Emperor Xianfeng, the queen of Qing Wenzong, ascended the throne, which is a matter of course, because he is the eldest son of the queen, and his mother died at the age of ten, and he is favored by Daoguang. However, the change of things often does not depend on people's expectations. How will the emperor's six sons play in the next few years? When he grew up, he was very smart and won the love of Daoguang Emperor, so Daoguang hesitated. One day, the prince came to the study and asked for leave from her husband's office, saying that he was going hunting on his father's orders. Du Shouyi, a 30-year-old Binbin, is a bachelor's assistant who teaches the prince to read, walking in the upper study. He has the deepest feelings with Yiyi and hopes Yiyi can reach the top. On this day, he whispered to Yiyi for a while and told him something. Yiyi got the message and left the study happily. In the paddock, the princes of all walks of life were in high spirits, galloping on horseback and showing their martial arts. Only Yi Yi sat there watching, and the attendants stood with their hands down. The princes asked him, "Today's hunting should be enjoyable. Why does my brother just sit still? " Yi Wei only said that he was not feeling well and it was not convenient to race with horses.

At night, the princes hung their prey on the saddle and happily returned to the palace and life. The unique game came back empty-handed. Daoguang was very unhappy and scolded him, saying, "Everyone else has everything. Why are you empty-handed?" Liu Adi is younger than you, and he is the most ruthless. How would you explain it? Yi Yi was anxious and replied, "Although my archery is not as good as your brother's, how can I miss anything?" "? Just because it is spring, birds and animals are in the process of breeding. On the hunting ground, the mother beast suddenly ran away, and the cubs screamed. I can't bear to hurt their lives, lest heaven commit evil. What's more, I don't want to fight for such a contract all day. Hearing this, Daoguang immediately turned anger into joy and praised: "Good! All right! I don't see that you have such a generous mind and can be a master in the future. I am relieved to have a son like you as an heir! " So I decided to make Yiyi the Crown Prince. Du Shoutian personally granted this coup, which really took effect. In the first month of the 30th year of Daoguang (AD 1850), Yi Kuang, who was only 20 years old, ascended the throne in front of the great emperor Zigong, and the Yuan Dynasty was renamed Xianfeng, which was known as Qing Wenzong in history. He promoted Du Shoutian to co-chair the university, regarded him as a confidant minister, and discussed everything with him. In order to thank the Jing Guifei Bolzigit who raised herself, she was honored as a Cikang Guifei and lived in the palace. Her son Yi Yi was named Prince Gong, Yi Gang was the king of Su County, and Yi Ji was the king of Hui County.

When Yi Kun was a prince, he married Defujin Sakya, the daughter of Shao Qingfutai in Taichang Temple, but died of illness two years after marriage. Literati acceded to the throne, posthumous title, she was the filial piety queen. Also awarded the title of Queen Niu Zhilu. The reigning queen was Dong Taihou, the Empress Ci 'an, and later listened to politics with Cixi. She is the daughter of Muyang 'a, the platform of Youjiang Road in Guangxi. Wenzong waited on her when she was a prince. In the second year of Xianfeng, he became a concubine first, then a lady, and became a queen. She is kind and simple, and Emperor Xianfeng respects her very much, but she is unlucky. Xianfeng, who ascended the throne, was young and lustful and had chosen many beautiful women in the world. A maid-in-waiting named Laner, whose real name is Yena Lashi, was accidentally favored by Emperor Xianfeng, which determined the decline and fall history of modern China in the past hundred years. By chance, Yela became pregnant and gave birth to her only son, which made her sit on the throne of the empress dowager. Because of the kindness and weakness of Empress Ci 'an in Gong Zheng, she mastered the political power of the Qing court for more than 40 years. In the 11th year of Xianfeng (A.D. 186 1), in July, Xianfeng Empire was excessively dissolute and died in Jehol Summer Resort at the age of 31. Zai Chun Ye He Na Rush, the only son of Yi Guifei, was only six years old. He was moved to Long Ting and renamed Tongzhi, known as Mu Zong in history. The biological mothers of Queen Niu Zhilu and Tongzhi Emperor Yi Guifei were honored as empresses, called Empress Ci 'an and Empress Cixi respectively, and later generations also called them Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager Xi.

