After the death of Emperor Xianfeng, Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong launched the "Qi Xiang Change", which quickly took control of state affairs and put the young Tongzhi emperor on the throne of the emperor, while she became the real controller behind the scenes, that is, "listening to politics behind the scenes" as mentioned in the history books. After Empress Dowager Cixi came to power, pent-up personal desires were released like a raging river. As a result, one man after another was taken by her, and a live drama in which women preferred men after Wu Zetian was staged. In fact, Cixi's early private life was very chaotic, so there were many lovers about her, such as Rong Lu, a military affairs minister, a bachelor who sold tofu, and Baxi, an English lover.
Kang Youwei once said in his book: "Empress Dowager Cixi is a heinous evil woman, an ugly old lady who is disgusting and leads a dissolute life. She is a pseudo queen mother, a thoroughly depraved imperial concubine. She is in good health and has a strong sexual desire. Her chief eunuch is actually not a eunuch at all, but one of countless sexual partners in her life and her accomplice! " Although the romantic history of Cixi is widely circulated, it has not been confirmed! Later, the autobiography "Empress Dowager Cixi and I" written by his 29-year-old British lover Bacchus was exposed, which further confirmed the debauchery of Empress Dowager Cixi! In the book, Bass claims that she became the lover of the 67-year-old Empress Dowager Cixi at the age of 29. "No other woman makes me feel real lust like her." The doddering Cixi can still have such a high sexual desire to satisfy her lover's sexual desire. Is it because she took an aphrodisiac or contracted yin?
It is said that Cixi summoned the imperial doctors many times and ordered them to find effective remedies to delay aging and secret recipes to reduce yin. Later, after more than two months' research with other imperial doctors, Shen Xue-Yi finally found a natural formula for reducing yin, namely, Fructus Cnidii, cuttlefish bone, ootheca mantidis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, aloe and other traditional Chinese medicine ingredients. It is washed and dried. Empress Dowager Cixi drops a few drops of vaginal contractions on time every morning, noon and evening, which really makes vaginal tightening start the second spring of her life, thus opening the dissolute private life of Empress Dowager Cixi! Later, this rare secret recipe of shrinking Yin was written into medical history books, and it has been passed down to this day, and it has been used by China Natural Shrinking Yin Ancient Prescription Research Technology Research Center to this day.
As the most famous Empress Dowager Cixi in China's history, Cixi not only pays attention to shrinking Yin, but also wins the hearts of the people with her beauty and health preserving skills. 1904 Carl, an American female painter who painted a portrait of Cixi in the palace, once said in The Portrait of Cixi that Cixi, who was in her 70s, "guessed her age, but at most she was 40 years old". De Ling, a female official around Cixi, is also recorded in Yu Xiang Lu. When Cixi reached her old age, her skin was still as white and smooth as a girl's. In fact, although Cixi loves beauty, her skin is not good and her face is prone to acne. Her "acquired beauty" also benefits from diligent maintenance. According to historical records, Cixi likes to use milk for maintenance. Milk is rich in amino acids, retinol, riboflavin and water-soluble collagen. She has been drinking milk every day for decades, or using pearls and egg whites externally, so that her skin, which is nearly seventy years old, still has a good appearance.
How beautiful is Cixi?
A once glorious dynasty, in her hands, went to the final decline; The two little emperors she played with existed in name only. How can Cixi, who loves power, sway the streets in a world ruled by men and control the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century? Professor Sui, the speaker, washed away the layers of oil on Cixi's face. She tells not only a "political figure", but also the story of Cixi as a wife, mother and woman. How beautiful is Cixi? In her own triumphant description, it is "imperial secretary regards me as a beauty", and her appearance is enviable. Now we can still see some portraits of Cixi in her later years. Even from today's aesthetic point of view, Cixi can still be called dignified.
