In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor's birthday was called "Wanshou Festival", and New Year's Day (the first day of the Lunar New Year) and the winter solstice were called the three major festivals. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoOn the day of Halloween, the whole country will have a three-day holiday, and the government and the opposition will celebrate together.

Cixi also celebrated the Wanshou Festival on her 60th birthday, which was obviously an arrogance, but no one dared to say anything. She not only held a banquet in the capital, but also celebrated for seven days and seven nights before and after, and even small towns in the south and northwest of the Yangtze River had to celebrate.

In order to celebrate her birthday, Cixi spent 30 million taels of silver to repair the Summer Palace, while the Qing government's financial revenue was only 40 million taels at that time. If the funds are insufficient, they will sell their officials, and if they are not enough, they will embezzle the military funds of the Beiyang Fleet.

Everyone knows how it turned out.

As the former emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Pu Yi was very deserted in the palace. But after coming to Tianjin, it was very beautiful, and on his birthday last year, not only many widows and children came to congratulate him on his birthday, but even consular officials and their families from various countries, as well as emerging warlords such as Zhang Zongchang and Wu Peifu gathered in Zhang Yuan.

Pu Yi is so happy, Long Yan is happy, just call for reward!

From foreign consular officials, to various warlords and palace maids, all received large sums of money.

Soon after the Lantern Festival this year, Zhang Yuan began to put up lanterns, and the eunuchs were busy handing out birthday stickers everywhere.

On the morning of "Wanshou Day", Pu Yi put on his dragon robe early, and an altar and three animals were also placed in the courtyard. According to the rules, the emperor must wear a dragon robe and a sacrificial hat, first worship the ancestors and ancestors, and then accept the bows of the ministers.

Cui Huifu is equivalent to Zhang Yuan's big housekeeper, running around Zhang Luo. When she saw Pu Yi wearing a dragon robe, she was relieved: "The emperor is really in good spirits today." ”

Pu Yi seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I'm tired." ”

"As a relict of the Qing Dynasty, Hui Fu should do his best for the emperor." Cui Huifu said.

Wanrong stood silently beside her, her mood quite low. She has not had a good time in the past few months, and since Wen Xiu divorced Pu Yi, Wanrong has become a punching bag.

Pu Yi was in a slightly bad mood, so she scolded Wanrong, thinking that she forced Wenxiu away. In the past, she could go out shopping and listen to the theater, attend salons and dances, but now she is bound to her home and is not allowed to move around at will.

For nearly half a year, Wanrong only went out once, and still accompanied Pu Yi to attend the birthday banquet of the British consul's wife.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, several old and young people came to the manor, knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" I wish the emperor thousands of generations, and I wish the Qing Dynasty eternal solidity! ”

"Everyone, flat!" Pu Yi was full of smiles.

After a while, Luo Zhenyu and other "restoration bureaucrats" came to pay homage and sent their congratulatory gifts.

Pu Yi was in a good mood, but the closer the time was to noon, the darker his face became, because there were very few people who came to congratulate him on his birthday, and there were less than 20 of them.

Compared to last year's lively birthday, this is not a fraction of the moment! Even his own father did not come, but only sent a servant to send a congratulatory gift.

"Your Majesty, do you have to wait?" The eunuch asked.

Pu Yi said with a gloomy face: "Don't wait, it's important to worship your ancestors." ”

The emperor was in trouble, and the procedure of worshipping ancestors was much simplified. The eunuch read the sacrificial words loudly, and Pu Yi, who was wearing a dragon robe, bowed to his ancestors with grace, and then the old and young people kowtowed.

After worshipping the ancestors, Pu Yi sat on the "dragon chair" and accepted the "minister's" kneeling and congratulating. Listening to the sparse sound of "long live", Pu Yi became more and more depressed, he asked the eunuch to reward the guests, and he returned to the study to hold the fire.

There is a birthday banquet at noon, and there is a birthday church party in the afternoon.

Pu Yi didn't have the heart to listen to the play, looking ahead with empty eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the evening, the old and young knelt down to say goodbye, and Pu Yi waved his hand happily without saying a word.

Cui Huifu came over with the gift list and read: "Prince Alcohol (Pu Yi's biological father, who historically opposed Pu Yi's defection to Japan and supported New China) sent a congratulatory message, and Prince Gong (the eldest grandson of Devil Liu) sent a pair of Baishou pictures and a ...... in Yushan."

"Alright, don't read it anymore!" Pu Yi said irritably.

