Speaking of Empress Dowager Cixi, many people will think of her as a sinner in history. Although she did not become the female emperor, she held real power and was in power for almost half a century.
eyed as the Qing Dynasty was at its critical moment, Empress Dowager Cixi was still caring about enjoying glory and wealth. In that dark and humiliating history, our country was forced to sign many unequal treaties, and heavy debts crushed the people's waists. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi even embezzled military spending to celebrate her birthday.
At that time, the ignorant Qing Dynasty was still living in the fantasy of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire. The great powers repeatedly attacked and were unwilling to make changes. They only knew that they kept cede land and paid compensation. Empress Dowager Cixi also did many shameful things. If an imperial physician had not revealed these things, people might not have known that Empress Dowager Cixi still had secrets.
Stealing male pet
That year Xianfeng The emperor was overdrawn because of his addiction to beauty, which made him feel weak. Therefore, Empress Dowager Cixi had the opportunity to contact the government. After Emperor Xianfeng died, Empress Dowager Cixi seized the power of the government, but she was only 26 years old at that time.
In the feudal period, men could have three wives and four concubines, and the emperor could have three thousand beauties in the harem. Women must be loyal to their husbands.
Empress Dowager Cixi has an outstanding appearance and is quite politically wise. She never thought of living a dull life, nor did she focus on improving people's livelihood. Empress Dowager Cixi, who was in power, became more and more arrogant in her work because no one around could control her behavior.
Her words and deeds can follow her original intentions. She is in her youth and will inevitably be lonely and lonely. So she did not decide to be a widow for Emperor Xianfeng, but instead looked for many male favorites shortly after Emperor Xianfeng passed away.
Empress Dowager Cixi likes to watch plays. Every time she watches a play, she will fill her into the harem to accompany her to have fun. However, Empress Dowager Cixi did not blatantly, but found a hidden place to hide them.
Sometimes when Empress Dowager Cixi feels upset, she will summon the male lover and ask the male lover to help him beat his shoulders and rub his back. If the male lover serves Empress Dowager Cixi considerately, Empress Dowager Cixi will generously reward gold, silver and treasures. However, it is common for Empress Dowager Cixi to secretly deal with the male lover.
Cixi was infected with a strange disease. The imperial physician was executed one after another.
Excessive indulgence will cause physical problems. For a while, Empress Dowager Cixi felt unwell and wanted to vomit for no reason when eating. She was dizzy for a long time and sleeped longer and longer, so she found the imperial physician to take her pulse for .
At first, many people thought that Empress Dowager Cixi was because she was too hard and worried about the people's livelihood, which led to physical problems, but only the imperial physician knew that Empress Dowager Cixi's symptoms were suspected to be pregnant.
But Emperor Xianfeng has been dead for many years. Empress Dowager Cixi's pregnancy was a matter of ruining the court. Once it was spread, the royal family would lose all face.
The first one to take the pulse for Empress Dowager Cixi, naturally he knew that Empress Dowager Cixi was happy with pulse, but in order to save her life, he only said that Empress Dowager Cixi was infected with cold. He prescribed a prescription for Empress Dowager Cixi for a while, but Empress Dowager Cixi felt that it had not improved, so she executed his imperial physician in anger.
The second imperial physician took the pulse of Empress Dowager Cixi, but he actually told the public about Empress Dowager Cixi's pregnancy. Empress Dowager Cixi was furious when she heard this, and the imperial physician could not escape death in the end.
In order to cover up this matter, Empress Dowager Cixi ordered her capable generals to search for famous doctors, meaning to find an imperial physician who can do business.
smartly deal with the pregnancy crisis of Empress Dowager Cixi
Later, a doctor named Xue Fuchen appeared to break the empress Dowager Cixi's dilemma. After taking the pulse for Empress Dowager Cixi, he claimed that Empress Dowager Cixi devoted all his energy to state affairs, which led to physical discomfort. He prescribed a prescription for Empress Dowager Cixi to take care of her for a while and could he recover.
In fact, he made Empress Dowager Cixi trust him through eye contact with Empress Dowager Cixi. Xue Fuchen nominally prescribed some medicines to nourish the body, but in fact he prescribed an abortion medicine. Empress Dowager Cixi's health improved after drinking it for a while.
In order to save his life, he told Empress Dowager Cixi that his mother at home was old and needed care, so he asked to return to the countryside to take care of her mother. Empress Dowager Cixi naturally agreed and gave him a generous reward. Later, Xue Fuchen returned to his hometown and opened a clinic to treat and save lives. The ending was quite satisfactory.
Empress Dowager Cixi thought that her affairs would not be known to the world, but she did not expect that Xue Fuchen would record them in the book. Until after his death, his relics were dug out, and Empress Dowager Cixi's secret finally came to light again.
Conclusion
We have no way to examine the authenticity of whether Empress Dowager Cixi was pregnant. In terms of things, Xue Fuchen survived with his wit. In the face of decisive Empress Dowager Cixi not only did not have stage fright, but instead helped Empress Dowager Cixi cleverly resolve the crisis. This proves that how to deal with people and things under different circumstances is related to the direction of his own destiny.