Preface
She was originally a Manchurian woman from a famous family, and her beautiful childhood and upbringing gave her an unusual temperament. He is an expelled emperor, ill-fated and adrift. A political and strategic marriage brought the fates of the two together.
However, the vicissitudes of politics are relentless, and the misery they have experienced is embarrassing. When she died, a little jailer became her only friend. And he ignored her death and no longer had the slightest concern......
This kind of life is really emotional! Such a fate is really sad! We have to ask, what did they do wrong? How helpless did they have in their lives?
1. Why did Wanrong, a woman with a beautiful childhood, meet Pu Yi
Guo Buluo Wanrong, born in 1905, was born in Manchuria Zhengbaiqi and has a good family background. It is said that her ancestor was once a prestigious prince of the Qing Dynasty, and her great-grandfather was an important member of the Qing court during the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods. Such an identity made the Wanrong family's prestige and status in Manchuria very prominent.
Her father was also a rare enlightened person at that time, not only did he not ask someone to teach her virtue and craftsmanship because she was a girl, but also attached great importance to his daughter's education, and specially hired private school teachers from the United States to teach them English, music, and poetry. Such a good environment gives Wanrong an unusual temperament and cultivation. She can play the piano, appreciate poetry, and look good.
This girl would have had a very happy future. However, the good times were short-lived. In the winter of 1922, Wanrong, who was only 17 years old, was forced to end her life as a girl, and this year, she was promised by her parents to the embarrassed Pu Yi and became the empress of the last emperor.
Pu Yi, born in 1906, is only one year younger than Wanrong. He was originally the last emperor of China, but when he was not yet 5 years old, the Xinhai Revolution broke out and the Qing Dynasty fell. He, a young and vigorous teenager, was forced to leave the familiar Forbidden City and became a manifestation of the "preferential conditions of the Qing family".
Such a Pu Yi has been abandoned by the whole society. The only thing that could bring him a glimmer of life was to regain some influence through his marriage to the daughter of a Manchurian magnate. And Wanrong, who is only 17 years old, is such a victim. A young girl is supposed to be lively and happy, but she is forced to marry an emperor who has lost power. How sad and absurd is such a marriage!
2. Being kicked out of the palace Pu Wanrong's bleak life in Tianjin
After Wanrong entered the palace, the young heart immediately felt the depression and fear in life. Her husband has no love for her, and her daily life is boring. She was trapped in the palace all day, unable to appreciate the life of the outside world.
Just two years later, in 1924, Feng Yuxiang, a warlord of the Feng family, entered Beijing and drove Pu Yi out of the Forbidden City in one fell swoop. The young couple had to leave the familiar court and settle down in Tianjin to make a living. They no longer have glory and wealth, but are reduced to ordinary people.
Life in Tianjin is okay, they forget the embarrassment of identity for a while and live as civilians. Wanrong even dyed her fashionable short hair, put on high heels and cheongsam, and lived the life of an urban fashion woman. She relied on Pu Yi's income for shopping and entertainment, and spent time every day. Although life is poor, she still has a little freedom, which is not experienced in the court.
However, the good times did not last long, and Wanrong once again experienced a great change in fate. In 1931, Concubine Wenxiu filed for divorce from Pu Yi, and Wanrong once again suffered a mental breakdown...... Her beautiful girlhood was gone, and she was forced to change from a daughter to a wife, and then to an ordinary person. Such a change of identity made her fate ups and downs, and she had no time to adapt to it, so she had to face the change again.
3. Wen Xiu's departure Pu Yi's anger burned gracefully
In 1931, Concubine Wenxiu filed for divorce from Pu Yi. For a royal family that has long since existed in name only, this is simply unimaginable scandal. An imperial concubine filed for divorce without authorization, which has never happened in the history of thousands of years of feudal dynasties in China.
