Cui Huifu packed her luggage quickly. Cui Huimei said with some nostalgia: "Sister, do we really want to leave the emperor?"
"You don't want to leave?" Cui Huifu turned around and asked.
Cui Huimei said tangledly: "Sister, we sisters swore before our father's death that we would never marry and be loyal to the Qing Dynasty for the rest of our lives. If we leave the emperor now, wouldn't it be a violation of our oath, disloyalty, filial piety, and unrighteousness? Moreover, the emperor
If you don't lose your temper, it will be good for us sisters. We have good clothes and good food, and we have no worries about food and clothing. How can we make a living away from here?"
"Wanrong has already made an agreement with Mr. Zhou. I can work at Ta Kung Pao or China Broadcasting Corporation. I will never starve to death," Cui Huifu said.
"Then what should I do, Your Majesty?" Cui Huimei said weakly, "The Emperor is a great lord, and with the protection of the gods, he will definitely achieve great things in the future. We shouldn't abandon him like this when the Emperor is in trouble."
Cui Huifu said with a smile: "Good sister, how can there be any gods in this world?"
Cui Huimei said: "Sister, have you forgotten the white ape on hunger strike?"
After Puyi moved to Tianjin, he maintained the royal style. In the past, many rare birds and animals were raised in Zhangyuan.
Among them was a three-foot-tall white ape. One day, his bestiality suddenly showed up and he bit the eunuch who was feeding him until blood flowed out. Puyi rushed there after hearing the news. When he saw this, he yelled: "The evil beast deserves to die!"
This white ape was scolded by the emperor to deserve it, but actually refused to eat for half a month and starved to death.
From then on, the eunuchs and maids in the palace all respected Puyi as a god, thinking that Puyi was a real dragon and the emperor, and even animals could sense his divine power.
Cui Huimei was only 17 years old at the time, and she was deeply impressed by this. She respected and feared Puyi from the bottom of her heart.
Hearing her sister mention this past incident, Cui Huifu smiled and said, "Silly girl, do you really think that the white ape died on his own hunger strike?"
"Is there still a fake one?" Cui Huimei asked in surprise.
Cui Huifu explained: "This is the emperor's tactic. At that time, the emperor had just visited Tianjin. Several eunuchs and guards around him left one after another. He had to find a way to keep the people around him. The so-called emperor shows his power and the white ape goes on a hunger strike. It is just a matter of stability.
It’s just a trick of the human heart.”
Cui Huimei said: "But that white ape is really starving to death."
"There are so many ways to make an animal stop eating. You can just add some ingredients to the food." Cui Huifu said.
"Really...really like this?" Cui Huimei couldn't believe it.
Cui Huifu said: "Little sister, you are still young. After leaving the emperor, you should marry a good family. You can't really delay your life."
"What about sister?" Cui Huimei asked.
"Me?" Cui Huifu said with a wry smile, "I am already a 35-year-old girl, who would want it?"
Cui Huimei said worriedly: "But what about the oath we swore?"
"If the Bodhisattva is to blame, blame me alone," Cui Huifu sighed. "Although you and I are bannermen, they are only banners of the Han army. Our ancestors are Han people, not Manchus. There is no need to guard the loyalty of the Qing Dynasty."
"But..." Cui Huimei wanted to say more.
Cui Huifu interrupted: "That's it, pack your things quickly."
Historically, Cui Huifu also made this choice and left Puyi before the September 18th Incident. It was just that she and Wanrong were handkerchief sisters. Unable to withstand Wanrong's persuasion, they went to the Northeast together and became the internal affairs office of the Puppet Manchukuo Palace.
General manager.
After the two sisters packed their luggage, Cui Huifu took her sister to say goodbye to Puyi. He knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have received so much kindness from you that I have never dared or forgotten it. Please cherish it as we say goodbye today!"
"You really don't want to think about it anymore?" Puyi tried to persuade him. He was not good at that. It was not that he missed the beauty of the Cui sisters, but that he couldn't bear to let go of Cui Huifu, a good helper. Cui Huifu was equivalent to the general manager of the "Imperial Palace" and took over all the people in Jingyuan.
It's hard to find such sincere and capable people who can manage things in an orderly manner.
Before Cui Huimei opened her mouth, Cui Huifu kowtowed again and said: "I hope your Majesty will be kind to you!"
"Hey," Pu Yi asked the eunuch to bring a stack of banknotes and said, "You can take this money."
Cui Huifu didn't want to have anything to do with the Qing Dynasty anymore. She refused without even looking at the banknote and said: "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty, but I will not receive the salary for no merit. Huifu deserves it."
