have always been the Sannomiya and Six Institutes, with countless concubines. As the ninth-five princes, they possess the supreme power and are also the objects of many women's admiration. Therefore, women in the world are proud to enter the palace as their concubines.
, especially some self-proclaimed emperors, are more attractive to beauties. But the last emperor Puyi was not like that. He only married five wives in his life and did not give birth to a half-daughter. The third wife, Tan Yuling, was his "most beloved", but she was killed by a Japanese general when she was 22. Death became the pain of Puyi's life, and Puyi asked to be buried with her before she died.
Puyi's life can be said to be ill-fated, and his actions have always been controversial, especially the experience of serving as the emperor of Manchuria has made him notorious and vilified by the Chinese.
Puyi not only experienced ups and downs, but his married life was also very unsuccessful. Although he married five wives, only the last wife was with him in the end. And because of Pu Yi's health, he failed to leave a descendant.
Puyi’s first wife was Wanrong. She was chosen as the queen in 1922. But at the time Puyi didn’t see her as her but Wenxiu, so Wenxiu followed Wanrong into the palace and became his The imperial concubine.
In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched a coup, Puyi was kicked out of the palace, and under the arrangement of the Japanese, he moved into the Tianjin concession, and his two wives naturally had to accompany all the way.
Puyi has been accustomed to living a prosperous and wealthy life since he was a child. Naturally, he is not used to living in the Tianjin concession. In addition, he has been thinking of ways to restore, so he chose to cooperate with the Japanese. But this matter was strongly opposed by Wenxiu. She is a staunch woman. She could not bear Pu Yi's behavior of hooking up with the Japanese, and could not bear his negligence, and finally decided to divorce.
And Wenxiu's divorce made Puyi very shameless, so she angered Wanrong and began to neglect her. As a result, Wanrong became infected with opium, and she had fornication with other men and gave birth to a daughter. Later, Pu Yi learned about this incident, and in his anger he put Wan Rong into the cold palace.
Puyi is already a pseudo-Manchu emperor at this time. As an emperor, he naturally cannot have a wife, so the Japanese want to find a Japanese woman for Puyi. They want to use this Japanese woman to better contain Puyi. But Pu Yi naturally refused to obey, so she claimed that she had found a wife, and this woman was Tan Yuling.
Tan Yuling is also a nobleman of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty. She has a very superior family background. She is also exquisite and beautiful. She has a gentle and generous personality. She is very knowledgeable in all aspects. When she was introduced to Puyi by relatives, she was only 17 years old. Studying in Beijing Middle School.
Although Puyi used Tan Yuling as a tool to deter the Japanese, but seeing her so good, and very fond of her, he named her a "xiang noble person." Since then, Tan Yuling has been with Puyi, taking good care of him, comforting him with her tenderness and kindness. Sometimes Puyi was angry with the Japanese and came back to use her as a punching bag. She was not angry, she always accepted it.
Pu Yi and Wan Rong
once, after Pu Yi returned to the dormitory, they cursed the Japanese while smashing things, and even tore off all the cheongsams that Tan Yuling usually wears. But Tan Yuling was so angry that she could endure it, and she persuaded Pu Yi to endure it, waiting for her early days. It is precisely because of Tan Yuling's company that Pu Yi's life is much easier.
, however, did not expect such a harmonious life to last only five years. In 1942, Tan Yuling felt a little sick in her body, not only coughing, but also blood in the stool. Pu Yi was even more anxious at this time, and he immediately summoned the court attendant to see her.
These attendant doctors are all Chinese medicine, there is no western medicine, because Puyi has always only trusted Chinese medicine, and never wanted to see western medicine. After seeing Tan Yuling's illness, the attendant thought she was typhoid and prescribed medicine. In the beginning, these medicines did play a role and made her disease get better.
But later, Pu Yi claimed that she had read medical books and understood pharmacology, so she modified the prescription without authorization. As a result, Tan Yuling's illness not only did not improve, but worsened, until she was dying.
At this time, the court doctors were at a loss, and in desperation, they had to invite a Japanese doctor to see Tan Yuling. Those who came to see the doctor were Onode Temple, the director of Changchun Municipal Hospital, and some nurses.After she was diagnosed, she believed that Tan Yuling had tuberculosis and meningitis, not typhoid fever, and immediately asked the nurse to give her a blood transfusion after the diagnosis.
