Wen Xiu, the concubine of the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, a legendary woman. Her life was full of uncertainties, from becoming a concubine to being divorced by the emperor, to becoming a teacher, starting a small business, and finally marrying a Kuomintang major, her experience is amazing.
Is it all unbelievable? But in fact, this is the real life of Wenxiu.
In addition to the court life of the last emperor Puyi and the last empress, there is another woman who has won his heart, that is, the last imperial concubine Wenxiu. Wenxiu was born in a Manchurian aristocratic family, and his grandfather served as a secretary of the late Qing Dynasty, and the family inherited a lot.
However, Wenxiu's father failed the imperial examination many times, and the family gradually declined, but he still lived a superior life than the average family.
As the daughter of an aristocratic family, Wenxiu should have lived a carefree life, however, her happy life depended on the existence of the Qing Dynasty royal family. However, after the heavy blows of the First Opium War in 1840, the Qing Dynasty** weakened its dominance.
After that, the Qing ** was forced to sign a series of treaties that humiliated the country, and in 1920, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, Puyi was forced to abdicate, and the Qing Dynasty finally came to an end.
Although the Qing ** has collapsed and its unified status can no longer be restored, *** reached an agreement with the Qing family and decided to give Pu Yi the preferential treatment policy, let him continue to live in the Forbidden City, and *** will bear all his living expenses.
Although Pu Yi has become nothing in power, he still lives a royal life. However, those royal nobles who lived in the Forbidden City were given preferential treatment, but the large and small ** attached to the Qing family were not so lucky.
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty was overthrown, the black gauze hats of these ** were also taken off, and the embroiderers were no exception.
They were too extravagant and profligate, lacking a sense of frugality, and eventually they were empty, and their possessions were quickly depleted, so that the family had to go their separate ways and find their own way out.
Wen Xiu's father died shortly after her sister Wen Shan was born, which made her bear the burden of life with her mother Jiang.
Due to the early death of his father, the Jiang family's status in the family declined significantly, and they were eventually forced to move from the family compound to the alley with only a few pieces of old furniture and a small amount of cash when they separated.
Although Jiang had some regrets in her heart, she gradually adapted to the fate of her family's declining background and accepted the life arranged for her by God. In order to raise his two daughters, Jiang recalled his past experiences and realized that he could become an embroiderer, so he found a job picking flowers.
Although she was already able to support her family, she wanted her daughter to have an education, so she found time to do odd jobs in wealthy homes in addition to embroidery. Because of her honesty and hard work, the employers are very friendly to her.
When she finally saved enough tuition, Wenxiu was able to enter primary school, and changed her name to Fu Yufang at this time. This year, she was eight years old. However, she never imagined that her fate would change dramatically under her uncle's arbitrary decision.
Wenxiu is a talented woman, proficient in Chinese language, arithmetic, and can also get involved in painting and ** and other fields. She is loved by teachers at school, and she is also her mother's intimate little padded jacket at home.
Although she is only ten years old, her dexterity and intelligence are amazing. She is good at observation, and she only needs to observe when her mother picks flowers and works, and she can learn to be successful in six or seven years.
Her ingenuity is admirable, and people have to admire her intelligence.
Wen Xiu knew how to help reduce the burden on her family since she was a child, and she used her mother's needlework to make embroidery by herself to earn tuition. As he grew older, he became more and more beautiful, with superior height, crystal eyes, well-proportioned figure, and full of wealth.
One spring, Wenxiu's uncle suddenly proposed to take a picture of her, but the mother and daughter did not realize the importance of this **.
When Pu Yi had reached the age of seventeen, the concubines and princes and ministers around him began to choose queens and princesses for him. Wen Xiu's uncle found an opportunity, he knew that Wen Xiu's family had been in decline for a long time, and if they could choose the imperial concubine, then they would be able to completely turn over.
So, he hurriedly photographed Wen Xiu's **, and sent it to the Internal Affairs Office through others to join the army of concubines. When Pu Yi saw Wen Xiu's **, he took a fancy to her at a glance.
As a result, Wen Xiu, who was only fourteen years old, became the imperial concubine, bringing glory and dignity to her family.
Wenxiu longs to live a carefree life as a princess, and hopes that her mother and sister can also live a happy life. After becoming the imperial concubine, she no longer used the name Fu Yufang and began to learn various tedious etiquette in the palace.
She is a traditional Chinese girl who is deeply influenced by the ethics of the Gang Chang in the Book of Daughters. However, when the queens began to compete for favor, Queen Wanrong relied on her beauty and status to let Pu Yi favor herself, and left Wenxiu in the cold in Changchun Palace.
This made Wenxiu's life lonely.
Although Pu Yi's heart was already cold, he still hired an English teacher for Wenxiu, who lived alone, to teach her English. Wenxiu studied very hard, her reading range gradually expanded, she read many foreign books, and her mind became more open.
It can be said that among the three Puyi, Wanrong and Wenxiu, Wenxiu was the first to realize this. But unfortunately, Pu Yi was no longer a majestic emperor at that time, and less than two years after he became Wenxiu's concubine, he was driven out of the palace by Feng Yuxiang along with his wife and other concubines, along with the honorable titles of emperor, empress and imperial concubine.
Pu Yi's obsession with the throne made him not hesitate to become a puppet of the invaders, and Wen Xiu tried hard to persuade him, but he failed to change his decision. Wenxiu felt helpless, and finally chose to leave the palace and go to an unknown future.
Inspired by her cousin's daughter Yufen, Wen Xiu came up with the idea of divorcing the emperor. Yufen pointed out the equality of men and women in the law, and reminded Wenxiu that Pu Yi is no longer an emperor, just an ordinary person.
Wenxiu thus became the first woman in the history of the Qing Dynasty to dare to divorce the emperor, and finally regained her freedom at her own insistence. Pu Yi, on the other hand, defected to the Japanese because of treason and became an ordinary person.
Wen Xiu returned to Beiping, changed her name to Fu Yufang, and began the life of ordinary people.
Fu Yufang became a Chinese teacher because of her outstanding talent, but when the news of her former imperial concubine spread, her life began to be troubled. After the 77 Incident, she was even blackmailed by the security chief who took refuge in Japan.
Although her daily life is still ordinary, these experiences have changed her life.
Fu Yufang's life experience can be described as tortuous, in her early years, due to the pressure of life, she had to sell cigarettes on the street to make a living, and she had a difficult time. It was not until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that he started his career as a proofreader in North China ** at the recommendation of a friend.
Later, under the introduction of the president, she tied the knot with Kuomintang Major Liu Zhendong, and her life once again ushered in a new turn.
Liu Zhendong and Fu Yufang settled together in Xicheng District, Beijing, and their marriage was happy. After the end of the Liberation War, Liu Zhendong, with the encouragement of Fu Yufang, honestly confessed his historical problems, and thanks to the tolerant policy of the people, Liu Zhendong was able to avoid being held accountable.
Since then, both have lived an ordinary and down-to-earth life. Liu Zhendong was assigned to work as a cleaner in Beijing's Xicheng District. Two years later, Fu Yufang unfortunately died at the age of 45 and had no children.
Epilogue When Liu Zhendong learned that his wife Fu Yufang was the imperial concubine of that generation, he was shocked, and he was also full of admiration for this tenacious, backbone, knowledgeable and family-oriented woman.
In his heart, the identity of the imperial concubine and the title of the nobleman are not important, the important thing is that the days when they are in love with each other are mutual support and encouragement day and night.
In the end, Fu Yufang was buried in Tucheng Yidi outside Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and her life script, although full of ups and downs, is real and plain.