Speaking of women in Chinese history, in addition to Wu Zetian, then there is another person who cannot be bypassed is Cixi. It can even be said that Cixi's entry into The City of Chinese history was even greater than that of Wu Zetian, and as the actual ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi's various policies or measures directly led to the tragic fate of China in modern history.
We can look at some of the things she did when she was in power, such as taking a car, Yuan Shikai sent an advanced car when he was courting Cixi, but Empress Dowager Cixi's reaction made people laugh off their teeth. She first sighed, "This horse is running so fast, it must have eaten a lot of grass." Yuan Shikai was choked and could not answer the words, so he had to ask Cixi to get on the car in a daze. As a result, Empress Dowager Cixi sat unhappy for a while, and this car was good, but this driver sitting in front of her really damaged the majesty of her empress. No face, no sitting, no sitting.
In 1900, when the Eight-Power Alliance invaded Beijing, Cixi rushed to Xi'an in a carriage, fearing that the foreign troops behind her would catch up and kill her. This escape route is extremely bumpy, and people's psychology and physiology will be greatly tested. What will happen over time? Man's three urgent things. After running for a few hours, Empress Dowager Cixi saw that she was temporarily safe, and quickly ordered to stop, and the empress dowager wanted to be convenient, and she could not hold back.
But in this desolate wilderness, there is no luxurious toilet waiting for Cixi to come, so let's solve it in this wilderness. Cixi then ordered someone to find a place with dense crops, and let the guards gather around and go to the toilet in the middle of the big center. The guards had to go far, and the only people who surrounded Cixi in the inner circle were those who were gege and palace women, and there were not enough people! It can only be done. Empress Dowager Cixi had a hard time finishing, and suddenly found a serious problem: we were running away, not cooking, and no one had any paper with them. What to do? Cixi is also shy, the palace ladies are also shy, and they can't just put on their pants, so what face is there to speak of? So the palace ladies picked some wild hemp leaves for Empress Dowager Cixi to wipe, and Cixi really used it, which should be the most embarrassing moment in Cixi's life.
Empress Dowager Cixi loves to be clean, which is well known, in the palace every bath to use more than a hundred towels, in addition, she is extremely sensitive to the smell, in order to keep the chuxiu palace perennial fruit aroma, she consumes a staggering amount of various types of fruits a year! In people's daily life, of course, the toilet is the most likely to emit a stinky smell, but even if you are a prince and a general, you can't be without metabolism! Therefore, Empress Dowager Cixi, who lived in extreme luxury, was not generally particular about going to the toilet.
It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi has a special term for going to the toilet, called "ChuanguanFang", the so-called "official room" is the toilet, cixi's royal toilet, is made of high-grade sandalwood utensils, the bottom is covered with a thick layer of fried dates, the aroma of scorched dates is fragrant, and naturally any smell can be covered up. In the palace, Cixi went to the toilet, and there were many people waiting, which was definitely a huge ceremony, but when she went out at this time, she was no longer exquisite, and the conditions were not allowed.