In feudal society, the status of the empress was very high, and she was the lord of the harem. Under normal circumstances, although there are many beautiful women in ancient times, most of them are not high, and the empress has the right to manage the emperor's women, and she has a noble status in the harem.
But not all the empresses spent their time in glory and wealth, and many wives of the fallen kings were either killed or humiliated, which was also quite tragic. For example, Wan Rong, the wife of the last emperor Puyi, she was the last empress of the Qing Dynasty, the pseudo-empress of puppet Manchuria.
Grace
In June 1946, a female prisoner died in a prison in Jilin Province when a ghost cried wolf howl.
The prison guard walked over to check the situation and found a scrawny female prisoner, her eyes round, lying on the ground. The guards walked in and found the female prisoner dead, still holding an old smoking gun.
The guards were not particularly surprised to see the situation, and without hurrying, they took out a piece of paper and a pen from their pockets and registered the information of the deceased. Name: Guo Buluo Wanrong; Age: 40; Cause: False Empress.
The woman who died in jilin prison was Puyi's wife, Guo Buluo Wanrong, the last empress of China and later the empress of the puppet state of Manchukuo. What did Guo Buluo Wanrong go through, from becoming a female prisoner from a high-ranking empress to a tragic death in Jilin Prison?
An aristocratic woman who knows Dali
Wanrong's full name is Guo Buluo Wanrong, she is a Manchurian Zhengbaiqi person, born on November 13, 1906 in the house of the Minister of Internal Affairs Rong Yuan, and is considered a nobleman. Although Wanrong's father, Rong Yuan, was an old nobleman, he was very clear-minded and treated his children equally, and his daughters also enjoyed the same education as their sons.
Under the enlightened thinking of her father, Wanrong, like many aristocratic men, read and wrote, played the piano and painted, and learned a lot of knowledge. The father was particularly fond of this daughter and specially invited an American born in China to be a gentle teacher.
Wanrong's identity is Miss Qiren, who has been deeply influenced by family cultural customs since she was a child, coupled with growing up in a rich life and receiving a good education, making her a dignified and beautiful woman.
In 1922, Wanrong was already 16 years old, and this young woman who knew how to read dali, had a dignified and beautiful appearance, and knew how to play chess and calligraphy and painting, was naturally particularly noticeable and well-known among the nobility.
After Puyi's election, Wanrong's father Rongyuan tried his best to let his daughter into the palace, and under some operation, Wanrong married Puyi, and she became the last empress in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Puyi and Wanrong do not have much affection, when Puyi is drafted, the first choice is not Wanrong, but Wenxiu. At first, the beautiful and versatile Wanrong did not get Puyi's attention, and under the strong insistence of Emperor Jin's concubines, Puyi chose to be soft and reluctantly circled Wanrong.
Wanrong became empress, which seems to be beautiful on the surface, but in fact this is the beginning of her tragedy. Years later, Wanrong regretted entering the palace very much, and she hated her father Rongyuan for ignoring her daughter's wishes in order to become the head of state.
Wan Rong and Pu Yi
On November 30, 1922, under the arrangement of the parents, Wanrong and Puyi married, although the Qing Dynasty was thin at that time, but the wedding was still very grand, and everything went relatively smoothly. On the big wedding night, Puyi unveiled the red cap of Wanrong, looked at each other, drank a glass of wine, and the whole ceremony was initially completed.
Previously, because Wenxiu was also caught in Puyi's circle, although she eventually chose Wanrong to be the empress, Wenxiu could not marry anyone and became Puyi's concubine.
Before Wanrong got married, she probably didn't expect that her life after marriage would be so unbearable for such a lofty empress. The name "Queen" eventually became a burden to Wanrong, and she paid a heavy price for this marriage.
Although the material life is rich, it is difficult to endure loneliness
WanRong grew up in an aristocratic family, and her material needs were naturally not so urgent. At the beginning of the big wedding, Puyi was still very attentive to Wanrong, and would try to satisfy the newlywed wife as much as possible in all aspects.
As a lady of the people, Wanrong is excellent, she knows Dali, writes a good poem, or a Manchu flag person, is the ideal woman of the emperor.
Wanrong likes to learn English, and Puyi also fully cooperates and invites a foreign teacher for her. Puyi also knew a little English, and many of the letters with WanRong were written in English. Looking at such a dignified and beautiful wife, Puyi gave Wanrong an English name "Elizabeth", which was often written in the signature of the letter.
