In the era when feudal monarchs were in power, almost every dynasty had a "queen mother". At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Cixi was a well-known woman, but later generations commented on her with mixed reviews and half discredit.
In this, there are not only different opinions on Cixi's insistence on seizing the heir, but also various questions about the death of Emperor Guangxu. Before Cixi died, she took care of Guangxu's funeral in the morning, and held a night pearl in her mouth at night. What does this mean?
Cixi was the most favored person during the Xianfeng Emperor's period, and she was Cixi's mother. Emperor Xianfeng died, Emperor Tongzhi ascended the throne, and the world was in chaos.
Because he was still very young, he was only six years old when he ascended the throne, so the queen mother of the two palaces was Ci'an and Cixi.
It's just that Tongzhi was too young at that time, and when he was nineteen years old, he got a strange disease and died violently.
There was always someone in charge of the overall situation, and at this time, Cixi's nephew, the so-called Guangxu Emperor, was sent to the throne. When Emperor Guangxu ascended the throne, he was only four years old, two years younger than when he ascended the throne.
So, the two queen mothers returned to the court.
The Empress Dowager Ci'an died in 1881, and after the death of Cixi's sister, the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi became the sole ruler of the harem.
The pleasure brought by power made Cixi unable to extricate herself, and she continued to govern the court as a young emperor. Emperor Guangxu gradually grew up, and even if he got married, he was just a nominal person.
In fact, Emperor Guangxu was very resistant to Cixi in his heart, but he couldn't resist, so he could only swallow his anger. Cixi also often restrained Guangxu, making him lose the majesty of an emperor.
Between Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, it was like an arrangement of fate. Both died on the same day.
In September 198, Cixi was unwell and had diarrhea when she returned to the palace. October was Cixi's birthday, and because of excessive fatigue, her illness flare-up again. Moreover, this time the crisis continues.
Everyone felt that Cixi was likely to have died. Who knows, in less than ten days, the Guangxu Emperor died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.
Cixi immediately ordered someone to arrange the funeral, and appointed Pu Yi as her third son, that is, the emperor three years earlier.
Everything went according to his plan so quickly that the royal doctor didn't even ask the imperial doctor to investigate the cause of his death, which was strange.
Generally speaking, the violent death of an emperor is rare, and it is necessary to understand why he died before moving on to the next step.
If it's abnormal, the doctors will know it at a glance. Therefore, this series of behaviors of Cixi also aroused the suspicion of many people in later generations, and many people related his death to her.
Cixi also died the day after his death. Before Cixi died, she had just taken care of the funeral of Emperor Guangxu in the morning, and at night she held a night pearl in her mouth and died suddenly. It's a sadness.
The Qing Dynasty lost two generals in one night, and the world mourned.
After Cixi's death, a grand funeral was held, and she held a bead in her mouth, which contained a large number of ** and precious stones. Her obsession with power brought her life to an end.
Judging from the above points, many people feel that Cixi knew that her life was short, so she poisoned Guangxu, who opposed her, instead of dying normally.
In fact, what happened back then no one knows. Everything fades with the passage of time.