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When an emperor makes you a promise of a lifetime and a couple, will you be tempted? Viet Nam's Nam Phuong Empress Nguyen Huu Lan was once moved by this promise, regardless of the precedent of the emperor's capital in history, three palaces and six courts, and always firmly believed that the husband she married would love only herself, and the husband and wife would live a life of love.
However, the truth slapped Ruan Youlan hard, her husband did not keep his promise, not only that, but he also abandoned his wife and ran away alone when he was in exile, what did Ruan Youlan do in the face of such a husband? Will she continue to endure the humiliation of this marriage?
Nguyen Huu Lan, born in 1914, can be said to have lived a rich life of eating and drinking since childhood, after all, Nguyen Huu Lan's mother is the daughter of Viet Nam billionaire Le Thanh, as the granddaughter of a billionaire, the family's economic conditions are naturally not bad, but much better than their peers.
In 1926, when Nguyen Huu Lan was only 12 years old, he was sent by his family to study at a Catholic school near Paris, France, from Viet Nam to Paris, which can be said to have traveled thousands of miles to study.
As a Viet Nam, who grew up and studied in France, Nguyen Huu Lan has a very contradictory temperament, both the classical elegance of an Easterner, and the romance and freedom of a Westerner, this temperament, coupled with an extremely superior appearance, makes Nguyen Huu Lan easily become the focus of the crowd.
And this attraction also applies to Emperor Bao Da, who is already emperor, according to China Economic Network, after finishing his studies in Paris, France, Nguyen Huu Lan returned to Viet Nam out of longing for his mother and father.
Due to the relatively good family conditions, it is inevitable to participate in various gatherings, and since Ruan Youlan is young, beautiful, and easy to speak, people are naturally willing to invite her.
Therefore, at a dance party held in the summer resort of Da Lat, Nguyen Huu Lan and Emperor Bao Da were present at the same time, the time and place were favorable, and Emperor Bao Da fell in love with this young and beautiful woman almost at first sight.
You know, although Emperor Bao is also an emperor, but more like a puppet emperor, to say that he has too much real power, it is impossible, Viet Nam was a colony of France at that time, France wanted to be in charge of Viet Nam, and wanted to be justified, so supporting a puppet emperor is obviously the best thing.
In order to make this emperor easier to control, when Emperor Bao Dai was nine years old, he was already arranged to study in France, where Emperor Bao Dai enjoyed the honor of being the emperor of Viet Nam, but there was no freedom at all, and Emperor Bao Da's every move was under the close surveillance of the France.
Therefore, Emperor Baoda's yearning and desire for freedom have long been deeply rooted in his bone marrow, and when he met young Nguyen Huu Lan at the party, he was attracted by the breath of freedom in him, and falling in love was an instant thing.
Moreover, both of them have studied in France, even if one is passive and the other is active, but there are more or less common topics, and the two people are getting closer and closer.
As a country with extremely strong religious beliefs, Viet Nam's interactions are often influenced by the religious beliefs of both sides, and the religious beliefs are different, and there are very few people who get close.
Nguyen Huu Lan's faith is Catholic, which is a rather severe test for Emperor Bao Da, after all, compared to Catholicism, Viet Nam has more people who believe in Buddhism, and the number varies greatly as if Catholicism is a heresy.
What's more, if Nguyen Youlan and Emperor Bao Da marry, this marriage also involves the royal family, so many people should be quite reactive to this marriage, and Emperor Bao Da, who has always been closely monitored by the France, feels a sense of freedom against the world in the face of opposition from the people around him, so he and Ruan Youlan are getting closer and closer.
The two who had been educated in the West in France also made a promise when they were in love, and Emperor Bao Dai promised that he would adhere to monogamy, which is extremely rare in the history of Viet Nam, and Nguyen Huu Lan was moved and happily and excited to marry Emperor Bao Da.
At the wedding ceremony of the two in 1934, Emperor Bao once announced to the world, "We believe that her behavior and example are fully worthy of the title of the first woman in the empire", this she refers to Ruan Youlan, in the heart of Emperor Bao, Ruan Youlan is so charming, elegant and charming, no one can match it.
This affection is also reflected in the title of Nguyen Huu Lan, you know, in Viet Nam, as long as the emperor is still on the throne, then no matter how favored a woman is, she can only be a concubine, and the title will be added after the emperor's death.
Although I don't know why this reason came from, Emperor Bao didn't want his beloved woman to not get the title, so when he got married, he directly made Ruan Youlan the queen, and you can imagine how much opposition this kind of unprecedented thing has received in the court.
