The first beauty of the late Qing Dynasty
Yu Rong's lonely tears dried up, and the pear blossoms brought rain in spring. The beautiful woman is deplorable, and the lonely fate of the first beauty of the late Qing Dynasty is even more pitiful.
The same is true of the four grids that accompany the king like a companion to the tiger, and the four grids that often accompany Empress Dowager Cixi, which seem to be the infinite love and appreciation of the Empress Dowager, but in fact have insincere grievances.
Beautiful and moving four-grid
What kind of life trajectory does she have, and what kind of life ending does she have? Is it a carefree life, or a puppet-like relative.
Pampered by the Empress
Si Ge ge, the daughter of Yi Xi, the Prince of Qing of the Qing Dynasty, was an out-and-out imperial relative. Fourth in her family, she is known as the Four Grids, and has been lively and intelligent since childhood.
Prince Qing of the Qing Dynasty
Not only that, but she is also a beautiful person who cultivates both inside and outside. In the Qing Dynasty, the four squares of the pavilion can be described as the representative of the beautiful beauty known to women and children, and they are known
"The First Beauty of the Late Qing Dynasty"
The name of the . With a beautiful and dignified flower appearance, she is also an approachable personality, and she does not have the slightest arrogant attitude towards people and things, let alone an unreasonable and arbitrary master.
Whether it was the eunuch maids in the palace or a group of court officials, they all praised her. Living up to expectations, she became a darling of Empress Dowager Cixi with excellent appearance and temperament, and was deeply loved and cared for by empress dowager.
Si Gege did not expect that the empress dowager's love and protection would be so heavy, not only deeply bound his own Shaohua life, but also the perpetrator of his tragic life.
Empress
The sparkling she should have become a dazzling star illuminating the night sky, but because of Empress Dowager Cixi's meticulous "care", she was finally reduced to a fleeting meteor, doomed to fail to embark on a complete life journey and lose the exclusive stage for the shine.
During the Guangxu period, Empress Dowager Cixi held the power of government, and Prince Qing, who saw the wind and made the rudder, became Empress Dowager Cixi's confidant by virtue of his own sleekness, and he tried every means to flatter Empress Dowager Cixi, not hesitating to use his daughter Si ge as a tool for her step-by-step camp.
Seeing that the empress dowager was very fond of Si Gege, Prince Qing began to stir up trouble, and in front of the empress, he strongly recommended his daughter, and behind his back he also ordered Si Geduo to get close to Empress Dowager Cixi and please the empress dowager. In this way, the clever and clever Si Ge naturally became a big red person around Empress Dowager Cixi, and she was inseparable from Cixi, and then became a close female relative of the empress.
Since then, Empress Dowager Cixi has summoned four grids into the palace almost every day to accompany herself, accompany herself to eat, drink, and have fun, and enjoy the mountains and rivers.
Four grids
If she did not see the four grids for several days, Cixi would be anxious to send her subordinates to the Palace of Prince Qing to pick her up to the palace, and everyone would obey the instructions and instructions of Empress Dowager Cixi like a marionette pulling the strings.
Everyone was envious of the fact that the four grids could win the favor and care of Empress Dowager Cixi, and Cixi also admired the clever atmosphere and touching appearance of the four grids.
However, no one can think about it, the four grids who are with the empress dowager every day are in the same old age, and they have not really enjoyed their youth, so they have lost their most precious personal freedom, and can only obey the orders of Empress Dowager Cixi. On the surface, the four grids that enjoyed herself with the empress dowager were not to mention the joy from the heart, she knew that her freedom had long been in vain, and she was self-pursuing.
Cixi's appreciation and care for the four grids, and the surrender of her father Prince Qing, are all
Deprive the four personalities of life and freedom
The sinister tool is that their respective selfish desires wipe out the independent personality of the four grids to the fullest.
One on the left: four grids
Reduced to a pitiful photo foil
Looking back at the documentary photos of the history of the Qing Dynasty, most of them are photos of Empress Dowager Cixi' appearance, just look closely at these black and white photos to notice that the figure of a woman always appears next to Empress Dowager Cixi, and there are many pictures of the two in the same frame, and this woman with a graceful posture is exactly four grids.
In the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi was particularly fond of taking pictures, and she used professional Western photographers in the palace to take pictures of herself on a daily basis. Everyone has a heart for beauty, and Empress Dowager Cixi is no exception, whenever she takes pictures, she will always pull Zhong Lingyuxiu's four grids to accompany the group photo, the first beauty of the late Qing Dynasty
Stand by yourself
, it also adds a colorless heavy color to the black and white photos.
Time passed in a hurry, and the four grids that accompanied Empress Dowager Cixi on a sightseeing tour of the mountains and rivers every day also became a photo foil for Empress Dowager Cixi, but her fresh and unworldly good face was dazzling, although it was a foil next to Empress Dowager Cixi, it was also brilliant enough, and it made Empress Dowager Cixi feel very pleased and proud.