It is said that Wen Xiu met the person he liked outside, and was no longer willing to be bound by the royal shackles. She is determined to break free from the shackles of this political and strategic marriage and simply pursue the freedom of love. So she filed for divorce, and the lawsuit ended in her victory - she got rid of the control of the royal family as she wished, and Pu Yi, the "emperor" who had no real power, was powerless to stop it.
Pu Yi, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, could not accept such a failure. He decided that all this was Wanrong's troublemaker, and she, the "woman" who was the queen, not only couldn't help much, but also lost face. All the anger was inflicted on Wanrong.
Since then, Pu Yi's hatred for Wanrong has deepened. In 1932, Japan supported the establishment of Manchukuo, and he once again ascended to the puppet throne. And among them, he no longer has the slightest care for Wanrong, and leaves her cold all day long, leaving her to fend for herself. All this became the fuse for Wanrong to give up on herself and become addicted to opium. She began to embark on a path to destruction.
Fourth, opium has broken hope Wanrong waited for death in prison
Since Wenxiu left, Pu Yi's estrangement from Wanrong made her disheartened. A woman in her early 30s should be full of vitality and vitality, but she gradually lost confidence in her husband's cold eyes and resentment.
Trying to seek solace from the outside world, she became addicted to opium. For her, opium smoke is like a gift from God, which can make her forget the misfortunes in life for a while. But at the same time, it also put her on the road of no return. Wanrong, who lives on opium all day long, is no longer a dignified and dignified Manchurian concubine.
What made her even more desperate was that her only child also died under Pu Yi's atrocities. A mother who lost her own flesh and blood, which made Wanrong completely collapse. She became a madman and an opium smoker, isolated from the rest of the world.
Until 1945, when Japan surrendered and was defeated. Pu Wanrong, the unfortunate couple, was also captured by the Russian Red Army. Wanrong, who was arrested in the chaos, was unclothed, and her face that had been eroded by drug addiction was mottled. In this way, she was thrown into a prisoner of war camp in Yanji, awaiting her final trial.
In the prison of the camp, she sat all day long, staring at a place with those unenlightened eyes. The jailers disgusted and spat on her unadulthood. She was like a walking corpse, with nothing to think about but to die.
Wanrong has changed from an innocent girl to such an embarrassing opium ghost, her fate is too bumpy, it is hard to imagine how much suffering she has endured. Where can we blame her for her depravity? The god of fate has been cruel to her.
5. Claustrophobic relics of death A smoking gun
After spending two years in prison in a trance, Guo Buluo Wanrong died of illness for no apparent reason. She was only 40 years old when she died, in the best of her life. Before she died, she didn't see her so-called "imperial husband" to see her for the last time.
Xiao Li in prison was originally very disgusted with such a ragged woman who screamed fatally when she was addicted to drugs. But over time, he also saw the glimmer of pity on Wanrong. She was once born so noble and dignified, but she was trampled on this field by fate.
Seeing that she was really miserable, Xiao Li stole some old wooden planks from prison and built a simple coffin for her. The only thing left is her only companion, an ivory smoking gun that has been with her for many years. Only Xiao Li and his old mother saw him off to send this dusty woman on her last journey.
Years later, Pu Yi learned of her death in his memoirs, but his attitude was very cold. Their already fragile marriage has long since disappeared in the whirlpool of politics. This emperor, who is powerless to return to heaven, may have long been numb, and he has long lost the joys and sorrows that normal people should have.
A beautiful girl is finally going to ruin, and what happened to her life is deplorable! How can we not be the playthings of fate, and we may have no choice but to accept such fate. The only way to do this is to revere history and not repeat such mistakes.
epilogue
They could have lived a different life, but unfortunately in that era, too much suffering weighed them down. The story of Wanrong and Pu Yi is only the tip of the iceberg of the fate of the royal family. Looking at the last ivory smoking gun, we can't help but sigh that too much injustice and absurdity constitute the coordinates of their fate.
Being in the last royal family but powerless to change the trend of history, they are all victims of the times. What can we do? Perhaps, we can only respect history, cherish the present, and not repeat the mistakes of the past. In this way, perhaps, it is the best mercy for them!