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Looking at this title, people from all dynasties have been talking about it, it seems to be about them, I wonder who this Empress Dowager Cixi is.

Those who knew Cixi were gnashing their teeth. It seemed that this time it was the turn of this evil queen!

The emperor in the early Qing Dynasty had a bad feeling. What did it mean to give her a chance to become the empress dowager?

The Qing emperor, who had been hit too many times by the sky, sincerely felt that it was better not to talk about them, because nothing good would happen to them if they were mentioned.

At the same time, Cixi was somewhat uneasy. She knew what she had done, but she was the empress dowager. Who would dare to oppose her or do something bad to her? Besides, she had the palace masters to protect her safety.

[As the last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty also reduced China to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and Empress Dowager Cixi became one of the promoters of this.

Empress Dowager Cixi, a member of the Yehenara clan, was an important ruler in the late Qing Dynasty. She was a concubine of Emperor Xianfeng and the biological mother of Emperor Tongzhi.

The emperors could tell from the brief introduction that this woman must not be a good one. Although they had seen the image of the decadent people in the late Qing Dynasty, seeing her again still made people sigh and frown. How could such a person and such a dynasty defeat the Western powers at that time.

Yehenala? The emperors of the Qing Dynasty looked at these words, their pupils shrank suddenly, and uneasiness filled their hearts.

At this moment, Xianfeng looked at the pretty Concubine Yi in front of him with a dark look in his eyes.

[As a woman and the Queen Mother of a country, Cixi's life was so extravagant that one can't help but sigh, it was really extravagant beyond measure! ]

[The first is eating, which is absolutely not vague. Every meal must have hundreds of dishes, and must be cooked with the most exquisite ingredients.

There are hundreds of chefs in the imperial kitchen, and the dishes prepared by these people can only be barely spread out on a table. 】

【Cixi only ate a few bites and wasted the rest.】

I saw a long table filled with appetizing dishes, but sitting at the table was a woman wearing gold and silver. Her gorgeous dress made her look particularly imposing.

With just one look, the palace servants around her immediately understood and picked up some food for her.

But she only took two bites of each dish before it was taken away, and the rest of the dishes were directly poured into the泔水桶 after she finished her meal.

"Hundreds of dishes, and you pass out after two bites?!"

Ying Zheng threw the bamboo slips heavily on the ground and stood up. Looking at the dazzling scene on the sky, his blood boiled. You know, he didn't have much food in the Great Qin, but the Queen Mother of the Great Qing actually had hundreds of dishes in one meal.

The First Emperor's hands were creaking, as if he wanted to strangle the woman in the picture to death.

Since unifying the six kingdoms, he built the Great Wall and constructed fortifications. The labor force of the people decreased, the grain yield per mu was low, and coupled with the need to fight wars, it was simply difficult to fill their stomachs.

But the woman in the picture is so extravagant, just having a simple meal, how desperate must the people be!

As a peasant, Zhu Yuanzhang not only hated corrupt officials, but also hated people who wasted food. Seeing the woman in the video behave like this, he was so angry that his eyes turned red.

Qianlong thought he was very luxurious, but he didn't expect that in front of this empress dowager, he was nothing but a dwarf!

They pay attention to health preservation and pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables. When they eat, there are 48 dishes. If they hold a banquet, there will be more than 300 dishes. The imperial chefs in the palace will show their special skills, and the dishes are rich in variety and extremely delicious.

But I never expected that the Queen Mother would have such a grand ceremony even for a simple meal. She really knows how to enjoy life. I can’t compare to her.

The emperor's group was also like boiling water, with endless discussions.

Liu Che: My goodness, you Qing people are really enjoying life to the fullest! Days like these are as blissful as those of gods!

Kangxi: ! ! Where is the emperor! Where is the emperor at that time! How could he allow this woman to squander so much!

Zhu Di: Your Qing Dynasty is truly extremely extravagant and cruel. I wonder how much of the people's wealth this kind of life has plundered.

Ying Zheng: If those in power are like this, you can imagine how corrupt the Qing government was at that time. The people had a hard time following the example of their superiors!

Wu Zetian: With such actions, there will certainly be resentment among the people, and I'm afraid those foreigners will take advantage of the situation to swoop in.

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Yes, I already know the end of this dynasty, but I still can't bear it. How did that group of people overthrow and establish such a great country? How much bullying did they suffer during this period? The foreigners were eyeing them covetously, and the government was corrupt. Where was the way out?

Kangxi was furious at this time. Was he saving money to allow someone like her to squander? !

[After the meal, Cixi would return to the palace to handle government affairs, and the palace maids would bring a platter of 400 apples. This was not for Cixi to eat, but to let the fragrance of the apples permeate the palace, which could make Cixi happy and promote blood circulation.

Cixi liked the scent of flowers and fruits, but there was no perfume with floral and fruity flavor, so she used real fruits instead of perfume, which was called the Xun Palace.

According to statistics, Cixi consumed 310 apples, 4344.5 autumn pears, Chinese pears, red gauze pomegranates, baskets of peaches, kilograms of grapes, kilograms of fresh hawthorns, and other unknown fruits, which were used as "weapons" to hit people for fun.

In the summer, when the heat was unbearable, Cixi would eat more than 300 iced watermelons a day. But every time she would only take a small bite of the sweetest part in the middle, and the rest would be wasted.

What? Four hundred apples a day! Three hundred watermelons!

Just smell the aroma and eat the sweetest piece in the middle!

I can’t stand it! I really can’t stand it!

It's really unbearable!

Such a queen mother must have enjoyed a lot, but the people could not even get enough food.

"Dad, the fruit on the canopy looks so delicious!"

“It would be nice if I could eat such delicious fruit.”

A starving man who was only skin and bones hugged his little daughter and cried bitterly, saying that he was useless. However, there had been famine for years and every family had not had enough food to eat. And there were those damn opium sellers. When would this kind of life end?

Even wealthy families on the street couldn't help but gasp in amazement. With such extravagance, how much food would she have wasted in her lifetime!

[Princess Der Ling once served Cixi in the palace. The basic equipment for bathing Cixi was a special bathing chair and bathtub inlaid with a golden dragon, plenty of hot and cold water, and dozens or even hundreds of royal towels. In addition, there were special rose soaps, fragrant hair powder, floral dew, etc.

The towels used by Cixi were "tied up with yellow silk threads all around, very neatly, with an exquisite dragon embroidered in the middle, very beautiful", and they were thrown away after being wiped once or twice, and then replaced with a new one. This was the least expensive item among many items. 】

Concubine Yi's face was pale at this moment. She never imagined that she would be so extravagant in the future. Feeling the burning gaze coming from above her head, she became even more anxious and afraid.

She immediately knelt down at the feet of Emperor Xianfeng, her eyes filled with tears and her face full of pity as she said, "Your Majesty, I have no evil intentions! I have no second thoughts towards you or the Qing Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me for the sake of my bearing your only prince, Zaichun!"

Emperor Xianfeng looked at the woman in palace dress who was wagging her tail and begging for mercy at his feet, his expression unclear.