Cixi's life, from birth to death, until her death at the age of 73, is always shrouded in many hazy and mysterious colors and mysteries, just like her looming figure hiding behind the curtain when listening to politics, full of potential, but it is difficult to see her face clearly. Cixi entered the palace as a 17-year-old female monk and won the favor of Xianfeng. Xianfeng died when she was only 26 years old. She was very clever, knew have it both ways, gradually mastered the supreme sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty, and began a widowed life.

Cixi began to look for a good way to get rid of loneliness very early, and finally she chose painting. Maybe only when she splashed ink can her heart calm down and her melancholy be suppressed in her heart. Needless to say, Cixi's painting level is really not low, and many of them have become her gifts to ministers. If someone has her painting now, it must be priceless. In addition to painting, Cixi also likes watching plays. Some experts joked that much of her knowledge and morality came from watching the play.

Some people say that Cixi later had an affair with An Dehai, and at the age of 47 she was pregnant and aborted. The others were a handsome man given by eunuch Li to Cixi, and later gave birth to a son, who was raised by the prince, the later Emperor Guangxu. But this statement is really unreliable. Cixi can't kill her son cruelly no matter how fatuous she is.

First, it is power. Cixi longed for power and tried her best to take charge of it. Once she came to power, she was intoxicated. Secondly, keeping healthy and dressing up also takes up a lot of her life time. It turned out that her beauty, which was favored by Xianfeng, changed the fate of her life. Cixi pays great attention to maintenance, and also spends time on maintenance after participating in politics.

Finally, Cixi also has a big hobby: painting and calligraphy. She loves painting and calligraphy, and Xianfeng has been learning since she fell out of favor. It is said that when she fell out of favor, she was ready to spend the rest of her life on her hobby of painting and calligraphy. Later, after mastering real power, Cixi still did not give up this hobby. Of course, it is a mystery how many original works can be preserved now.

Cixi was young and widowed for 47 years, which helped her spend a lonely life in the palace. Later generations' evaluation of Empress Dowager Cixi was more derogatory than positive. Although Cixi is a great sinner in the history of China, from a woman's point of view, she is also a poor person who has lost her husband and children!