The empress dowager in the west has always been ambitious. In order to achieve the purpose of listening to politics, she obtained the consent of the Eastern Empress Dowager and joined Prince Gong. Zai Yuan, Duan Hua and Su Shun, eight ministers appointed by Xianfeng at his deathbed, were executed or dismissed. The Queen Mother of the East has no intention of seizing power and is not interested in the DPRK. However, after listening to the alarmism of the Western Pacific, she thought that the eight ministers intended to usurp power and rebellion, so she agreed to the practice of the Western Pacific. Since then, the power of North Korea has actually been in the hands of the Western Empress Dowager and Prince Gong. After the Western Pacific, there was a very popular eunuch named An Dehai, who was very good at pleasing his master. The Western Empress Dowager was fond of going to the theatre, so she built a theater for the Empress Dowager and recruited children from the Pear Garden to perform day and night. And because he actively cut off the eight ministers, he has great power. He was treated like a queen mother in the palace, and even the little emperor was afraid of him. Andrew's power is increasing day by day, and he is tired of the boring life in the palace. He wants to visit the prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. He asked the Western Empress Dowager to allow him to go to Jiangnan to supervise the dragon suit worn by the emperor at his wedding. The Western Empress Dowager said, "I have an ancestral system, and I am not allowed to leave Beijing in prison. You'd better not go. " An Dehai kowtowed several times and said, "How dare I disobey the imperial decree of the Queen Mother? However, the clothes given by Jiangnan Weaving Bureau have always been inappropriate, and now the emperor is getting married, in my opinion. This walk-on should always be particularly delicate and can't be made casually. Besides, the clothes of the Empress Dowager often don't fit me, so I want to supervise some beautiful and useful clothes for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor and reply to the Empress Dowager. "

The Western Empress Dowager always loves to dress up. When Andrew Hai said this, she was very moved, but she hesitated at the thought that the ancestral system was difficult to violate. An Dehai is familiar with the temper of the Western Empress Dowager, and deliberately provokes her with words: "The Empress Dowager is so kind and wise that even a small matter like purchasing a dragon robe should follow the ancestral system. In fact, the Queen Mother is not in charge of world affairs. You can do what you want. If everything is bound by the ancestral system, aren't you free? " After this provocation, the Western Empress Dowager really said, "If you want to go, go. What are you hesitating about? Just keep it a secret If the ministers know, I'm afraid the emperor will kill your head! "

This year is eight years of Tongzhi. On the way from Beijing, An Dehai got on the boat and paraded around, looking around. Wherever he goes, local officials dare to be angry and dare not speak. I always thought I had a pleasant journey and everything went well, but I went to Shandong and met my opponent. Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen is an honest official, not a powerful person. One day, I heard that An Dehai, an imperial envoy, supervised Yi Long to pass by here? Not surprisingly, he asked, "This An Dehai is a eunuch. How dare he go out of Kyoto without permission? Have you forgotten the patriarchal clan system of the empire? " He immediately drafted a draft and sent capable personnel to Beijing to introduce Prince Gong. Where's Gong? During this period, he was dissatisfied with An Dehai's excessive power. I received a letter from Bao Zheng and went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother. It's a pity that the Western Empress Dowager is watching the play, not in the palace, but the Eastern Empress Dowager. After reading Ding Baozhen's memorial, Dong Taihou said to Gong Wang, "Xiao should be the real master, but he belongs to the empress dowager. He should consult with the empress dowager before acting." Hey? As soon as I heard that I had to discuss with the Western Empress Dowager, I was anxious. I knew the Western Empress Dowager wouldn't agree to Buddhism, and An Dehai couldn't be killed. He persuaded the Empress Dowager: "An Dehai violated the ancestral system and left the capital without forgiveness. He should immediately order Ding Baozhen to be arrested and punished on the spot. " The Eastern Empress Dowager is still hesitating, fearing that the most beloved person of the Western Empress Dowager will be killed and will resent her in the future. Hey? Afraid that the little ones won't die, he further encouraged the Queen Mother: "This is a rule set by our ancestors, and I dare say that the Queen Mother can't break it. If our ancestors kept it, we would be safe at sea. If the Western Empress Dowager has a different opinion, I will explain it for you. "

