One day in 1946, in the North China Daily, there was a beautiful, quiet and dignified woman who was carefully proofreading the news content to be released tomorrow. This is her second year at work, because of the seriousness of her work, the president of the newspaper, Zhang Mingwei, admires her character and talent.
The woman's name is Fu Yufang, who is in her early Chinese New Year's Eve and is still alone. One day, Zhang Mingwei knocked on Fu Yufang's desk: "Yufang, you come to my office." ”
Fu Yufang thought that there was something wrong with her work, hurriedly got up and followed her, and when she arrived at the office, Zhang Mingwei asked her to sit down, poured her a cup of tea and then asked: "Yufang, have you ever considered your life's events?" ”
Fu Yufang: Concubine of the last emperor Puyi
Hearing this, Fu Yufang's heart was instantly touched, in that era, how could such a weak woman not want to have a stable home, let alone a divorced woman like her.
"President, don't hide from you, I did think about finding someone to rely on, but you know my past experience, but I'm afraid it's difficult to find a true heart for me." Fu Yufang replied quietly.
The past in Fu Yufang's mouth is different from the divorce of ordinary people, because her ex-husband is not an ordinary person, but the last emperor Ai Xinjue Luo Puyi, she is Puyi's concubine Wenxiu, Wenxiu is the first concubine in history to successfully divorce the emperor, and after the divorce, she called back to her childhood name Fu Yufang.
Puyi
Zhang Mingwei said sympathetically to Fu Yufang:
"You are upright, talented, I have a cousin named Liu Zhendong, now in his 40s, has never married a wife, although he was born in the countryside is not highly educated, but he is a righteous duty, before he was a major, now manage the warehouse, introduce to you, you first get along, if you can get together two people will live together." 」
Fu Yufang did not shirk after listening to it, and quickly accepted Zhang Mingwei's introduction, and then the Qing Dynasty imperial concubine began to fall in love with the Kuomintang major officer.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="182" > spent six years together to know the identity of the wife</h1>
As Zhang Mingwei said, Liu Zhendong was born poor, in that era when there was not enough to eat and wore warm clothes, 17-year-old Liu Zhendong chose to join the Kuomintang as a soldier, because of his duty, coupled with fighting hard, all the way from a low-level soldier to a major, and later after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was responsible for managing the Zhongnanhai warehouse in the north parallel battalion of the Kuomintang army.
Liu Zhendong has a straightforward personality, and the first time he met Fu Yufang, he was touched by her knowledgeable Dali and beautiful generosity, and directly expressed his good feelings and willingness to communicate.
Fu Yufang
Fu Yufang was also impressed by this sincere Henan grandfather, but the last failed marriage and the subsequent experience made Fu Yufang more cautious, only agreeing to get along first and understand, and if it was appropriate, to talk about marriage.
In this way, under the sincere offensive of Liu Zhendong, Fu Yufang was quickly moved by this thick and down-to-earth man, they fell in love, and after half a year of sweet love, they held a wedding in Beiping in the summer of 1947.
Since then, this troubled qing dynasty imperial concubine finally has her own home and a loving husband.
After marriage, Liu Zhendong still loves Fu Yufang as much as he loves in love, and he feels that it is a gift from heaven that he can marry such a gentle and beautiful daughter-in-law, so any dirty work is rushed to do by himself, and he often says to Fu Yufang: "I hope you can live a good life with me." ”
Fu Yufang was very touched every time she heard this, and now her stable life plus her husband's love made her heart full of gratitude and contentment, but Fu Yufang always had a knot in her heart, because she did not tell Liu Zhendong about her past experience, she was afraid that her husband would mind, so every time Liu Zhendong asked, she was prevaricating the past.
Embroidery
The two lived lovingly until the sixth year, when Fu Yufang's body had problems, and she was afraid that she would not live long, so she called Liu Zhendong to her side and told him about his life and previous experiences.
Liu Zhendong saw that his wife was so frank, shook his wife's hand and said: "In fact, I have long felt that you are not an ordinary person, you are not only beautiful, but also outstanding temperament, culture and English, but I never thought that you were actually an imperial princess." ”
Fu Yufang asked him, "Will you be angry with me?" ”
"No, no, I love you as a person, it doesn't matter who you are or how you used to be." Liu Zhendong said hurriedly.
After knowing the truth, Liu Zhendong still took good care of the sick Fu Yufang in the days to come, on September 18, 1953, Fu Yufang died of a sudden myocardial infarction at home, at the age of 44, when he died, Liu Zhendong was with him, he held his wife's hand and cried, and could not be calmed down for a long time.
