In the winter of 1950, Puyi, the abolished emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was taken back to China from the Soviet Union as a prisoner of war. Several prisoners saw him calling out to the emperor, while Puyi, thinking that his life would be in danger, slipped into the bathroom and tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists. One winter night in 1908, the 3-year-old Puyi was taken into the palace to be taught and prepared to take over the throne. In the cigarette-draped Kunning Palace, the dying Cixi received Puyi and told him to become the emperor on the day of the enthronement. But the little Pu Yi was crying to go home, but the people around and his father did not allow it. When the enthronement ceremony was held in Taihe Hall, Puyi found a small cage with caddisflies on Minister Chen Baochen. He was obviously more interested in the caddisfly than the thousands of civil and military ministers kneeling at his feet. Time back to 1950, he was rescued by the director of the management, from then on the accepted approval of prison life, in prison he met his own brother Pu Jie, so once again into the memories, the little Pu Yi grew up around people told him is the emperor, want to do anything, this day seven years without seeing his own mother, with his brother Pu Jie into the palace, Pu Yi from his brother Pu Jie kneeling body crossed, to the eyes full of tears Puyi's mother, said I can't remember your appearance, after all, he was only three years old when he left, this day Pu Jie gave him a kite, Pu Jie found that as long as Pu Yi passed by the place, people are rushed to bow their heads, Pu Yi rightfully said I am the Son of Heaven common people are not allowed to look at me, 1912 Pu Yi was abolished, became the emperor in the Forbidden City, however, to everything Pu Yi did not know, Pu Jie told him you are no longer The emperor, Pu Yi fury ordered the people around him to drink the ink to prove that he is the emperor, and Pu Jie told him that now outside is different, outside with cars instead of horses, outside the people have no braid, and learned that everything Pu Yi, scattered their braids angrily scolded his side of the minister is a liar.
Time goes back to 1950, the director of the administration asked him to confess his crime, Pu Yi in his room, let Pu Jie and his slave around him to keep the same caliber, the prison director opened a book named "Twilight of the Forbidden City", the author is Johnston, that is Pu Yi's foreign teacher, in 1915 the British teacher Johnston was invited to the palace, 14-year-old Pu Yi began to accept the study of Western culture, time is This is calm and not calm, one day Johnston brought a bicycle to Pu Yi, loved by Pu Yi, since then Pu Yi seldom sedan chair, this day Pu Yi's own mother passed away, he wanted to send off for his mother, Pu Yi rode a bicycle to the palace gate, but the palace gate was tightly closed, Pu Yi ordered to open the door but no one answered, then Pu Yi climbed on the roof in protest to prevent him from going out, an old servant whipped Bicycle, scolded this machine with bad Pu Yi, a child wanted to go out to his deceased mother, were not allowed, Johnston was extremely angry, in the eyes of Johnston, Pu Yi is the loneliest child in the world, the most unfortunate child, full of sympathy for him, but also very sincere to the young emperor. After Pu Yi was rescued, Zhuang Shi Dun found that Pu Yi's eyes were nearsighted and he needed to wear nearsighted glasses, however, the old-fashioned consort and the chief housekeeper did not agree, Zhuang Shi Dun said that the eunuchs had embezzled the treasures over the years and claimed to put the matter in the newspaper, the chief housekeeper saw this and agreed to the glasses, after that Pu Yi came to the age of marriage, he wanted his empress, a woman who knew foreign languages and could dance, but the spouse is designated, Wanrou became his queen, Pu Yi's own choice of embroidery became a consort, Wanrou received Western education, and Pu Yi also chatted, they discussed the decision to follow the West, to be two deep emotions and then further development, in the twinkling of an eye, Pu Yi grew up, the palace servants greed, sold the royal antiques, Pu Yi cut his braid, determined to investigate and punish, but that night the treasury fire, the account book Turned into ashes, Pu Yi was furious, decided to expel 1200 servants from the Forbidden City, 1924 Pu Yi is already completely Western-style dress, is playing tennis with Wan Rou embroidery, but the soldiers surrounded the place, forcing Pu Yi to move out of the Forbidden City, 3 years old into the palace, forced to become the emperor, never left the palace gate, today he is also forced to leave, his life has been pushed.
Leave the capital, puyi went to tianjin, all day long a playboy style, and embroidery shame his position, resolutely left, after Zhuang Shi Dun, also in 1931 had to leave the puyi, turn to 1934, bent on restoration of puyi, despite the persuasion of the crowd on the pseudo-manchu emperor, at this time wanrou but gradually dead heart degenerate, and puyi's distance is getting farther and farther, the camera back to 1950, the Pu Yi is nearly fifty years old, but still can not take care of their own lives, tying shoelaces and brushing teeth are to slave assistance, the director saw to Pu Yi changed the room, 1935 Pu Yi found himself only a puppet emperor, does not have the right, Wan Rong is also about to send to the mental hospital imprisonment, Pu Yi chased out, watching the car drive away, the result is another vermilion door tightly closed, Pu Yi called to open the door, but the door was closed.
Pu Yi called to open the door, but no one answered, Pu Yi wanted to say goodbye to Wan Rong, but could not do so, Pu Yi looked at the two people on the city tower, another cage, time back to 1950, the director of the management told him that if you let you out now, the people outside will kill you, Pu Yi gradually understood at this moment, put him in here, the greater meaning is to protect themselves, so he decided to confess everything, admit their sins. 1945 Pu Yi was ready to flee the occasion, but saw his long-lost wife Wan Rong, Wan Rong symptoms of insanity, no longer have the appearance of the Queen, she spit on every Japanese, and finally saw Pu Yi, she had completely disowned him, then Pu Yi failed to escape, experienced ten years of imprisonment, time to 1959, 53-year-old Pu Yi was pardoned, he became a florist, finally did free man, one day he spent 10 cents to buy a ticket, and once again came to the Forbidden City, where there are no more tourists, he ascended the Palace alone, the son of the Palace administrator, went up to stop, Pu Yi said I was once the emperor here, to prove this, he took out a cage of caddisflies from under the dragon chair, the child opened the cage, there was a surprisingly already dark yellow caddisflies, from which he was afraid to look back, and Pu Yi has disappeared, the film has ended here, Pu Yi's life, as a child because of homesickness and was locked in the palace gates, teenagers want to rule the world outside the palace gates but has been the land of others, youth from the palace gates to get out of bondage but want to regain power, in middle age to become the emperor of Manchukuo but become a puppet of the Japanese, was locked in the palace gates of Manchukuo, even his wife was sent out of the city gates and could not be chased. This life was a life of being manipulated.
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