Ancient Chinese emperors three palaces and six courtyards, countless concubines, natural children are also indispensable. There are not many childless emperors in history. One emperor not only remained childless all his life but also ordered the empress's own daughter to be killed.
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Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, had a wife and a concubine and was childless. In 1935, he ordered that Empress Wanrong's newborn daughter be thrown into the boiler and brutally killed. Wanrong was greatly stimulated by this, had a nervous disorder, and was taken home by her father to live on opium smoking, and spent her life until her death.
It makes sense to say that the emperor did not like the empress, or even disliked the child. But in fact, Puyi was very fond of and respectful of Empress Wanrong.
Puyi once described the scene of him eating Western food with the empress in his self-narrated memoir "The First Half of My Life": Empress Wanrong made technical and vivid explanations from the beginning of the soup to how to use knives and forks, and made a very confident practical demonstration action. From this text, it is not difficult to see Puyi's appreciation and love for his empress.
What caused him to order the murder of the child immediately after the queen gave birth?
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Guo Buluo Wanrong was the last empress of the Qing Dynasty, and the 16-year-old Wanrong was appointed empress dowager by Puyi with the support of Princess Duankang. Because he received a new western education, he was not limited to feudal ideas, and he was very able to talk with emperor Puyi, and also had a short honeymoon period.
However, with the passage of time, the power changed, the feelings weakened, and the relationship between the two was no longer the same as before, during which a series of events such as Puyi being expelled from the Forbidden City and the noble concubine Wenxiu escaping occurred, which led to Puyi becoming more and more indifferent to Wanrong, and even ignoring it.
In such an environment, Wan Rong could not bear the double emptiness of body and spirit, and had an affair with two guards. It was not until Wanrong became pregnant in 1935 that she was discovered by Puyi. Puyi could not tolerate the empress's infidelity, but he was not allowed to vent his face, so after Wanrong gave birth to the child, he immediately ordered the child to be thrown into the boiler.
After this incident, WanRong was greatly stimulated and mentally disturbed for a while. After being taken home by her father, in just two years, the famous and noblewoman who was once famous became a madman who smoked opium for a living.
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When it comes to the relationship between Wanrong and Puyi, it is inseparable from one person- Guifei Wenxiu. When choosing an empress, Wanrong, as a famous noblewoman at that time, stood out in appearance, knowledge, and family, but the empress selected by Puyi at first glance was Wen embroidery. Finally, with the support of Princess Duankang, Puyi had no choice but to choose Wanrong as empress.
Although Wen Xiu was personally chosen by the emperor, when she stood with Empress Wanrong, the emperor naturally favored a more outstanding Wanrong. As a result, the empress also had a sweet time, so how did the two of them come to such a tragic end?
This brings us to the sensational "Sword and Concubine Revolution" that was published in the People's Daily at that time.
In 1924, Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City and settled in Tianjin. The inner bitterness coupled with the difficulty of intercourse due to physical reasons, the lack of care for the two concubines. Although both are depressed, they vent in different ways. Empress Wanrong relieved her inner bitterness by squandering and smoking opium, while Wen Xiu was more introverted and accumulated resentment.
When Wen Xiu couldn't bear it, he was swept up by his niece to the court for divorce, and publicly proposed that he "live together for nine years, but did not get a luck". Although China at that time was influenced by new Western ideas, it was not uncommon for women to file for divorce. However, the imperial concubine took the initiative to divorce the emperor and also broke such a royal secret, which caused a great sensation at that time.
Puyi consciously suffered this insult and lost face. Blame all this on Wanrong, reprimanding her for her exclusion and oppression of Wenxiu, causing Wenxiu to bear to file for divorce. Later, he became more indifferent to Wanrong, and sometimes verbally attacked and insulted. The feelings of the former husband and wife are no longer warm.
The snubbed Grace, perhaps for the sake of indulgence, perhaps to relieve loneliness, or to take revenge on the emperor, began to indulge herself and the emperor to meet closely. After becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child, Wanrong was beaten into the cold palace. Until the killing of the son occurred, the relationship between the two was completely destroyed.
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When Wanrong's adulterous bodyguards were found to be pregnant, the fetus was only a few months, according to the way the emperor handled the concubines in Chinese history, Puyi could obviously abolish Wanrong from the throne, beat her into the cold palace, and marry the empress, why wait for her to give birth to a child, kill the child, and refuse to abolish the queen?
In the 18th century, China was in social turmoil, with feudal remnants of strife inside and capitalist invasion outside.
After Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City and settled in Tianjin, the Japanese deliberately "stole" Puyi out of Tianjin for Lushun. Wanrong refused to go with the Japanese to the northeast to establish a puppet regime, crying and refusing to leave, so she stayed in Tianjin alone.
The Japanese believed that Wanrong's stay in Tianjin was not good for them, so in 1931 they sent Yoshiko Kawashima to trick Wanrong into reuniting with Puyi in Lushun. At that time, the Japanese army established "Manchukuo" in the Kwantung, and the puppet regime was actually controlled by the Japanese army, and Puyi was just a puppet.
Qi Jizhong, a bodyguard who had an affair with WanRong, was actually a traitor who had already defected to the Japanese, and after surrendering to the Japanese army, the Kwantung Army used this person to set up a treacherous plan. The empress and the emperor had a secret affair, the imperial family broke out a scandal, and after the abolition, they took the opportunity to elect a Japanese woman to become the empress, and then gave birth to a child with Puyi to take over the throne. However, the organs did not expect that Puyi himself had problems and could not have children.
Although Puyi did not have any great achievements, but born in the royal family, and after experiencing turmoil and political struggles, he was keenly aware of the conspiracy of the Japanese army and advocated not to abolish the queen. Thinking that the mistake of grace is not enough to be abolished, just enter the cold palace. Puyi can "forgive" Wanrong's faults for saving himself, but for the sake of face and anger, he cruelly kills the newborn baby.
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All events can be traced back to their roots, and there are no surprises in the world. Empress Wanrong was born noble, gentle and moving, she and the emperor could have become a good couple, how the world is uncertain, wanrong's tragedy has the reason for the feelings and personalities between the two. It is more affected by the environment of the times.
Born in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the rule was corrupt and foreign countries continued to import opium in an attempt to destroy the spirit and body of the Chinese, Wanrong's final tragedy was inseparable from the opium epidemic at that time. After losing the child, opium became Wanrong's last spiritual sustenance.
Born in the period of cultural integration, he accepted the influence of Western culture, yearned for freedom and equality, but was trapped in the "Forbidden City" and imprisoned by the feudal imperial power, and was depressed all his life. Born in the turbulent era of power, wandering, choosing not to know whether it is their own ideas or the design of others, under the change of power, the fate of the individual is no longer controlled by himself.
The times create talents, but also cast human tragedies. Poor Empress Wanrong, such an excellent woman, has such a hasty life.
If she was born in modern times, she would inevitably have a brilliant life of her own.