Here is another fact to be clarified. For a long time, people believed that Concubine Zhen was jealous of Empress Dowager Cixi because she supported Emperor Guangxu's reforms. Later, Empress Dowager C

Here is another fact to be clarified. For a long time, people believed that Concubine Zhen was jealous of Empress Dowager Cixi because she supported Emperor Guangxu's reforms. Later, Empress Dowager Cixi came back to power, so there was claustrophobia, and then the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Beijing. Cixi killed her in a caisson before she could escape. However, the truth of the matter is: Concubine Zhen spent extravagantly to please Guangxu, colluded with the eunuchs in the palace to sell her titles, and accepted bribes from them. For example, a man named Lu Boyang gave Concubine Zhen 40,000 taels of gold, and Concubine Zhen asked Guangxu for an official position in the "Shanghai Daotai". After the governor of Liangjiang found out, he impeached and removed Lu Boyang, triggering many discussions between the government and the public. Concubine Zhen once fought for the official position of "Sichuan Salt Method" for a man named Yu Ming. However, when Guangxu summoned the new official before he let him go, she discovered that the man turned out to be a useless illiterate. These two things are recorded in "Historical Records", so they are certainly not lies. After Cixi learned about it, she ordered Guangxu to handle the matter strictly. First of all, it is taboo for the harem to collude with foreign officials and interfere with the administrative arrangements of employment. Second, selling official positions was originally Cixi’s patent. Of course, she wouldn't allow anyone else to get it. Guangxu deliberately protected Concubine Zhen, which angered Cixi. Guangxu had no choice but to demote Concubine Zhen and Concubine Jin to nobles to settle internal affairs. According to the custom in the palace, any concubine who violates the rules in the palace must be handed over to the queen for strict control, so Cixi locked the concubine in an empty house north of the county gate and west of Baizi Gate. Even Emperor Guangxu could not see it. she. Therefore, starting from October 1894, Concubine Zhen lost her personal freedom and could not participate in the subsequent reforms, let alone die for supporting the reforms.