When Cixi fled, he sent someone to sink Zhenfei into this well in the Forbidden City. In honor of Zhenfei, people call it "Zhenfei Well".
"In the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1889), he and his sister (Concubine Jin) were elected to the palace and were given the title of Zhen Concubine, and later because empress dowager Cixi was born in her sixtieth birthday, she was promoted to Zhen concubine, and in the twentieth year of Guangxu, because of her rebellion against Empress Dowager Cixi and her participation in the activities of selling officials, she was given a scepter, demoted to a precious person, and reinstated as a precious concubine the following year.
In China's long history of 5,000 years, Zhenfei was the only concubine who accepted Western ideas, dared to compete with the feudal etiquette of the court, and possessed extraordinary courage and will.
The clever Concubine Zhen understood the difficulties of the Guangxu Emperor's situation and the pain in his heart, and understood and sympathized with him very much.
Concubine Zhen was an amorous and kind maiden, who did everything possible to be gentle and considerate and cared for the Guangxu Emperor, and did everything to make her husband feel warm and happy.
Some old palace ladies recalled Zhenfei like this: When it comes to Zhenfei, she is not a piece of beautiful jade, let alone a figure who is out of the mud and not stained. She has also gained power and sold officials.
In the history of the late Qing Dynasty, in addition to Cixi, Zhenfei was the most legendary and highly anticipated concubine. Although she only lived for a short period of 25 years, people still relish her story to this day.