"Fairy tales are just fairy tales, reality is what people really have to experience", the story of the prince and Cinderella in fairy tales is the yearning of every civilian girl.
They all aspire to be the girl of the thousands, but when this luck really comes, will you really be happy?
"Once you enter the palace door is as deep as the sea", you are no longer the sunny girl who enters the palace gate, you must be cautious and generous everywhere, and the etiquette always binds you.
Japanese Empress Michiko once publicly stated in an interview with reporters: "In this life, I refuse to be buried with Emperor Akihito", which shocked the world as soon as this statement came out.
I thought it was a couple, but I didn't expect Michiko to make such a move, where did their former love go, did it dissipate?
01 Love is set in this life
Two people who were destined to have no intersection actually had feelings because of a tennis match.
In 1957, the Japanese aristocracy held a tennis tournament to satisfy Crown Prince Akihito's hobbies.
The dignitaries and nobles gathered together, some just flattered each other, and the competition was conducted by drawing lots to select opponents.
Crown Prince Akihito was contested by the future commoner Empress Michiko.
Michiko is not of aristocratic blood, but her family life is also very solid, her father is a famous industrialist, her uncle is also a professor at the university, and Michiko herself is also a student at Sacred Heart Women's University.
The reason why she participated in this tennis match was because Michiko inadvertently broke into it, and this accident buried her life.
In the consensus of everyone, whoever is Akihito's opponent must lose to him, but Michiko has a newborn calf in her heart who is not afraid of the tiger, and she wants to win the battle against this noble crown prince.
Akihito saw such a delicate little girl, he did not take her in his eyes at all, he just wanted to quickly end this unsuspenseful battle, but he seemed to underestimate Michiko's strength and stubbornness.
Under Michiko's frequent attacks, Akihito realized that this girl was not simple and began to take the game seriously, but people always have weaknesses.
Michiko found that Akihito's online skills were somewhat insufficient, so she launched a fierce attack, and within a few rounds, Akihito was defeated and lost to the civilian girl.
The nobles present were all very shocked, wondering how this girl could be so bold as to dare to run into His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, simply not wanting to live.
However, in Akihito's heart, not only did he not feel any displeasure, but the girl in front of him made him very interested, and he wanted to know this delicate girl.
Under this game, the two have a new understanding of each other, and Michiko finds that the real-life Crown Prince Akihito does not seem to be so annoying.
Akihito found that in addition to playing tennis, Michiko also had a very good talent in other aspects.
Akihito realized that he seemed to be in love with the girl, which seemed like a game for him, but for Michiko, this liking undoubtedly sent her into the abyss.
However, the young and vigorous Michiko did not think so much, and in the face of such an excellent crown prince, she did not control her heart, and involuntarily wanted to be with Akihito.
But how honorable the crown prince of Japan is, from the day of his birth, he has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and he must be the king who rules the world in the future, how can he easily decide on marriage by himself.
As early as the age of 18 years of Akihito, the nobles began to select the wife of the crown prince, and the selection must be both moral and talented, with a very bright beauty, and must be noble, and commoners are not allowed to participate in the selection of concubines.
Such a good Michiko was blocked out of the palace by such a rule, and the identity of a commoner was destined not to be welcomed by the old nobles.
Before they fell in love, the nobles had already selected a princess for Akihito, and although there was no formal wedding, in their eyes, this was the standard for a princess.
When Akihito displayed Michiko's portrait in front of the nobles, there was an uproar, and they all scolded Akihito for not being like this, and that commoners were not worthy of the royal family.
Among them, Akihito's mother was the most opposed, she did not allow her son to marry a commoner woman, let alone allow the commoner to defile the royal bloodline.
When Akihito saw such a battle, he did not compromise on it, because the final decision was in the hands of his father, Emperor Hirohito.
As long as he did not express his opinion, anyone's objections would be invalid, and although Emperor Hirohito was also very disgusted with Michiko's status as a commoner, the current situation needed a daughter-in-law like Michiko to ease up.
After weighing it up, Emperor Hirohito agreed to the marriage, and since the emperor agreed, the nobles had no reason to object, but they were still very angry.
I thought this was the source of their cultivation to achieve positive results, but I did not expect that what happened in the future proved that this unfavored marriage was destined to be full of thorns.
02 "Cinderella" married the prince
With Emperor Hirohito's consent, Empress Ryoko, who had been very opposed to it, had to agree to the marriage, but she did not let Michiko in so easily.
The marriage of the crown prince in the palace was arranged by the palace hall, and it was also her responsibility to mention the family, and the palace hall that did not like this commoner princess gave her a dismount in the matter of the proclamation.
Originally, she did not want to solemnly mention that she did not want to use a phone call to inform Michiko's mother, after receiving the call, was very angry in her heart, so she refused the marriage: "Our family is poor and not worthy of the crown prince."
After hearing such a kiss, Michiko's heart was also very sad, coupled with the nobles frequently harassing and intimidating her family in order to prevent the marriage, under heavy pressure, Michiko was disappointed in the palace.
