When the Qing Dynasty was about to come to an end, he was toyed with by a woman and applauded. It probably set such a precedent that the hearts of the women in the Forbidden City also came alive. Former Concubine Zhen supported Guangxu's change of law and was thrown into the well against Empress Dowager Cixi. Later Puyi's empress Wanrong openly fornicated with the guards, and eventually divorced the last emperor.
Coincidentally, today this heroine is a little related to Concubine Zhen and Wanrong.
Her name is Tang Yiying, she is Concubine Zhen's own niece and Wanrong's love rival. She could have become a member of Puyi's harem, but she was blocked by her aunt and had to marry Puyi's younger brother Pujie. However, after marriage, she was not restless, and successively had an extramarital affair with Zhang Xueliang, and then eloped with Lu Xiaojia, and finally divorced.
So, what kind of life experience does this woman have?
In 1889, 13-year-old Concubine Zhen and 15-year-old sister (later titled "Concubine Jin") were elected to the palace and became concubines of the Guangxu Emperor. The two sisters are completely different personalities, and Concubine Zhen has a lively and cheerful personality and has become the confidante of the Guangxu Emperor. Concubine Jin had a cautious and serious personality, but she was still not liked by Cixi.
In 1900, Empress Dowager Cixi finally found an opportunity to teach Concubine Zhen a lesson, and by then, this poor woman had become one of the most famous revenants in the Forbidden City. And Concubine Jin was able to escape because of her indisputable personality.
The palace called Concubine Jin "Fat Niangniang", probably because she was too broad-hearted and fat. However, Concubine Jin was also a pitiful person, and like Empress Longyu of the Guangxu Yellow Emperor, she was in vain, because they were not favored by the emperor. Until the death of Empress Longyu, Concubine Jin's status climbed. In order to pass the loneliness, she took her own niece Tang Yiying into the palace.
Tang Yiying was just 9 years old when she entered the palace, while Puyi was only 7 years old. Two children of similar age have become childhood sweethearts, especially Tang Yiying's acceptance of Western novelties very quickly, which is quite in line with Puyi's heart. It stands to reason that they should have been a pair of talented women, and even Tang Yiying had become Puyi's woman, who would have thought that in the end, they were opposed by Concubine Jin.
Tang Yiying has been smart and clever since childhood, and she knows how to please her aunt very well. According to Manchu custom, she should call Concubine Jin "Aunt Dad", but she felt that this relationship was not close enough, so she kept calling Concubine Jin "Father".
Concubine Jin loves this niece, and she is very pampered by her, and treats her as her own. However, the reason why she refused to let Tang Yiying marry Puyi was simply shocking.
Concubine Jin thought that Tang Yiying was not suitable to enter the palace as a concubine, because she felt that she was "lewd". And about this, it was Zhang Xueliang who talked about it when he recalled the past.
As we all know, Zhang Xueliang's emotional world is quite colorful, especially with many girlfriends. Every time he recalled the past, he also sighed a lot, but only Tang Yiying made him difficult to say.
Regardless of Zhang Xueliang's evaluation of Tang Yiying, Concubine Jin's obstruction of this marriage was probably due to one reason, that is, her relationship with Puyi was very general. At that time, Puyi's biological mother Gualjia chose to swallow tablets and died precisely because she was reprimanded by Concubine Jin. Concubine Jin is clear about the helplessness of the deep palace, and it is reasonable that she does not want her niece to follow in her footsteps. What's more, at this time, the Great Qing Dynasty was crumbling, and entering the palace did not seem to be the best choice.
In short, Tang Yiying missed the opportunity to become Puyi's concubine, and her own aunt voted for this "yes vote" to Wanrong. Fortunately, Tang Yiying did not marry Puyi, who was physically "deficient", otherwise with her character, she would never be able to bear the pain of being a widow.
In 1918, under the arrangement of Concubine Jin, Tang Yiying's marriage was settled, and the other party was Pu Yi's own brother Pu Jie. Tang Yiying is three years older than Pu Jie, the so-called "female junior, holding gold bricks", although the meaning is very beautiful, but this marriage is not harmonious.
