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The Old Summer Palace was destroyed by a fire of British and French forces. The corrupt Qing Dynasty was afraid of the arrogance of the foreign powers and signed a series of unequal treaties of humiliation under the artillery and bayonet of the British and French allied forces. Emperor Xianfeng crouched in the Rehe palace, indulged in wine and sex, and lingered with Princess Li all day long, ignoring the government. Concubine Yi, who was left out in the cold, saw all this in her eyes, and was extremely jealous. Together with other concubines, she instigated in front of the empress. The empress knew very well and reprimanded her harshly. She secretly warned her to be cautious in her words and deeds. She knew her interest and began to be cautious. On the day of celebrating the emperor's birthday, Emperor Xianfeng, who had been in a debauchery for a long time, suddenly fell into an emergency and was bedridden. A few days later, she died in the summer resort. When Xianfeng was dying, SUSHUN urged him to follow the story of Mrs. Gou Yi in history and kill his concubine Yi to avoid future chaos, but Xianfeng did not adopt it. He summoned the prince, Tuogu, SUSHUN and other eight ministers to help the young master. The imperial edict was given to the empress before. If she had a powerful son in the future, she ordered her courtiers to get rid of it. At the same time, he summoned her and gave her the seal of "tongdaotang", telling her to work with the empress to protect the Qing Dynasty. In order to pray for emperor Xianfeng, Princess Li came to the Buddhist pavilion to pray for the gods. Unexpectedly, she was caught by several bodyguards and her whereabouts were unknown. Taking advantage of the opportunity of holding a great national funeral, Princess Yi secretly colluded with Prince Yi who stayed in Beijing and prepared to get rid of SUSHUN by the British and French powers. Princess Yi and Prince Yi instructed the censor Dong Yuanchun to present a plea for the Empress Dowager to hang the curtain and the prince to govern. But SUSHUN and other people tit for tat, both sides refused to give up, and the dispute between the palace became more and more intense. On the way back to Beijing, both sides stepped up their actions. SUSHUN secretly sent assassins to try to kill Cixi. Prince Gong led his army to meet him and captured eight "ministers who were in charge of their orders". On October 9, the six-year-old Tongzhi emperor ascended the throne. SUSHUN was beheaded at the entrance of Beijing's Caishikou, and the other seven ministers were either killed or imprisoned. From then on, the power of SUSHUN's party members was exhausted. Thus, in the fierce court struggle, the Cixi party won a decisive victory, and began the stage of the curtain hanging over the Cixi and Ci'an palaces to discuss the politics of Prince Gong. This is not the end of the story. On the night of the grand ceremony, Cixi secretly went to visit Princess Li who was quietly returned to the Forbidden City. It turned out that she was the one who had her captured from the Buddhist temple that night. At the beginning, Princess Li, who was charming and good at singing and dancing, was beaten into the cold palace, chopped off her limbs and stuffed into the wine jar. She couldn't bear to see it. After seeing her, Cixi humiliated her in every way, but was humiliated by Princess Li Boasting of the dark damage, Cixi grinned with anger, and asked her not to survive or die, claiming that her whereabouts were unknown. Since then, Cixi began her 48 year rule over China.
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Chinese PinYin : chuí lián tīng zhèng
said of an empress
history is full of such instances. shǐ bù jué shū
Back to the mountains and back to the sea. huí shān zhuǎn hǎi
absolute concentration on studies. mù bù kuī yuán
stroll about and start dancing. pó suō qǐ wǔ
Late Chu Dynasty and early Qin Dynasty. mù chǔ cháo qín