Guo Buro Wanrong , Daur , Zhengbai Banner , was born in 1906 in the Rongyuan Mansion, Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1922, nearly 17 years old, not only had a dignified and beautiful appearance, fresh and refined appearance, but also had all kinds of skills in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was well-known among the nobles. In the same year, she was elected to the palace and became the last queen in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
However, Wanrong's election was not because of her beauty and talent, but because Emperor Puyi casually drew a circle on her photo, and at the same time, it also circled Wanrong's miserable life.
Another girl was selected at the same time as Wanrong. However, since the Wenxiu family was not as powerful as Wanrong's family, Wenxiu retreated and became the imperial concubine. However, now it seems that Wanrong's lucky election was the beginning of her unfortunate fate.
As the saying goes, "I laugh the best when I laugh at the end." However, it would be ironic to use this sentence on the last queen Wanrong. As the last queen of the feudal dynasty in China, she was the one who "laughed the last" among the beautiful women, but she was by no means the "laughed the best" among the concubines of all dynasties. Even if she didn't say that she was the most miserable laughter , at least it is "full of bad temper".
Although she had the reputation and status of the queen in her life, she did not enjoy the power and honor that the queen deserved. Because her honor and disgrace are maintained in a feudal dynasty that is about to die, the ending can naturally be imagined.
As the last emperor Puyi said in "My First Half of Life": "Wandong, who has been suffering from cold for a long time, her experience may be the most incomprehensible to young people in modern China. If it were not decided at birth, Destiny was also arranged as soon as we got married. "
December 1, 2022, this was the day of Puyi's "big wedding" and the last imperial marriage of the Qing royal family. In this wedding, Puyi married a concubine. The queen is named Guo Bulu Wanrong; the concubine she accepted is called Shufei, which is Wenxiu.
Wanrong was born on November 13, 1906. She is a Daur native. She is originally from Muniu Tun, Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province. Her great-grandfather Changshun was once a general of Jilin. Her father Rongyuan inherited a large number of real estate left by his ancestors and later served as Xun Qing Palace. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his mother Aisin Gioro .
Hengxin is the second daughter of the royal family Yulang Beile. Wanrong lived in such a bureaucratic and aristocratic family since childhood, and she was also considered a lady from a noble family. She received a good education since childhood and was good at everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She has apricot eyes and jade skin, graceful and charming appearance, extraordinary demeanor, dignified manners and elegant conversation, which created good conditions for her to enter the harem in the future.
However, Wanrong's "fame" was not because of her beauty, nor because of her little talent, but because of her victory in the last queen's campaign.
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The imperial family of the Qing Dynasty began to prepare for the marriage for Puyi in early 1921. As soon as the news came out, there were endless photos of "famous ladies" coming to send you photos, and the photos were piled up like mountains. The news spread to Tianjin and Shenyang, and even Xu Shichang and Zhang Zuolin and also sent people to propose marriage. It was just because there was a restriction on the possibility of intermarriage in Manchu and Han dynasties at that time, and Puyi was the emperor, so they all politely declined.
After several eliminations, only four families were left, Yangcang Zabu (Mongolian prince), Hengshui ( Manchu , formerly the governor), Rongyuan (Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), Duan Gong (Manchu dynasty, Er Dets). There was a dispute over the candidate for the queen within the Qing Dynasty. Among them, Concubine Duankang and Concubine Jingyi each wanted to choose the people they were close to as the queen. During the process of discussing marriage with , they refused to give in and argued, and finally Puyi "sage" was "sage".
According to the book "My First Half of Life", there were four photos for Puyi, "In my opinion, the four people all look the same, and their figures are like paper-patterned buckets. The face of each photo is in the face. They are all very young, and they really can't tell the difference between ugly and handsome.If you have to compare, you can only compare the colors of the cheongsam, which one is more special. "Puyi then drew a pencil circle on Wenxiu's photo without thinking".
