Becoming empress is something that many women dream of, but Japanese women don't seem to think so, and nearly 80% of the people in their country don't want to become an imperial princess at all. Because there are already two stark examples in front of us, the two new empresses of Japan are called Diana of Asia, and the two most miserable civilian queens, one named Michiko and the other named Masako.
Michiko originally had a superior family condition and was a rich second generation, but unfortunately she accidentally married into the Japanese imperial family, which she thought would be a happy thing, but she did not expect it to be the beginning of a nightmare. She lived in the shadow of her mother-in-law for 41 years, during which she almost experienced inhuman torture.
All kinds of mental and physical attacks, personal freedom are not guaranteed, tortured to the point of almost collapse and depression, even their own children are gone, ribs are broken, and they lose more than twenty pounds a year. Masako, who is equally famous as her, is equally tragic, and it is the experiences of these two people that make Japanese women stay away from the imperial family.
First, the experience of the mother-in-law
Why did Michiko go through so much torture, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were originally a family, why should they be so difficult? What was her life like afterwards?
Michiko's family is a well-known wealthy family in Japan, the family has been in business for many years, her father is an entrepreneur, and her uncles and uncles are famous university professors. It can be said that the family is a talent in all aspects, even if it is not as good as the imperial relatives and relatives, it is quite outstanding among ordinary people.
The future of Michiko, who grew up under this kind of family, should have been unlimited, and no one could have imagined how difficult Michiko's life would be in the future. Her mother-in-law, Empress Xiangchun, was her nightmare for the rest of her life.
In fact, her mother-in-law was also a ill-fated woman, who had studied well in an aristocratic school, but was ordered to withdraw from school to prepare for joining the royal family, and later married her cousin. Why is that? Because she was originally born in a royal family, her fate was already predestined.
At that time, Japan had not noticed the harm of marriage between close relatives, and only felt that marrying a commoner would affect the royal bloodline, so only close relatives were allowed to marry, so Ryoko was with her cousin.
The two people grew up watching each other grow up, and they can also be regarded as green plum bamboo horses, and their cousins really like her. In addition to Ryoko, there is also a candidate named Yoshiko, but the cousin can no longer hold anyone else in his heart, plus Yoshiko was found to be infertile, it is even more impossible to marry her, Ryoko successfully became a princess, and then entered the palace to learn the royal rules.
The status of Japanese women is also extremely humble, no different from ancient China, everything must be obeyed by the husband, and she has no status. However, she has very deep feelings for her cousin, and although she is disgusted with them, it is also acceptable.
Second, the transformation of the evil mother-in-law
Unfortunately, there are unexpected storms in the sky, the outside world rumors that Liangzi's entire family suffers from color blindness, this matter also had an impact on her wedding, the cousin did not care, has always insisted that non-Liangzi do not marry, and finally resisted the external pressure or got married.
However, life after marriage was not so smooth, for the simple reason that Ryoko could not give birth to sons, and gave birth to four daughters in succession, and the imperial ministers asked the emperor to take concubines and continue the bloodline, but fortunately, after giving birth to Akihito and Masahito, the confrontation finally ended.
At this time, Ryoko has become an evil mother-in-law, michiko's nightmare life has begun, and Ryoko has to return her suffering to others tenfold.
In public, Michiko always follows Akihito, and when she gets closer, she is blamed for not being able to buy new clothes, and she wears her old clothes after marriage. Not even having your own phone number, not being able to go out and going back to your mother's house at will, and going to jail is almost indistinguishable. In the palace, she suffered from the white eyes of others, and even if she gave birth to a son, the situation did not get better.
Because the media took a few photos of his son, he was told by others how can the prince let outsiders take pictures at will? Later, Michiko suffered from depression, and her second child suffered a miscarriage due to physical reasons, but what she still got was ridicule, saying that she could not keep the royal bloodline.
Why, as a mother-in-law, should you treat your daughter-in-law like this? The reason is probably that Michiko can give birth to a son at will, and Ryoko remembers that when she was young, she was even more jealous because she could not give birth to her son. So no matter how big or small, she can pick out Michiko's faults.
Tortured day after day, Michiko can't even speak, suffers from aphasia, and Ryoko embarrasses Michiko in front of a national audience. Ryoko shows the image of the evil mother-in-law to the fullest, until he died in 2000, at this moment, Michiko can be freed from the shadows.
If Ryoko had not married the imperial family, I believe she would have lived a new life, while Michiko is completely sad. He could have lived his own life, but was forced to join the royal family, and worse, he met the evil mother-in-law of Ryoko.
Third, they are also fallen people at the end of the world
Another commoner empress, Masako, whose life was not going well, was also a servant in front of Naruhito, and bought a favorite bag for her daughter, and was accused by the royal nobles of not buying anything with a logo.
Even when tired, you can't just lie in bed and rest, you don't have your own phone number, you lose your surname after joining the royal family, you can't go out at will, and you only return to your mother's house for the first time after the birth of your child.
The royal family did not care about everything about her, only about when she would have a son, married in for 12 years, and visited foreign countries five times. Originally a diplomat, Masako asks the imperial family why she arranged this, and the imperial family says that she hopes she will be able to prepare for the reproduction of Naruhito.
Later, she was able to conceive a child, but she accidentally miscarried, and then gradually faded out of the public eye. Until she reappeared at the age of 37, this time she was pregnant again, and what was infuriating was that there were rumors that she had done IVF, and such denigration directly made Masako cry in front of the camera.
After getting married, she could only be a smiling robot, looking at herself and social disconnection, originally an excellent diplomat, but because she married into the royal family, she buried her dreams, and her husband Naruhito never came forward to protect her.
4. Summary
Michiko was born a commoner, although the family is very rich, but there is no royal blood, in the eyes of Michiko is an ordinary person, the royal family of Yoshiko has always looked down on her, so she will be difficult everywhere in life. Even the oppression of Michiko by outsiders, her mother-in-law turned a deaf ear, and even turned a blind eye to acquiescence.
The emperor may really love the empress, but an emperor who has no real power. What about loving again? Waste Masako's future. Even if Masako does not become a diplomat after that, marries a person of equal family background, being a housewife will not be so miserable, at least she will not be managed, and she will not be able to return to her mother's house after being angry, and she cannot even divorce in the royal family.