1911, sun Zhongshan starts revolution of laborious the last of the twelve Earthly Branches, second year Feburary, pu Yi releases imperial edict to announce give up the throne, from now on in ended feudal and regnant period, pu Yi although give up the throne, but he is allowed as before, but he arrives as a child big, a lot of things produced in palace.
Although Pu Yi remains the same, but he is not an emperor after all, and the eunuch before, lady-in-waiting still is in, add Pu Yi at that time is a dot only, so nobody respects him, serious larcenous conduct appeared in palace then.
Be in with Pu Yi " my before half a lifetime " in description: "Situation of my innocent time how, I do not know, but from hear Gong Li produces pilfer case, fire alarm constantly after I am sensible, and do violence incident. Bet as to smoke, need not say more... "
Because there had not been an emperor at that time, also do not have royal, and continuity of several acting emperors was accumulated in palace, these treasure some are reaved by the Eight Power Allied Force, but great majority still stays in palace, a lot of lady-in-waiting, eunuch is the illicit of oneself, steal pilfer to go out to sell off.
Pu Yi writes in the autobiography: "Until I marry, pilfer already grew this kind of rate: Strong travel crossed wedding, ' empress ' the original all jewellery on phoenix coronet, was changed counterfeit... "
To this kind of circumstance, pu Yi is 956 years old at that time, basic already sensible, and look in him, all things in palace are him, the thing that faces oneself is gone by others pilfer, broading appearance heart is very pained also.
"How many money and valuables do I have after all? I can see, I am taken, cannot I see how many to have again? How do those whole libraries rectify the jewellery of the courtyard to do? How much be had by what the person goes secretly? Group person goes check the amount, lean not reliable... "
Pu Yi gives orders later thorough is checked, think interrogate and examine oneself have how many money after all, he sent his teacher Zhuang Shidui to handle this issue, gave big trouble actually unexpectedly, check the amount of original Zhuang Shidui just began, conflagration rose inside the palace that build good fortune.
"On June 27 in night of this day, produced fire alarm suddenly, check the amount and not of check the amount burn a with nothing left completely... " this conflagration still draws countless people fire fighting, "Chinese, foreigner, the person in Forbidden City, suburban person, person bearer is gone to, boiling, busy into posse. Besides fire fighting, these people return loot a burning house... "
Who puts this conflagration after all, pu Yi also is checked do not come out, pu Yi is jumpier and jumpier later, think of oneself to once passed to punish of the eunuch of the kilometer, lady-in-waiting, in case these eunuch still kill him dead how to do, pu Yi sleeps every night later, the head of a bed should put self-defence of a bludgeon.
After Pu Yi marriage, he dare not sleep with beautiful look of the same branch of a family, be afraid of eunuch namely people can assassinate oneself secretly, and him the head of a bed puts a staff, sleep together with beautiful look no-go also, pu Yi is 16 years old at that time, he feels this goes down is not method.
Pu Yi thought up a subtle move later, the father that he asks himself is done advocate, evict the eunuch in palace, lady-in-waiting entirely, this action makes come out, phenomenon of the theft in palace if really decreased, medicine of it may be said is divided to disease.