have changed my mind and I won't commit suicide any longer. You don't need to sell.. for me." Wanrong, who had mixed feelings for Wenxiu, having her badly rebuked and scolded for spitting in the courtyard near her, seeing it as a secret insult, wrote a diary entry reflecting the crisis that Wenxiu was going through, noting that Wenxiu had stabbed herself with a pair of scissors. The Empress attempted to improve the situation by suggesting to Puyi that they have dinner together, with Puyi replying (in English): You mustn't, if you call her here, I won't eat. Puyi normally went out with Wanrong often leaving Wenxiu at home. Further deepening the breakdown in relations, on one occasion Wenxiu scolded a eunuch who had ignored her. Puyi, who was nearby, misinterpreted this as an attack on him and put out an edict, knowing she was potentially suicidal, ordering Wenxiu to die. Divorce Wenxiu was more dissatisfied with her life than Wanrong, and ultimately, status was less important to her. Wenxiu had secretly planned a divorce with help from her sister, and used an outing with her sister, with permission granted by Puyi, as an opportunity to escape from the Jing Garden. Wenxiu and her sister drove to a hotel where lawyers were waiting. She filed for and was granted a divorce in 1931, just months before Puyi and Wanrong moved to Manchukuo. According to Puyi, Wenxiu demonstrated great courage and willpower during the proceedings, as her wish was greatly disapproved of. Puyi claimed that a relative of Wenxiu wrote in distaste of the decision. Following the divorce, Puyi, urged by former Qing officials, stripped Wenxiu of her imperial titles. According to Puyi, she worked as a school teacher for some years after the divorce. Puyi later blamed Wanrong, who disliked that Puyi had another wife, for the divorce. Later life and death Wenxiu married Major Liu Zhendong in 1947 at the well-known Dongxing Pavilion (东兴楼) in Beiping (present day Beijing). Liu later ran a car rental business, which soon went into bankruptcy. Later, their landlord fled following the surrender of Beiping in 1948 (which was renamed "Beijing" in 1949 at the end the Chinese Civil War). After the war, Liu confessed to the government regarding their historical issue and found a job in a cleaning services company. They lived in poverty in a house. Wenxiu died with only her husband