation from the deep palace compound, Wen Xiu and Wan Rong seem to discover for the first time that the outside world is not only wonderful but also modern. So they were all pleasantly surprised, and visiting department stores, dancing, etc. became their favorite programs.
However, compared with Wanrong, Wen embroidery seems to have a deeper understanding of the great righteousness. She saw that the Japanese had a great desire to win over Puyi, and Puyi seemed to want to use the Japanese's power to restore himself as emperor, so she repeatedly persuaded Puyi, hoping that he could get rid of the control of the Japanese.
Wen Xiu's behavior naturally made Puyi, who wanted to restore, unhappy. Coupled with Wanrong's extreme provocation, Puyi became more and more disgusted with Wenxiu, not only sent her to live alone on the first floor, but also reduced her monthly routine money. He never took her when he went out, and even at the banquets on weekdays, Puyi only took Wanrong.
If so, it is enough, the key Puyi has a bad personality, coupled with the grace to add oil and vinegar, so the wenxiu, which has been at a disadvantage, has become Puyi's venting barrel, and insults and beatings are often there. Bound by various rules and abused, the days of wen embroidery are really gray to the extreme.
Wen Xiu knows that the times have changed, and Puyi is no longer the emperor above ten thousand people, so she, who is bent on pursuing equality and freedom, decides to defend her dignity. After studying the laws of the Republic of China, she decided to use this weapon to achieve the goal of divorcing Puyi.
(Old photo)
In August 1931, Wen Xiu took the opportunity to leave Tianjin, and then published a newspaper to formally file a divorce with Puyi.
Since ancient times, men have divorced their wives, and Wen Xiu actually wants to divorce the emperor, which undoubtedly caused an uproar, and some Manchu Qing relics and elders have criticized her, accusing her of not knowing grace, not keeping women's morals, and violating customs.
Although Puyi has no feelings for Wenxiu, he is a person with a very important face, so he resolutely disagrees with the divorce, and secretly orders people to do both soft and hard to Wenxiu, hoping that she can revoke the divorce appeal.
In the scolding, Wen Xiu, who wanted to get rid of the status quo, could not care about his face, crying and declaring to everyone that he was "still a daughter", had had enough of bullying, and now just wanted to get back a little right to be a person.
Wen Embroidery's words are really exciting for those who are full of curiosity about royal life. For a time, the streets and alleys were full of discussion about this matter.
Puyi felt that his face was damaged again. When he was upset, he was afraid that Wen Xiu would not know what he would do, so he ordered the lawyer responsible for fighting the divorce lawsuit for him to close the case quickly.
In this way, Wen Xiu successfully ended this marriage in name only and received 50,000 yuan in alimony.
Although Wenxiu eventually won the victory, in order to save the royal face, Puyi deliberately published an "edict" in major newspapers and periodicals, saying that Wenxiu had left the garden without permission, violated the ancestral system, revoked the title, and degraded him to a commoner.
(Reference: "The First Half of My Life")