Princess Deling just returned to the capital from France, was summoned to the palace by Cixi for the first time, although she does not like foreigners, but is very curious about those new things, especially women's favorite perfume heels, not only try on but also private customization, it can be said that although Cixi is a loser old woman, but for the fashion circle has a place, she likes to wear dragon robes, more like French clothing, every time a new clothes are designed, the drawings have to go through her screening, and they will add their own ideas.
When De Ling saw Cixi for the first time, he saw that she was wearing a gorgeous robe, embroidered with graceful and luxurious peonies, the unique texture of the royal family opened De Ling's eyes, but Cixi took a more fancy to the dress she brought back, especially the pair of Louis XV high heels, Cixi also tried them on herself, and soon asked the Internal Affairs Office to privately order a pair, which can be said to keep up with the trend, but we all know that Cixi is a representative of the conservative faction in the Qing Dynasty, how could she allow the people of the Qing Dynasty to study abroad?
At that time, the Manchurians had a strict concubine selection system, as long as they were the ones who had the right in the court** When the daughter of the family reaches a certain age, she must come to participate in the election of concubines, and the reason why the Deling sisters escaped is because there is an enlightened father in the family, Yu Geng is a four-grade alternate officer, specializing in managing foreign affairs from Yichang, Jiangxi to Wuhu, Anhui Province, and usually deals with foreigners a lot, starting from 1899, Yu Geng is familiar with foreigners because of his fluency in foreign languages, and he began to seal the official position, and later served as the ambassador of Britain and France, during which he also studied in Paris, so the whole person is very open-minded and advanced。
At that time, Qing men were very conservative, learning dance was almost impossible, but Yu Geng took the initiative to dance with the master, in the later Sino-Japanese War, Yu Geng was incarnated as a diplomat, went to Japan to negotiate affairs, under such influence, Yu Geng did not like his two daughters were born, they became the emperor's imperial concubines, so they secretly concealed the identity of the two daughters, not registered, the two sisters of Deling Rongling lived abroad since childhood, and when they grew up, Cixi knew their existence, and later Yu Geng returned to the Qing Dynasty with his wife and children, and was urgently received by Cixi。
At that time, because they were in a hurry to return to China, the Deling sisters did not have time to customize the Qing Dynasty clothes, and were hesitating what to wear to meet the eldest sister of the Qing Dynasty, but fortunately, Cixi spoke in advance, so that they came over in Western clothes, and they also wanted to see the clothing of foreigners, so they chose Cixi's favorite color, Deling's mother wore a green chiffon dress with a velvet hat, and the Deling sisters wore red, and the whole dress was velvet texture, and the Qing Dynasty was popular at that time Silk products.
Because Cixi got up early, the mother and daughter did not dare to delay, set off before dawn at three o'clock in the morning, they just entered the palace, so that all the eunuchs and palace maids were stunned, never saw such a strange dress, and Cixi is also exquisitely dressed, before they met, they rewarded the mother and daughter three countless treasures, after seeing people, Cixi was immediately attracted by their dress, asked a lot of questions about foreign culture, and De Ling, as the eldest sister, answered generously, although living abroad for a long time, but Chinese learned very fluently, so Cixi liked it very much, especially when she heard that she could speak six Chinese, and decided immediately, Let the sisters stay in the palace to accompany themselves, at that time Cixi gave them the position of female officials, hearing this, Deling's mother could only agree, after the two sisters entered the palace, Cixi's life completely changed dramatically
Cixi was scared half to death when she saw the camera for the first time, but then she was obsessed with taking pictures, and directly took more than 700 personal photos, every time she took pictures, she had to choose a good day and auspicious day in advance, and then there were various sets, which were more complicated than today's art photos, which showed how particular Cixi was, and when she celebrated her birthday, she would hang her own ** in the Summer Palace and other places, and even reward some ministers who performed well.