However, Akihito, who received the news, did not want to give up the marriage, and as Michiko was about to leave, he sent someone to send a letter in which he wrote only six words: "In this life, you will not marry."
The simple six words touched the frustrated Michiko, and at this time, she no longer wanted to propose to her in solemnity, as long as she and Akihito were together.
In this way, the two married on April 10, and although the marriage was blocked by the old nobles, the streets were even more lively.
The marriage between commoners and nobles, which is unique in Japanese history, represents not only the progress of Japanese culture, but also the care of Emperor Hirohito for the commoners.
The streets were full of ordinary people, up to 500,000 people, and even the civilians who could not come to the scene also sent congratulatory gifts, and in this marriage, the civilians saw hope.
However, the resistance of the nobles never stopped, and when Michiko was about to hold a ceremony, the Imperial Household Agency did not allow them to enter the palace to attend the wedding on the grounds that their parents were commoners.
In this way, Michiko's parents stood outside the palace for a day, listening to the music of the wedding, but they could not see how their daughter was married.
But they didn't care, they just wanted their daughter to be happy and happy, so they specially distributed a dowry of 30 million yen so that Michiko would not be looked down upon in the palace.
However, what the nobles really despised was the blood of Michiko's commoners, and they did not allow the blood of the royal family to be defiled by the commoners.
Michiko, who had married into the palace, thought that she could live with Akihito for the rest of her life, but she did not want to really enter the palace and was restricted everywhere.
Before he could live a happy life, he was taught various etiquette and conversation by the Imperial Household Agency.
Not only that, Michiko's life is no longer free, even her going to the toilet needs to be monitored, and she seems to be like a canary in a cage.
03 Frustrated
Even though Michiko had already married into the imperial palace, Empress Ryoko was still dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, and she had to suppress her in various things, and even wanted the commoner princess to be ugly in public.
Michiko's purchase of a dress in the palace requires the approval of the Imperial Household Agency, but due to the empress's obstruction, Michiko has not bought many new clothes since she got married.
At one event, Michiko could not find suitable gloves to match the clothes, and in desperation, she could only apply to the Imperial Household Agency, at which time the Empress brought a pair of gloves to Michiko and asked her to wear them to participate in the event.
Michiko, who didn't think much of it, put it on and went to the event site, not thinking that it was because of this pair of gloves that countless people insulted.
The Japanese masses have accused her of not having the temperament of a princess and not being able to get on the stage at all, and Michiko was shocked to hear that she did not want her mother-in-law to poison her.
Michiko was disheartened by the mother-in-law, and the relationship between the two fell to the bottom for a while, and Empress Ryoko also began to openly suppress the commoner princess.
The maids in the palace saw that this commoner princess was so unwelcome, and they also began to openly rebel against Michiko, after all, these palace ladies also had nobles behind them, and they were not afraid of this commoner princess complaining.
Michiko lives in such an environment, and the whole person begins to become haggard and indifferent, without the liveliness and brightness of her girlhood.
As a husband, Akihito, as the prince of a country, could not defend Michiko everywhere, let alone oppose his mother, and Akihito seemed to be a little powerless.
Their relationship begins to change in the dark palace, and Akihito begins to be impatient with her and no longer believes her in some things.
Such a frustrated Michiko actually suffered from aphasia, in the face of the slander of others, she did not have the strength to defend, here, she lived better than death, and there was no faith in love in her heart.
It wasn't until Akihito became emperor that Michiko's life improved a little, but at this time she did not have the expectations she had ever had.
After the death of Empress Liangzi, she was finally no longer suppressed, and those old nobles also had no patrons because of the death of Liangzi.
But what kind of mentality should the 66-year-old Michiko have to face the people and things in the palace at this time!
As an empress, she accompanied Emperor Akihito to various events, and at the banquet, she was bright and moving, kind and polite, and was called "the number one star of imperial diplomacy" by the people.
But her blazing heart had long since melted away in the cold deep palace, and sometimes she would sit alone by the window and reminisce about the past, recalling the sweet moment when she and Akihito had first met and loved each other.
The pressure of life made her lose the state of mind she once had, and gradually she understood one thing, she seemed to be a reproductive tool, and her role in the palace was to give birth to children.
There was no love between her and Emperor Akihito, and only a womb was needed in her body, and only by giving birth to a child could she gain a foothold in the palace.
Mr. and Mrs. Akihito, who thought they were very affectionate, openly announced to reporters that they were not willing to be buried with Emperor Akihito at the age of 84.
This may be the last shred of Michiko's stubbornness, her whole life was ruined in that dark palace, never to be seen, and the pain was unbearable.
04 Summary
The story of Cinderella and the prince is obviously not happy, and the gap between classes makes them drift apart, and they no longer have the original feelings.
At first, love is sweet, but marriage is not the fruit of love, if you want to be reluctantly together, what will bring to the two will only be the abyss.
Michiko may have thought about the intrigue after entering the palace, but she did not expect that the love between her and Akihito would be so unstrong.
The slander of others does not get the favor of the husband, in exchange for only cold words, which is undoubtedly the greatest pain in this long life.