In the early 1950s, a couple in the 40s lived in a remote Xihutong entrance in Xicheng, Beijing. They live in poverty, but they live happily and lovingly.
This man is named Liu Zhendong, a cleaning worker in Xicheng District. My wife is Fu Yufang. She was a teacher before liberation. Later, she went to the North China Daily as a text proofreader. The couple are sincere and have a harmonious relationship. Liu Zhendong was very satisfied with his wife and believed that Fu Yufang was smart, smart, and very virtuous.
In September 11953, Fu Yufang passed away. Before his death, Fu Yufang confessed to Liu Zhendong and said, "I'm sorry, I was unable to give birth to a child and half of my daughter for you. In fact, I was the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty. Fu Yufang is just my Chinese name. My real name is Erdet Wenxiu ." After that, he passed away, leaving only Liu Zhendong with an incredible look on his face.
If a woman was really a late Qing imperial concubine, why would she fall to marry a sanitation worker? Listen to me slowly answer your doubts.
pic | Wenxiu
Wenxiu , born in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, entered a private school in September 1916 and changed its name to Fu Yufang. She is talented and proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is deeply loved by teachers.
In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of 1921. The late Qing emperor of the Qing Dynasty who lived in the Forbidden City was already 16 years old. The concubine and princes and ministers were both planning to choose a queen for Puyi and complete the wedding. Although Puyi had abdicated, the previous tradition was still maintained at that time, and Puyi was still the emperor who was the "Nine Five-Year-Old" one. In the Forbidden City, everyone is working hard for this marriage.
The good news that Puyi is going to hold a marriage is revealed to the world, and everyone wants to send their daughter to the Forbidden City. After hearing the news, Fu Yufang's uncle Hua Kan thought it was an opportunity for the revitalization of the declining Erdet family, so he took his own initiative to bring Fu Yufang's photos and the full Erdet Wenxiu newspaper. Fu Yufang is not as charming as the country, but she is tall and dignified.
The harem concubines wanted to push their family to the throne of the queen. After a long dispute, they still did not decide the candidate for the queen, so they took it for Puyi to choose. Due to the limited technology at that time, the photos were very blurry and they could hardly see the specific appearance. Puyi picked a picture that was still acceptable, and drew a circle and handed it to , the Ministry of Internal Affairs . Wenxiu was unexpectedly selected by Puyi.
The harem concubine was not satisfied with this result. She negotiated with Puyi many times and finally selected Wanrong as the queen, Wenxiu was Shufei , and Wenxiu married the day before Queen Wanrong. After Wenxiu was designated as Shufei, Puyi bought a large yard with good feng shui and gave it to Wenxiu's mother's house.
Wenxiu, who had only been studying for a few years, no longer went to study. She was locked up at home by her uncle to learn the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers and the rules of the palace, and was familiar with poetry and books such as "The Sutra of Daughter". The name Fu Yufang was not allowed to continue using it.
11922 On November 30, 2022, Wenxiu, who was under 14 years old, was grandly married to the palace by Puyi. This made Wenxiu very nervous. She was thinking about what he looked like when she was going to spend the rest of her life with her. After performing the cumbersome gifts such as three kneeling and nine kowtows, Wenxiu quietly stared at Puyi and looked carefully.
Puyi sat upright in the Hall of Yangxin . Facing Wenxiu's look, Puyi just said to Wenxiu lightly, "Go down and rest!" Then he left Wenxiu alone in the Hall of Yangxin and went out by himself. Seeing Puyi go out, Wenxiu stood there at a loss, thinking that he was staring at Puyi, which caused him to get angry and couldn't help but cry quietly.
The next day was Queen Wanrong’s wedding, and Puyi did not have sex with Wanrong, which made Wanrong very puzzled. It turned out that Puyi did not have sex with them because he hated them, but because he could not do sex. Perhaps it was Puyi who treated them very well out of guilt.
