On February 12, 1912, The Xuantong Emperor Puyi issued an abdication edict, announcing that the Great Qing Dynasty, which had lasted for more than two hundred years, had come to an end, and Chinese history had entered a new stage. The emperor's concubines actually corresponded to the national strength, the country prospered, the emperor's concubines naturally had more, such as Qianlong concubines had a total of 42 concubines, and by the Guangxu period, he had three, an empress, and two noble concubines. So, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, where did the concubines of the Great Qing Dynasty go?
At that time, Puyi only had one wife and one concubine, and the concubine Wenxiu everyone knew that she had a divorce lawsuit with Puyi, and finally got a huge amount of 55,000 yuan of ocean and left. Naturally, later, Wen Embroidery had no money during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and made a living by doing small jobs: first at home, he earned money in paste cartons, and at one time he went to work as a coolie in the tile team, because he could not withstand the heavy physical fatigue, and finally in the streets and alleys, he made a living by selling cigarettes.
But who can blame this? Do you know what the concept of 55,000 oceans is? At that time, a worker in Beiping worked hard for a month, and there were only more than 10 oceans. Wen Xiu obviously has so much money, only 14 years to squander and be cheated, who do you say blame? Above Puyi are four great concubines, the widow of the Tongzhi Emperor - The Jingyi Emperor's Noble Concubine Hesheli Clan; the Tongzhi Emperor's Widow - The Ronghui Emperor's Noble Concubine Xi Lin Jue Luoshi; the Tongzhi Emperor's Widow - Zhuang He Emperor's Noble Concubine Alut Clan; the Guangxu Emperor's Widow - Duankang Emperor Gui Concubine Tatara Clan.
Among them, Emperor Xun and Princess Duankang both died in the Forbidden City. The former died in 1921 at the age of 65, while the latter died in 1924 at the age of 52. Because they did not leave the Forbidden City, even if the Manchu Qing dynasty was gone, they were guaranteed a high status, and their lives were similar to those before their abdication. As for Princess Jingyi, she died in 1932 at the age of 77 and in 1933 at the age of 78. Just look at their age and you know that their later life is very good.
Wanrong's ending is the most lamentable, dying in prison in 1946! Different from other dynasties, Puyi's other concubines except for Tan Yuling's unfortunate and untimely death, the other two concubines have lived the second half of their own lives, which is also a kind of social progress. The misfortunes of the emperors and concubines of the last dynasties seem to be doomed, and the Qing Dynasty is no exception, compared with the concubines who died in many previous dynasties in China, these concubines of the Qing Dynasty seem to have a good life.