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How to look at such things is so awkward, it is simply unimaginable.
In China in feudal society, the emperor, as the king of a country, held great power of life and death, and no matter who seemed to be obedient, it seemed that he could only obey. The imperial concubine wants to divorce, isn’t this “pulling the tiger’s beard”?
But this really happened to the last emperor Puyi .
Wenxiu , which was once a concubine, even if he was selling on the street and living a hard life, he would divorce Puyi. What is the reason?
The misfortune of Wenxiu
Wenxiu full name: Erdet Wenxiu . He is a 4-person inlaid yellow flag among the Eight Banners of Manchuria. He was born in December 1909 at Xizhen Mansion in Fangjia Hutong.
Wenxiu was born not long after the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and Qing Dynasty was overthrown.
Wenxiu's father Duan Gong was the head of the Office of Internal Affairs. Her grandfather was Xizhen, the minister of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty was gone, her father had a half-official position in the court before. With the remaining family business, she could barely solve her food and clothing, and she also had the opportunity to go to school.
When he was in school, Wenxiu was talented and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was very popular with the teacher. However, Wenxiu had only read 5 years of books and did not read them again.
Although the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty royal family was still retained and they were allowed to live in the palace. The funds were allocated every year by the government of the Republic of China, and all etiquettes were the same. So in 1921, the three concubines, Jingyi, Ronghui, and Duankang, discussed with the old princes and ministers, and decided to choose a queen for Puyi, who was already 16 years old.
At that time, Wenxiu's fifth uncle Eldet Hua Kan saw this opportunity and wanted to save the declined Erdet family. So he made a fuss to the Office of Internal Affairs with other girls to be selected. Wenxiu was finally elected as the imperial concubine, which was also the reason why she did not study. Wenxiu was only 14 years old at that time.
Wenxiu
Wenxiu After being elected as the imperial concubine, Puyi immediately asked Wenxiu's mother Jiang to buy a large mansion in Beijing and rewarded precious furniture, etc., and the family's life greatly improved.
But Wenxiu didn't know at all. For her, the marriage with Puyi was very unfortunate, and suffering was waiting for her.
Wenxiu entered the palace the day before Queen Wanrong, because the reason was just to prepare a greeting person for Queen Wanrong's arrival. On the day after the wedding, Puyi, who was in the Yangxin Palace, looked at Wenxiu and said coldly: " and go down to rest. "
On the wedding night, Puyi did not enter the new house of Shufei Wenxiu at all. In fact, including marrying Queen Wanrong the next day, Puyi also ran to the Yangxin Palace alone after the wedding, and did not look for Wanrong.
Since entering the palace, Wenxiu has been neglected by Puyi. She dressed up every day, and then went to the palaces of Puyi, Wanrong and the four concubines to pay tribute to her. In addition, Puyi rarely came to Wenxiu. Wenxiu, who had nothing to do, could only teach the palace maids to read and pass the time, and learning became her hobby.
Wenxiu
Later, because of Feng Yuxiang's forced palace, Puyi had to disperse his servants and moved out of the palace with Wenxiu and Wanrong.
walks out of the palace, and means that the titles of the emperor, queen, and imperial concubine are naturally abolished. Puyi is no different from the common people, everything is in the past. However, Puyi, who had "nothing", was more concerned about the dogmatic etiquette in the palace and still asked Wenxiu to pay tribute to him and Wanrong.
Wenxiu, who was originally influenced by the new trend of " equality between men and women ", is very disgusted with this kind of thing and sometimes he will not do it. This made Wanrong very angry and often complained to Puyi. Now Puyi felt that Wenxiu was so arrogant.
Later, Wenxiu learned that Puyi was going to have sex with the Japanese in order to "restore the country". She found Puyi many times to advise him, which even aroused Puyi's dissatisfaction. As a result, Puyi left Wenxiu aside completely.
Every day, Puyi only lives on the second floor with Wanrong and lets Wenxiu live alone on the first floor. He never brings Wenxiu when he goes shopping or wherever he goes. He only buys things for Wanrong. Wenxiu doesn’t even ask questions, and even eats with Wenxiu.
Puyi and Wanrong
Sometimes because of Wanrong, Wenxiu will also suffer unreasonable abuse and humiliation. Over time, even the maid who was responsible for serving her was ridiculed and even deliberately made things difficult for Wen Xiu because of her fall from favor. The relationship between master and servant was gone for a long time. Wenxiu had to do many things himself, and she cried all day long, exhausted both physically and mentally, but Puyi turned a blind eye.
"Blade Concubine Revolution"
One New Year's Eve night, the lonely Wenxiu did not come to accompany her. Wenxiu, who was deeply sad and angry, picked up the scissors and poked it at her belly.
The eunuch who was serving by Wenxiu saw this scene and immediately ran to find Puyi, while Puyi was playing in the bedroom with Wanrong.