Wenxiu's knowledgeable and well-educated manners were very attractive to Puyi. In the first year, Puyi would often ask Wenxiu for long talks, and he would leave a copy of what was rewarded to Wanrong for Wenxiu. Even if you invite Wanrong to an English teacher, you will also invite Wenxiu one.
pic | Wanrong
Puyi's goodness to Wenxiu naturally aroused Wanrong's disgust. After all, Wenxiu's family background and appearance are not as good as Wanrong, but Puyi is so kind to her. The concubines compete for favor, but Wenxiu was defeated by Wanrong and gradually became at a disadvantage. Puyi and Wenxiu are also getting further and further.
Puyi alienated Wenxiu and did not affect Wenxiu's reading. Under the guidance of English teacher Ling Ruowen, Wenxiu's thoughts were more open-minded and no longer worried about Puyi's attitude towards her, but focused on learning knowledge. But what Wenxiu didn't expect was that her happy study time was so short.
In less than two years, Feng Yuxiang's "forced palace" was found. A large number of troops entered the Forbidden City and drove Puyi and others out of the palace. Puyi, who had no military power, could only bring a family to move to his biological father, , the prince's mansion, and . After repeated requests from Puyi and others, Puyi finally agreed to take away 6333 kilograms of silver dollars .
During the process of moving out of the palace, Wanrong, Wenxiu and others also hid a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, precious porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, etc. in their clothes and took them out of the palace. When Puyi's family moved out of the palace, it means that they will be the same as the common people. Puyi couldn't accept this gap for a while, but he had no choice but to keep looking for an opportunity to start over. More than 120 days later, Zhang Zuolin led his troops to drive Feng Yuxiang out of the capital. Feng Yuxiang was kicked out of the capital. Although Puyi could not move back to the palace, he was able to move freely.
When Zhang Zuolin first started his leadership, a man named Zheng Xiaoxu , who had been an official in Hunan, secretly found Puyi and told him that he could consider asking for help from Japanese people. Puyi was very moved after hearing this.
Wenxiu learned about this and immediately persuaded Puyi, but Puyi didn't listen to the advice at all and continued to collude with Zheng Xiaoxu.
11924, under the guidance of Zheng Xiaoxu, Puyi secretly ran to the Japanese mansion in Tianjin to ask for help from the Japanese. Because Puyi ran out and did not tell his family, Wenxiu and others were looking for him wildly, and even thought that Puyi was being held hostage and was hesitating whether to call the police. A few days later, Puyi sent someone to pick Wanrong and Wenxiu up to live in the Japanese Embassy.
It turned out that during the few days when Puyi disappeared, he secretly reached an agreement with the Japanese, trying to achieve his delusion with the help of the Japanese. After that, Puyi and others quietly left Beijing and came to the Tianjin Japanese Concession to live.
Wenxiu saw Puyi interacting with Japanese people every day, and was heartbroken and advised Puyi many times not to do this. Not only did Puyi not listen, he also gradually alienated Wenxiu.
Despite this, Wenxiu insisted on urging Puyi to avoid dealing with the Japanese, but this made Puyi even more disgusted with Wenxiu. So much so that Puyi was with Wanrong every day, no matter whether he went out to play or eat on a daily basis, or even when receiving guests, he did not bring Wenxiu together.
Not only that, Wanrong saw that Wenxiu was not favored, so she began to exclude Wenxiu. Under Wanrong's instigation, Wenxiu suffered a lot of unreasonable abuse and humiliation for no reason, and some servants often discriminated against or abused Wenxiu.
At this time, Wenxiu was crying all day long. Although she received traditional education since she was a child, she was not a person who obeyed. Under the influence of the English teacher, Wen Xiu had a spirit of resistance. Since she was not popular here, she might as well leave.
pic | Fu Yi
No matter what, Puyi is Wenxiu's husband. She couldn't make up this decision for a while when Wenxiu left Puyi. Just when Wenxiu was still struggling, a man named Yufen came to Wenxiu and completely strengthened her belief in leaving.
Yufen is a distant relative of Wenxiu. She is a real beauty, but her marriage is very unfortunate. She married a lazy playboy who was a lazy playboy, doing nothing all day long, and often seeking flowers and willows. This made Yufen very unhappy, so the relationship between the two was not very good, so they simply divorced.
