History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
In "Dictatorship", Yun: The Son of Heaven marries the twelfth, Xia Zhiye, and the twenty-seventh wife. The Yin people added another 3927, 39 people, and 81 imperial daughters. Nowadays, we can often hear a word, "three thousand harem beauties", although three thousand people is only an imaginary number, but it also shows that the emperor has a lot of concubines.
After the establishment of Nurhaci, Jin formulated a strict system of concubine selection, based on virtue, and then look at the mendi, which is why the old photos of qing dynasty concubines look a bit "hot-eyed", but the last empress Wanrong is an exception.
Guo Buluo Wanrong, born in 1906, Manchuria Zhengbai Banner, her name is from Cao Zhi's "Roselle Endowment": Fei Ruo Feng Hong, Wan Ruo You Long. Wanrong is also like the "Roselle" in the text, looking very tall, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her beauty and family make her famous among the nobility.
In 1922, the 17-year-old Puyi chose a concubine, according to the concubine selection system, Puyi first circled Wen embroidery, but Duanduan Kang Taifei thought that Wenxiu's family was poor, so she let Puyi choose Wanrong, as for Wenxiu has been puyi circle, can not marry others, so Puyi set Wanrong as empress, Wen embroidery as a lady.
In the book "The First Half of My Life", Puyi once recalled: The photos were sent to the Yangxin Temple, a total of four, the body was like a paper paste bucket, each photo face was very small, could not see the beauty and ugliness, it was really difficult to compare, only compared to the color of the qipao. The embroidered cheongsam is more colorful, so it is circled.
After Wen Xiu and Wan Rong entered the palace, the direction of fate is not much different, Wan Rong has a cheerful personality, and wrote a good poem, after entering the palace, Wan Rong got puyi's favor, Wen Xiu has been snubbed, in 1924, Pu Yi was expelled from the palace, the heart changed greatly, Wen Xiu could not stand this loneliness, tried to commit suicide with scissors, unsuccessful.
Puyi's indifference, so that Wenxiu finally decided to divorce, this unprecedented "knife concubine revolution", like a deep-water bomb, for a time became the number of news, and Puyi will Wenxiu's departure all blame on Wanrong, Wanrong was snubbed, she even infected with opium.
Wanrong, who was addicted to opium, was even more disgusting to Puyi, he locked her in a small black room, only to see him once in two or three days, and then the Japanese took Puyi, Wanrong has been trying to escape the clutches of the Japanese, as long as she can leave, there is a chance to take Puyi away.
After being discovered by Puyi, she was even more strictly guarded, lost hope Wanrong, chose self-destruction, she completely gave up hope, smoked opium all day, in just two years, the former flower-like Wanrong became a madman who could not control herself at all.
Because of long-term opium use, the body is not as good as a day, sometimes the illness is serious, both legs can not walk on the ground, the eyes are even more invisible, occasionally there are waking times, every time at this time, she cries, crying and cursing Puyi, scolding her father to be the abbot of the country to ruin her daughter's life.
Wanrong is a rare beauty queen in the late Qing Dynasty, she received court education from a young age, from these restored color photos, Wanrong is dignified and elegant, graceful and luxurious, that the imperial dress is still the day of the canonization of the empress, she only wore it, that is the only time in her life to wear the imperial dress.
When she was young, Wanrong was naïve and fantasized about marrying into a good family, and when she heard that Puyi had chosen her, she was still very happy, but the day she got married became the beginning of her tragedy.
WanRong, Wen Xiu, Puyi are all tragedies of the times, Puyi in the transformation, completed the first half of my life, he wrote about his court life, and the encounter of being expelled from the palace, the second half of his life can be regarded as a real life.
"The First Half of My Life" is Puyi's autobiography, expounding his life, as a last emperor, Puyi experienced the three eras of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and New China, witnessed the decline and fall of the Qing Dynasty and the rise of China, all said that words can see through a person, look at my "The First Half of My Life" can also see through Puyi, in that era, some things may really be powerless.