Li Lianying's original name was Li Jinxi, after entering the palace, Cixi gave the name Lianying, as a major eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty, he won the trust and value of the supreme ruler Cixi, and rose step by step, Cixi also made an exception to give Li Lianying erpin officials, so that Li Lianying in the decades of eunuch career smooth sailing, good beginning and good end, became one of the famous eunuchs in Chinese history, what virtue and ability he has, and Li Lianying looks so ugly, why Cixi trusts and treats him, which has a great relationship with Li Lianying's own studiousness, humility, and brain.
Li Lianying
When Li Lianying was young, the family was poor, poor, there were many brothers and sisters, although the parents worked hard for many years still could not solve the problem of family eating, due to the compulsion of life, his father passed him on to an uncle, the uncle took him to Beijing to do odd jobs to make a living, because Li Lianying was smart and studious and learned a combing craft with ordinary women in the lower class, and later when she first entered the palace, she also took time to go to Fireworks Liu Lane to find fireworks women, and further learned and deepened this craft. Later, Cixi's liking began with this craft.
Li Lianying
Later, Li Lianying's father introduced Li Lianying to be a eunuch through an old eunuch who worked in the palace in the village (also due to the compulsion of life), at this time Li Lianying was only 8 years old, just entered the palace is to do miscellaneous work, the harsh environment tempered Li Lianying's will, in the weekday busy, he secretly observed the various rules, doorways and characters in the palace, always thinking about how to become a formal palace eunuch as soon as possible, so as to get close to the big people, even Cixi, kung fu pays off, the opportunity finally came, one day, The eunuch in charge of the palace said that the eunuch who combed Cixi's hair could not come today because of other palace affairs, and was anxious to find someone to comb his hair!
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Hearing this, Li Lianying immediately found the steward eunuch and said that he could try, and the steward eunuch looked at this teenager, who wanted to look good, and said, "You go?" Well, I'll go, will you? Li Lianying said, I have studied in the capital, the old eunuch thought, now no one else is in a hurry, the heart said let him go, see the empress, do you understand the etiquette rules in the palace? I learned a lot after entering the palace. If the hair is not combed well, the empress dowager blames it, do you know the consequences? Got it.
So the old eunuch led Li Lianying to the harem, and after being reported by people, he entered Cixi's inner bedchamber, and when he saw Cixi, Li Lianying immediately knelt down and prostrated her head, and said loudly, "Good morning for the empress, good morning for the empress, auspicious for the empress." The old eunuch looked at it, and it became! Cixi looked up slightly, said to raise her head, Li Lianying was a little panicked at this time, looked up but did not dare to look directly at Cixi, Cixi saw Li Lianying, there was no expression on her face, it seemed that Li Lianying's ugly face made her uncomfortable, and then asked the old eunuch, is this to comb the hair of the mourning family? The old eunuch replied, "Oh, it's this little plum, well, let's get started!" Li Lianying crept carefully to comb Cixi's hair, and after a while, she dressed Cixi up so beautifully! Suddenly Li Lianying saw that there was a hair loss in the lower part of Cixi's neck, Li Lianying quickly squeezed it in her hand, and quickly tucked that hair into the sleeve barrel when taking the palace mirror, holding the mirror for Cixi to watch, and soon only saw Cixi's face smile, good! Comb the mourning family well! Since then, Li Lianying has become a regular visitor to the harem and an official eunuch of the palace.
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Since then, Li Lianying has been loyal to Cixi, observing her face and color, serving in all aspects, and winning Cixi's trust, although she looks ugly, Cixi is a person, not a beauty pageant.
Li Lianying is well versed in the rules of being a man, so that there is no offense up and down, and everyone is harmonious, even the most inconspicuous little eunuch also gives a smiley face, people inside and outside the palace say that Li Lianying is good, Li Lianying is also well aware that the palace is intriguing, secretly killing machines, if you touch anyone's interests, offend people, you have to worry about your life at any time.
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Because of the power struggle, Cixi attacked and suppressed the Guangxu Emperor at every turn, so that the emperor of a country also felt humble, even so, in li Lianying's eyes, he was still the emperor, when the Guangxu Emperor was ill, Li Lianying saw Guangxu's painful situation when he was delivering medicine, and said with tears in his eyes, "Slaves are guilty, slaves are incompetent!" Saying, Li Lianying covered Guangxu's cold feet with her chest to make her feel warm, and after serving carefully for several days, her body improved, and afterwards, Guangxu was very moved, which is the principle of Li Lianying's work, and it is also from the heart.
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With the lessons of An Dehai's past, as a red man and eunuch of Cixi, Li Lianying always reminds herself wherever she goes, no matter how high her status is, she is also a slave, she must put her position right, never stand tall and arrogant, no one in sight, and the minister of the DPRK also looks up to it, which is also Li Lianying's magic weapon for long-term prosperity, accompanying Cixi for fifty years, doing her duty, this is the reason why Cixi cannot be separated, when Li Lianying's mother died and went to Cixi to say goodbye to the funeral, Cixi immediately agreed, and dialed a special silver to li Lianying's mother to do the funeral. What a weight to Li Lianying.
Once, when the ministers of the DPRK went to inspect the navy, Cixi, in order to prevent these ministers from telling lies and making false reports, specially sent Li Lianying to accompany him, Li Lianying, as a Erpin official, was at the same level as the inspector and was no shorter than others, but during the inspection, Li Lianying always stood behind the inspectors to avoid suspicion, because he was a person close to Cixi, and afterwards these ministers praised Li Lianying's humble character in front of Cixi, and Cixi thus rewarded everyone and improved Li Lianying's position in the DPRK.
It seems that people are not terrible because they are ugly, and they are afraid of having a good skin bag and not having talent, and Cixi is precisely looking at Li Lianying.