Eight-Nation Alliance called, and Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Zhenfei to jump into a well and commit suicide. On the surface, the reason is that it is inconvenient to take her, for fear of being insulted, just send her away clean! Of course, this is just a rhetoric. So many maids and eunuchs have been taken away, can't you take away an emperor's favorite concubine? Is this not a joke?
I guess Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to kill her long ago, but she never had the right opportunity. Why? There are four main reasons:
First of all, Guangxu loved Zhen Fei too much and neglected Cixi's niece Yulong. Princess Zhen was only thirteen when she was elected to the palace. She is naive, lively and considerate, and is good at calligraphy and chess. The depressed Guangxu naturally fell in love with her.
But he does have a queen, and the queen is the niece of the Queen Mother Lafayette. If you don't care about the queen, isn't that hitting Cixi in the face? Moreover, in order to continue the prosperity of the family, Cixi let her niece enter the palace. A queen without a pet is too light, and a demon who hooks up with the emperor becomes a thorn in the side.
Secondly, Zhen Fei advocated western learning and was open-minded, which was in harmony with Guangxu, who hoped to be in line with international standards, and conflicted with Empress Dowager Cixi, who was closed to the outside world. Zhen Fei grew up in Guangzhou with her uncle. Guangzhou is the earliest port city, which has the most contact with the western world and is more open than the mainland. She is very influenced, advocating western ideas and being open-minded. In the palace, Guangxu suffered from a weak country and wanted to learn from western countries. They hit it off.
However, Empress Dowager Cixi's policy is to close the country. No matter how much the outside world develops, I just want to close the door and live my own life. Guangxu thought is deeply painful, not to mention that Zhenfei is just a concubine?
Probably when she wanted to come, her nephew had some bad signs, and everyone could only persuade him. How could it lead him to a worse road? This is the same as many modern parents' thoughts: their children are already very good, and they are all led by bad people!
Princess Zhen is a bad person in Cixi's heart.
The third is to support and help Guangxu reform and political reform. Zhen Fei is not only close to Guangxu in thought, but also sincerely supports Guangxu. She helped him get in touch with many talents of reform and change, such as her teacher Wen.
As a result, the reform failed after only 103 days, so it is called "Hundred Days Reform" in history. After that, Cixi did not even let Guangxu go. How could she let Zhen Fei go?
The fourth is to play politics and sell officials and titles. Zhen Fei is not Bai Lianhua. She has done both good and bad things, such as playing politics and selling officials through Guangxu's love.
This, of course, violated the taboo of Cixi. It is enough to have a powerful woman in the palace. Where can there be a second one?
Because of the above reasons, Cixi hated Zhen Fei, not only stripped her naked several times, but also grabbed a slightly plausible excuse to kill her!
As for Guangxu, he couldn't protect himself, and he really couldn't save Zhen Fei, so he had to let her leave a scenic spot for future generations: Zhen Fei Well.
If life can be chosen, I believe that Zhen Fei only wants to be an ordinary woman who is unknown and stable until she is old, rather than dying at the age of 24 after experiencing storms.