History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
Cixi was the last ruler of the Qing Dynasty, so being her niece should be a particularly glorious thing. In fact, on the contrary, for her niece, this was a title she did not want to have, her name was Yehenara Jingfen, and later generations called her Empress Longyu.
Why? Because Empress Longyu, who was Cixi's niece, had no personal freedom, she had everything so that Cixi could grasp the power of the court, and she married the Guangxu Emperor at the age of 21, which was not the love she wanted to have, and she could only become a pawn of Cixi and be at the mercy of Cixi.
On the eve of the marriage between Empress Longyu and the Guangxu Emperor, it seems that the heavens did not agree to this marriage. In the month before the wedding, the Taihe Temple, which had always strictly forbidden fireworks, actually caught fire, and the fire suddenly rose. Under the rescue of the people, the fire was extinguished, but the Taihe Gate of the Taihe Hall was scorched. At that time, the place of marriage between Empress Longyu and Guangxu was in the Taihe Hall, and now that there is a matter of this file, it seems to outsiders that this marriage is going to be postponed.
But Cixi had a brilliant idea at that time, he let the carpenters in the palace rush to work day and night, and before the big wedding, they built a color shed on the Taihe Gate, and suddenly a bright and beautiful Taihe Gate was displayed in front of the world, and the wedding was held as scheduled. In fact, the Guangxu Emperor also did not agree to this wedding, but Cixi was afraid that the Guangxu Emperor's ascension to the throne would threaten his position, so when choosing a concubine for Guangxu, all the processes were controlled by Cixi.
However, this Empress Longyu had failed Cixi's painstaking heart. First of all, Empress Longyu's temperament belonged to that kind of weak type, and when she arrived at the Guangxu Emperor, she did not dare to speak loudly at all, let alone to spy on the Guangxu Emperor. Secondly, this Longyu Empress was not the type that Guangxu liked, and the Guangxu Emperor liked women like Zhenfei, who had a lively personality and had their own opinions. Therefore, this Longyu Empress was sandwiched between the Guangxu Emperor and Cixi.
At that time, Empress Longyu was tantamount to being a widow, so Empress Longyu usually needed to have her own pastime, so what was Empress Longyu's pastime? It turned out that Empress Longyu liked to eat melon seeds, and to the point where she could not sleep without eating before going to bed at night.
This Longyu Empress was also pitiful, and she did not receive the favor of the Guangxu Emperor until the death of the Guangxu Emperor, so she always maintained a complete body. Later, Cixi also died, Xuantong succeeded to the throne, at this time Xuantong was only a few years old, did not have the ability to govern the country, Empress Longyu and the regent assisted Emperor Xuantong.
The most decisive thing Empress Longyu had done in her life was probably to abdicate and announce the demise of the Qing Dynasty. Because of Empress Longyu's decision, the north and south at that time avoided a big battle, and it was also because Empress Longyu's decision was unanimously praised at home and abroad. After the death of Empress Longyu, all of China mourned the lowering of the flag to half-mast for Empress Longyu. The international community is also a voice of praise for Empress Longyu, and there is a high evaluation of Queen Longyu.
Before Empress Longyu died, she said that she had no regrets about her life, and perhaps what she said was that she had no regrets and ended the rule of the Qing Dynasty with her own hands. What do you think?