Aisin-Gioro Zaitian, Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, was born in the Alcohol Palace on Taiping Lake in Xuanwu Gate in Beijing on August 187 14. His father Yi Xuan is the seventh son of Daoguang Emperor, and his mother is Cixi's sister. This special family background made him appointed emperor after Tongzhi's death.

1900 The Boxer Rebellion led to Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of Peking. Cixi fled to xi 'an with Emperor Guangxu, and returned to Beijing the following year after signing the "Xin Chou Treaty". Guangxu is still under house arrest by Cixi.

Emperor Guangxu died only one day before Cixi, and the cause of death has no historical conclusion. One said it was poisoned by Cixi, and the other said it was a natural death. The examination of Guangxu's hair in 2008 confirmed that Emperor Guangxu died of acute arsenic poisoning, but who was the murderer remains to be verified. The handwriting of Emperor Guangxu

After the death of Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi became emperor with her nephew, Puyi, the son of the second generation alcohol prince Zai Feng.

Emperor Guangxu did not have the courage to break through the shackles of feudal ethics, and his mood was sad. His life was a tragic fate of humiliation and sadness. When Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, Cixi had to flee to xi 'an with Emperor Guangxu in her arms. After the Boxer Rebellion, anti-Qing armed uprisings broke out one after another, and the trend of democratic revolution spread widely throughout the country, and the Qing Dynasty was on the verge of collapse.