Through this failed marriage experience, Yufen's feminist consciousness began to awaken. She believes that if the marriage is not happy, then separation is better, and women should also have the right to file for divorce on their own initiative.
Yufen learned that Wenxiu was worried about whether to separate from Puyi, she advised her to divorce if she was not happy and said bluntly: "It is the Republic of China period, and it is no longer the Qing Dynasty. It is written in law that equality between men and women. Moreover, Puyi has moved out of the palace. He is not the 'high' emperor before. He is also a commoner now, so he must abide by the law and treat people equally."
Wenxiu nodded in agreement. Yufen continued, "You should hire a lawyer and write another statement to sue him for abuse of his wife, file for divorce from him, and ask for child support from him." Yufen's words completely awakened Wenxiu. She decided to stand up and resist Puyi, divorce him, and fight for his right to personal freedom.
Soon, Yufen began to popularize the content of the "Civil Law of the Republic of China" to Wenxiu.
"The Civil Law of the Republic of China clearly stipulates that voluntary divorce is allowed. And citizens..."
These words ignited Wenxiu's fighting spirit, allowing her to see hope of liberation. For a period of time, the two gathered together to discuss how to successfully escape from Puyi.
Finally, on August 25, 1931, Wenxiu found a good opportunity. Because Puyi and Wenxiu had a conflict a few days ago, Wenxiu covered her face and cried. Puyi knew that it was because she was wrong first and was not good at admitting her mistakes on her own initiative, so she called Wenxiu's sister Wenshan to chat with Wenxiu. Wen Shan talked to her sister for a while in the room, and then said to Puyi: "Sister is still crying now and doesn't listen to my advice at all. Why don't I accompany my sister to go out to watch a show? She loves to listen to the show the most, so I accompany her out for a walk and relax. Do you think it's OK?"
Puyi thought to herself that Wenxiu hadn't gone out for a long time, so she sent a little eunuch to follow her and continued to study the current situation. In this way, Wen Shan took her sister Wen Xiu, who was "crying" and took a special car to the Tianjin National Hotel.
As soon as he got off the car, he headed straight to room 37, turned around and said to the eunuch who was following him, "You go back today, we will live here and not leave. Go back and tell Puyi that I want to divorce him, and I have hired a lawyer." After hearing this, the little eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said, "Empress Shu, stop making trouble, go back with the servants quickly. I can't explain to the emperor when you are like this!" Wenxiu had made up his mind and said to the eunuch, "Take this letter back to Puyi, and you will prove that this matter has nothing to do with you." The eunuch hurriedly went back with the letter.
After the little eunuch went back, he anxiously showed the letter to Puyi and said, "The Empress Shu said she was not back, so I asked me to hand it to you." After hearing this, Puyi's face became gloomy. She tore open the envelope and saw the divorce strip. She was so angry that she trembled all over. She immediately arranged for someone to go to the National Hotel to catch Wenxiu.
Wenxiu and the others are waiting in the restaurant? As soon as the little eunuch left, Wenxiu left and went to the home of a widow named Zhang. Widow Zhang is from a wealthy family and kind-hearted. She sympathizes with Wenxiu's experience and leaves Wenxiu at home.
When Puyi's entourage arrived at room 37 of the hotel, he found that Wenxiu had already left, leaving only three lawyers waiting for them. The three of them said in unison: "Ms. Wenxiu asked us to tell you, please go back and tell Mr. Puyi, please follow the requirements in the letter, otherwise we will meet in court, and Ms. Wenxiu will not meet you."
Puyi was so angry that he stamped his feet. He didn't want to be the first emperor to be retired by his concubine. This is really embarrassing. And I don’t want Wenxiu to tell her secrets that she cannot do anything. If everyone knows, it would be shameless to see the ancestors and ancestors.
Puyi sent someone to negotiate again, but he still didn't even see Wenxiu's face. There was no choice, so Puyi asked Zheng Xiaoxu and others to discuss and decided to send two lawyers to negotiate with Wenxiu's lawyer. Puyi demanded: Divorce, prosecution, or publication of newspapers.
