Although at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the people did not talk about life, the national treasury was empty, but Empress Dowager Cixi's life was still pampered, dressed in fine clothes, she disregarded the life to enjoy the glory and wealth, when the people could not even eat, she still ate more than a hundred dishes a meal, so how to deal with the remaining dishes? In fact, it was not completely wasted, but it made the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rich.
During the Qing Dynasty, the social hierarchy was strict, especially in the imperial palace, and the meals that the masters ate, the eunuchs and palace ladies absolutely could not touch, otherwise it was a great rebellion, so if Cixi could not eat these meals, the palace people could not eat them, so they thought of a way, that is, to sell all the leftover meals eaten by Cixi to restaurants and restaurants outside the palace at a high price.
According to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, when the emperor and concubines eat, each dish can not exceed three bites, otherwise this dish will not be on the table in the near future, so most of the more than a hundred dishes that Cixi eats are intact, and several dishes cannot be eaten, if there is a special favorite, Cixi will give this dish to the harem concubines or princes and ministers, and the rest will be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The eunuchs sold cixi's leftover meals, the price was very high, because these meals were made by the imperial kitchen of the Forbidden City, and Cixi also tasted, so the restaurants outside the palace were rushing to buy, many diners heard that the palace meals would be bought at a high price to taste, so both the eunuchs and the restaurant owner would make a lot of money, and Cixi should never think of how many people would rely on her to get rich.