In the autobiography "The First Half of My Life" written by puyi, the last emperor in the history of our country, it is recorded that he had a total of four pseudonymous wives, one was empress Wanrong, the second was the concubine Wenxiu, the third was the xianggui Tan Yuling, and the fourth was the fugui li yuqin, who came to Puyi's side in different ways, and finally left in different ways, becoming victims of the "cannibalism" system at that time.
Because of Puyi, they were once envied as the chosen daughters, becoming the imperial concubines above one person and below ten thousand people, but their lives would not be more secure and free than that of an ordinary woman.
Since they came to Puyi's side, they were doomed to be turbulent in the next few days, especially Tan Yuling and Li Yuqin, who arrived in the "imperial palace" of puppet Manchukuo, and they needed to bear another different "palace" and Puyi.
In 1935, Empress Wanrong gave birth to a child in an adulterous affair, puyi was very angry, and since then the relationship with wanrong has been completely broken.
Wanrong was since then beaten into the "cold palace" by Puyi, tortured inhumanly, has long been insane, living a life worse than death, until her death in Jilin Prison in 1946, without a single relative, was taken by the prisoners in the same room with a mat wrapped around the body and discarded in the nearby ditch.
How beautiful it was at the beginning, how miserable the ending was, Wanrong was only 40 years old when she died, and she was tortured by illness and opium for many years, her face was completely different, and she withered endlessly.
The graceful ending of the last empress was not even as good as an ordinary person, which made people have to let out a sigh.
In 1937, after Wanrong was beaten into the cold palace, Puyi felt that he was the "lord of a country" and could not have no women around him, plus Wanrong put a "green hat" on him, looking for a woman to come back and love well, so that Wanrong regretted her betrayal.
So a 17-year-old female junior high school student named Tan Yuling became Puyi's "xianggui" after being introduced by others.
In "The First Half of My Life", Puyi wrote: "In order to show the punishment of Wanrong, but also to serve as an indispensable decoration of the 'emperor', Tan Yuling, introduced by a relative in Beijing, became my new 'nobleman'."
Her original surname was Ta ta la, she was a junior high school student in Beijing, and she was seventeen when I married. She was also a nominal wife of mine, who was raised like a bird in the 'palace' by me until her death in 1942. ”
Tan Yuling "entered the palace", and Puyi immediately ordered several rooms on the west side of the first floor of the Jixi Building, which were originally called rooms, to be used by her.
In Tan Yuling's bedroom, there is a soft bed with a double sofa under the south window, a banana leaf-style curtain hanging in front of the bed, and a small table for feasting against the north wall. Elegant and generous setting.
Tan Lingyu's relationship with Puyi is very harmonious and deeply loved, and she often asks her nieces and other female guests to accompany her to relax.
According to a reminiscence written by Yang Jingzhu, the wife of "court student" Yu, he mentioned the impression of Tan Yuling:
Xiang Guiren, about 1.6 meters tall, slim body, in that convex face with good facial features, only to see that under the long eyelashes, there are a pair of small eyes flashing, hair is a large roll of fire scissors, both ears are wearing jade pendants, wearing an apple green color velvet cheongsam, these more show her exposed face and the skin of her arms white and delicate.
From Yang Jingzhu's memoirs, it can also be seen that Tan Yuling is a kind-hearted and gentle woman, who does not put up the imperial concubine shelf, is polite to guests, and is very kind to the next person.
Puyi sometimes suffered from the climate of his Japanese masters, returned to the palace in a boring and irritable mood, often lost his temper with Tan Yuling for no reason, and once even tore the cheongsam worn by the "Xiang Guiren" to pieces.
Tan Yuling was not only able to endure this, but also comforted her husband and made him calm down.
In 1942, a sudden minor illness directly led to the death of Tan Yuling, the cause of which is still a mystery.
According to the memories of Mr. Yu, who was in the court at that time, Tan Yuling suffered from cystitis, which caused symptoms.
Recommended by Yoshioka. The head of Mantetsu Hospital Ono came to treat him.
It is said that when Onodera came, he and Yoshioka had an hour-long conversation in the inner court waiting room.
Then enter the Yuling bedroom of the inner court "Ji Xi Lou" for diagnosis and treatment.
Unexpectedly, he died before dawn after being injected.
It is said that Yu Ling's death was the poison of Yoshioka.
Because as early as wanrong's insanity, Yoshioka proposed to Puyi to choose a Japanese woman to enter the palace.
Puyi said that it had been selected in Beijing and would soon be picked up, which was Tan Yuling.
Although Yoshioka was dissatisfied at the time, it was not convenient to interfere too much.
It just so happened that Yu Ling was ill, so he gave this poisonous hand.
Although Puyi had many doubts about Tan Yuling's death, he did not dare to confront the Japanese at all, and could only bear it silently.
Tan Yuling's funeral was extremely solemn, and everyone in Changchun City knew it.
At this time, many ordinary people knew that the emperor had also accepted such a nobleman.
After Tan Yuling's death, Puyi posthumously named Tan Yuling as "Mingxian Guifei", and held a "canonization" ceremony on the "auspicious day", personally writing the edict "Sealing Tan Yuling as Mingxian Guifei".
After her death, Puyi has been carrying her photos with her, and in 1960, after Puyi's amnesty, he took Tan Yuling's urn to his home.
Later, Puyi remarried, and Puyi let his wife Li Shuxian at the time see her photos, but did not tell her that there were still ashes.
Once, Li Shuxian saw a wooden box in Puyi's hut where he stored his miscellaneous belongings, and asked Puyi who he was, and Puyi told her that it was Tan Yuling's ashes.
Later, Li Shuxian often dreamed, and sometimes she was scared out of a cold sweat, and even the sheets were wet. Puyi then decided to send Tan Yuling's urn to his nephew Xiao Rui (Yu Kun) for storage.
In 1994, Puyi's nephew, Mr. Aixin Jueluo Yulan, moved to a new house, after careful consideration, the relevant units and departments also have the desire to collect Tan Yuling's ashes, Mr. Yuyun thought about it several times, and finally stored Tan Yuling's ashes in the imperial palace---- in Changchun, where Tan Yuling lived for five years, and now the puppet Manchukuo Imperial Palace Museum, Tan Yuling's ashes are carefully collected.
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