The Guangxu Emperor was only thirty-eight years old when he died, although he was not too young, but the time of his death and the time of Empress Dowager Cixi's death were only less than twenty hours, and the Guangxu Emperor died in front of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Moreover, everyone knows that there is a great contradiction between Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor, and Empress Dowager Cixi has always been vicious when fighting for power, and Eun Mei refuses to let people. The special research group of "Cause of Death of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty" found that the arsenic content in the hair of the remains of emperor Guangxu exceeded the standard, more than 10,000 times more than that of ordinary people, more than 200 times more than his empress Longyu, arsenic came from arsenic trioxide, and the common name of arsenic trioxide is arsenic. The underwear and outer clothing of the guangxu emperor's body also contained arsenic elements, and the arsenic element of the outer coat was lower than that of the underwear, which seemed to be distributed from the inside to the outside after the corpse decayed. Experts concluded that the Guangxu Emperor died of arsenic poisoning. Who gave the Guangxu Emperor arsenic? According to relevant information, there are three suspected murderers, one is Empress Dowager Cixi, one is Li Lianying, and one is Yuan Shikai.
In the "Chongling Transmission Record", it is said that the Guangxu Emperor went to ask Empress Dowager Cixi for peace, saw that Empress Dowager Cixi was seriously ill, and after returning from an invitation, the Guangxu Emperor had a happy face and wanted to finally keep the clouds open and see the moon, who knew that the eunuch who had many mouths made a small report to Empress Dowager Cixi, and Empress Dowager Cixi heard the anger and said hatefully: "I will not let him die behind me." As a result, before Empress Dowager Cixi died, she poisoned the Guangxu Emperor. The "Chongling Transmission Record" was written by Yun Yuding of the Qing Dynasty, who served as an official of the Guangxu Emperor for nineteen years, which should have a certain credibility. Another theory is that Li Lianying poisoned the Guangxu Emperor. This was said by Empress Dowager Cixi's female official Deling. Deling said that Li Lianying was extremely cunning, and he was afraid that after Empress Dowager Cixi died, the Guangxu Emperor would take power and would liquidate him, so he sent someone to poison the Guangxu Emperor.
Is what Deling says credible? Li Lianying was very sleek, he learned the lesson of An Dehai, did not dare to be arrogant, usually a person has always been careful, and he was very respectful to the Guangxu Emperor. When the Guangxu Emperor fled west with Empress Dowager Cixi, there was no bedding to keep warm at night, and Li Lianying cried and said, "This is the fault of a slave!" Then he hurriedly gave his own bedding to the Guangxu Emperor to use. When the Guangxu Emperor was under house arrest, Li Lianying secretly took good care of the Guangxu Emperor. Even if the Guangxu Emperor was in power, even if he did not like Li Lianying, he would not attack Li Lianying. Deling and An Dehai should have contradictions, one is the palace chief, the other is a female official, there must be a competition for glory and favor, and Deling's mother and daughter were driven out of the palace, it is said that Deling's mother loves to take advantage of small profits and loves to steal things. Deling did not obey the rules of the palace, was ambitious, and ran around. Deling's mother and daughter were expelled from the palace, there must be Li Lianying's "credit", and Deling certainly would not say good things about Li Lianying. The last emperor Puyi said in his autobiography that it was Yuan Shikai who poisoned the Guangxu Emperor.
Yuan Shikai was a traitor in the Reform law, it was he who went to Rong Lu to inform, and Rong Lu entered the palace in the middle of the night to inform Empress Dowager Cixi, which led to the failure of the reform and reform, the six gentlemen of the Restoration Faction were taken away and executed, the Guangxu Emperor was put under house arrest, and Concubine Zhen was beaten into the cold palace. If the Guangxu Emperor came to power, he would definitely take yuan shikai. Yuan Shikai will definitely have only one way to die. Yuan Shikai certainly understood this, and he must have hoped that the Guangxu Emperor would die in front of Empress Dowager Cixi. But did Yuan Shikai have a chance to poison the Guangxu Emperor? I am afraid that I have more than enough and I don't have enough strength. As a foreign minister, it was too difficult to poison the emperor in the deep palace. Puyi deeply hated Yuan Shikai, because it was Yuan Shikai who betrayed the Qing Dynasty, stole the fruits of the Xinhai Revolution, and not only became the president, but also wanted to be emperor. Therefore, Puyi's hatred for Yuan Shikai is too great, so Puyi's words are not too credible. Of course, the most suspicious of poisoning the Guangxu Emperor was Empress Dowager Cixi. Of course, there is another biggest beneficiary of the death of the Guangxu Emperor, that is, the Empress Longyu of the Guangxu Emperor. If Empress Dowager Cixi died and the Guangxu Emperor was still alive, the Guangxu Emperor would definitely depose Longyu as empress. The Guangxu Emperor always disliked Empress Longyu, who was the niece of Empress Dowager Cixi and acted as a secret agent for Empress Dowager Cixi, disagreeing with the Guangxu Emperor. Empress Longyu was also at odds with Zhenfei, and had said many bad things about Zhenfei in front of Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Guangxu Emperor could easily classify Empress Longyu as an accomplice in killing Zhenfei. However, few people suspect that Empress Longyu poisoned the Guangxu Emperor. In general, the one who gains the benefit should be the one who makes the bad.