Dong Taihou made up his mind. What time? An imperial edict was written, and the queen mother took out the imperial seal and stamped it. Without announcement, it was immediately handed over to the ambassador in Ding Baozhen and brought back to Shandong. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Even if the Western Empress Dowager knew, it would be too late to save her daughter-in-law, so An Dehai was killed. Some of the entourage were hanged, some were exiled, and some were acquitted. After the Western Empress Dowager knew this, she gnashed her teeth with hate. "Alas, empress dowager cixi left me so firmly. I always thought she was peaceful, but he was so cruel and heartless that I would never die with her! " Resentment has taken root in her heart ever since. The mystery of sudden death turned to the eleventh year of Tongzhi (AD 1872), and the emperor was eighteen. The Empress Dowager of the two palaces personally selected a queen and a concubine for the young emperor and completed the wedding ceremony for him. At the suggestion of the Eastern Empress Dowager, they also ruled the Tongzhi Emperor and asked him to take power.

Emperor Tongzhi's personality is as stubborn as his mother's, and he likes to make his own decisions in everything, not to mention being the son of heaven, which inevitably leads to youthful exuberance. However, after returning to politics, he still felt that he was interfered by the Western Empress Dowager everywhere and was not free. After the Western Empress Dowager let him go, he refused to go, which led to disagreement between mother and son. While Dong Taihou lives in the deep palace, he feels relaxed and doesn't ask about politics. When Emperor Tongzhi greeted her, she was always affable and asked questions. In this way, Emperor Tongzhi often went to the Empress Dowager Dongfang, but his biological mother was cold.

Then, after the western Pacific, there was another layer of jealousy in her heart. In the 13th year of Tongzhi (A.D. 1874), Emperor Zai Chun, who was less than 20 years old, died of illness. In order to regain power, the Western Empress Dowager made Zai Tian, the son of Yi Xuan, the Prince of Alcohol, as the heir, and named him Guangxu. Emperor Guangxu, who grew up gradually, was also afraid of the Western Empress Dowager and liked to be close to the Eastern Empress Dowager, just like the Tongzhi Emperor of that year, which made the Western Empress Dowager particularly unhappy. Then, another thing happened that annoyed and humiliated the Western Empress Dowager, which made this vicious and cruel woman determined to kill the Eastern Empress Dowager. One day in the sixth year of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager of the East and West Palace led the eunuch of the Sixth Palace to Dongling to pay homage to the ancestors of the previous generation. Dongling is located in Changrui Mountain, northwest of Zunhua County, and there are five emperors' tombs. Xiaoling Mausoleum of Shunzhi Emperor, Jingling Mausoleum of Kangxi Emperor, Yuling of Qianlong Emperor, Dingling of Xianfeng Emperor and Hui Ling of Tongzhi Emperor. At the beginning of ancestor worship activities, the Eastern Empress asked the Western Empress to stand back and not stand with herself, because when Emperor Xianfeng was alive, she was the Queen of the Imperial Palace, while the Western Empress was just a concubine. But, after the Western Pacific, is she willing to show weakness? Especially in front of everyone, her self-esteem was greatly humiliated, so she refused to promise, and they quarreled. In the end, the Western Empress Dowager thought she was indefensible, and was afraid of attracting sarcasm and criticism from courtiers, so she had to submit to humiliation and take a step back. When she returned to the palace, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she remembered the murder of Andrew Hay a few years ago. She thinks that the two little emperors Tongzhi and Guangxu have feelings for Empress Dowager Cixi ... She thinks that if she doesn't kill Empress Dowager Cixi, she can't stand it. However, on second thought, I thought of a terrible thing, that is, Xianfeng's secret imperial edict is still in the hands of the Eastern Empress Dowager. She couldn't help shuddering at the thought.