Pu Jie became Pu Yi's companion at the age of 12, and since then he has often been in and out of the harem, and it is impossible for him not to know the intimacy between Tang Yiying and Pu Yi. Therefore, recalling this marriage many years later, Pu Jie once said: "At that time, not only did I inexplicably kowtow to the 'finger marriage' at that time, but I also had to choose an auspicious day and bring a dowry like a puppet... Go to the house of my father-in-law and mother-in-law to get hired. ”
In 1922, Puyi married Wanrong and Wen Xiu. Soon, Pu Jie also married Tang Yiying into the door.
Tang Yiying, who grew up in the palace since she was a child, has a superior origin and the relationship between her aunt, and her personality has become domineering. In addition, she was deeply influenced by new ideas, and it was a new way of dealing with the world. Therefore, in terms of her own conditions alone, she is not Pu Jie's best wife candidate.
However, Pu Jie's personality is relatively generous, he accepted Tang Yiying and tried to cherish her.
Once, Pu Jie saw a beautiful jade object in the palace, so he begged Pu Yi to give it to him, just to take it home and give it to Tang Yiying. However, Pu Jie is not the type that Tang Yiying likes. Compared with Pu Jie's gentleness, Tang Yiying wants a heroic lover. Therefore, the potential contradictions of this marriage are also accumulating.
In 1924, the "Beijing coup" broke out, Pu Yi was expelled from the Forbidden City, and Pu Jie, as an imperial prince, was also very embarrassed. After that, being able to seek the protection of warlords is undoubtedly the best choice. So, Pu Jie and Zhang Xueliang met.
They met at the Beijing Hotel, and Zhang Xueliang's relatives said that two people wanted to get to know him, and Zhang Xueliang agreed without hesitation. After meeting, I learned that it was Pu Jie and his wife, and Pu Jie thought that this was his own opportunity, and he never wanted to almost bury the marriage.
The next day, Pu Jie invited Zhang Xueliang to his home. Immediately afterwards, Tang Yiying took out a thick paper-cutting photo album like a trick, and the news on it was all about Zhang Xueliang. Obviously, Tang Yiying's move was by no means a temporary hug of Buddha's feet, but a long time of preparation, more precisely, it was for Zhang Xueliang's heart for a long time.
Later, Zhang Xueliang recalled this past and said: "This proves that she has long had a heart for me." ”
Tang Yiying is a beauty and a talented woman, and she also showed Zhang Xueliang her talent, including her poems and paintings. In the face of such a fiery and affectionate confession method of beauty, Zhang Xueliang's heart door was easily opened for her.
Zhang Xueliang was originally a young talent, and he had a woman's relationship with the appearance of Yu Xuanang. Although he had already married his wife Yu Fengzhi, he was still moved by Tang Yiying. Tang Yiying is such a charming woman with a story, so it is logical that she became Zhang Xueliang's mistress, and even once made Zhang Xueliang think of marrying her.
However, Zhang Xueliang finally terminated such a relationship, naturally not because he was friends with Pu Jie, but because he saw through Tang Yiying's hypocrisy.
Zhang Xueliang found: "The paintings she painted were changed by others, and the poems she wrote were also changed for her." It turned out that Tang Yiying was packaging herself in this way, which happened to be Zhang Xueliang's most hated fraudulent behavior. Once he saw through this, Tang Yiying's shining advantages dimmed down.
But what really chilled Zhang Xue's conscience was another reason, he once said in his later years: "If she weren't too bastard, I would definitely marry her." ”
In 1928, under the mobilization of Tang Yiying, Zhang Xueliang arranged Pu Jie to Fengtian Lecture Martial Hall. Since then, Pu Jie and Zhang Xueliang have become closer and closer, so much so that Zhang Xueliang admitted his relationship with Tang Yiying very frankly.
After hearing Zhang Xueliang's confession, Pu Jie was not surprised, but said calmly: "Even if she doesn't look for you, she will find someone else." ”
After that, although Zhang Xueliang knew about the nominal husband and wife relationship between Pu Jie and Tang Yiying, he also completely lost interest in this woman with his in-depth understanding of Tang Yiying.
Soon, Zhang Xueliang broke off with Tang Yiying, but this did not affect Tang Yiying to continue to "red apricot out of the wall". It seems that the person who knows Tang Yiying best is really Pu Jie.
And Tang Yiying's new boyfriend is Lu Xiaojia, who became one of the "four princes of the Republic of China" with Zhang Xueliang.
