Cixi entered the palace at the age of seventeen, married Emperor Xianfeng, and later gave birth to a son, Zai Chun. When Cixi was 26 years old, Xianfeng died, leaving two widows, Cixi and Ci 'an. After that, Cixi lived for more than forty years. As the actual ruler of the Qing Dynasty, how did she spend her time every day?
Ways to kill time when Cixi fell out of favor.
When Xianfeng was alive, Cixi had fallen out of favor, but as a woman of Xianfeng, she had no right to complain. Most of the time, she devoted herself to painting and calligraphy. Cixi is a famous talented woman in Qing Dynasty, and her painting and calligraphy skills are extremely high. Cixi likes drawing orchids best and eating flowers, especially white chrysanthemums and lotus flowers. Her favorite calligraphy is cursive script. Because of the abundant time, Cixi planted chrysanthemums and orchids in the harem and began to study.
Cixi's methods of killing time after Xianfeng's death
As the saying goes, there is a lot of snow in front of the widow's door, so at the best of times, it is absolutely impossible without a man. Ordinary people who are widowed are nothing more than remarriage, stealing men and solving their own problems.
But Cixi can't. She is the emperor's woman. It is impossible to remarry, and stealing a man is even more ridiculous. After all, Cixi gradually began to have power in her hands, and she didn't have to steal anyone at all, but she couldn't be fair and square to favor the minister. So on the one hand, she found a pleasing lover, on the other hand, she solved it herself at night when no one was around. Some people say that Cixi has so much power, why not find some Toy Boy? This question is actually very easy to answer. During the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang's mother was widowed because she was young. Later, she found a man named Ai from Toy Boy. This old ai is too powerful. She not only had the support of the first emperor's mother in everything, but also gave birth to two children with the first emperor's mother, claiming that she would wait until they grew up to replace the first emperor. The state of Qin is in chaos. Fortunately, Ying Zheng cut the gordian knot and solved it together. The killing should be over. Toy Boy, an unstable factor, was definitely not chosen by Cixi.
However, there are rumors among the people that Cixi's lovers are Prince Gong, minister Rong Lu, eunuch An Dehai and Li. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Cixi began to be widowed at the age of 26. Even if she is young and lonely, it is excusable to do something.
Cixi's method of killing time in her later years-eating, drinking and having fun
Cixi likes eating very much. Usually there are more than 100 dishes in a meal, and the utensils for holding food are also very particular. Before eating, Cixi wants to eat fruits and tea. When eating, make sure there are ten kinds of meat, such as chicken, duck and fish, and all kinds of boiled, steamed and fried meat, and put out various patterns, such as "dragon and phoenix, flowers, happiness, longevity, longevity and happiness"
Cixi loves flowers very much, and has repeatedly ordered chrysanthemums to be planted all over the capital. 1894, Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday. When she was burning incense in Manjuji, she saw that the loess was bare and ordered to plant all kinds of chrysanthemums. Later, this place was called Jiuhua Mountain. Cixi's eyesight was dim in her later years and she had a soft spot for chrysanthemums. She ordered eunuchs to plant tens of thousands of kinds in the Summer Palace, and assigned special personnel to take care of them. Whenever she is free, she enjoys them among the flowers.
When Cixi went to Fengtian by train, there was a carriage dedicated to pulling her clothes. There are about 2000 clothes and fifty or sixty pairs of shoes. Even for daily travel, in addition to the traditional imperial palace, phoenix chariots and royal boats, modern new means of transportation have been added, including oriental cars, trains and automobiles.
According to the last eunuch general manager, Cixi spent 42,000 taels of silver in the palace, which means that the cost of the Qing Palace is enough for a super cruiser for half a year, enough for two months to buy a super capital ship, and enough for a year to equip six or seven naval fleets around the world.
Although Cixi was widowed at the age of 26, her life was never boring.