However, Duan Kang's concubine was not satisfied and said that Wenxiu's family was poor and she was not good-looking, so she asked the princes to persuade Puyi to re-select. So, Puyi obediently "drawn on Wanrong's photo". Then there was a debate, and finally there was a compromise, making Wanrong the queen and Wenxiu the concubine.
The fate of the two of them was so Decided.
Wanrong was the last woman in my country's history to receive the courtesy of a queen. Although Chinese society had developed into the era of democratic republic at that time, the grand wedding of the last emperor was as good as The weddings of other emperors in feudal society are slight It is not inferior.
The scale of the wedding ceremony alone shows its grandness. On December 3, 1922, the "Practical Story" published an article "What I heard of the Emperor of Qing Dynasty's Wedding", which contains such a paragraph Description:
wedding order, first the infantry commander of the yamen horses; second the police department horse team; again the security team horse team; again the military music squad; again there is a yellow satin silver-top sedan and three yellow satin silver-top cars (No one rides), 72 carriages, four carriages of Huangting (the pavilion is decorated with a sealed crown and a robe, etc.), palace lanterns, , and 60 carriages of Qing Dynasty officials and military and police officers of the Republic of China sent care personnel, etc.; For the police security team, the infantry commanded the yamen team, and two military bands; later, they were the chief and deputy ambassadors (the chief is King Qing, and the deputy is King Zheng ), with one handful of imperial edicts and one handful of holy days; finally, they were the queen The golden phoenix carriage (thirty-two lifts) I rode, and was escorted by military police in the Republic of China, and there were 32 followers of Qing stern officials.
Wanrong studied at a girls' middle school in Tianjin for several years when she was a teenager. , is a woman who was influenced by the new culture and new ideas after the May Fourth Movement, but she also received stricter feudal traditional culture education when she was a child, and feudal traditional culture had a profound influence on her. The dual influence shaped her dual personality, which is her The internal factors that move towards a tragic ending step by step.
Wanrong had a little awkward day after entering the palace. According to convention, Shufei wanted to lead the female official and the beautiful girl on when the queen surrendered to Fengyu. Kunning Palace layman kneeling for greeting.
However, Emperor Xuantong disagreed with this old etiquette system and believed that the queen and concubine were just different titles, so Xuan decreed to relieve the concubine Shu from kneeling for greeting the queen.
This order was passed on, and the queen was very unhappy. On the evening of that day, he was furious and implemented the "retreatism" and refused Puyi from his boudoir. On a wedding night, he spent the night alone alone. Puyi had no choice but to stay in Yangxin Palace for the night.
Wanrong lived in Forbidden City for nearly two years after marriage. At that time, she lived in Chuxiu Palace , Wenxiu lived in Chonghua Palace , and Pu Yi is still sleeping alone in the Hall of Yangxin. People who were lucky enough to come into contact with Wanrong often saw this young queen with sad eyebrows. She had a noble identity but did not have a warm and fulfilling life. Some eunuchs in front of the imperial court recalled the situation that year and said:
The emperor is very different from the people outside. The couple eats at different tables and sleeps at different beds. The queen and concubines come to the emperor to pay their respects on time every day as usual, just like guests. ... Looking back now, the Imperial House is full of hypocrisy and politeness, and the true relationship between the father and son is not found here.
wanrong is a very "modern" lady who always dresses up very beautifully.
1924, Wen Xiu, Wanrong and other former Qing nobles took a photo at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.
According to some people who know her, she spent the most time and money on dressing up and whitewashing at that time. Shortly after she entered the palace, Puyi hired an English teacher to teach English for her.
After a period of time, her English level improved rapidly. Not only did she speak well, she could also write simple letters. She wrote a lot of text messages to Puyi in English in the palace. This young royal couple lives in the deep palace together. They meet every day, but they still communicate in English. The content of course is nothing more than a word game.