Wenxiu was very dissatisfied with Puyi's request. The next day, major newspapers published major news such as Wen Xiu ran away from home and his concubine retired to the emperor.This made the people of Beijing talk about it with relish and was called the "Sword Concubine Revolution" at that time.
At this time, it was the critical time for Puyi to cooperate with the Japanese, and it was less than a month before 918th Incident . Puyi felt that she was too embarrassed, and everyone supported Wenxiu and encouraged her to get a divorce!
The people all supported Wenxiu. Puyi was so panicked that he immediately expressed that he was willing to pay 55,000 yuan as living support, but did not agree to the divorce. Just when Puyi thought the peace talks were going well, he received a summons from the court, asking him to go to the court to mediate at 2 pm on September 2, 1931.
Finally, on October 22, 1931, the two parties signed a divorce agreement for . The agreement was held in quadruple, with Puyi and his lawyers each holding one, and Wenxiu and her lawyers each holding one. After Wenxiu divorced, her cousin also wrote a letter to publish it in a newspaper to criticize Wenxiu. Wenxiu did not retreat at all and wrote a letter to retort.
Wenxiu returned to Beiping and wanted to live back to my hometown. But his mother died of illness and no one cared about her family. The old house was sold by a relative, and Wenxiu had to take her sister Wen Shan to rent a house in Peking.
Puyi compensated Wenxiu 55,000 yuan, but paid the lawyer and lawsuit fees and after renting the house, there was not much left. Wenxiu continued to use Fu Yufang's previous name and went to a primary school to work as a Chinese teacher.
Wenxiu likes this job, but the good times didn't last long. Someone found that her name was Erdet Wenxiu, who was once Puyi's concubine, immediately attracted a large number of reporters to report, causing great trouble to Fu Yufang. In desperation, Wenxiu had to take out the last amount of money, buy a small house in a remote place, and live a secluded life with her sister.
Later, Wen Shan remarried and moved elsewhere. Wen Xiu, who lived alone, fell in love with painting and began to learn painting skills from Chinese painting master Fu Ru. After rekindling his interest in life, his painting skills have made rapid progress.
Not long after, some officers and businessmen courted Wenxiu. They believed that Wenxiu, as the former imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty, must have some rare treasures or famous books, and they visited and asked to marry Wenxiu. However, Wenxiu had already seen through their purpose and firmly rejected their courtship. After the July 7 Incident , Peking is no longer stable and Wenxiu is not peaceful. Without a source of life, Wenxiu had to sell her house and maintain her basic life by working as a hard worker. At first I pasted paper boxes at home, and then I also worked as a coolie, but my body could not bear the burden, so I finally survived by selling cigarettes.
Until the liberation of Peking, Wenxiu worked as a text proofreader in the daily newspaper after being introduced by a friend. Because of her careful and serious work and outstanding talent, she was appreciated by the president of the daily newspaper. The president was also very sympathetic to Wenxiu's experience, so he introduced Wenxiu to his cousin Liu Zhendong as his wife.
Liu Zhendong was poor since he was a child. After studying for a few years, he went to the Kuomintang to join the army. Because of his courage and strategy, he was soon promoted to major. He is 40 years old and has not yet gotten married. With the help of his cousin, Liu Zhendong is also deeply attracted by Wenxiu.
1947, the two got married and rented a house in Peking. After marriage, the two have a harmonious relationship and a happy marriage. In addition, Liu Zhendong took the initiative to confess his history of serving as a Kuomintang official and was assigned to serve as a sanitation worker in the urban area. Until September 1953, the scene at the beginning of the article appeared.
Because Liu Zhendong's family is relatively poor, he can't even afford Wenxiu's coffin. So, I bought four wooden boards and nailed them into a coffin and buried them in the Gongyi Cemetery outside Andingmen, Beijing.
Wenxiu's life has been ups and downs, from a down-and-out girl from a famous family to a sad and cold imperial concubine to a commoner. Her life was tortured, but it was also very exciting. In order to resist the imperial power, he was willing to break up with Puyi; in order to make a living, he had to sell his cheap labor. But fortunately, she finally found her own happiness.
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