The Anding Gate of the old Beijing city
Later, Liu Zhendong buried Fu Yufang in a cemetery outside Beijing's Anding Gate with a few thin wooden planks, and since then, the last imperial concubine has been buried by a pile of yellow earth, and Liu Zhendong can only rely on memories to miss his beloved wife and her sad life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="182" > arranged for the palace</h1>
Wen Xiu, also known as Fu Yufang, was born on December 20, 1909 in the Xizhen mansion of Beifangjia Hutong, in a Manchurian yellow flag, and his grandfather was Erdete Xizhen, an official from the official Shangshu.
Although Wen Xiu's father Rui Gong was the eldest, he was frustrated in the official field, and under the care of his grandfather, he only became a minor official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Wen Xiu's mother was a Han Chinese woman, she was not her father's wife, just a continuation, but no matter which wife, she could not give him a son.
Wen Xiu ranked second, above is a half-sister, the original family also followed the father and his 5 brothers to live in the ancestral house of the Dafang Hutong family, and then Wen Xiu's mother gave birth to a daughter, Pan Er's heart but did not get the father depression into a disease, not long after he died.
The four mothers and daughters who had no backing were slowly excluded by their uncles, and after the Xinhai Revolution, they had no financial resources, and even the old mansion was sold after the family's valuable things were sold, and the mother Jiang Shi could only take her daughter to rent a house in the flower market after sharing some money.
Originally relying on the money and doing some work, the life of the mother and daughter was still maintained, but I did not expect that one day an uninvited guest came, this person was Wen Xiu's uncle Jiang Er, who came to the house and first pretended to ask about the living conditions of the mother and daughter, and then began to flicker:
"Sister, you see that you earn this little money every day is not the way, ah, in the future when the children grow up, the expenses will be large, it is better that you give me the money, I will open a grain store, and when the time comes to earn money, I will not only pay you back, but also give you dividends."
When Jiang Shi heard that he was afraid that his brother would not be reliable, he said, "There is no money." ”
But Jiang Er was not dead hearted, and leaned forward and whispered, "Didn't my sister get a lot of money from the family?" ”
In fact, the money that Jiang shi received could only be said to be enough for the mother and daughter to live, and the amount was not large, but it could not withstand his brother's soft and hard bubbles, and Jiang shi finally lent it to him.
Who knows that the brother who got the money to open a grain store is not the material for business at all, he is lazy and lazy and does not take long for the grain store to close, not to mention the dividends, the cost is gone.
Grain stores
The family's income is all dependent on the mother and daughter to do some needlework to maintain, even so, the mother still let Wen Xiu go to school, 7-year-old Wen Embroidery went to the first grade of the private Tun Ben Primary School in Huashi, the smart and studious Wen Xiu went to school during the day, and worked with her mother at night to earn money, even so, her academic performance was among the best.
In this way, in 1922, the emperor Ai Xinjue Luo Puyi reached the age of marriage, so the palace began to plan to choose an empress for him, at this time, wenxiu's fifth uncle heard the news and immediately felt that the time had come.
To know that many families in ancient times relied on women to enter the palace to be favored, and then the Enze family, he immediately thought of Wenxiu, but afraid that Wenxiu refused, he did not consult with her, directly sent the photo into the palace, fantasizing that Wenxiu became the empress to save the declining Erdete family.
Originally, Wen Xiu was indeed favored by Puyi and was ready to be elected empress, but Duan Kang thought that Wen Xiu was not born well, so she opposed her to be an empress, and asked Pu Yi to choose WanRong, the daughter of the Rongyuan family, to be the empress, Puyi had no status at that time, and had to agree, so Wen Xiu demoted herself to the imperial palace.
Duan Kang Princess
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="182" > served for 9 years without grace</h1>
Because to welcome the empress into the palace, so Wen Xiu first wan Rong one day to marry into the palace, the wedding ceremony is very solemn, Wen xiu dressed from beijing Di'anmen after the new home along the Hainan coast to the palace, this new home is the ministry of internal affairs to buy, very atmospheric and luxurious, after all, as the emperor's concubine, can not be too shabby.
Sitting on the palanquin, Wen Xiu is still an ignorant girl, and the family regards her as the hope of a shining lintel, but she does not know that this trip is not a splendid future, but the beginning of her 9-year-long miserable life.
The embroidery on the wedding night did not have a candle with her husband in the cave, and the embroidery that guarded the empty room alone could not speak, and could only cry silently. To her surprise, the next day the empress wanrong entered the palace, and Puyi did not even sleep with her.