In terms of materials, Puyi tried his best to satisfy Wanrong, and in the eyes of outsiders, Wanrong was very happy. On weekdays, Wanrong wears fine silk, velvet, and animal fur, and many of her clothes are imported. Wanrong wants to learn bicycles, and Puyi specially bought different types of cars from various countries for her to choose.
At the same time that he is good to Wanrong, Puyi is not bad for Wenxiu, and he often buys double copies of things, one for Wanrong and one for Wenxiu, which makes Wanrong, who is the empress, slightly dissatisfied. In the harem of the feudal emperor, it is more common for women to compete for favors, and the emperor can achieve a bowl of water, which is not an easy thing.
Although Wanrong was greatly satisfied materially, in terms of physiology, she was lonely and intolerable, and she was very tormented. As a normal woman, Wanrong only has palace women and eunuchs around her, and she is empty and lonely every day, helpless.
Since marrying Puyi, the two have no married life after marriage, and the deep palace compound is like house arrest, reading, writing, playing the piano, riding horses, etc. cannot eliminate the depression in Wanrong's heart.
In today's parlance, Wanrong is a noblewoman, because of her husband's own physical defects, the two cannot live normally, and therefore have no children for many years. In the lonely days, WanRong used opium to dispel her sorrows, although the amount of smoking was very large, but at first she was not addicted.
According to Zhao Rongsheng, a eunuch who served Wanrong, "The empress sucked four mouthfuls on the left, and when she turned over, you had to hold the smoking utensils with her and then serve her right to take four sips." ”
Since Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing Revolution", Puyi and other Qing dynasty royals were driven out of Beijing, and a group of people, such as Puyi and his empress and concubines, came to Tianjin for a short stay.
Since Puyi left Beijing and came to Tianjin, his personal authority has not been so great. Because Puyi has personal defects, especially in terms of physiology, it led to concubine Wenxiu taking the initiative to file a divorce with him. The concubine took the initiative to divorce the emperor, which was a great shame for Puyi, and there was a lot of resentment in her heart, most of which was sprinkled on Empress Wanrong.
WanRong is also bitter, she has suffered from loneliness and intolerability, and she has been insulted and accused by her husband for no reason, and her heart is naturally not a taste.
Puyi continued to be his "puppet emperor" with the support of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and in order to expand the influence of the puppet state of Manchukuo, the Japanese Kwantung Army lured Wanrong to lushun to reunite with Puyi, and since then, the two have been completely controlled by the Japanese and have become puppets at the mercy of the Kwantung Army.
Puyi (2nd from right)
Wanrong could not bear to be at the mercy of the Japanese and was determined to escape from their clutches, but she and Puyi had many Japanese eyeliner around her, and after several fruitless attempts, she was discouraged and chose to fend for herself.
Fornicated with the guards and entered the cold palace
According to puyi's book "The First Half of My Life", he talked about Wanrong's fornication with the guards and the birth of children. As an emperor, puyi could not let his empress have an affair with others even if he had physical defects, which was a challenge to his authority and dignity.
According to Puyi's recollection, the reason for the weakening of the relationship between him and Wanrong was that Wenxiu and Wanrong competed for favors, and finally Wanrong won, and Wenxiu divorced himself. After Wanrong pulled out the "nail in the eye", Puyi became increasingly cold to her because of her damaged self-esteem.
Although Puyi's feelings for Wanrong are not like those in the early days of the new marriage, he still knows the meaning of the existence of the empress. In the palace, Puyi's inability to do male and female affairs was an open secret, and it was spread by the people in the palace that it was varied, making him lose face.
At that time, Puyi's identity was "emperor", he needed dignity, he needed to refute rumors for himself, and every time he and Wanrong had to pretend to show the next people. According to The personal eunuch Sun Yaoting, who was beside Wanrong, once Puyi picked up Wanrong and put her on the kang to make love, allowing herself to watch from the sidelines.
Every time Puyi came to Chuxiu Palace (Wanrong's residence), it was purely out of influence on the outside world, he needed to maintain the illusion of love between himself and Wanrong, and he needed Wanrong's vase to fight for his face.