Two women had close contact with Cixi in her later years: one was De Ling, who became the first waitress of Empress Dowager Cixi because she knew a foreign language. She commented on Cixi's appearance like this: "When Empress Dowager Cixi was in her prime, she was indeed a charming and radiant girl, and was often praised by the palace people; Even though Yi has been eliminated by years, she still retains some charming looks after her old age! " The other is American female painter Carl. 1August, 904, the Qing court painted the Empress Dowager Cixi. She spent nine months with Empress Dowager Cixi, and recorded her personal experience in Lecture Room this year. She wrote in the book, "I regard Empress Dowager Cixi in front of me as a very beautiful and kind woman. I estimate that her age is at most 40 years old, and her beautiful temperament makes people feel happy when they see it. "
"Empress Dowager Cixi's body parts are extremely commensurate. Her beautiful face, soft hands, slim figure and shiny black hair are harmoniously combined and complement each other. A captivating smile and vivid posture naturally make people happy. However, the beautiful women in the harem are all excellent, and they are all carefully selected beautiful women. Empathy is common when the emperor is in it. For Cixi, there must be irreplaceable potential to maintain and consolidate the special favor of the emperor. Among them, Cixi had unparalleled ability among the concubines in the harem: she could read and write Chinese, which was extremely valuable among Manchu women at that time. Therefore, Cixi is a "bilingual" model in which concubines in the palace can master Manchu and read and write Chinese.
I appointed Bandu as a guard.
Empress Dowager Cixi's strict requirements did not make him fully understand his mother's good intentions. Instead, he formed a strong rebellious attitude towards his mother and sought adventure and excitement outside the palace. During this period, there were two people who had a great influence on the Tongzhi emperor. I am the eldest son of Prince Gong. After the death of Prince Hui, who was in charge of the emperor's study, Yi Xiang and Yi Xun both ended their study life with the emperor. Later, Cixi appointed the eldest son of Prince Hui to study with the emperor. Cixi only saw Zaihu's intelligent and cheerful personality, but what she didn't know was that Zaihu was bohemian and agile all his life. The "Bandu" carefully selected by Cixi eventually became the "guardian" of the Tongzhi emperor. The other is Wang Qingqi in imperial academy. Wang Qingqi, a Shuntian, was the son of a noble family who grew up in the capital. Wang Qingqi is a "Mei Fengyi" person, who works hard and is good at flattery. Emphasized Chu's study, and the emperor liked it very much, giving him five titles and two titles. Yuqing Palace walks and dotes on his peers, which is unparalleled. "Wang Qingqi's knowledge should be good, because it is enough to show that he can be an academician in the place where Hongdetang studied in 3354.
He is beautiful and elegant, and is good at flattery. For inexperienced Tongzhi emperors, there are many temptations. Under his guidance, Emperor Tongzhi actually slept with Wang Qingqi and maintained an extremely ambiguous relationship.
Dedicate the pox god to Yangxin Hall.
When Cixi learned that Emperor Tongzhi was ill and the symptoms were fever and rash, Cixi was very worried. After a night's observation, the next day, Emperor Tongzhi began to have obvious rash symptoms: "rash exposure, mixed with epidemic pox" and "particle exposure". From this, the physician judged that Emperor Tongzhi was infected with smallpox. Cixi did not dare to neglect, and ordered the physician to make a full diagnosis and treatment and follow the rules handed down by her ancestors, for fear of negligence and mistakes, which was not good for her son's smallpox survival. First of all, supply the acne god. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered that the smallpox queen, who had been worshiped since Emperor Tongzhi fell ill, be invited to hall of mental cultivation. There are red carpets and couplets everywhere in the palace to create a happy atmosphere. I hope the smallpox queen will take it back soon. Three days later, a grand ceremony was held outside the door to welcome the goddess of acne in Daqing. The dragon boat tied with paper, gold, silver, jade and silk was set on fire, which made the Qite girl ascend to heaven in the soaring flame, hoping to take away the chicken pox and tide over the disaster safely.