Since she was not favored, Wen Xiu simply lived behind closed doors, in addition to the daily invitation, she planted flower thorn embroidery in the Changchun Palace, and also taught the palace women to read. Because of her easy-going personality, not only the palace ladies in the palace liked her, but even the four concubines praised her: "Lady Concubine is quiet and courteous, very decent." ”
Embroidery and grace
At the beginning, Puyi and Wenxiu were still respectful as guests, but Empress Wanrong was a jealous person, and she was very means in competing with Wenxiu for favors, and soon Puyi snubbed Wenxiu and Wanrong.
Wen Xiu, who saw this scene, sighed and said, "Or not, or not." ”
In order to pass the time, Wenxiu asked Puyi to ask her to ask a teacher to learn something, so Puyi invited a female teacher Ling Ruowen to teach English to Wenxiu, Wenxiu was very interested in English, learned quickly, Ling Ruowen also often talked to Wenxiu about some new ideas, which made Wenxiu more and more open.
Originally, Wen Xiu thought that his whole life would be spent in this great Forbidden City, but he never expected that on November 5, 1924, a group of people suddenly came to the palace, led by Lu Zhonglin, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Garrison, who came to the palace and arrogantly said to Puyi: "On the orders of the above, please go with your concubines and people to live elsewhere." ”
Above Lu Zhonglin's mouth is Feng Yuxiang, which is "forcing the palace". Puyi, who had no real power, could not resist, so he took these people in the palace to live in the palace of his biological father, Prince Alcohol.
Lu Zhonglin
Although the people who left the palace became ordinary people, they lived a relatively prosperous life because they took out a lot of gold and silver jewelry from the palace. At this time, Puyi was thinking hard every day, hoping to revitalize the Qing Dynasty.
Wen Xiu saw that Puyi was so annoyed and gave him advice, but she never expected that Puyi actually listened to the offer of Zheng Xiaoxu, a politician who was a political envoy in Hunan, and wanted to turn to the Japanese and let the Japanese help him revive the Qing Dynasty.
One day, Wen Xiu found Puyi and said to him in a serious tone: "You can't find the Japanese, they are cruel and inhuman, how many people have they killed in China, you will lure wolves into the house, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Puyi was already dizzy at that time, and scoffed at Wen Xiu's words: "What do you know as a woman? ”
In the end, Wen Xiu's persuasion was ineffective, and Puyi asked Zheng Xiaoxu to arrange for him to go to the Japanese legation in China, hoping to negotiate with the Japanese in person. In this way, after Puyi disappeared for a few days, a letter asked Wanrong and Wenxiu to go to the Japanese legation together, and Wenxiu knew that Puyi had boarded the thief's ship.
Puyi, Wanrong and Johnston (right) and others take a group photo
The Japanese know that Puyi is useful, so they can be said to be extremely eager, and after WenXiu and others arrived, the Japanese greeted warmly: "Here is your own home." ”
Wen Xiu knew that this was a weasel giving the chicken a New Year's greeting, and he was not at ease, but Puyi believed that the Japanese were important partners in helping him restore the throne.
They were arranged to live in a three-story white bungalow in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin, and at this time Puyi was even more disgusted with Wenxiu, so he let Wenxiu live in the room next to the parlor on the first floor, and he lived with Wanrong on the second floor, sometimes the two did not see each other all day.
In addition to being snubbed by Puyi, Wen Xiu was often suppressed by WanRong, although she left the palace, Wanrong still regarded herself as an empress, always insulting Wen Xiu, because there was no status, even the next person did not give Wen Xiu a good face. After living here for more than 4 years, Wen Xiu did not have a single day to be happy, washing his face with tears all day.
WanRong, Wen Xiu and Ren Sam pose
One year Chinese New Year's Eve night, Puyi and Wanrong were fighting in the palace, Wenxiu was alone, the more he thought about it, the more sad Wenxiu picked up a pair of scissors and stabbed it in the abdomen, fortunately, a eunuch found that he had taken the scissors, and hurried to report to Puyi, but he did not expect Puyi to sneer after hearing it: "Oh, this woman is really crazy, she knows to scare people with suicide, leave her alone, let her go." ”
The days came to 1931, which was also the 9th year that Wen Xiu married Puyi, and had been a husband and wife for 9 years, but Wen Xiu had never received grace, but what he got was cold eyes and humiliation. At this time, Wen Xiu would also think in the dead of night: "If only I could leave him." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="182" > plan divorce to end free</h1>
Heaven seemed to hear her prayer, and on this day, Yu Fen, the daughter of Wen Xiu's distant cousin Yu Zhang, came to see her, and after Wen Xiu poured bitter water on her, Yu Fen said to Wen Xiu: "You can divorce PuYi." ”
Wen Xiu listened with a confused face: "Divorce? Can I get a divorce if I am a concubine of the Emperor? ”
Yu Fen took Wen Xiu's hand and said, "Of course, Puyi is also a commoner now, but now it is the Republic of China, men and women are equal, since he abused you, then you can find a lawyer to accuse him, divorce him, and he will pay you maintenance." ”
Hearing Yu Fen say this, Wen Xiu was overjoyed and made up his mind to divorce Puyi and leave him.
