After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the last emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate under the persecution of Yuan Shikai, and the Qing Dynasty collapsed. After Puyi abdicated, the Beiyang government gave him great preferential treatment, allowing him to still live in the Forbidden City and use the title of emperor, and the Beiyang government treated him with the courtesy of foreign monarchs, while also leaving a large number of palace women and eunuchs to serve Puyi. In order to meet his daily expenses, the Beiyang government allocated Puyi 4 million silver dollars a year for living expenses. In this way, although Puyi abdicated, he was still the emperor, and the history was called the small imperial court of the Sunqing Dynasty.
After living in the Forbidden City for another ten years, Puyi was already 16 years old, and the three concubines in the palace, Jingyi, Ronghui and Duankang, and the old princes and ministers, as well as Puyi's biological father Zaifeng, decided to choose a concubine for Puyi. At this time, although Puyi had abdicated for many years, in the eyes of those Manchu Qing widows and widows, Puyi was still their emperor. Therefore, when the news of Puyi's selection of concubines was announced, these people rushed to send their daughter's photos to the Forbidden City, hoping to be selected by Puyi. In the end, only two people, Wanrong and Wenxiu, were selected by Puyi, the former being made empress and the latter being named Shufei.
At this time, Wenxiu was not yet 13 years old, and after marriage, he was arranged to live in changchun palace, and his daily life was in addition to asking Puyi, Wanrong and the three concubines for peace, that is, teaching the palace women to read and embroider in Changchun Palace. Later, Puyi saw that Wenxiu was really boring, so he hired an English teacher and a literature teacher for her, and Wenxiu's life was enriched. However, the good times did not last long, and soon after, Feng Yuxiang led his troops into Beijing and forced Puyi to move out of the Forbidden City by force. Puyi, Wanrong, Wenxiu and others first hid in the Japanese embassy, and soon after escorted to Tianjin by the Japanese.
After coming to Tianjin, Puyi always wanted to use the japanese power to restore. Wenxiu repeatedly advised Puyi, telling him that the Japanese were not trustworthy and asking him not to fall for the Japanese. Puyi not only did not listen to Wenxiu's advice, but also believed that she and herself were not the same heart, and from then on began to snub Wenxiu, and Wanrong also insulted and humiliated her from time to time. Some of the underlings saw that Wenxiu fell out of favor and also took the opportunity to bully her. Wen Xiu couldn't bear it anymore and picked up the scissors and prepared to kill herself, but these people panicked and hurriedly stopped her. After Puyi learned of this, not only did he not comfort Wenxiu, but he also said coldly in front of the next person: "She used to use this trick to scare people, and no one will have to pay attention to her in the future!" ”。
Puyi's words made Wenxiu completely desperate, and she made up her mind to divorce Puyi and hired three lawyers to fight for herself. After mediation, Puyi agreed to divorce Wenxiu and gave her 50,000 silver dollars as future living expenses. After Wenxiu got the money, she first paid off the lawyer's fees, and then bought a bungalow in Beiping Liuhai Hutong to live in. Soon After, Wenxiu's peaceful life was interrupted by an endless stream of suitors, all kinds of people, from all walks of life, including rich businessmen and bureaucrats, as well as pranksters and scoundrels. The purpose of these people to propose to Wenxiu is very obvious, one is to see her former identity, so as to put gold on her face; the other is to plot the money in her hands, although wenxiu does not have much money in her hands at this time, but this
Some people did not believe it, they believed that Wenxiu had followed Puyi for many years, and there must be a lot of rare treasures brought from the palace in his hands, and he could spend several lifetimes by selling one at will. Wen Xiu saw through the despicable intentions of these people and turned them away one by one. In 1947, the 38-year-old Wen Xiu was introduced to marry a major of the Nationalist Army named Liu Zhendong, and after 6 years of peaceful life, the 44-year-old Wen Xiu died of illness at home, completing her colorful and miserable life.