"That's okay, that's okay." Pu Yi waved his hand half-heartedly. He was driven out of Zhangyuan, as embarrassed as a bereaved dog. He finally managed to recruit several highly skilled guards, but now the "chief manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" has come to resign.
What a headache.
Puyi asked the eunuchs and guards to help the Cui sisters carry their luggage into the car, while he went to the foreign club to have fun. Only playing ball could make him temporarily forget his worries.
Cui Huimei sat in the car, turned to look at Jingyuan, and said, "Sister, what should we do in the future?"
Cui Huifu said: "I will move to Mr. Zhou's house for a while first. When I have a stable job and earn money, plus my existing savings, I can collect money to buy a house in Tianjin. You are still young, and you will eventually get married.
, I have to help you prepare the dowry."
Cui Huimei said: "It's so hard, why not join my cousin?"
Cui Huifu smiled bitterly: "Whether you are cousin or not, they are all counting on you to be the queen. If you and I sisters leave the emperor, they have already been angered. Even if they are willing to take us in, they probably won't have a good face, so why bother to come?
Are you uncomfortable?"
Cui Huimei did not have the calmness of her elder sister, and she was extremely afraid of the future. Before she was 17 years old, she stayed with Puyi to work and had no contact with the outside world.
"It's nice to be a queen," Cui Huimei said in a low voice.
"What's so good about being a queen?" Cui Huifu asked, "You don't know that our emperor's body is so fragile that if you become the queen, you will have to live as a widow."
Cui Huimei blushed and said: "Your Majesty...really can't do it?"
Cui Huifu did not answer and looked ahead silently. In fact, she was also confused about her future life. She thought that at the beginning, she and Lu Bicheng were known as the two talented women of the late Qing Dynasty. Now that Lu Bicheng has become famous all over the world, she has become a prisoner in a cage.
, has long been forgotten by the world.
When the rickshaw stopped in front of Sanletang, Wanrong came out to greet it personally and directed the servants to carry the sisters' luggage inside.
Wanrong happily took Cui Huifu's hand: "Sister Huifu, you are finally here. From now on, we sisters can be company again."
Cui Huimei followed behind, looking at the small foreign-style building all the way. She couldn't help but compare it with Zhang Yuan and Jingyuan. She thought: I heard that Mr. Zhou is a rich man and donates more than 100,000 yuan to study abroad every year, but this house is too big.
It's a bit shabby, not as open and elegant as the Emperor's.
Cui Huifu followed Wanrong to the living room without squinting. The scene she saw made her laugh and raised the corners of her mouth slightly. Mr. Zhou Hexuan, a great scholar, was crawling around and playing with his daughter. He had no image of a celebrity at all.
"Brother Xuan, sister Huifu and sister Huimei are here." Wanrong shouted.
Zhou Hexuan picked up his daughter, patted the dust on his knees and stood up, smiling calmly and saying: "Welcome to you two ladies."
The smile on Zhou Hexuan's face was very natural, and he seemed not embarrassed to be seen crawling on the ground. This was completely opposite to the atmosphere at Puyi's place. One place was strict and the other place was peaceful and casual.
Cui Huifu liked the atmosphere of the Zhou family very much. She had to pay attention to everything she said when she was around Puyi. In the long run, it would make people nervous, lead a very unhappy life, and even affect their physical health.
Perhaps, this is the reason why Wanrong is willing to be Zhou Hexuan's "concubine". Cui Huifu thought so.
"Mr. Zhou, excuse me," Cui Huifu said with a blessing ceremony to Zhou Hexuan, "we sisters will move out when our lives settle down and we find a suitable place to live."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "You don't need to be seen outside, you are Wanrong's sisters, that is, my relatives."
Zhou Hexuan still admires Cui Huifu very much. This woman is not only well-educated and polite, but also has a very good appearance and temperament.
Cui Huifu is about 1.65 meters tall. She is dressed very simply. She does not wear makeup or any jewelry, and her hair is just pulled back casually. She has a good face shape, a standard oval face. She does not look stunning at first glance, but the more she wears it, the more she wears it.
The more interesting she looks, the more attractive she is. Moreover, she has a traditional ladylike temperament about her, which instantly doubles her charm. She can be called a classic beauty.
My younger sister Cui Huimei is much more mediocre. Although she is younger, she is timid and a bit petty. She is just an ordinary woman with good looks.
Zhang Leyi came with a big belly after hearing the news and said with a smile: "I'm inconvenient, I'm sorry."
Cui Huifu was still afraid that the hostess here would be difficult to deal with. Seeing Zhang Leyi's kind attitude, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and saluted: "Hello, Mrs. Zhou, our sisters are disturbing you."
