In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi left many photos, allowing us to see the appearance of Empress Dowager Cixi and the women in the palace. Many people also knew for the first time that empresses and concubines could grow up like this. It is estimated that many people originally thought that the women around the emperor were beautiful, until the appearance of the photo broke our original imagination, it seems that "poverty limits our imagination" The sentence is reasonable.
The left one is Guangxu's concubine, and the right one is Guangxu's empress
In Cixi's photo, we can see that there are many women around Cixi, and one of the women is still quite frequent in the camera, and her appearance is not bad. According to the palace maid's later recollections, it is said that this woman was recognized as the most beautiful in the palace at that time, and she was the "four grids".
The left one is the empress, the middle is Cixi, and the right one is the four grids
Si Ge Ge was the fourth daughter of Yi Li the Prince of Qing. Si Gege had a marriage, she married the son of Yulu, the governor of Zhili at the time, and the couple originally had a good relationship, but they did not leave offspring, which was related to Cixi.
The first one on the left is four squares
Si Ge ge is clever and clever, loved by everyone, flowers see flowers blooming, and the people in the palace like her very much, and Cixi is naturally no exception. Cixi liked the four grids to stay by her side, chat with her to relieve boredom, and basically did not let the four grids go home. Therefore, although the four ge ge are married, they rarely have the opportunity to have sex with their husbands. The husband of the four grids was very depressed and helpless about this. Who would dare to rebel against Cixi's "dragon scales"?
The fourth on the right is four squares
Si Ge's husband died of depression a few years later, really dead. At this moment, Cixi suddenly wanted to take a group of art photos. Cixi personally dressed as Guanyin of the South China Sea, and Li Lianying played the boy of good fortune, and at this time a woman was needed to play the role of a dragon girl. Cixi naturally chose the four-grid dressed dragon girl she liked. But Si Gege had just lost his husband and didn't want to take such a picture. Because she needed to wear heavy makeup to take pictures, she cried a lot.
The left one is four squares, the middle is Cixi, and the right one is Li Lianying
For this matter, the four grids do not have much choice. The people in the Si Ge ge family were afraid of offending Empress Dowager Cixi because of this, and all kinds of persuasions of the Si Ge Ge must cooperate with Cixi Lafayette. So, there is the photo above.
For Cixi, being happy is the most important thing in the world. Whether others have married lives or not, whether they have offspring, it doesn't matter, she hasn't even thought about it. Only when she was hurt and threatened with her pleasure did she know the "joy of knotting with the country".