The reason why Cixi stripped off her clothes in front of Emperor Guangxu and his attendants to humiliate Zhen Fei; Even killed Zhen Fei; In fact, Zhen Fei died step by step, and even touched the bottom line of political power of this "Lafayette" crazily.
It is said that Cixi and Zhenfei are incompatible. In fact, they didn't dislike each other at first. On the contrary, Zhen Fei was once loved and appreciated by this "Lafayette".
Zhen Fei is beautiful, intelligent and eloquent; How much does Cixi love her? She likes painting. Empress Dowager Cixi personally selected the outstanding painters in the palace and asked her to paint. Whatever is rare in the palace, there must be a precious princess. Even the nieces of Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Yulong may not get them.
However, the personalities of Zhen Fei and Cixi are quite different. Over time, contradictions accumulate bit by bit, and quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Finally, the volcano erupted.
Opening the contradiction between generosity and feudal pedantry First of all, Zhenfei and Sister Jin grew up in Guangzhou with their uncle, and the two sisters were deeply loved by their uncle. Uncle Changshan never disliked that their sisters were girls. From an early age, she asked her husband to teach them to read and write, which increased a lot of cultural knowledge. Compared with other girls who grew up in boudoir, they naturally stand out from the crowd.
At the same time, Guangzhou, as the earliest port city with five ports for trade, and the local people also pioneered the advanced western concepts, which is naturally more developed than many inland cities. As a military commander, uncle inevitably has to deal with foreigners, other dignitaries and literati, and is influenced by his family. Formed Zhen Fei's maverick thought and character.
Empress Dowager Cixi was born in Ye La, the most prominent family in the Qing Dynasty, and Huang Taiji's mother also came from this surname. As a prominent royal family, she received some old-fashioned education such as "female morality" from an early age. Just like Shen Meizhuang in "Empresses in the Palace", when she met the Empress Dowager, she didn't even dare to say that she had read enough poetry books, only that she would understand some rules of "virtue" such as "female virtue", what's more.
Such people naturally cannot accept the concept of transcending "female virtue" and "imperial power".
And Pearl Krabs scoffed at such "antiques".
For example, when the camera was introduced to China, people at that time could not stand the light when the camera took pictures, and they mistakenly thought it was a "soul-sucking thing". As a stubborn person, Cixi hated it even more and ordered it to be banned in the palace. However, Princess Zhen regarded it as a rarity and insisted on touching Cixi's "tiger ass" despite her ban. It is said that Zhen Fei not only took photos with the people in the palace, but also opened a photo studio, which made Cixi very moved.
Zhen Fei's maverick also includes "women disguised as men" and scenes in Guangxu period. Pass on the emperor's robes and so on, but these are irrelevant.
However, what really caused Cixi's dissatisfaction was-
Selling officials and titles, bullying the city, disrespecting the queen mother, relying on Guangxu's favor, relying on Guangxu's hand, regardless of Cixi's face, making my brother and teacher high officials without authorization; And Zhen Fei saw that "Lafayette" also made excuses to sell officials and titles; Also follow the trend; But it was finally revealed. In addition, Guangxu snubbed the Jade Dragon Queen, which violated the vital interests of Cixi. She thought it would be arrogant if she didn't punish this young aunt and let her ride on her head all the time!
As a result, Cixi not only failed to live up to their sisters' status, but was also punished by "undressing and beating with a stick" on128. For the princess, this is equivalent to losing her innocence, which is even worse than killing her.
The real key for Cixi to touch her heart is that the princess intervenes in politics and touches the royal high-voltage line.
The "Reform Movement of 1898" was the most favorable counterattack of Emperor Guangxu against the die-hards. The purpose of this reform is to completely update the court and eradicate the die-hards; For the die-hards such as Cixi, this is tantamount to pulling out the tiger's teeth, and Zhen Fei, as the concubine of the harem, is the biggest taboo. What's more, this political reform failed, and even Emperor Guangxu was imprisoned by the crazy Cixi, not to mention that the "accomplice" really flew.
Seeing that the concubine was determined to fight against herself, Cixi made up her mind to kill her. So when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Cixi did not forget to throw her arch-enemy Zhenfei into the well when she fled hastily.