introduction
More than a hundred years ago, China's last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, was pushed off the stage of history under the bloody struggle of many revolutionary ancestors, and the Qing Dynasty royal family with noble power and status had to face the reality that the scenery was no longer there and became a commoner.
As we all know, after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, some royal children lived a relatively rich life at the beginning due to the accumulation of wealth of their ancestors, but due to profligacy and extravagance, they gradually lived a depressed life and became a completely poor person. Of course, not all Manchu Qing royals were stupid children, and some royal children were not shocked in the face of existing reality, and lived their lives calmly.
In the late reign of the Qing Dynasty, the Prince of Alcohol's Palace was a presence that could not be ignored. Its first generation of owners was yizhen, the seventh son of the Daoguang Emperor, whose royal palace had produced the Guangxu Emperor Zai Xiang and the Xuantong Emperor Puyi, and was one of the twelve iron hat palaces of the Qing Dynasty. After Yi Zhen's death, the fifth son, Zaifeng Chengjue, was the second prince of Alcohol. Due to the fact that his eldest son Puyi was made emperor, Zaifeng was made the regent of the Jianguo state and was the de facto ruler of the last three years of the Qing Dynasty. Zaifeng had four sons and seven daughters in his lifetime, and Ai Xinjueluo Yunying was his third daughter. As the biological daughter of Zaifeng Fujin Guarjia Clan Youlan, Yun Ying is Puyi's sibling sister, who has been deeply loved by Puyi since childhood, Puyi once personally named her sister "Binghao", and the world calls Yunying "Three Grids". Unfortunately, as the last princess, she and her eldest brother Puyi were deeply affected by the fall of the feudal dynasty.
In 1924, troops under Feng Yuxiang expelled the former Qing emperor Puyi and a number of imperial families from the Forbidden City, and Puyi had no choice but to take refuge in his mansion in Tianjin. Yun Ying, who was only eleven years old at the time, also followed her brother to Tianjin, where she and her brothers learned foreign languages and played badminton together, and finally had a more relaxed and happy life. Unfortunately, soon after, Puyi fled to the northeast with the help of Japanese forces and established a puppet regime in Changchun. At the age of 19, under the designation of the eldest brother Puyi, Yun Ying and run qi, the second son of the former Qing chancellor Rong Yuan, and the brother of Empress Wanrong, held a wedding. Soon after the marriage, Yun Ying and his wife went to Japan under Puyi's arrangement, and Yun Ying, who had a good demeanor, became the Chinese teacher of the emperor's sister-in-law and was deeply loved by the Japanese imperial family. Due to Yun Ying's preference for an unrestrained life, she was never accustomed to the feeling of sending people under the fence in Japan, and the couple returned to Manchukuo.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the puppet Manchukuo group headed by Puyi became war criminals, and Yun Ying and her husband were separated on the way to escape, and never saw their husband again. Shortly after liberation, Prince Zaifeng died, and Yun Ying, with her three children and mother-in-law, struggled to survive on the rent of several houses she had received. Sometimes, in order to maintain her life, Yun Ying will go to the antique stall market at night and sell some of the items in her home. Antique lovers often go to the place where they go to Taobao Shell is this kind of stall, because there will be some down-and-out nobles who do not understand the market of antiques at all, and the price of sale is very casual.
Some of the objects that Yun Ying sold in the stalls were gifts from the emperor, and some were daily necessities she had been growing up with. As the last princess, Yun Ying never shouted at the passers-by, but just sat there quietly waiting for the buyer to come and inquire. As the days passed, everyone was very curious about the seller who never barked, and when they inquired about it, they realized that she was actually the sister of the last emperor. Many people began to talk to Yun Ying, hoping to know some court secrets or opinions about antiques. Yun Ying, who has experienced the destruction of her family, is naturally reluctant to mention the past, and she only judges the quality of antiques by virtue of her experience in living in the palace, and everyone is often disappointed.
At that time, a young man named Ma Weidu came here to search around for his collection, and many of his collections were collected from similar stalls. Between the cold and the summer, Ma Weidu also knew about this former Qing princess. One day, Ma Wei brought a high-quality official kiln that had just been auctioned back from the auction to Yun Ying, who knew that Yun Ying was not interested in this at all, and had never looked at it. The porcelain in the official kiln is very precious, but for a last princess, she has seen too much prosperity, and what rare treasures can enter the eyes?
epilogue
Later, Ma Weidu became a famous Chinese collector, displaying thousands of pieces of ceramics, jade and cultural antiquities collected throughout his life in his private museum, the Guanfu Classical Art Museum. When talking about Yun Ying, she once said that she experienced the ups and downs of life, but she can still live with a normal heart, which is really admirable. Perhaps, this not only requires a strong psychological quality, but also needs to be content with an ordinary attitude towards life.
Resources:
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Notes on the Remnants of the Palace