Secondly, pray for ancestors and gods. Cixi Ci 'an and Ci 'an performed in Jingshan Shouhuang Hall to worship their ancestors. This temple has been designated as a "palace" dedicated hall since the Qianlong period, praying for the blessing of ancestors and the safety of sons. Since then, the Tongzhi emperor has been suffering from acne, and began to receive pulp and scab, which seems to be developing in the direction expected by Cixi. However, after June 20th of 10, Emperor Tongzhi's condition suddenly deteriorated, and he began to develop toxic sores, and his waist festered like a hole, with persistent pus, pain, swollen cheeks and bad breath. "Wet toxic waist, abscess fester. After acne, the residual poison is wet. " After that, although the acne scab fell off, and the waist was perforated, the left and right hips were perforated
On December 5th, 13th year of Tongzhi, Emperor Tongzhi died in Dongnuange, hall of mental cultivation. Cixi's mother lost her son. In the feudal society of China, according to the status and position of Cixi, it should be slightly inferior, which will also be reflected in the provisions of the mausoleum, thus reflecting the grade difference. However, in view of the special status of Cixi, the mausoleum originally designed is no less than Ci 'an in terms of regulation and quality, and she should have been very satisfied. But Cixi was not satisfied. Her inflated arrogance and uncontrollable greed made her unwilling to compare with Ci 'an. Since the choice of burial place must be subordinate to Ci 'an, it is necessary to surpass Ci 'an in the construction and decoration of the mausoleum to show her uniqueness.
Ciling's reconstruction project lasted for thirteen years until her death. The rebuilt Long 'en Hall and Dongxi Hall, with their expensive building materials, exquisite workmanship and luxurious decoration, ranked first in the Qing Dynasty Empress Mausoleum. Even compared with the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty, some imperial tombs are not as good as hers. The luxury of her funerary objects is also jaw-dropping and breathtaking. Cixi's funerary objects are divided into two parts: the treasure placed in the golden well in the tomb before his death and the treasure buried with him.
According to the description of Cixi in the archives of the Qing Palace, Cixi put six batches of treasures into the Aiqi Bullet Museum in Jinjing. How much treasure did they bury with them? His confidant eunuch Li personally attended the burial ceremony of Cixi's coffin. According to the records written by him and his nephew in the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Empress Dowager, the coffin of Cixi's body was covered with three layers of gold wire beaded cotton pads and pearls, with a total thickness of feet. The first part of the head is a emerald lotus leaf; Pink tourmaline lotus with feet. Wearing a crown bead, the largest pearl in the crown is as big as an egg and is worth 20 million taels of silver. There are twenty-seven Buddha statues carved with gold, precious stones, jade and emeralds.
On both sides are jade watermelons, melons and cabbages, and there are more than 200 peaches, plums, apricots and dates made of precious stones. Put a Yu Lian on the left and a jade coral tree on the right. In addition, there are eight jade horses and eighteen jade arhats, totaling more than 700 pieces. After burial, four liters of pearls and two thousand
As a woman, Cixi is both lucky and unfortunate. Fortunately, she got a position that was hard for women to get at that time. Cixi is not from a noble family, but from a hairpin and a bell. She is only the daughter of an intermediate standard bearer. If it weren't for the coincidence of 17 draft, the Forbidden City built a political platform against Gan Kun for her. How will her fate be different from that of thousands of ordinary girls in Qian Qian, Qian Qian?
Cixi rose step by step, from nobility to concubines, and fortunately gave birth to the only prince of Xianfeng Emperor. As a result, she was promoted to princess and imperial concubine until the empress dowager, and took this opportunity to "listen to politics" for 47 years. Cixi was unlucky again. Her misfortune is that as a wife and mother, she lost her husband when she was young and her son when she was middle-aged. Although she has supreme power, so many princes and ministers prostrate themselves at their feet and worship, but she can not get the love of men and women that an ordinary woman can get, nor can she get the happiness that a normal mother has with her children around her knees. It is hard for us to imagine how she spent long days and nights alone in the forbidden palace surrounded by high palace walls.