It turned out that Emperor Xianfeng had a thorough understanding of the people in the western regions before his death, fearing that the kind and weak queen would suffer. Before he died, he wrote an imperial edict: "If Nala relies on his son to be emperor, he is bold and arrogant, but he can be dealt with according to the ancestral system!" Give it to the queen and tell her to hide in her body. The Eastern Empress once showed this hand to the Western Empress Dowager to warn her. "Be sure to destroy this imperial edict!" After the Western Pacific, I thought to myself. A wonderful method has matured in her mind. After coming back from Dongling, the queen mother was a little cold and fell ill. Doctor Tai saw a doctor and took several doses of medicine, but he never got better. Later, somehow, I slept for a few days. One day, Empress Dowager Cixi came to visit her with a white cloth wrapped around her arm. When she saw that she was better, she said, "Amitabha, thank the Buddha!" " Dong Taihou was surprised and asked her, "What happened to my arm? Why are you wrapped in cloth? " After the Western Empress smiled and made a pious appearance, she said, "The other day, I was worried when I saw that the Empress Dowager was unwell. Seeing that the queen mother has been in poor health, I cut a piece of meat from my arm and put it in the soup according to the secret recipe at home. Thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva, the Queen Mother recovered. "

Hearing this, Dong Taihou believed it, regardless of any loopholes in this statement. She was moved beyond measure. She thought, what can I do to repay the queen mother for being so kind to herself? I thought about it, so I opened the secret brocade box, found a calligraphy left by Xianfeng from it, and burned it in front of the Western Empress Dowager. Since then, the Western Empress Dowager has become presumptuous, not only verbally colliding with the Eastern Empress Dowager, but also acting arbitrarily and not consulting with the Eastern Empress Dowager. When the Eastern Empress Dowager realized the change of the Western Empress Dowager, it was too late to regret it. A few days later, news suddenly came from the palace that the queen mother was ill and invited a famous doctor to treat her again, but it was useless. After the Western Empress Dowager was ill for several months, everything in the DPRK was done by the Eastern Empress Dowager alone. This morning, the empress dowager summoned Prince Gong? Zuo Shangshu, a college student, and Li Hongzao, a co-organizer, discussed North Korean affairs. After retiring from the DPRK, about the evening, the news of the sudden death of Empress Ci 'an suddenly came from the palace. People inside and outside the palace were shocked and thought it was a wrong news. Perhaps Empress Dowager Cixi died. However, when they entered the palace, they saw that the Western Empress Dowager was sitting on a low chair, and there was no sign of a long illness, while the Eastern Empress Dowager was dying. Only then did I believe that the sudden collapse of the Eastern Empress Dowager was a fact. The ministers were very skeptical, and the university student left to himself: "After the Empress Dowager East left, the business during the day was still the same. Besides, she has never been ill. How could she die suddenly? " ? Moreover, after the death of the concubine, according to the regulations, relatives should be informed to look at the body before burial. This time, however, it is even more suspicious not to follow this example. He wanted to talk, but when he saw that the Western Empress Dowager was moping and everyone else was passive with Nuo Nuo and Nuo Nuo, he stopped talking. In this way, Dong Taihou died inexplicably at the age of 45. This happened in April of the seventh year of Guangxu (AD 188 1). The next year, the empress dowager and Emperor Xianfeng were buried together in Dingling. Later, according to Pu Yi's memory, the palace said that the Empress Dowager had eaten the poisonous cake sent by the Empress Dowager and suddenly collapsed.