Under Onode Temple's meticulous treatment, Tan Yuling's illness has improved greatly, and she can even speak a few words. This made Pu Yi very happy, thinking that she could be saved this time.
Wanrong
But at this moment, a Japanese officer broke in. This person is Yoshioka Yasuo. After he entered the bedroom, without saying anything, he immediately pulled Onodera to the next room and talked with him for a long time.
No one knows what the two people talked about. They only know that when Onode Temple helped Tan Yuling treat Tan Yuling again, he obviously felt a lot colder. After a while of treatment, Onode Temple left Tan Yuling’s bedroom. As a result, it didn’t take long for him to leave. Died suddenly.
Tan Yuling’s death made Puyi heartbroken, but he was even more angry about Onodera’s behavior before and after. For this reason, he believed that it must be Yoshioka Yasushi who let Onodera medically kill his wife. It's just that he still had to rely on the Japanese at that time and didn't dare to turn his face against them directly. It was not until later in the International Court of Justice that Pu Yi gritted his teeth and confessed that Yoshioka An directly killed his wife.
Puyi in the International Court of Justice
However, there are many reasons for Tan Yuling’s death. Some people believe that Puyi killed her because Ono Temple had asked her to catheterize her at that time, but because of the royal dignity, Puyi refused to agree to this request. Led to her death. There is also a saying that although Pu Yi and Tan Yuling seem to be affectionate, but because Pu Yi could not give birth to offspring, Tan Yuling has been depressed for this reason, worried and sick, and eventually died of ill health.
No matter what the reason, the 22-year-old Tan Yuling died away. Puyi also held a grand funeral for her, and placed her coffin in the Prajna Temple, chasing her as "Mingxian Concubine". Externally, Pu Yi has always claimed that Tan Yuling is her "dearest", and put her photos in her wallet and kept them close to her body.
After Tan Yuling died, her body was not buried until after the surrender of Japan in 1945, Puyi was captured by the Soviet Union, and the Puppet Manchukuo was also destroyed. Yu Chong, the chief of the Puppet Palace's Near Attendant Office, cremated her body. Back to Beijing with her ashes.
later took the ashes to Tianjin and gave them to Puxiu for safekeeping. But at that time, Pu Xiu was already overwhelmed, so he gave Tan Yuling's ashes to Puyi's son Yuyan.
Two years later, Puyi received an amnesty and returned to Beijing and reunited with Yuyan. Yuyan gave him the ashes. Pu Yi took the ashes altar, cut off her nails and hair, and put them in the ashes altar, meaning that he was buried with Tan Yuling a hundred years later.
After another two or three years, Pu Yi and Li Shuxian got married and lived an ordinary life. But somehow, Li Shuxian called it haunted, always saying that he dreamed of a woman in white at night. Pu Yi had no choice but to temporarily hand over the ashes to Yuyan for safekeeping.
On October 17, 1967, Puyi died of uremia at the age of 61. At that time, it happened to be during the Cultural Revolution. Yuyan was affected and sent to Shanxi. Before leaving, he buried Tan Yuling’s ashes under the roots of his house. It was not until 10 years later that he was rehabilitated and returned to Beijing. The ashes were dug out.
Later, Changchun built an exhibition hall of the Puppet Manchurian Palace and repaired a tombstone for Tan Yuling in it, so Yuyan put her ashes in this exhibition hall for safekeeping.
In 1995, a boss built a "Hualong Cemetery" and persuaded Li Shuxian to relocate Puyi's ashes to this cemetery, and Li Shuxian was buried here after his death. In 2006, under the joint consultation of the descendants of Aixinjueluo, they decided to take Tan Yuling's ashes from the exhibition hall and bury them with Puyi. Although
was a bit difficult, with their joint efforts, it was successfully completed. So in the end, Tan Yuling's ashes and Pu Yi were buried together, which also fulfilled Pu Yi's last wish.
In the entire volume of Puyi’s memoirs "My First Half of Life", Puyi showed his miss of Tan Yuling more than once in the book. He also kept the photo of Tan Yuling until his later years. As for why he likes Tan Yuling so much, Puyi is also in his memoirs. Having said that, it was mainly because of Tan Yuling that he got real respect.
