The Last Emperor Page #5

And the Princess Fung Ying.

Who is this?

Princess Wen Hsiu,

twelve years old.

She has got a funny face.

Notjust one wife. One empress

and one secondary consort.

Two wives?

But who do you choose to be

the Empress?

They chose her!

She's very old, Johnston!

She's seventeen!

That's not so old, Your Majesty.

What does she look like?

Old fashion!

I want a modern wife, Johnston,

who speaks English and French!

And who can dance the

quickstep!

Johnston!!

Sir!

I'm going to escape, Johnston.

I've got a suitcase,

and a ticket to England.

I'm going to Oxford University.

Your Majesty, if you get married

you will become the master

of your own house.

A wedding might be a more

practical way to escape.

Why did you never get married,

Johnston?

The secondary consort

welcomes the Empress greets

the secondary consort.

You are doing everything very well.

Thank you.

I rehearsed many times.

What is His Majesty thinking?

I was thinking, if I was the real emperor,

I would become the ruler of China now.

And what would the Emperor do,

if he could really rule?

I would change everything.

Even the way we get married.

Is the Emperor against arranged

marriages?

It is humiliating not to choose

whom you marry!

Even I was not allowed

to choose.

In another year or two.

His Majesty will be

taller than me.

Is it true the Emperor has a suitcase

under his bed and is going to Oxford?

Will the Emperor take Wan Jung

with him?

Perhaps he would like to

see my face before he decides.

Yes, the Emperor would like to

see the face of the Empress.

It is the Emperor who must

remove the kait'ou.

I also had a tutor like Mr, Johnston.

Miss Windsor. She's American.

Miss Windsor taught me how to

do the dance of the quickstep.

Does the Emperor know hoe to

do the quickstep?

Will you teach me?

Leave us! Leave us!

If Your Majesty thinks it is old

fashioned to make the rain and

the wind with a stranger,

we can be like a modern couple,

to begin with.

A modern couple?

Good night.

Good night.

You must come to Oxford

with me.

I like him!

I'm sure I'm going to like him!

And he will grow up!

Eyes down!

Report your arrival!

Prisoner nine-eight-one

reporting.

Louder!!

Prisoner nine-eight-one

reporting.

Open the door!

Close the door!

Sit down!

Name?!

Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.

Write it!

Now read that aloud!

We call them

toothpaste and water tap.

The toothpaste prisoner needs to be

squeezed every now and then or else

he forgets, to keep confessing.

The water tap man needs one good

hard twist before he starts.

But them everything comes out.

Now, you're an intelligent person.

I'm sure you understand me.

Good.

Then we will begin.

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