The Qing Dynasty is the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, from the beginning of the founding of the Emperor Taiji, to the last emperor Puyi, a total of 11 emperors, enjoyed 276 years of the country, today to talk about, is the first empress of the Qing Dynasty and the last empress, the first empress gave birth to the founding emperor, but the last empress gave birth to the daughter of the bodyguard.
The first empress of the Qing Dynasty, named Yehenara-Menggu Zhezhe, was the third concubine of Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing Dynasty, and was both the first empress of the Qing Dynasty and the first empress of the Yehenara clan. Meng GuZhezhe was born into a famous family, his father was the powerful Yehebu Belle Yang Jiping of Haixi Jurchen, and he was the youngest daughter of the family, so Meng Guzhezhe was very loved from an early age, received a strict and good family education, and was a veritable famous girl.
When Menggu Zhezhe was 8 years old, Nurhaci, who was not strong enough and had not yet made a contribution, came to Yehebu and wanted to strengthen his power through marriage, so he asked to marry Yang Jiping's eldest daughter, but Yang Jiping refused Nurhaci's request, but instead gave his younger daughter Xu to Nurhaci. Yang Jiping said to Nurhaci: "It's not that I don't want to marry my eldest daughter to you, such an excellent man as you, only my young daughter who is both beautiful and perfect is your best partner in the future, please be patient." Nurhaci listened and went back happily.
When Menggu Zhezhe was 14 years old, accompanied by his brother Yehebel Narinbulu to the city of Feiala, Nurhaci led the crowd out of the city to greet him, slaughtered cattle and sheep, celebrated the wedding, and Menggu Zhezhe officially became Nurhaci's wife. After marriage, Meng Gu Zhezhe showed her unique charm, on appearance, Meng Gu Zhe zhe face like a full moon, dignified and charming, on words and deeds, Meng Gu Zhe zhe read poetry books, dignified and generous, treat people kindly, let people not pick a flaw, the most valuable thing is that Meng Gu Zhe zhe to NurHaci, consistent, and in the handling of big and small things, there is no fault, few people can do it.
Four years after the marriage, Meng guzhe gave birth to an eighth son for Nurhaci, named Emperor Taiji, after Nurhaci's death, Emperor Taiji inherited the Khan's throne on the recommendation of everyone, and later changed the name of the Jurchen clan to Manchuria, called the emperor in Shenyang, founded the country and became the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and as his biological mother, Meng Guzhezhe, who was posthumously honored as Empress Xiaociwu, was later renamed Empress Xiaocigao, enjoying the sacrifice incense of the Qing Dynasty for more than 270 years, which can be called a court woman who was rich and noble before her death and prominent after her death.
The last empress of the Qing Dynasty was named Guo Buluo-Wanrong, and was the wife of Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Wan Rong was a Manchurian Zhengbaiqi man, and his father was the Minister of the Interior, Guo Buluo Rongyuan, who was a very enlightened man who advocated equality between men and women, believing that girls should also be educated like boys.
In an enlightened and wealthy family environment, Wanrong has been reading and learning to write since she was a child, learning to play the piano and painting, and the family also specially invited an American to be an English teacher for her, when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, Wanrong was dignified and beautiful, fresh and unworldly, and she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was well-known among the nobility. At the age of sixteen, because of her outstanding appearance and family lineage, Wanrong defeated Wen Xiu, who was favored by Puyi at a glance, and became the last empress in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Although Wanrong is not Puyi's first favorite girl, but Wanrong was born in Manchurian Banner, knows dali, and writes a good poem, after entering the palace, Puyi is very fond of her, hiring an English teacher for her, the two often chant poems and paint together, the feelings are very good, but due to Puyi's body, the two have not had children after marriage.
After the "Beijing coup", Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City, and Wanrong followed Puyi to live in Tianjin. After leaving the palace, WanRong was refreshed, changed into a fashionable cheongsam and high heels, and permed her hair, becoming a "modern woman" in the concession, and liked to go shopping wildly in major department stores, whether cheap or expensive, used or not, all bought home, because Puyi paid, Wanrong could squander without scruples, and this also became a means for her to compete with Wen Xiu for favors.
With the passage of time, puyi's weakness in personality was exposed, and because of Puyi's physical defects, Wenxiu proposed a divorce to Puyi, Puyi became the first emperor in history to be divorced, disgraced, and Puyi, who was ashamed and angry, pushed all the faults on Wanrong, and after Wenxiu left Puyi, Wanrong gradually lost Puyi's favor.
Later, with the help of the Japanese, Puyi absconded to the northeast and became the emperor of the puppet Manchu regime, and Wanrong was reluctantly taken to the northeast by the Japanese and was monitored. Under Puyi's long-term cold treatment, in the case of not being able to divorce, in the case of normal physiological needs, Wanrong has a relationship with the two guards around Puyi, but until Wanrong has a child about to give birth, Puyi did not know this matter, Puyi was very angry, Wanrong gave birth to a child, Puyi took the child away, and wanrong never saw her daughter again.
After this incident, Wanrong was completely beaten into the cold palace, the spirit was on the verge of collapse, in just two years, Wanrong changed from a flower-like woman to a madman who could not control herself at all, moody, did not know how to groom and dress, was imprisoned in the house without seeing the light of day, after the fall of the puppet state of Manchukuo, Puyi was escorted to the Soviet Union, and Wanrong was finally imprisoned in the prison of Yanji in Jilin Province, and died not long after, and the burial place was unknown. Originally a noble empress of a country, born noble, but in the end she gave birth to the daughter of a bodyguard, and ended up with such a tragic ending, people can't help but sigh.