In retrospect, Puyi drew a circle on her photo with a pen, and her fate changed. As a respected daughter of the Manchu family, her life is involuntary. Wenxiu, 13 years old, was arranged by her family to enter the palace. She's just a victim of rights. But she finally bravely broke free from the cage. With a break from the old dream and expectation of a new life, Wen Xiu started a new life with half joy and half sorrow. In order to bid farewell to the past and live an ordinary life, Wenxiu changed her name to the previous school name "Fu".
After the divorce, Wen Xiu wanted to go back to her mother's home and find her mother who had not seen her for many years to be filial. However, her home had already been sold, and it was only after many inquiries that Wen Xiu knew that her mother had died for many years. Because of Wen Xiu's divorce, relatives felt that she had lost her status as an imperial concubine and was of no use, so they drove her away. Wen Xiu wants to find her childhood playmates, but they are married. With the help of her friend Tang Shaozong's mother, she rented a small nest for the time being.
Being a teacher is what Wen Xiu has always wanted to do. In order to make a living, she took out some money from the alimony, bought a real estate in Fu You Street as a teaching place, and recruited students. Unexpectedly, there were more and more students, so she invited another teacher to help.
She returned the rented house, quietly bought a secluded house in Liuhai Hutong and lived in seclusion. Besides, her sister Wenshan also moved in, including Chung Ling, the maid. Three people live here, and the family is finally lively. If you are not disturbed, maybe Wenxiu will live a more stable life in the second half of her life, but it backfires.
1937 After the July 7th Incident that shocked China and foreign countries, Japanese shameless aggression against China was overwhelming. Wenxiu can't be peaceful even if it moves to a new home. Although she is cautious and low-key, how can the omnipresent busybodies let her go easily? Plus, she is a single woman, and her details have been leaked to the Japanese by traitors. Therefore, the traitors and the Japanese took turns to squeeze, trying to get more money from this former imperial concubine. The living conditions in Wen Xiu have become very miserable. Besides, some boring tycoons, businessmen and bullies in Beijing never let go of Wenxiu. In their view, a woman who can be an emperor's concubine must have a good life. Such a woman is bound to make a fortune when she marries home. So many matchmakers proposed marriage, but all of them were rejected by Wen Xiu.
As life becomes more and more difficult, we can't stand still. So Wenxiu started a craft job, but when her colleagues saw that she was helpless, they tried their best to crowd her out. I finally got a job, but I came to watch the excitement and wanted to see the imperial concubine.
With the marriage of sister Wenshan and servant Bell, now only Wen Xiu lives alone. She also gave her two old treasures to her sister and bell respectively. As life became more and more embarrassing, she began to carry the manual labor of soil. Despite the hardships, today's freedom is hard-won for her, and she will cherish it even more.
Time flies. /kloc-Wen Xiu, a woman who entered the palace at the age of 0/3, is 36 years old. The current situation "World War II" is drawing to a close. Originally, Wen Xiu worked as a temporary worker in North China Daily, but at work, President Zhang Mingwei found that she was not only an expert in editing and proofreading, but also an expert in articles, so she was directly converted into a regular employee. After work, newspapers often hold some entertainment activities, but Wen Xiu can't make excuses or go alone. Later, after learning about her situation, Zhang Mingwei introduced Liu Zhendong of Li Zongren Department to Wenxiu under the arrangement of his wife. In fact, what Zhang Minghui didn't know was that Li Wenxiu and Liu Zhendong had known each other for a long time.
Liu Zhendong saved Wen Xiu's friend Tang Shaozong's life earlier. After Liu Zhendong returned to Peiping, Tang Shaozong invited Liu Zhendong to meet him and thanked him. Tang Shaozong also invited his family and a group of childhood friends to accompany him, so Wenxiu also met Liu Zhendong. At that time, Liu Zhendong fell in love with this dignified and quiet Wen Xiu at first sight. Now with the help of Zhang Mingwei, it's natural. Although Liu Zhendong's personality is rough and reckless, he is sincere about wenxiu.
1947 In the summer, Wen Xiu and Liu Zhendong got married. After the marriage, the two settled in their new home at No.33 Baimi Xiejie, Xicheng. After marriage, their world is still full of warmth and comfort, and they often go to the opera together. However, this stable life will always be defeated by reality, and then they will face the problem of livelihood.
After the peaceful liberation of Peiping, Liu Zhendong lost his original job. In order to make a living, the couple used their little savings to open a garage, but soon after, due to poor management in Liu Zhendong, they lost money, and they didn't even pay their employees, so they had to come to ask for wages. As a result, Wen Xiu can only pay off her husband's debts and sell his property and house. Since then, Li Wenxiu and Liu Zhendong have fallen into poverty.
To survive, Wen Xiu started a small business. She goes out before dawn and comes back after dark. But life is still difficult. Liu Zhendong had to lower himself to do odd jobs for others. Later, when the street secretary learned about their situation, he reported it to his superiors. Liu Zhendong was assigned to work in Xicheng District Cleaning Team. After their jobs were stable, they rented a house in Chai Chaihu. Although it is not as good as the previous house, it is good to have a place to live.
The turmoil of life caused Wen Xiu to accumulate the root of the disease and cough constantly. As the saying goes, "but not as people who have been poor together know", living together for a long time will inevitably lead to contradictions between husband and wife. But what worries me most at present is that Wen Xiu's condition is getting worse and worse, and he always coughs at night. Wen Xiu's body was not as good as before, and her plump skin began to shrivel and become sallow and emaciated. Liu Zhendong's heart ached when he saw his wife like this.
Liu Zhendong grabbed Li Wenxiu's skinny hand and sat on the bed. Wen Xiu tried his best to say, "I'm leaving, but I can't bear to leave you alone." This man who has been with him for six years has given her relief and warmth in life. How much she doesn't want him. However, acquaintance is fate, so is parting.
She left and lay quietly in bed, as if she would wake up tomorrow. Liu Zhendong looked at his wife and wept bitterly.
Life and death are boundless. In her short life of 44 years, because of her birth, she began her doomed life. And fate has never wronged anyone, what is indispensable is the suffering you have experienced.
Wenxiu was buried by her husband in Yitian outside Beijing. There are no tombstones, only a few simple coffins pieced together. This is the final destination of the last imperial concubine, Erd Te Wen Xiu.