The backyard of the palace is basically composed of four parts: the emperor, the concubine, the eunuch, and the palace girl, of which the eunuch has more say in the servant class, especially sometimes the emperor favors the eunuch, which may lead to the eunuch monopoly and become one of the top figures in the imperial court and the harem. Although there was no eunuch dictatorship in the Qing Dynasty, there were also well-known eunuchs, such as Li Lianying.
Li Lianying, born in Suncheon province in 1848, left his parents to enter the court at the age of a few years, and at first he was not valued by Cixi, but seized the opportunity after the murder of the original favored eunuch An Dehai, and became another confidant of Cixi with his wisdom.
In 1874, Li Lianying became the grand eunuch of the Chuxiu Palace, when he entered the palace for only 17 years, and according to the organization system, only those who had been in the palace for 30 years could hold this position, which showed the degree of li Lianying's attention. As he became more and more familiar with the administrative affairs of chuxiu Palace, Li Lianying could be described as long-sleeved and skilled in dancing inside and outside the palace, and Cixi also began to take sole power at this time, and he naturally became one of the top figures in the palace, gaining the admiration and flattery of a large number of people.
However, Li Lianying did not become arrogant and arrogant in the growing fame, and he still lived cautiously in the palace. In 1886, he once toured the Beiyang Navy with Prince Alcohol, and during those days he bowed his head every day, took a dry cigarette bag for Prince Alcohol, and lovingly handed him cigarettes, and did not meet others after returning to his residence, leaving a handle for people.
However, as she grew older, Cixi gradually became tired, and after arranging for the next emperor, she sailed west in 1908. As a eunuch with whom she had a deep affection, Li Lianying left the palace where she had lived for 52 years after she finished her funeral and guarded her soul.
After leaving the palace, Li Lianying's life trajectory is not well known, and people have speculated about it, but it has never been able to determine, but his tomb has become a very curious existence for everyone.
During an archaeological expedition, experts accidentally discovered Li Lianying's tomb in Beijing, and because the tomb had already been excavated, the experts began protective mining after obtaining approval.
When Li Lianying died, the Qing Dynasty had not yet perished, and it was reasonable for him to build a mausoleum that complied with the regulations, but the size of his real tomb reached more than 20 acres, completely exceeding the specifications he should enjoy. In addition, the construction of his tomb was obviously also careful, the triad itself was difficult to excavate, and there was even an iron sheet placed inside, which solved this problem, and the experts even found that there was a layer of granite on it.
After using a variety of methods, the experts began to excavate from both sides, and none of them expected to encounter a real problem at this time. Li Lianying's tomb actually had several organs, after the experts investigated, they found that the organs were set up very exquisitely, after several thoughts and discussions, the experts found the trick, they took out a wire, the switch inside cleverly untied.
After entering the tomb, the experts found a large amount of gold and silver jewelry inside, and what shocked them even more was that Li Lianying in the red coffin was actually in a different place, and where his body was still unknown, some people speculated that Li Lianying had offended too many people before his death, and only then did he end up like this, and some people suspected that his identity as a eunuch led to such a result.