As we all know, Empress Dowager Cixi was a female empress dowager who monopolized power in the Qing Dynasty. She is very vicious and puts her own interests at the center, and does not hesitate to get rid of other people who are harmful to her own interests. She is such a queen mother, she has many secrets in her heart. Among them, the Nine Secrets are the most famous. Then let’s introduce them one by one.
First, the fact that Guangxu married Concubine Jin as his concubine was also one of Cixi's nine secrets. Because Cixi wanted Guangxu to marry Longyu as his queen. At that time, Li Lianying was bribed, so she promoted the benefits of Concubine Zhen and wanted Guangxu to make Concubine Zhen his queen. So he went to court every day to ask Guangxu to make Concubine Zhen his queen. But in order to resist Empress Dowager Cixi, Guangxu married Concubine Jin as his concubine. So this is the real reason for the famous historical saying of "one concubine for two concubines".
Second, Concubine Zhen was not actually killed by the Empress Dowager Cixi, but committed suicide. However, there have been too many misunderstandings about Empress Dowager Cixi in history, so Concubine Zhen’s death was attributed to the Empress Dowager Cixi. This is also one of the nine secrets of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Third, Cixi was very unclear in her speech in her later years. Because the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to hide this secret, she set up her own WeChat account to prevent them from feeling that she was too old to take over the reins of power. So he ordered the secret to be concealed.
Fourth, Cixi had a nickname called Myolie. Because Cixi's family was very poor when she was a child, her parents married him with a nickname to make her easier to support. Because the name was too popular, Cixi wanted to establish her prestige and ordered the name to be covered up.
Fifth, there is another secret that I want to hide, and the other is Xianfeng’s suicide. Because he is a superstitious person, he believes that he cannot take medicine and can only drink deer blood to treat his condition. So he died because of too much deer blood supplement.
Sixth, Cixi once took a bed with her when she fled, but later threw it to a passerby because it took up too much space. 7. Because Cixi’s younger brother’s calligraphy was poor, Cixi asked him to practice calligraphy hard. But because his calligraphy was too bad, he was reprimanded by Cixi. 8. When Cixi saw the photo, she thought it was ominous. Because of the black and white photos at that time, Cixi's face looked black, so Cixi thought he was sick and was very scared. 9. Li Lianying's corruption was actually under the connivance of Cixi. This also shows that Cixi connived at Li Lianlu's bribery of other ministers.
To sum up, these are Cixi’s 9 secrets.