After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

Just as that eunuch once said, he was still the emperor inside the palace, but outside he was no longer the emperor!

[The young emperor Puyi, forced to confront the harsh realities of life, discovered that many things could not go as he wished. For instance, his wet nurse, whom he had always considered his emotional support, was also sent out of the palace.]

Following the May Fourth Movement, the Western influence had swept across all levels of society, and even Puyi had a new teacher named Reginald Johnston, who was British.

They chatted like friends, even placing the emperor's hat and Johnston's hat side by side, matching their heights.

More and more people are beginning to understand what this means.

To truly understand what it means to be the last emperor, one must understand that under the great tide of history, even the emperor's power slips away, and the emperor's position is swept away by the tide of history.

Puyi in the movie actually sensed it.

He still wanted to change things, but how? In the end, he was just another ghost in this desolate palace. The fate and reincarnation of these emperors belonged to him, but the general trend of history belonged to everyone in the outside world who had awakened, those who were willing to stand up and not be enslaved.

Rather, it did not belong to an emperor like him who was in the midst of a transition between the old and the new.

Puyi, yearning for the outside world, could only hear the students' demonstrations and bursts of gunfire. The young emperor lay prone on the ground, using his ears to probe the outside world.

Johnston said, "Because the Republic of China government ceded large tracts of land to Japan, there were student demonstrations outside."

The emperor, of noble birth and trapped here, was also filled with indignation, but there was nothing he could do; he remained trapped.

"Japan?! Wa! How dare you? You little country!" Reading "The Last Emperor" was already enough to ignite his anger. Even if he was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he was still an emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether to be angry or lament that there would really be no emperor in the future. But when he suddenly saw a sentence from Johnston in the book, he immediately became furious.

He listed several places as unsuitable for conquest. One was that the area was remote and barren, and going there rashly would be a waste. But now, this small place, a foreign land, an island, these Japanese? They actually dare to covet the land of China?!

These Tartars are utterly useless; how could they just cede territory like that? What is this if not utter incompetence?

Oh, I forgot that the Qing emperor is still imprisoned.

Zhu Yuanzhang remained expressionless, but what kind of useless people were those outside?

“Biao’er,” he looked to the side, “make a note of this Japanese guy. Our Zhu family holds grudges very well. We can’t spare the time now, but once we do, we’ll teach him a lesson!”

Zhu Biao nodded and noted it down. "Yes, Father. It looks like there are people from other countries in the sky..."

"Write that down too!" Zhu Yuanzhang had his own plans.

Soon, a eunuch brought news of Puyi's mother's death. Puyi desperately wanted to escape the palace, but the gates were firmly closed by the guards. He ultimately became like a caged bird.

He told Johnston he wanted to escape and go to college.

Johnston, however, said, "Perhaps marriage will allow me to take charge of the household."

However, Puyi longed for a modern wife who could dance the quickstep. Looking at the photos in the concubine selection book, he chose Wanrong to become Empress, and Wenxiu to become Consort Shu.

On their wedding night, Wanrong surprised him. She shared his values ​​and had received a Western education. She was willing to slowly develop a relationship with him, like a courtship, which gave Puyi a very different feeling.

After Puyi came of age, he wanted to start by changing himself, so he cut off his queue (traditional Mandarin braid).

The Qing Dynasty people under the sky gasped.

Kangxi closed his eyes tightly. He knew all too well that cutting off his queue was not a release from constraints, but rather the complete demise of the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Yongzheng brought out his own table and dealt with state affairs while looking at the sky. Seeing this, much of what was said was unnecessary.

Emperor Qianlong was also strangely silent. You know, he used to be able to scold whenever he wanted, but now, watching this movie, he was too immersed in it.

Emperor Qianlong, feeling as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, was unable to continue playing music or dancing.

Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di, chuckled and said, “These Tartars’ queues are too ugly. It’s just that the actor’s performance beautified them a bit. Now if we see Tartars, we can laugh at them. Your last emperor cut off his queue. Why don’t you just cut off their heads as soon as possible and solve the problem once and for all?”

After saying this, Zhu Di realized that it was dark now and his sons were not around, so it was rather quiet. Otherwise, he would have given them a good beating.

They get angry when they're in front of me, but I miss them when they're not. Is it really because I'm getting old...?

Puyi wanted to change his ways and thoroughly investigate the eunuchs' corruption, but that night, the storeroom caught fire...

Even though Puyi was still the emperor in the palace, he still had little say in many matters. So he decided to dismiss the eunuchs and live a Western-style life in the palace. But even so, the class consciousness that had been ingrained in him remained.

[Until he was driven out of the palace in disgrace, like a stray dog.]

This was the first time Puyi had left the palace and the first time he had seen the world beyond those vermilion gates.

After leaving the palace, Puyi sought refuge with the Japanese, harboring some hopes of relying on them to restore the country.

He rented a luxurious apartment by selling palace treasures, where he cultivated relationships with people from all walks of life, frequently held parties, and danced joyfully with his wife, Wanrong.

However, Consort Wenxiu proposed a divorce to him, which was a devastating blow to Puyi and Wanrong.

Wenxiu said, "I was once your Consort Shu, Wanrong was your Empress, and now Wanrong is your wife Elizabeth, but I am nothing."

This made Puyi, who had become numb in such a life, realize once again that the shadow of the emperor had never truly left him.

He wasn't an emperor; he was just a clown. But he struggled to maintain a facade of glamour, still yearning for the power he once held above all others. The news brought by Yoshiko Kawashima that the Qing Dynasty imperial tombs had been blown up forced him to agree to Japan's demands.

When the news broke that the Qing Dynasty imperial tombs had been bombed, the comments section was flooded with messages.

[Great news!]

Well done!

[Sending my congratulations!]

[Cool!]

[Empress Dowager Cixi was bombed.]

[It's been blown to bits, haha.]