Puyi's first wife Wanrong began to smoke opium during this period, which Puyi encouraged as he found her more "manageable". Their marriage began to fall apart as they spent more and more time apart, meeting only at mealtimes.Puyi wrote in his memoir: "Even If I had had only one wife she would not have found life with me interesting since my preoccupation was my restoration. Frankly, I did not know anything about love. In other marriages husband and wife were equal, but to me wife and consort were both the slaves and tools of their master."