Preface // IV
CHAPTER ONE
My Childhood // 001
CHAPTER TWO
Seeing Puyi for the First Time // 011
CHAPTER THREE
My Courtship with the Last Emperor of China // 018
CHAPTER FOUR
The Setting of Our Love // 027
CHAPTER FIVE
The Last Emperor’s Grand Nuptials // 040
CHAPTER SIX
The First Week of Our Honeymoon // 054
CHAPTER SEVEN
Hopes of Having Children Vanish into Thin Air // 063
CHAPTER EIGHT
Teaching Puyi Domestic Chores and How to Live a Normal Life // 071CHAPTER NINE
Hangovers from the Previous Lifestyle of the Royal Family // 082
CHAPTER TEN
Mortals and Secularity // 088
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Puyi – a Great Fan of Peking Opera // 093
CHAPTER TWELVE
Accompanying my Husband back to the Place where he Ascended the
Throne as Emperor // 102
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Visiting Historical and Cultural Sites Together with Puyi // 110
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Our Sincere Love // 122
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Refusing of the Feudal Protocols // 135
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Reunion with the former servants // 145
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Puyi’s Contacts with People from all Circles of Society // 154
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Receiving Foreign Guests with Puyi // 167CHAPTER NINETEEN
The Publishing of the “Earth Shattering” Book // 173
CHAPTER TWENTY
The Tour to Southeast China // 186
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
The Tour to Northwest China // 202
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
Being Attacked by Cancer // 213
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
“Tricky” Situation that Happened in Puyi’s Ward // 219
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
Friendship with Our Neighbour // 224
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
Performing the Rights of a Citizen // 230
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
“Hurricane” Blew Suddenly // 234
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
The Puyi Who Dared to Speak Out the Truth // 244
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
Our Venture in “Red August” // 259
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
Bitter Taste of Revenge // 269CHAPTER THIRTY
Being in Bondage to an Incurable Disease // 277
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
Puyi’s Last Summer // 283
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
I Watched Puyi Passing Away // 290
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
Puyi’s Memorial Ceremony was held Thirteen Years Later // 300
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
Publishing of My Memoir and the “Puyi Craze” // 311
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
The Publishing of The Second Half of Puyi’s Life // 319
CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
Apologies from Edward Behr // 325
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
Drawing a Satisfactory Conclusion to the History // 333
Epilogue // 350