after the soviet red army invaded manchuria in 1945, they captured pu-yi when they invaded changchun. after the ccp took over china in 1949, the soviets agreed to hand pu-yi over to china. for the next ten years, the former emperor was in a prison camp in liaoning. after the prison guards said that he was reformed, he was freed from prison and was moved back to beijing. he spent the rest of his life there as a common citizen. he worked as a gardener and then an editor. he earned 100 yuan a month. when he returned to the forbidden city (which was made into the imperial palace museum), he had to buy a ticket to enter. he thought that it was ironic that he had to buy a ticket just to visit his own home.