Puyi and Wanrong
Hearing the eunuch report, Puyi shouted impatiently: " She is used to scaring people with these tricks, and no one of you ignores her! " Then he pretended that it had never happened and continued to play with Wanrong.
Wen Xiu was so sad when she learned about this!
Later, when Wenxiu's distant cousin Yuzhang's daughter Yuzhang came to visit Wenxiu, Wenxiu told all the things that had been suppressed for many years in her heart. Yufen was very sympathetic and sad after hearing this.
At that time, Yufen was the daughter-in-law of Feng Guozhang . Feng Guozhang was the acting president of the Republic of China at that time, so Yufen was also more courageous. He was directly asked Wenxiu and Puyi to break up and find their own happiness again.
Although Wenxiu is quite avant-garde in her mind, she has some concerns about such things. After all, this is a "royal" matter.
Unexpectedly, Yufen said to Wenxiu directly: " is now the Republic of China. Puyi has long been not an emperor. An ordinary person must abide by the law and treat people equally. Just find a lawyer and write a lawsuit against Puyi for abuse of his wife to ask for divorce from him, and also ask for your future living expenses. "
As soon as this said, Wenxiu, who had had enough of this kind of life, immediately became confident and did it as soon as he said it. With the help of Yufen, Wenxiu’s sister Wen Shan and others, a “big divorce case” in the Republic of China is brewing!
1931 On August 25, 1931, Wen Shan came to Jingyuan to find Wenxiu and discussed how to escape.
Around 15 o'clock, Wenshan found Puyi and said that her sister Wenxiu was in a bad mood recently and wanted to accompany Wenxiu to relax. Originally, Puyi refused to agree, but he couldn't resist the clever mouth of his sister-in-law, and finally reluctantly agreed. However, before leaving, Puyi asked an eunuch named Zhao Changqing to accompany him.
After leaving Jingyuan, Wenxiu asked the driver to drive the car to the Tianjin Republic of China Hotel. After getting off the car, Wenxiu said to Zhao Changqing:
" You go back first, I won't go back anymore. I want to go to the court to accuse Puyi and divorce him. You can transfer this letter to him. "
Zhao Changqing was stunned and didn't know what to do. After receiving the letter, he ran to find Puyi without stopping.
Puyi immediately panicked after seeing Wenxiu's letter and immediately sent someone to chase Wenxiu, saying that he would bring Wenxiu back.
But Wenxiu and others had already prepared for a long time. They came to the Tianjin Hotel on purpose to confuse Puyi. In fact, they did not stay in the hotel at all, but moved to a foreign building provided by outsiders in advance. The people sent by Puyi were naturally exhausted.
With the help of hiring a lawyer, not long after, the court received a divorce lawsuit from Wenxiu:
"Accused Puyi of abuse of Wenxiu since his marriage, causing great physical and mental damage. Puyi had physical problems and lived together for nine years without any luck. He decided to divorce. At the same time, he asked for 500,000 yuan of clothing and alimony for his daily use."
Because this is a very special divorce lawsuit , it was quickly reported by the media. At that time, all kinds of newspapers in Beijing and Tianjin were published on the front page, and public opinion was flying all over the world.Reports such as "Imperial Concubine Revolution" and "Blade Concubine Revolution" are emerging one after another, which makes Puyi so angry that he has "black smoke from his face".
Out of sympathy for Wenxiu, the people's calls for supporting Wenxiu have been rising and falling, and those who scold Puyi were overwhelming.
1931 was the time when the Japanese planned to embezzle in China's three northeastern provinces, which happened to be a critical period for Puyi to collude with the Japanese, so the pressure on public opinion doubled Puyi's pressure. Moreover, the accusation against Wenxiu also made Puyi feel embarrassed, and it can be said that he exposed his old truth. Divorce lawsuits have been a "royal scandal" that has never been seen since ancient times. Puyi can be said to be in an extremely embarrassing situation in this situation.
In order to calm the storm, Puyi quickly found Lin Li. Lin Tingchen, as the attorney, was fully responsible for the divorce mediation with Wenxiu. Puyi originally wanted to persuade Wenxiu to change her mind, but Wenxiu was determined. If she didn't divorce, she might cause something. Puyi's marriage was obviously not allowed to be separated.
After mediation, the two parties reached a settlement, Puyi had no choice but to agree to divorce Wenxiu, and Wenxiu also agreed to a one-time divorce living expenses of 55,000 yuan. But there is one thing, that is, Wenxiu cannot marry again!
In the end, this divorce lawsuit, which was known as the number one in the Republic of China, was hurriedly settled in private before the trial was opened.
However, after the outbreak of the "918 Incident" in 1931, Puyi, who was supported to become a "puppet emperor", became more and more angry the more he thought about it. In order to save the so-called "royal" face, Puyi arranged a ceremony to "sacrifice the heaven and ancestors" shortly afterwards, announcing: Shufei Wenxiu was abolished and demoted to a commoner.
However, Puyi's serious arrangement, in the eyes of outsiders, was just adding some jokes to this "farce".