Western food was called "foreign rice" at that time. As a feudal emperor, Puyi completely did not understand the "foreign" method of "foreign rice". Not to mention how to put the knife and fork, Puyi doesn't know, even the sticky butter is hard to swallow.
Wanrong has the temperament of being a "good teacher" and actually taught Puyi from this level to how he could eat and love him, and he still liked Western food very much after the pardon.
Gradually, Wanrong and Puyi were tired of the life of the "small palace circle" and always wanted to see the fresh scenery outside the Forbidden City, so they tried every means to get out of their narrow life.
Puyi, Wanrong and Puyi's foreign imperial teacher Johnston.
For the first time, they tasted the joy of walking on the street by "inquiring about the teacher's illness". After that, they tried to expand the scope of the game step by step, and finally expanded the scope to the Summer Palace and the Yuquan Mountain . Every time they go out, they have to form a team of dozens of cars, and the expenses are astonishingly large. Of course, they don’t have to ask about these, as long as they can “open their eyes”, they will be satisfied.
On the surface, Wanrong is really a happy and carefree queen. In fact, her heart is very miserable and empty.
11 On November 5, Feng Yuxiang sent Lu Zhonglin to lead troops to Forbidden City and forced Puyi to leave the palace, which was called the "forced palace incident" in history.
Puyi moved to the Northern Palace (the residence of Prince Zaifeng ) and then fled to the Japanese Embassy. Soon, he was escorted to Tianjin by the Japanese. Just as Puyi lost his identity as an emperor, Wanrong had also lost her identity as an empress at this time, but she was still posing as a queen in Zhangyuan in the Japanese concession. In July 1929, they moved from Zhang Yuan to Jingyuan , the former Minister of the Republic of China to Japan.
Wanrong's life in Tianjin was basically relaxed and happy. This is because on the one hand, the rules and regulations in the original palace were gone and they gained more freedom; on the other hand, she studied in Tianjin in her early years and was familiar with the environment. She could be Puyi's guide and lead him to travel around. More importantly, she finally excluded Wenxiu and "exclusively" Puyi.
Puyi and Wanrong took a photo.
As Puyi’s noble lady, she often appears in social occasions. She arouses great interest from people’s surprise and envy. Wanrong gets some psychological satisfaction from people’s surprise and envy and has made a lot of attention.
In Tianjin, she continued to learn English, and the teacher was Ms. Ren Sam, a teacher at Tianjin English Grammar School. This lady not only taught Wanrong to learn some language knowledge, but also spread the Western "civilized" lifestyle to her. Under Ren Sam's induction, Wanrong's idea of pursuing fashionable and romantic lifestyle is increasing day by day. She spent money like flowing water, and was in street market shopping malls, bought a lot of high-end cosmetics and trendy fashion, dressed herself up like a model, and was called the "star queen".
Wanrong likes to play photography and has taken many photos. There is a photo of Wanrong and Puyi sitting on a long sofa, and she shows a charming and shy expression. There is also a picture she is wearing a Japanese kimono and sunglasses, sitting on the single sofa, like a well-educated lady. However, when she sat, she never leaned on the back of the chair, leaned forward slightly, and her head drooped slightly, giving people the impression that she was gentle and virtuous, and was a typical "classical Chinese beauty".
When he was still in Beijing, Wanrong, like Puyi, often dressed up as a good person to save the world and use it to please the people.
In your spare time, Wanrong will also show her girlish feelings during play.
In the midsummer season of the last year in Tianjin, floods occurred in several provinces along the Yangtze River . Puyi generously donated a building located at No. 24 Fushimi Street, Japan Concession in Tianjin. Wanrong also presented a string of pearls, which was once a beautiful story. Many newspapers and magazines have published photos of the "Queen" and some have even taken photos of the shining pearls.
As a couple, I did have a love experience between Puyi and Wanrong like ordinary people. Wanrong is a combination of classical beauty and Western girls. In her beautiful years, she warmly yearns for and pursues her own love.