Reduced to foil
Whether it is daily companion play or photo matters that come with the news, living in the Qing Dynasty, which is only followed by the future, even if the four grids are dissatisfied, they have nowhere to tell and are powerless to resist.
The world has a degree, and the emotions that have been accumulated for a long time in the four grids have finally been encountered
Moments of outburst
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At that time, si ge ge was in the pain of widowhood, wearing sackcloth to guard the funeral at home, si ge ge whole person was shrouded in thick and gloomy sadness, and his heart was full of infinite pain and reluctance. The appearance of an instruction completely shattered the tragic atmosphere, and Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Si Gege to immediately enter the palace and dress up as a dragon girl to take pictures with him.
The four grids that had accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction and bitterness in her heart could no longer obediently obey the instructions of the empress, nor could she continue to bear the flattering thoughts given by her father, she finally broke out, for the first time, she made her true emotions public, she showed her true thoughts and hidden resistance in front of her parents.
She even said bluntly not to dress up and take pictures
However, the four-grid, who has always been well-behaved and dignified, tried his best to confide his true heart only in exchange for the complete observance of the spirit for his husband, and could not get the understanding and understanding of his parents. The fact is indeed the opposite, they have persuaded the four ge to be unhappy, if they annoy Empress Dowager Cixi, the whole family will become the unforgivable object of the empress, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Forced by family pressure and authoritative forces, Si Ge could only swallow his anger and swallow his voice, and once again chose silence and forbearance. The figure of si ge ge rushing to the palace to participate in photo activities in linen clothes is a condensation of women in the old society, fully showing the female image of si ge who can only obey the forces, who have no personal freedom, fail to exert their own value, and are imprisoned in the orders of others.
With all kinds of helplessness and endless sorrow, the four grids changed into dragon girl costumes and stood next to Cixi, who played the Role of Guanyin of the South China Sea.
One joy and one sorrow
The two of them formed a strong contrast.
This time the group photo is not only an ordinary role-play group photo, but also shows Cixi's endless selfish pride, which means that the last shred of self-esteem and freedom left in the four squares is ruthlessly destroyed, and she truly realizes the helplessness of powerlessness to save herself, and she will never fight for herself again.
Just a tool man
The empress's care and dependence are not only a sharp sword that hurts the four grids, stabbing her all over the body, but also the main factors indirectly contributing to the marriage of the four grids. The life of the four grids could not escape Cixi's manipulation.
At that time, the four personalities to be married were unknown, so they were accused by Empress Dowager Cixi of marrying Yulu's ninth son.
All his life he served Empress Dowager Cixi
Nor did the four grids escape the direction of marriage by political marriage.
In the feudal era, arranged marriages were prevalent between the senseless imperial family and the nobles and the common people, and countless young women had been assigned to others by their parents before the beginning of their love, and the story of women pursuing true love seemed to be a fantasy. The vulgar atmosphere of the times, like feudal society, is full of extreme control and unlimited selfish greed, so that women cannot breathe, let alone seek freedom and fairness.
The political marriage was initiated, and the four grids had to accept it with ease. Fortunately, after the marriage, the four gege and the husband and the husband respected each other, and the marriage relationship was very harmonious. In this way, the naïve four-grid person thought that after entering the marriage, he would be able to escape Cixi's daily call.
Yulu
Contrary to her wishes, Empress Dowager Cixi did not care at all about the situation of the newlywed Yan'er of the Four Grids, and still summoned her to the palace every day to be with her for fun, and the two newcomers had to face the normal life of gathering less and leaving more.
The weather was unpredictable, and the husband of the four grids died a few months after marriage, leaving the young and beautiful four grids alone and widowed. The poor two were unable to truly have a full married life because of Empress Dowager Cixi's lusts.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the first beauty of the four graces was widowed to death, and devoted her life to serving Empress Dowager Cixi.
Si Gege's life has never lived for herself, her life, her thoughts, and her life trajectory are all decided by others, and she who has the appearance of flowers and moons is just a puppet at the mercy of others, a puppet
Tools without any say.
Four-grid father
Si Gege did not have her own private space in her daily life, she accompanied Empress Dowager Cixi to maintain her well-behaved image to please her, and endlessly met the empress's photographic needs, and she had long since lost her dazzling light and had become a overshadowed personal female dependent.
The same is true of her thoughts, which have been subjected to forced pressure from her father and constantly instilled in her the idea of flattery. Naturally, the four grids are increasingly losing the ability to think independently, and she is powerless to break the world's ideas, and she can only go with the flow.
The times are constantly evolving, people urgently need to follow the times forward, the people of the new era should not follow in the footsteps of the four squares, and strive to live their own exclusive life with an independent life posture, live for themselves, and color their lives brightly.