Except for the congratulatory gifts of a few princes, the gifts of others are very cold. Especially his biological father, who only sent a congratulatory message, and did not even show up in person.

Cui Huifu wanted to speak and stopped, and stood there silently.

Pu Yi sighed and said, "I, the emperor, no one cares anymore. ”

Cui Huifu comforted: "There are also loyal and filial ministers, Luo Zhenyu gave a pair of colorful pre-Qin ancient jade, which is priceless." ”

"Count him as having a heart," Pu Yi said a little happier, "go and fetch the ancient jade." ”

Cui Huifu immediately went out and quickly sent a pair of colorful ancient jade to Pu Yi.

The two pieces of ancient jade are round and smooth, with colorful colors, and they are very good-looking.

Pu Yi took it in his hand and loved it, and played: "It's really a good jade, it's been on the plate for at least ten years, and it's a treasure in the world...... Hey? ”

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Cui Huifu asked.

Pu Yi's face changed suddenly, he looked at the jade carefully against the light, suddenly became furious, smashed the jade on the ground and scolded: "The Luo Zhenyu has fooled me!" ”

Who is Luo Zhenyu?

He is Wang Guowei's sons and daughters, a famous scholar, and the ancestor of oracle bone research.

Oracle bone literature was originally called "the study of Luo Wang", that is, the study of Luo Zhenyu and Wang Guowei.

Luo Zhenyu once supported Puyi's restoration and invited Wang Guowei to serve as a Manchu bureaucrat, but Wang Guowei refused, and the two had a very unpleasant quarrel. He also had an identity as an antique dealer who specialized in collecting folk antiques and selling them to foreigners, mainly Japanese.

Luo Zhenyu is so good at studying oracle bone inscriptions, he is naturally proficient in antique appreciation, and his methods of counterfeiting are also very clever. At least half of the antiques he sold to the Japanese were fakes.

But I never expected that this guy's birthday gift to Pu Yi was actually a fake!

Pu Yi is not so easy to fool, he is also proficient in this way, and he can see through it at a glance when he holds it in his hand.

Seeing Pu Yi's anger, Cui Huifu hurriedly appeased: "The emperor is angry, don't be angry." ”

Pu Yi was obviously stimulated, and was furious, first stomping on the "ancient jade" with his foot, and then lifting the table and kicking the bench, shouting: "Fake, jade is fake, people are fake, the emperor is fake, loyal ministers are fake, all fake!" ”

Cui Huifu hurriedly pulled Pu Yi: "Your Majesty ......"

"Get out, get out of here!" Pu Yi slammed Cui Huifu away.

Cui Huifu fell to the ground and got up to find Wanrong: "Niangniang, go and persuade the emperor." ”

Wanrong didn't want to care, but she still sighed and went, walked into the study and said, "Your Majesty, you want to see some ......"

Pu Yi was even more angry when he saw Wanrong, he felt that Wanrong was the culprit of all this, so he picked up his arm and hit him.

"Smack!"

There was a crunch.

Wanrong was a little blind, covered her face and said, "You hit me? ”

"You're the one who hit you!"

Pu Yi said angrily: "If you hadn't treated Wen Xiu badly, would she have divorced me?" You forced her away, made me lose face, and made me a joke in the world. Look at how many people have only come to my birthday banquet today? Yes! If it weren't for the loss of majesty in the divorce, wouldn't those foreigner consuls come? Will those warlords come? ”

Wanrong held back for several months, and finally broke out at this moment: "What else do you have to do besides being angry with me?" Those people didn't come because Zhang Zuolin was the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Army. Last year, when you held a birthday party, Zhang Xueliang expressed his dissatisfaction and asked you to go to the university to study and be an ordinary citizen honestly. If you look at the way China is now, how can there still be an emperor? Even Yuan Shikai was defeated, are you stronger than Yuan Shikai? ”

These words pierced Pu Yi's heart and mouth dripping blood, and he yelled with a red neck: "I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the lord of the world, and I have the righteousness of Taoism!" ”

"Do you believe it yourself?" Wanrong asked rhetorically.

Pu Yili was speechless, and kicked Wanrong on the stomach: "You get out of me!" ”

Cui Huifu was so shocked that she didn't know what to do, and she helped Wanrong and said, "The emperor is angry, you don't have to say a few words, don't add fuel to the fire." ”

"I can't live this day!" Wanrong left crying.

"Hahaha......"

Pu Yi laughed loudly, and the more he laughed, the more lonely he became, and the laughter finally turned into a cry.