The "Food Materia Medica" records: "In the whole world, good drinkers have no distinction between nobles and lowly, men and women, and are used to honor wine, not less, and never tire of life." It can be seen from this sentence that the magic of tobacco is huge, smokers do not distinguish between high and low, men and women, young and old, everything will be in the mouth of a cigarette, almost can not stop for a moment, will not get tired for a lifetime.
In the Qing Dynasty, the phenomenon of women's smoking was already very common, and the "Heartless Sayings" recorded: "The customs of Sioux City, every time women are comfortable, the house of the gentry is especially ... Makeup to noon, such as out of the boudoir, smoking grass several tubes. "Generally speaking, cigarettes can only be smoked by rich women, and in their eyes, this is both a kind of fun and a way to kill time. Therefore, Guo Buluo Wanrong, who is deeply immersed in Western culture, will rely on smoking to alleviate the unhappiness in his heart after being depressed.
Guo Buluo Wanrong, born in Manchuria, her father was an enlightened man who believed that women should be educated in the same way as men. As a result, Wanrong learned piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and song from a young age, even compared with men, she was not inferior at all. In 1922, Wanrong stood out among many noblewomen and was elected as Puyi's wife, becoming the last empress of the Qing Dynasty. However, having said that, the Qing Dynasty at that time had long since perished, Puyi's name as emperor was not worthy of the name, coupled with his "widow has a disease", the life of the two after marriage was always full of regrets.
In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing Coup", and Puyi's family was expelled from Beijing and moved to Tianjin. There, Wanrong seemed to have changed into a person, she changed her traditional outfit, not only changed into a cheongsam and high heels, but also permed her hair, looking like a "modern woman". The more and more "dazzling" grace gradually occupied Puyi's heart, and the literary embroidery he had previously looked at also unconsciously fell behind. However, Wen Xiu was not willing to show weakness, and she resolutely launched the "Daofei Revolution" and cut off Puyi with one sword
After Wen Xiu left, Puyi vented all his anger on Wanrong, who believed that Wanrong was the culprit who caused everything, so Wanrong was disliked by Puyi and was invisibly beaten into the "cold palace". Life without interest is boring, even if you dress up beautifully, if there is no beloved person, it is just a lonely self-congratulation. Over time, Wanrong became less fond of going out, she lay in bed all day smoking opium, for her, only the feeling of fluttering fairy, can make her forget the pain of reality.
As a "hipster", Wanrong is no stranger to opium, she knows that smoking too much is addictive, and it will cause harm to the spirit and body. But she didn't care anymore, as long as she could be happy, everything was worth it. Later, Wanrong became addicted to smoking again, no matter where she went, she could see a cigarette in her mouth, and every time a smoke ring was spit out, Wanrong would be much more relaxed.
However, tobacco is a big expense, although Puyi does not love Wanrong, he still cares more about money. So he took the time to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and looked through the records. Unexpectedly, Wanrong smoked more than 30,000 cigarettes a year, equivalent to more than 80 cigarettes a day, which cost a lot. Therefore, Puyi moved a small hand and foot, he specifically found some low-quality cigarettes for Wanrong, so that at least half of the money could be reduced.
However, as an old smoking gun, will WanRong not feel the change in tobacco? She knew that Puyi had played tricks, but she didn't say anything, after all, there was no feeling between the two people, wasn't it?