Empress Dowager Cixi, the uncrowned empress in China's modern history, imagines that in those years, there were more than a thousand showgirls who entered the palace, and she was the only one who stood out. Cixi listened to the government three times, decided the crown prince twice, decided arbitrarily, and transported the great Qing dynasty in the palm of his hand, which greatly influenced the trend of China's modern history. However, Cixi failed again, and although she reused Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and other important ministers and actively launched the foreign affairs movement, the great wheel of history has long been unstoppable.
After the Wushu Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion arose from the north, and after Empress Dowager Cixi sent troops to suppress them several times without success, the imperial powers unanimously demanded that the Qing court suppress the Boxers. Therefore, the great powers mobilized troops into Beijing, gathered the Eight-Power Alliance, and brazenly marched into Beijing. In the early morning of August 15, 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City, and after hearing the news, Cixi fled to Xi'an with the Guangxu Emperor, the Empress and others to avoid the war.
On the way to escape, Cixi Yigan and other people consumed a huge amount, and the royal nobles who had been pampered for a long time had smoothed out the edges and corners in the bumps along the way, and they finally fled to Xi'an and temporarily settled down with the idea of "staying in the green mountains and not worrying about firewood". When Cixi arrived in Xi'an, she was again guilty of extravagance and lavishness, and she ordered the local Yamen to set up a supply bureau, which was responsible for providing her with three meals a day and responding to her needs.
Sun Duoqi was a small county commander in Shaanxi, and in order to increase the rank of official, he opened his face to befriend Li Lianying, a eunuch by Empress Dowager Cixi's side. However, Li Lianying was still very reliable in her work, and under his tips, Sun Duoqi finally had the opportunity to meet Cixi. Sun Duoqi was a master of, and his set of witty remarks came down, and Empress Dowager Cixi was already smiling. In order to highlight his filial piety, Sun Duoqi said that there was an 80-year-old mother in the family, and did not mention the fact that his father was alive.
After leaving a good impression in Cixi's heart, Sun Duoqi retreated, and just as he was thinking about what action to take next, an unexpected news lifted Sun Duoqi's spirit. It turned out that Empress Dowager Cixi was infected with wind and cold, and it was difficult to swallow anything. Therefore, Sun Duoqi sent a bowl of hot soup to Cixi, and after Cixi drank it, she suddenly felt comfortable. Later, Cixi asked Sun Duoqi where the soup came from, and he said that his 80-year-old mother had made it herself.
Cixi was greatly moved when she heard this, and when she took off a pair of bracelets she was wearing, she asked Sun Duoqi to hand it over to her old mother. Sun Duoqi was surprised, knelt down and quickly returned home to tell his parents about the matter. Who knew that after the father listened, he scolded Sun Duoqi for not filial piety, according to the rules, when introducing the family, he must first introduce the father, if you directly introduce the mother, it means that the father is dead, this is the default rule, but Sun Duoqi in order to promote the official and get rich, actually deceived Cixi. Finally, in order to avoid trouble, the father turned his head and hanged himself.