In the feudal era, in order to protect their own interests and consolidate their position, the rulers combined with the ghost and god doctrine to make the people of the world believe that the emperor was the "true dragon and the son of heaven", and the emperor's relatives and friends enjoyed a very high status as members of the royal family. In the eyes of the ancients, being able to climb a relationship with the royal family and powerful is the supreme glory, and being able to marry the royal family is even more unimaginable, and it will definitely enjoy glory and wealth. For example, during the Qing Dynasty, the emperor would make female dependents Gege, and Gege were important candidates for intermarriage.
During the Qing Dynasty, many Gege were pretentious and could continue to enjoy superior living conditions by marrying princes and nobles, but after the Xinhai Revolution, their status plummeted. The once invincible Gegeists were expelled from the palace, and in the era of democracy and republic, they were no different from ordinary people, so what happened to these Gegeers? Do they have any descendants?
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government signed a treaty that humiliated the country and surrendered its precious territory to the Western powers, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people, and the rebellion in various places became increasingly high. Against the backdrop of stormy times, the status of the Qing royal family was seriously impacted, and the imperial power, which once symbolized the Mandate of Heaven, became a plaything in power struggles. Due to the early death of the Guangxu Emperor, the Qing royal family had to elect the young prince as the new emperor for the sake of face, but it still could not stop the disintegration of the Qing dynasty. In order to save money, the Qing royal family dismissed some eunuchs and palace maidens, and Gege, who was of marriageable age, promised rations to ministers in exchange for enough trust.
However, after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the Qing royal family could no longer stop the revolutionary wave, and the ministers and officials who had sworn allegiance also saw the wind and turned to the revolutionary organization. Overnight, the Qing Dynasty became history, and members of the Qing royal family who had lived in the Forbidden City for a long time were also driven out of the palace and exiled to various parts of the people. After some kings and Baylors were abolished, they no longer had a salary, and could only survive by selling gold and silver jewelry or real estate, such as the king of Keqin County, who sold his ancestral old house and even cemetery. Although the family gradually declined, those nobles who were accustomed to the life of brocade clothes and jade food still maintained a luxurious lifestyle, including the seven personalities after the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
These seven Gege and the last emperor Puyi are all brothers and sisters, and the eldest Gege is named Yun Yuan, she is the daughter of Prince Jiao, and has a prominent position in the Qing royal family. Unfortunately, two years after Yun Yuan was born, she suffered the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, and the whole family had to give up their former aristocratic status in order to survive. In order to consolidate the family's position, Prince Jiu gave his young daughter to other large families, and Yun Yuan also got better living conditions after marrying. Unfortunately, Yun Yuan soon suffered from acute appendicitis, and Prince Alcohol thought that Western medicine was evil and crooked, and refused to let Western medicine diagnose and treat. Due to the failure to receive proper treatment, her condition worsened, and Yun died at the age of 17.
Puyi's second sister is called Yunhe, although she was born into a family of powerful people, her fate is controlled by her parents, like a puppet. At the request of his parents, Yun He learned the so-called etiquette from an early age, and was not even allowed to go out to play. Fortunately, she later met her husband Zheng Guangyuan, and the two decided to study in the UK and live an unrestrained life abroad, and the two also raised two daughters. Puyi's third sister Yun Ying, she followed the family order to marry Empress Wanrong's brother, although oppressed by feudal rites, the two were in love, and Yun Ying also lived a relatively happy life.
Puyi's other younger sisters were not so lucky, and the fourth sister Yun Xian married into a family, but because of the war and other reasons, she and her husband were separated for more than 30 years, until the family was reunited in 1982. The fifth sister Yunxin decisively gave up her identity as a Qing royal family, willingly became a commoner, and lived an incognito life with her husband. The ending of the seventh sister Yunhuan is regrettable, she has been fighting feudal rites and her identity all her life, and suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 42.
After decades of living incognito, many descendants of the Qing royal family have changed their Han surnames one after another, sealing the family's history in dust. However, their descendants have survived tenaciously, and many have become celebrities in China's entertainment industry.
For example, the female singer Na Ying we are familiar with, it is said that her ancestor is the Yehenara clan of the Qing Dynasty, and Guan Xiaotong's ancestors are also famous Qing Dynasty aristocrats in Beijing, so it seems that those royal families have lived extremely happy and happy lives.
As the culprit of modern China, we cannot forget the harm caused by the Qing royal family to the country and the people, but those descendants who inherit the bloodline are innocent, and if they can abide by the moral obligations of Chinese citizens and maintain the unity and stability of the motherland, then the people will also treat each other as equals.