As the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi was a power lover. Cixi's nephew, named Empress Longyu, married Guangxu.
After Cixi's death, the secret chamber connected to the bedroom was opened, and even her niece felt embarrassed! Empress Dowager Longyu had a rough life, and was originally the daughter of Cixi's brother Yehenara Guixiang, only because Cixi had forced her to marry Guangxu as a political tool, but after marriage Guangxu paid little attention to Longyu, and Cixi's behavior of hurting others was simply ruining the happiness of her niece Longyu's life.
Empress Longyu's full name was Yehenara Jing, and Empress Dowager Cixi's full name was Yehenara Xingzhen, both of whom were members of the Yehenara clan, Empress Longyu was empress dowager Cixi's niece, and her father was empress dowager Cixi's younger brother. Since the two are aunts and relatives who are close by blood, the relationship between the two should be very close. But as can be seen from historical sources, the two men didn't actually have much intimacy. It should be said that in addition to blood relations, the personal relationship between two people can be regarded as nothing.
Usually, when we watch TV, we will see that the emperor and the empress dowager will have their own secret room, in fact, Cixi also has a secret room, and only he and Li Lianying can enter this secret room. What exactly is hidden in this chamber of secrets? After Cixi's death, the secret chamber connected to the bedroom was opened, and even her niece felt embarrassed!
For most of the time, Empress Dowager Cixi lived only in chuxiu palace. This is because Cixi was favored by the Xianfeng Emperor at Chuxiu Palace and was born to the Tongzhi Emperor at Chuxiu Palace, and this emperor had the most political capital. When it comes to Empress Dowager Cixi, I have to mention her residence, Chuxiu Palace, and Cixi's mysterious bedroom in Chuxiu Palace, after all, Cixi lives here most of the time.
The main hall of chuxiu palace is composed of "three lights and two darks", and there are three bright rooms in the center of the main hall, two bright rooms between the main halls, and one dark room on each side - Cixi's bedroom is in the westernmost dark room.
After Cixi's death, Empress Dowager Longyu asked someone to open the chamber of secrets, which was very hidden, and the entrance had to pass through a very narrow secret passage, which had a unique place, that is, the walls of the secret passage were painted with very exquisite murals. This secret passage is also a huge institution, which needs to be opened with institutions. A Cixi secret room called the "Exposed Room" is a very feminine room. Before the establishment of the open room, this room was called the Wuying Hall. Li Zicheng was once captured in Beijing and belonged to Li Zicheng's office area. However, the difference was that after Cixi's reign, she immediately changed the Wuying Hall to a separate open room.
It is said that during Cixi's reign, that is, when she was widowed, there was a saying called "a woman is pleasing to herself". Cixi was very careful to maintain her appearance. This is a problem compared to state affairs. How to maintain a young appearance is a problem that she pays more attention to.
Moreover, the doctor said that in order to stay young for a long time, she also needed to develop special potions, so she set up a special open room and let the special eunuch palace women develop beauty and beauty potions for her. Although she was widowed in her early years, Cixi constantly tried to find ways and constantly find ways to defend her family and country, which became a major hobby of Cixi.
This chamber of secrets is also a huge treasure trove, each chamber has paintings of celebrities, and the value of the inside is also eye-opening, I did not expect Cixi to be able to collect wealth like this, but also made her niece Empress Longyu feel embarrassed. In order to increase the number of naval ships, Cixi's former ministers asked Cixi to send more ships to the navy, but Cixi said that the treasury was empty and blatantly reluctant to send more ships or buy foreign guns.
Moreover, she also lived a luxurious life, and every time Cixi ate, she had to serve a hundred plates. What did a hundred dishes look like? The average person is expected to be equipped with a "food" telescope. Judging from the time when Sun Dianying stole the funerary goods of Cixi's tomb 20 years later, the history books clearly recorded that Cixi's treasures can be described as rich countries and strong soldiers.
This secret chamber could only be opened after Cixi's death, and what made people feel even more tense was that at the time of the invasion of the powerful enemy and the crisis of the country, such a large treasure was still hidden, and it was no wonder that the Qing Dynasty was destroyed.