In general, Puyi's overall attitude towards Wanrong is quite OK, in addition to its own defects, the rest should be given, of course, this is also to maintain their own face. But after everything was discovered by Wanrong's adulterous guards, Puyi's attitude towards her underwent a great change.
WanRong was snubbed by Puyi, on the one hand, she had her own physiological needs, on the other hand, she was reluctant to give up the honorific title of "empress", and could not be like Wenxiu and Puyi theory. Under various factors, Li Tiyu, the two bodyguards of Wanrong and Puyi, had an affair with Qi Jizhong.
Wanrongniang's family is also unreliable, and she has been instigated by her brother on issues such as drug use and adultery. As early as the beginning of Wanrong's departure from Tianjin and going to Dalian to see Puyi in Shunshun, her brother sold his own sister to a Japanese officer for some benefits and forcibly had a relationship with her.
Wanrong's affair with the guards was not discovered by Puyi at first. Until 1935, when Wanrong was pregnant and about to give birth, she really couldn't hide it, and Puyi naturally knew it.
In the face of fornication and pregnancy, Puyi was naturally furious and beat her into the cold palace, and the children born could not stay in the palace. What is the final outcome of the little girl born to Wanrong? One said that the child was born and died, and Puyi threw her into the boiler; the second said that Wanrong said that she gave her daughter to her brother to raise, and soon the child died.
After entering the cold palace and losing the child, Wanrong ushered in a double blow, the stimulation was too great, and the nerves had problems. After experiencing a major blow, Wanrong no longer dressed herself, moody all day, smoking opium all day, and her body gradually collapsed. After entering the cold palace, Wanrong was isolated from the outside world, and Puyi sent two eunuchs and palace maids to take care of her.
The ending was tragic, and he died of illness in prison
After years of heavy opium smoking, wan yan became increasingly depressed, and the illness was so severe that he could not even get out of bed and walk on two legs. WanRong, who was locked up in the room all day, was mentally abnormal most of the time, occasionally awake, muttering to himself, scolding his father Rongyuan for ruining his daughter's life for his own father-
At the end of World War II, Soviet troops moved south and quickly occupied "puppet Manchukuo". Wanrong herself could not act alone, but could only follow the palace personnel to Tonghua Dalizigou, where they were captured by the local communist guerrillas. Wanrong and the others were transported to Changchun, Yongji, Dunhua, Yanji, and Jilin, and along the way, her condition gradually worsened.
After the fall of the puppet state of Manchukuo, Li Yuqin, a former Fugui, saw Wanrong. According to Li Yuqin's recollection, Wanrong at that time was "as thin as a bone, not a person, not a ghost, a sluggish eye, and a clear face." During her imprisonment in Jilin Prison, Wanrong was already like a walking corpse, leaving only a shell.
Li Yuqin
In June 1946, WanRong died in Jilin Prison, where she was buried. Some people say that Wanrong's body was hastily buried and thrown on the north mountain with an old kang, while others said that it was buried in Nanshan, Yanji City, but the bones could not be found. The end of the last queen was so tragic, I really think she is a little pitiful.
Before dying, Wanrong was very uncomfortable, because she had been smoking opium for many years and had already become addicted. After being imprisoned, the opium confession was cut off, and Wanrong rolled over from time to time in prison, crying and crying wolf, completely without the manners and demeanor of the former queen.
Three years later, Puyi, who was imprisoned in the Berli asylum in the Soviet Union, learned of Wanrong's death from the family letter of his sister-in-law Saga Hao, and did not show much surprise, as if he had long been expected.
In 2006, in the drama "The Last Imperial Princess", the image of Wanrong was described as a scheming woman, which was strongly opposed by Wanrong's brother Runqi and wanted to sue the shooting unit. According to Runqi's recollection: Her sister was a woman who was educated in traditional Chinese culture, had no heart and was kind-hearted.
"The Last Imperial Princess" Graceful Stills
With the permission of Wanrong's younger brother Runqi, in October 2006, in the form of summoning spirits, Wanrong and Puyi were buried together in the Hualong Royal Garden outside the Qingxi Mausoleum in Hebei Province, with the nickname "Empress Xiaoke".
Resources:
WanRong's brother Guo Buluo-Runqi: A true grace for the world
The golden splendor has gone, and the twists and turns still exist Approaching the former residence of the last empress, Guo Buluo Wanrong
The mystery of the last empress Dowager Wanrong being snubbed _ Peng Chao