When it comes to Lu Xiaojia, the most talked about is the grudge between him and the leader of the Shanghai Youth Gang, Jin Rong. At that time, in order to make his mistress Lu Lanchun popular, Huang Jinrong specially built a stage. Who knows, Lu Xiaojia went to see the play one day, and it happened that Lu Lanchun did not realize well, and made several mistakes in a row, and as a result, Lu Xiaojia frequently applauded.
Seeing that someone was "breaking ground" on his own territory, Huang Jinrong did not hesitate to send someone to beat Lu Xiaojia. At that time, he never thought that Lu Xiaojia was not a mediocre person, and his father was the great warlord Lu Yongxiang. The next day, Lu Xiaojia sent someone to take Jin Rong away, if it weren't for Du Yuesheng's maneuver, Jin Rong wanted to get out.
Because of this incident, Lu Xiaojia became famous. However, he is not a capable person like Zhang Xueliang, he will only rely on his father's background to "call the wind and rain" in Shanghai. Later, with Lu Yongxiang's loss of power, Lu Xiaojia fled to Beijing for refuge.
Despite the difficulties, Lu Xiaojia still followed Zhang Xueliang in and out of various social places, and was able to meet Tang Yiying.
In 1929, Pu Jie was ordered by Pu Yi to study in Japan, and Tang Yiying, who was not willing to be lonely, and Lu Xiaojia hit it off. Although Lu Xiaojia's strength is not as good as before, he is still a slippery style, and soon recovered Tang Yiying's heart.
To this end, Tang Yiying did not hesitate to take advantage of Pu Jie's opportunity in Japan to steal most of the gold and silver jewelry from Prince Alcohol's mansion. Then, Tang Yiying eloped with Lu Xiaojia with the money, and the two first hid in the Tianjin concession, and then returned to Shanghai together, living a life of arrogance and indulgence.
Pu Jie's old father Zaifeng couldn't bear the ugliness of the family, and couldn't afford to offend Lu Xiaojia, so he could only silently break his son's teeth and swallow it into his stomach, and the bitterness in his heart can be imagined. When Zhang Xueliang heard about this, he was even more glad that he was able to stop the loss in time.
However, Lu Xiaojia's nature is a playboy, and a Tang Yiying certainly can't tie his heart. Later, fearing that Huang Jinrong would take revenge on him, he swept away the property that Tang Yiying had taken out and fled to Taiwan. In the face of Lu Xiaojia's ruthlessness, Tang Yiying did not indulge in sadness excessively, but was anxious to deal with this marriage relationship with Pujie.
Pu Jie with his Japanese wife
Although Tang Yiying is too watery in her feelings, it is rare that she is still a woman with a backbone.
At that time, the Japanese were eager to support the puppet Manchukuo with Puyi as the core, and some Manchu widows even defected to Puyi. However, Tang Yiying refused to go with Pu Jie, but instead said a deafening sentence: "Ning is the lonely soul of Huaxia, and Fu is the noble Qi of the pseudo-emperor!" ”
Tang Yiying's attitude angered the Japanese, and they forced Pu Jie to marry a Japanese wife. Pu Jie naturally didn't want to become a puppet, so he could only move out Tang Yiying as a shield. However, the Japanese are not so easy to fool, and Pu Jie and Tang Yiying's marriage has come to an end, and in the end, under the pressure of the Japanese, Tang Yiying has since become Pu Jie's ex-wife.
In 1937, Pu Jie married Saga Hiroshi, an in-law of the Japanese imperial family. Although Saga Hao is Japanese, his sincere treatment of Pu Jie also made him feel the feminine tenderness that he could not feel in Tang Yiying. Unfortunately, they were eventually separated and never saw each other again. Pity Pu Jie, this life has been unhappy marriage.
And Tang Yiying also started her own life after leaving Pujie. Once upon a time, she was addicted to play, but after experiencing some changes, she became obsessed with painting, and her works were once exported to the United States.
In 1949, Tang Yiying settled in Hong Kong and taught at the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong. And this is the end of her story, and she lives the rest of her life in a low-key manner.
Tang Yiying, a woman with a merry nature, insisted on doing things that dared to love and hate in that turbulent era, which made a legendary life.
She boldly pursues love and will not be bound by marriage. The times have made her and shaped her choices. Probably a lifetime of wantonness, so he lived to the age of 90.
As for where the beauty ends up, it is an unknown mystery.