The reason why the queen is not an empress is because after eleven years, Emperor Bao Dai changed his title to become the emperor of Viet Nam, and at that time Nguyen Huu Lan deserved to change from queen to empress.
Nguyen Huu Lan is honored as Empress Nam Phuong, which is also derived from Emperor Bao Da's careful thinking, because Nguyen Huu Lan was born in a family in southern Viet Nam, Empress Nam Phuong, which directly shows that Nguyen Huu Lan is the most beautiful flower in southern Viet Nam in Emperor Bao Da's heart.
Perhaps God was also touched by the love story of the two, and there were no children after the two got married, because it didn't take long for Ruan Youlan to become pregnant with the first child of herself and Emperor Baoda, this child was still a son, and the celebration ceremony at that time could be said to be extremely warm.
After the birth of the first child, since Emperor Bao did not have other concubines, it was obviously not enough to have only one child as an heir, according to Jiaodong Online records, Ruan Youlan later gave birth to a son and three daughters for Emperor Bao.
In 1939, Nguyen Huu Lan also visited Europe, this time no longer as an unknown student, but as the queen of Viet Nam, which caused an unknown sensation in Europe at that time, and the golden hat and embroidered dragon pattern, Nguyen Huu Lan was brilliant in Europe.
With two sons, three daughters, and a pair of loving parents, this family must be extremely happy from the perspective of outsiders. But is that really the case? I'm afraid only Ruan Youlan, who lives in it, knows.
Due to the number of children is too large, coupled with the young age of the children, in order to take care of the children, Ruan Youlan has to spend a lot of time and energy on the children.
As a result, the time that can be spent on herself and her husband is greatly reduced, and the relationship between the husband and wife is not as good as before, besides, the impact of having children on women is quite huge, not to mention that five children were born in a short period of time, and Ruan Youlan's figure is inevitably out of shape.
After getting married, every day is opposite, and the wife's appearance is no longer delicate and beautiful when they first met, but there is a woman's fatigue, and the heart of Emperor Bao is not as firm as it was at the beginning.
At this time, Emperor Baoda's mother jumped out again, she was quite dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law who had different beliefs and did not match her identity and status with her children from the time she got married, but at that time, the couple was in love, even if the mother objected, the child could not do anything.
But now that Emperor Baoda's attitude has softened, Emperor Baoda's mother immediately arranged a new concubine for Emperor Baoda, this concubine is the niece of Emperor Baoda's mother, and the relationship between the two is quite close.
As the saying goes, with the first time, there is a second time, after having this concubine, the promise of two people to be a couple for a lifetime is broken, and other concubines have entered the palace one after another.
Ruan Youlan finally discovered her husband's true face, but she already has a child, do you have to put up with this man for the sake of the child?
At the beginning, Ruan Youlan really thought so, but when Emperor Baoda went into exile again and again, and ran away alone while in exile, Ruan Youlan completely understood that men were unreliable.
Therefore, in 1955, when Emperor Bao Da began to go into exile again, Nguyen Huu Lan resolutely separated from him, took his children, and went to live in a small village in France, Western thinking is quite enlightened, divorce is also a common thing, even with children do not have to endure the excessive and strange eyes of people around them.
Moreover, Ruan Youlan's family mentioned before is quite wealthy, and it can be said that it is easy to bear the living expenses of the divorced Ruan Youlan and his children, and in this way, Ruan Youlan settled in France with her children.
At this time, Ruan Youlan was only 41 years old, perhaps because she gave birth too much when she was young and hurt her body, even if she lived in a small village in France, Ruan Youlan's body was not as good as day by day, even though she was more happy than the life in the palace at that time, but her body was weakening day by day.
Until 1963, Nguyen Huu Lan died of a heart attack, because far away in France, the scale of the funeral was not large, at the funeral, the children may have expected, will their father come to visit their mother? After all, my mother has died, and this will be the last time.
But until the end of the funeral, Emperor Bao did not appear at Ruan Youlan's funeral, this former loving couple, their story came to a complete end.
I don't know if Ruan Youlan regretted the decision to marry Emperor Bao when she died?
Resources:
Jiaodong Online - The legendary life of Nam Phuong, the last queen of Viet Nam: she shocked the world when she was alive, but no one knew about it when she died2019-04-22
China Economic Net Comprehensive - Photos: The Legend of the World's Five Most Beautiful Queens2008-6-01