Puyi sometimes says sweet words to her, especially when she is unwell, Puyi will come to her sickbed and say many words of comfort. However, all of this is just a warm and affectionate curtain, and the endless pain that is full of gentle life is still full of boundless pain.
Sometimes Puyi comes to her room to chat after dinner. When it was late at night, the emperor had finished talking, so he returned to his "bedroom" and went to sleep alone as usual, leaving the "Queen" alone and was lonely. Wanrong is really painful and has nowhere to express her grief.
Wanrong is still "modern", and she is still feudal ethics in her bones. She is gentle and does not have the courage to ask the "Emperor" whether she really loves her. She doesn't even dare to express her resentment at all, but she sighs that her beauty has been a poor life since ancient times.
Sitting posture is graceful and gentle.
She didn't have the courage to go their separate ways with Puyi like Wenxiu, because she valued her identity as "queen" and also always called Puyi the "emperor". But when she got back to the husband and wife issue, she complained about the "Emperor" and why she married him.
But one thing is certain, she followed Puyi for one day and was approaching her miserable ending for a day. This was not her personal fault, but the society and system that Puyi represented at that time.
1 March 9, 1932, Puyi took office as the ruler of the puppet Manchukuo. On March 1, 1934, Puyi ascended the throne and became emperor amid the reviling of the whole country. His reign was called "Kant ", and Wanrong became the queen from the "ruling wife" again .
And all this was done under the control of the Japanese invaders. Puyi and Wanrong became puppets of Japanese imperialism and embarked on the path of openly betraying the motherland and acting as traitors.
When he just became the ruling wife, Wanrong was very excited and full of fantasy about her future. She dreamed that one day Puyi's imperial career would succeed in "restore the Qing Dynasty" and they would return to the Forbidden City. However, she soon discovered that she had entered a new bird cage. Shortly after Puyi took office as the "rule", he took the ruling wife Wanrong and others to West Park with his special car. Before they could have fun, the commander of Kwantung Army received the information and immediately sent gendarmerie and police to surround the park until they were "safely" and returned to the "bird cage" and guaranteed that it would not happen again in the future. Only similar incidents can end.
This incident touched Wanrong a lot, and she even regretted it a little. Why did she need to drill into such a "bird cage" by herself? I have gradually lost interest in life within the escort government. She tried twice to escape from the cage.
According to the book " Gu Weijun's Memoirs ". In May 1932, after the Lidon investigation team entered the Northeast, she took the opportunity to send someone to contact Gu Weigou, the representative of the Chinese government in the delegation, and asked him to help leave Changchun. But due to Gu Weigou's status, this matter cannot be successful. From August to September 1933, the wife of Zhao Xinbo, the president of the Puppet Manchukuo Legislative Yuan, went to Japan. Wanrong asked her to help her travel east, but she failed.
historical is arranged like this. Not only can Wanrong not escape, but she also falls deeper and deeper. When she becomes the queen of the puppet Manchukuo, she will have no personal freedom.
Wanrong has lived in the pseudo-Manchukuo Palace for fourteen years and has rarely had the opportunity to show up in public. Even at Puyi's ascension ceremony in 1934, Wanrong, as the "Queen", did not have the chance to appear.
So she found an opportunity to hold a tea party and invite the noble ladies from Changchun to attend, celebrating their success in name, but in fact she wanted to show off her own majesty. She only had one official appearance in the puppet Manchukuo political circle. It was in June 1934. Prince Yuren of Japan, Prince Yuren of Chichibumiya, "visited Manchuria" on behalf of Emperor Showa, and asked to meet with the emperor and the empress at the same time, so Wanrong was able to show up. This was a rare opportunity for many years. She couldn't control her inner excitement and found all the clothes, phoenix crowns and jewelry that she had not used for many years. Her vanity was greatly satisfied this time.
