Wanrong was beaten into the "cold palace" at the age of 28 and died at the age of 40. She lived a life inferior to a ghost. The so-called "filthy news" refers to the rumors that she and the guards "have liaison". Whether it is true or not, from the perspective of human nature, there is no big fault. The real cause of her death was definitely not "death of illness," but the exhaustion of her body, which can even be said to be "starved to death" in popular terms. Puyi is not a particularly vicious person, compared to the emperors who used to torture their concubines at every turn. 60 years ago, he left her in Yanji, Jilin, more out of helplessness. In early 1946, in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Japanese again, the Chinese authorities also implemented stricter monitoring after they "take over" them by chance.
Wanrong’s mental illness is actually relatively mild, but opium addiction is more serious. At first, Wanrong still got some big smoke, and most of the time, she was well-dressed, fresh and gentle. Someone who had been close to her at that time marveled at her "people's demeanor, advance and retreat" in an interview with historians. However, once you are sick or addicted to smoking, you will be disheveled and yelling. Slowly, it became annoying, and at this time, the general economic conditions did not allow the "takeover party" to buy big cigarettes for her again. During an emergency transfer, she was abandoned in Yanji Prison at the time. After wailing for a few days, he finally died. Afterwards, it was wrapped up in old kang mats by locals and buried on a certain hillside.
Wanrong died so unbearably, people are more willing to use "death of illness" to hide that bit of helpless cruelty. The place where her was buried in the rumor is now only wild grasses, and the air is still filled with sorrow.
Wanrong’s tragedy, since being hand-picked by Pu Yi, there is no escape. Regardless of whether Puyi has talent or not, in fact he is talented and strategic, but it is a pity that Puyi did not have the opportunity to be a good emperor in the true sense. So she couldn't be a good queen in the world with her mother's ritual. As a youth, she once relied on her beauty, temperament, and talents, and was eager to try her motherhood. When you find that everything is just a bubble, and even the warmth of reality is not available, you can only fall into the world.
The fate of the last imperial concubine is also destined by the times. Wenxiu, who used to "compete" with Wanrong, finally divorced Puyi at the expense of the world, and announced the world through newspapers. The price she paid was stated in the agreement that she would not marry again in this life. Wenxiu later became an elementary school teacher who treated the students very kindly. She had a short marriage after her old age, but her status as a "former imperial concubine" became a shadow that she could not walk out of in her life, and she died in depression; Puyi was in the period of the Puppet Manchukuo. The canonized "Auspicious nobleman" Tan Yuling brought a lot of laughter to Puyi, but the Japanese tried to coerce Puyi into accepting a Japanese concubine and poison him. Pu Yi was heartbroken for a long time, but still insisted not to accept the Japanese concubine, so the Japanese came up with his younger brother Pu Jie's idea. (Pu Jie later married the Japanese aristocratic daughter Sa Ehao and gave birth to children. Whether the Japanese have any "long-term plans" here is still unknown).
There are many "beauties". And a woman like Wanrong is a true beauty: her looks and temperament, harmony is a silent beauty. Although she had been silent on the sad wasteland in Jilin, this cannot be denied. The last empress’s encounter in this way reflects the shadow and suffering of the entire country at that time. Even if the monarchy is abolished, the empress must be protected from abdicating with dignity and living a dignified life instead of becoming someone else’s abacus. It is ridiculous: If a country or its people cannot protect even the queen or the "former queen", what blood and morality and dignity are there. After thinking about these things clearly, let's laugh at the last queen who lives like years by relying on piano, chess, calligraphy and opium.
