After the last emperor Pu Yi was released from prison, he went to visit the old eunuch who was still alive. These eunuchs called Pu Yi very specially. Pu Yi's position in society was awkward, he was the last emperor of China's more than 2,000-year feudal imperial system. In 1959, as the number one war criminal of the puppet Manchukuo, Pu Yi was released after ten years of detention in the Fushun War Criminals Management Center and returned to Beijing after a 35-year absence.
Compared to the magnates of the old times, the fate of the eunuchs was even more tragic. They were the greatest deformity under feudal Chinese society, deprived of basic male abilities and became exclusive servants of the royal family. Pu Yi once said that he hated those eunuchs because they made him infertile. But there were also eunuchs who were loyal to him, such as Sun Yaoting, who had always been by Pu Yi's side.
After returning to Beijing, Pu Yi visited Xinglong Temple, the only remaining gathering place for eunuchs in Beijing at that time. At that time, Pu Yi's personal eunuch Sun Yaoting was also there. What is shocking is that even after decades, the first reaction of these remaining eunuchs when they saw Pu Yi was still to kneel down and shout "Long live the lord". This is the saddest side of the eunuchs. Maybe Pu Yi was just an ordinary person at this time, but in the eyes of these people, Pu Yi was still their former master. Pu Yi came to such a place to visit them, perhaps the last trace of comfort in their hearts.