As we all know, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was Puyi, in fact, before puyi was made crown prince, there was another disciple of the clan who almost became the new emperor, and his name was Ai Xinjueluo Puyan [jùn].
Pu Juan was the great-grandson of the Daoguang Emperor, the grandson of Yi Yi (奕誴) the Prince of Huan, and the second son of Zaiyi the Prince of Duanjun.
Pu Juan's birth mother was the daughter of Empress Dowager Cixi's younger brother Yehenara Guixiang, and because of this relationship, the Pu Yan family was given special care by Empress Dowager Cixi.
After the failure of the Wushu Reformation, Empress Dowager Cixi became angry with the Guangxu Emperor and planned to depose him and elect Pu Juan as crown prince.
On December 24, the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu (1899), Empress Dowager Cixi consulted with Rong Lu and other princes and ministers, and decided to appoint the fifteen-year-old Pu Juan as the eldest brother and welcome him into the palace as crown prince.
As the heir of the Tongzhi Emperor, Pu Juan was given the title of "Big Brother", with the Tongzhi Emperor's father-in-law, Shangshu Chongqi, and the university scholar Xu Tong as his master, entering the Hongde Hall of the Harem and beginning to receive the education of the crown prince.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900), Pu Yan replaced the Guangxu Emperor and ascended to the Fengxian Hall to hold a Zen ceremony, changing the yuan to the first year of Baoqing.
This matter has aroused heated discussion in the government and the public, and there are many people who are in favor of it and those who oppose it.
Empress Dowager Cixi's move caused resentment among the foreigners, and under the joint opposition of various forces, Empress Dowager Cixi had to abandon this plan of abolition.
In July of that year, the Eight-Nation Alliance army approached the Forbidden City, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an with the Guangxu Emperor and others, accompanied by Zaiyi and Puyan.
Pu Yan's misdeeds during this period caused Cixi's dissatisfaction.
He went out to play with the eunuchs privately, and also had sexual immorality with the palace women, a palace maid made a mistake, to be whipped by the eunuch, the eunuch ripped off the palace women's pants, ready to whip, found that she was wearing the big brother's underwear, this matter spread throughout the harem.
In December, Empress Dowager Cixi, believing that Zaiyi had connived with the Boxer Rebellion and was the culprit of the Gengzi Rebellion, dismissed him from his post and sent him to Shubian, Xinjiang.
In the 27th year of Guangxu, Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor and others returned to Beijing, officially announcing the deposing of Pu Yan's title of "Great Brother" and rewarding him with the title of Duke of Bafen after returning to The Emperor.
In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), the Qing court issued a decree that Pu Yan was also sent to Xinjiang, and Zaiyi's father and son fled to the Mongolian Alxa Banner Luo Palace to escape the suffering of exile.
During his stay in the Luo Dynasty, Pu Yan married the daughter of king Luo as Fujin.
After Puyi abdicated, Pu Yan served as a "big brother" and served as a senator in the presidential palace, although it was a fictitious post in name only, he could receive a salary of five hundred oceans per month.
Pu Juan's mother-in-law thought that he looked ordinary and was not worthy of his daughter, so he always looked down on this son-in-law, so it affected the feelings of Pu Juan and his wife.
Pu Juan lived a luxurious life, and after arguing with his wife, he often went to the restaurants and theaters near the back door bridge to fool around, pursuing female artists who sang big drums, and did not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars.
In addition to drinking and chasing stars, Pu Yan was also obsessed with smoking opium.
Pu Juan had two sons, the eldest son Yu Wei, engaged in medicine after adulthood, the second son Yu Ling died when he was five years old, which stimulated Pu Juan greatly, he did not eat or drink, and cried for three or four days.
In 1921, Pu Juan's senate qualification was revoked, and he could only sit on the bottom of his hometown to eat the mountains and empty, and eventually became poor and relied on his clan relatives to maintain his life.
Some relatives gave him real estate for help, but he still could not get rid of the bad habit of smoking opium, and the property was squandered.
With no financial resources and no ability to make a living, Pu Juan had to beg his wife to ask for help from her family.
King Luo's son, Ta Wang, was serving as the president of the Mongolian and Tibetan Academy at that time, and when he learned that his sister's family was destitute, he sent someone to send money every month to help the Pu Juan family, and after the death of The King of Ta, the Pu Juan family fell into a dilemma again.
Pu Yan simply moved to the Ta King's Mansion, and the Ta King's side Fujin hated Pu Juan and ordered his men to arrange them in the room where the subordinates lived near the horse horn.
After this cold reception, Pu Juan was very depressed, and in order to beg for a bite of food, Lai was dead in the Pagoda King's Mansion.
In 1942, the depressed Pu Juan died of illness in the Tawang Mansion and was buried in the open space of Jiaxing Temple.