So Wen Xiu sent a letter to his sister Wen Shan to let her see her, and finally on August 25, Tian Shan came to Jingyuan, and after telling her sister what she thought, the two of them escaped first and then found a lawyer.
Wen Shan went to Puyi and said to him: "I came to see my sister today, and found that my sister was depressed and unhappy, and wanted to take her out to relax. ”
Puyi wanted to come to Wenxiu and the two sisters could not do anything out of the ordinary, so they agreed, but still let a eunuch follow.
Wen Xiu and Wen Shan just left the gate of Jingyuan by car, so they let the driver go to the Minguo Hotel in Tianjin according to the plan, and when they arrived, they sent the eunuch: "You go, I will not go back." ”
The eunuch was shocked when he heard this, and if wenxiu did not go back, how could he give the emperor an errand, so he begged Wenxiu to go back with him. Wen Xiu did not want to embarrass the eunuch, so he took out a letter and handed it to him and said, "You give him this letter, tell him that I will find a lawyer to accuse him and divorce him, this matter has nothing to do with you, he will not embarrass you after reading the letter." ”
After saying that, he went into room 37 with Wen Shan, and after the eunuch left, he quickly moved to the house provided by his friend.
Group photo of Puyi and japanese people
Puyi listened to the eunuch's report and first became angry: "Is it crazy that a concubine of hers still dares to divorce the emperor?" ”
Immediately panicked, to know that if Wen Xiu really sued for divorce, this would be a great shame for him Puyi, not to mention that this was the critical period of his restoration of the dynasty, so he quickly ordered someone to go to the Republic of China Hotel to arrest Wen Xiu.
Of course, the person who went was empty, and Wen Xiu was already discussing with his sister about hiring a lawyer.
Not long after, Puyi received a lawyer's letter from Wenxiu, and Wenxiu's indictment against Puyi read: "Accuse Puyi of abuse and make it unbearable. Puyi was physically ill and lived together for nine years, but he was not lucky. Decided to divorce and demanded 500,000 yuan for personal daily clothing and alimony. ”
As the first incident in Chinese history where a concubine divorced an emperor, Wen Xiu's lawsuit received great attention from the society, and under pressure, Puyi had to agree to divorce.
After the divorce, Wenxiu got 55,000 yuan of living expenses, packed his luggage and prepared to return to Beiping's mother's home to live, because of Puyi's identity, Wenxiu must abide by a special requirement, must not do anything that damages Puyi's reputation, and needs to never marry again for life.
Since then, Wen Xiu has gained freedom after a miserable life of 9 years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="182" > is human</h1>
During the divorce, the family members blamed Wen Xiu for not knowing the system, and only his sister Wen Shan supported him. At this time, Wen Shan was already divorced, so Wen Xiu took Wen Shan back to Beiping to find her mother.
When the sisters knocked on their former home, it was a stranger who opened the door: "Who are you looking for?" ”
After the two answered, they were told that their mother had long since died, and that the house had been sold by a relative of the family. The two were deeply saddened, but they could only rent a house.
Wen Xiu, who was ready to start a new life, changed her name back to Fu Yufang, and worked as a teacher of Chinese language and drawing at the private Sicun Primary and Secondary School on Fuyou Street in Beiping, where she worked very happily and the students liked her.
But it didn't take long for her identity to be known, and she was publicized everywhere, many reporters also came to cover the report, and even some good people came to see what the Imperial Princess of the Qing Dynasty looked like.
Even the rented house was surrounded by a bunch of people every day, so Wen Xiu had to go to Beiping Liuhai Hutong with his sister to buy a bungalow and live in seclusion.
No one here knew him, and his life was quiet, until after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Wen Xiu went to the newspaper as a proofreader, and then he met his second husband, Liu Zhendong.
The life of the last imperial concubine was mainly sad, until she met Liu Zhendong and lived a sweet family life.