Because there are few opportunities for public appearance, she spends a lot of time on washing and wearing, and admires herself. Wanrong can be called a professional makeup artist. Since she cut off her long hair, she can no longer comb the Manchu style " two-handed head ". She often combs her shoulder-length short hair, and sometimes ties up two small braids. She often wears Manchu cheongsams, but sometimes she also wears a Japanese kimono to take pictures. At one point, Wanrong even permed her hair.
The Japanese man Nakajima Bidokji, who was instructed by the General Affairs Department of the State Council at that time, once wrote an article "Daily Broadcasting Words of Governance" played by the radio station, which read:
Governance is full of emotion and moral integrity. With the ruling wife It is true that the zither and zither are harmonious, and every walk together or play tennis and stalks makes people admire the harmonious situation.
I am afraid that only Puyi and Wanrong know the most about the unreliable level of this article. As early as Beijing and Tianjin, they had not had a real "harmonious situation" for a few days. How could the two of them "harmoniously reunite" after they arrived in Northeast China?
However, it is unquestionable that Wanrong had an affair with someone else and had a child. The reason is of course Puyi. He was spoiled in the palace and had a very poor physical condition. He discriminated against and disliked women from his mental to physical condition since he was adolescent. He didn't like women when he saw them, so their couple's life was extremely abnormal.
Once in the puppet Manchukuo Palace, Wanrong initially had a relationship with Puyi's attendant Qi Jizhong after being matched by his brother with ulterior motives. Later, Wanrong had an ambiguous relationship with another servant Li.
Wanrong in a dress. At this time, she was already obsessed with smoking, so her face was far worse than before.
These Puyi were of course kept in the dark, and the affair was not revealed until Wanrong was about to give birth. She was sent to the cold palace and was closely monitored. It was a colder colder than the cold palace where Zhenfei lived in that year, because Zhenfei's beloved Emperor Guangxu would think of her and even let her confidant eunuch secretly go to see her.
However, Wanrong had no soulmate, the child was taken away from her side, and her husband was severed from his affection, and even her relatives were not allowed to visit him. Under the unbearable heavy blow, Wanrong's spirit completely collapsed.
She has become another person completely and never knows to dress up. Her beauty in the past has turned into a unkempt face. She doesn't comb her hair, wash her face, or wash her feet all year round. My toenails were never cut. They were too long and turned around and kept them in the flesh. When they walked, they were bleeding from the way. She completely lost her mind. When she saw her disheveled hair and gray face, she was as if she had met a "living ghost".
Just like that, she struggled and tormented in a hellish environment. In November 1945, she was arrested by our army as a prisoner of war, but at this time she was already a patient and hopeless. She was separated on the way to Tonghua with the troops and died of illness soon after. This is how the last queen of China died and her soul returned to the west.
The last queen, Guo Bro Wanrong, is a victim of history.The palace life, social turmoil and life changes brought her to her spiritual impact, as well as the huge spiritual trauma caused to her by a series of unsatisfactory and loss of personal freedom, which caused her to have a very changeable life. and drama, but also made her humanity alienate. Wanrong struggled in the ghost realm, and finally she went crazy, falling into deep inner pain and siege, unable to extricate herself until she passed away.
Wanrong's life seems to be brilliant, but in fact she is very sad inside! As the last queen in the history of the Qing Dynasty, Wanrong's tragedy began since she was elected as queen. Her noble identity became a barrier to her thoughts. Wanrong lived in the period of the decline of imperial power. Faced with countless rules and regulations in the palace, she twisted her soul to cater to such rules. She has no power as a queen, and being jealous is the whole harem. She didn't even have the freedom and the right to a normal family life that an ordinary woman in the folk should have. After consciously having no hope of living, she began to embark on the path of decadence. Although she has many female weaknesses, such as vanity, luxury, and show-off, if she can resist the arrangement of fate like Wenxiu, perhaps the last queen can finally maintain a free soul.
Reference materials: "The Last Queen Wanrong", Chen Simin
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