Wanrong, you are so lucky! Wanrong, you are so enviable, you will definitely be rich or noble in the future! Maybe Wanrong will become the queen in the future! One sunny day many years ago, a group of girls gathered in a Maoer Alley in the center of the old city, adjacent to Shichahai, to play a game of throwing needles. A girl named Wanrong gently put pine needles into a basin of water in the sun. Friends judged whether she was clumsy or unlucky based on the direction the needle points pointed. As a result, the tip of the needle was finally set directly south of the Forbidden City. In the future, Wanrong may become a queen, but no one would have expected that the child's joke would come true. This Wanrong is what later generations usually call the last queen, Guo Buluo Wanrong. Guo Buluo Wanrong, whose real name is Zhilian, was born in a hereditary aristocratic family and was originally from Manaitun, Longhe Township, Nehe City. The Daur tribe to which the Guo Buluo family belongs was merged into Zhengbai Banner, one of the three banners, when Huang Taiji established Manchuria in October 1635. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Beijing implemented a city-divided banner system. Zhengbai Banner was located at Dongzhimen, bounded by Dongzhimen Street in the north, Chaoyangmen Street in the south, Huangchenggen in the west, and Chenggen in the east. There is a Maoer Hutong near the Forbidden City in this area, where Wanrong's great-grandfather Guo Buluo Changshun built his own house in No. 37 Courtyard here. At that time, only high-ranking officials and nobles could build their own houses not far from the palace, so it was enough to prove that Guo Buluo's house could be built here. The Guo Buluo family cannot do without Guo Buluo for his great achievements in life. As a veteran of the Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu dynasties, Changshun defended the border, quelled riots, and resisted invasion, and was promoted step by step from guard to general. However, his achievements went far beyond these. In the second year of Guangxu's reign, Russia attempted to occupy part of our country's territory on the southern Xinjiang Road, so they went to Changshun to fly stones and cover them with velvet to see the royal books of Emperor Gaozong's boundary monument. The Russian ambassador was no different at first, that was it. He went through hardships and overcame many difficulties, and finally found the Sino-Russian boundary monument inscribed by Qianlong himself, thereby directly shattering Russia's delusions and protecting the rivers and mountains of the motherland. This was his greatest contribution to history. In addition, when he later served as the general of Jilin, Changshun not only managed the business well, but also personally presided over the editing of Jilin Tongzhi. To this day, Jilin General Chronicles are very precious documents and play an irreplaceable role in the compilation of local chronicles of Jilin Province. Changshun died in the 30th year of Guangxu. He was named Prince Shaobao by the imperial court, with the posthumous name Zhongjing and was enshrined in Xianliang Hall. His descendants were granted hereditary first-class merit and surname. Later, his son Guo Buluo Xilinbu, although he abandoned martial arts and became civilized and inherited the title, Guo Buluo was still an enviable noble family. When the next generation, that is, Wanrong Xiahou's father Guo Buluo Rongyuan arrived, the court no longer existed, and official salaries naturally disappeared. So Rongyuan started doing business between Beijing and Tianjin. He is generous and brave, and with the legacy left by his ancestors, his business is booming. At this point, although the Guo Buluo family is no longer as glorious as it was in its heyday, it is still a wealthy family. Rong Yuan, who married into the palace, was a civilized man who advocated equality between men and women and believed that both boys and girls should receive education. He created learning conditions for Wanrong and hired a teacher to teach her. Wanrong learned piano, poetry, calligraphy and painting, as well as English and Western culture. The English teacher gave her the English name Reasa, which undoubtedly became an important condition for bringing Wanrong and Puyi closer. Of course, this is a later story. Under the influence of a good family environment, Wanrong became elegant, gentle and kind, which was exactly what her father wanted when he named her. Soon, Wanrong reached Biyu's age, and her parents began to consider her marriage. With their noble status, they naturally hope to find a suitable family for their daughter. In the spring of 1921, news came from the palace that a queen had been selected for Puyi. Zaitao Baylor has a close relationship with Rongyuan. He told Rong Yuan that he could make Wan Rong t
However, Pu Yi did not choose Wan Rong at the beginning because he could only choose based on photos, but he could not help but see himself, and the photo effects were very poor. Puyi couldn't help but notice that she looked female, so he just chose the embroidery based on the color of the clothes in the photo. However, under the intervention of the concubine Duan Kang, Puyi finally drew a circle photo on Wanrong's body. There are also rumors that Rong Yuan bought this circle for his daughter with 200,000 taels of gold, but it is unknown to future generations. What matters is that this circle defines a life of grace and misery. As early as 1913, Rong Hong moved his family to Tianjin, and Wanrong had been studying in a missionary school in Tianjin. So after learning the news of being canonized, Wanrong, accompanied by her family, returned to Beijing's Maoer Hutong to prepare for entering the palace. During the six months before her marriage, Wanrong learned court etiquette from the eunuchs and maids sent by the palace every day. Wanrong has always received a Western education, so she can't stand red tape. She lost her temper and burst into tears. Runqi later recalled: In front of the eunuchs, maids and others, her sister blushed, said with tears that she would not practice anymore, and then turned and left. Crying, crying, making a fuss. On December 1, 1922, this grand wedding was held as scheduled. Everyone she met was at the door. Teenage Run Jiaqi watched her sister cry with her mother and thought it was funny. He could still remember the scene vividly: on the wedding night, his sister wore a Ruyi dress, a red wedding dress, and a dragon and phoenix robe. After listening to the edict read out by the Messenger of Justice Zaizhen, Wanrong personally took the edict and then performed a complex set of rituals. This ritual is the most respected form of bowing. It involves standing up six times, lowering your arms and slightly raising your head, kneeling three times, and bowing three times. According to custom, Wanrong wore a red hijab, holding Ruyi and apples in her hands, and was supported by her lifelong wife and female officials sent from the harem. She marches toward the wind to the sound of loud drums and music. At three o'clock.
At the early morning clock, the auspicious moment arrived. Under the escort of the honor guard, Wanrong walked out of Maoer Hutong, where she spent her wonderful childhood, and walked into the gate of the imperial city where her tragic fate began. Although Qin Se and Le could still call it a wedding according to the preferential conditions given by the Republic of China government, and all the ceremonies were done in accordance with the old practices of the Qing Dynasty, this wedding still left a regret. According to the custom of the Qing Dynasty, when the queen is welcomed into the palace, the welcoming procession must pass through the Daqing Gate. Except for the empress dowager and the emperor, no one is allowed to walk around this gate of the Qing Dynasty without permission. Even the empress can only enjoy it once on her wedding day. On the other hand, Wanrong doesn’t enjoy the glory. She walked through the east gate. At that time, Puyi's living circle had been limited to the second half of the Forbidden City, so not to mention the Qing Gate, even the Donghua Gate was opened specifically for Wanrong. From this perspective, she is still different from the real queen of the Qing Empire after becoming an imperialist. However, no matter how she walked, Wanrong finally entered the Forbidden City with red walls and yellow tiles, and her career as a queen began as soon as she entered the palace gate.