In addition to the camera, Cixi is very obsessed with ** and perfume, and her understanding of foreign culture is all brought by Princess Deling, she is not only Cixi's royal translator, but also Guangxu's English teacher, because she is too loved by Cixi, her official position is promoted again and again, this is Princess Deling, she should have a happy life, but unfortunately died tragically on the street, what did Deling experience during this period?When the Deling sisters entered the palace, the country had already begun the initial war, and many foreign ladies wanted to come to see Cixi, but unfortunately because there was no special translator at that time, Cixi was very headache, and the arrival of Deling solved this problem, she was smart and courageous, and very decent.
When she first entered the palace, because the long skirt dress was inconvenient, so after Cixi's consent, De Ling changed into a short dress, compared with the two, Cixi said that this long skirt was too ugly, the reason why she said this is that she felt that foreigners were very poor, and the jewelry was far from being exquisite, she was confident enough to prove that she had the most jewelry in the world, and De Ling also knew Cixi's vanity, and she was cautious when working, and soon won Cixi's favor, so she was promoted to a first-class female official, and she didn't have to do any chores and rough work, but after a long time, De Ling felt that the dress was very inconvenient to work, and it was more comfortable to serve with a wide man, Cixi knew, personally chose a color headdress for her, and personally taught her how to comb and maintain her hair.
Not only that, even gestures and purses are readily available, enough to see Cixi's love for it, and later she heard that there are movies abroad, so she sent Deling to get one, Deling worked hard to airdrop a projector, although the picture inside is often very short, but Cixi is like opening the door to a new world, especially when the electric light was just introduced to China, Cixi saw it, but felt that it was an eggplant, she never expected that this gadget could light up the night, so it was soon popularized in the palace, but there are many people whose thoughts are more conservative than Cixi's, they think that cameras and light bulbs are things that can absorb souls, and they dare not touch it easily, Fortunately, Deling has been staying by Cixi's side and helped her understand a lot of knowledge, but such a stable life is not what Deling is pursuing, and she even secretly hid from Cixi and wanted to elope with foreigners
When Deling was in the palace, he was favored by Cixi, and his food, clothing, housing and transportation were top-notch, and Cixi herself was also very foreign, with more than a dozen bottles of perfume on the table, and she had to look at new things from abroad every day, not only that, whenever a foreigner came to see her, Deling had to be Cixi's interpreter, and it could be said that she couldn't leave each other at all.
However, De Ling is tired of this kind of life, she received the idea of equality since she was a child, she is not used to what Cixi does, as long as the food does not fit, she will beat and scold the eunuch palace maid, and those people do not have dignity to prostrate on the ground and beg for mercy, originally De Ling entered the palace, in order to allow the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, so that the country can open up cognition, but in fact, Cixi's curiosity is only temporary, and she is only interested in perfume and other things that women like, she does not recognize Western culture at all from the bottom of her heart, nor does she eat equality, when De Ling sometimes reads Western newspapers to Cixi, Cixi will always have a gloomy face, and does not let her continue to read, De Ling gradually felt disappointed。
Especially at this time, Cixi actually wanted to marry her, De Ling thinks that love needs you and me, not two strangers forced together, in fact, when he just returned to China, De Ling fell in love with a young man named White at first sight, and later there was *** Later, he secretly started the correspondence, Deling's brother was also very open, he agreed with his sister's love, and even incarnated as a courier brother, to the two of them to circulate letters, so, while Cixi was happy, Deling asked the other party to cancel the marriage contract, this big rebellion was naturally reprimanded by Cixi, fortunately, after Emperor Guangxu heard about it, he helped Deling and canceled the marriage contract, but Deling understood that it was useless to stay here, and Cixi loved herself very much, and would not let herself go at all.
Time came to March 1905, Deling's father was seriously ill, asked his daughter to visit, Cixi reluctantly agreed, and asked Deling to come back quickly when leaving, and then Deling's father died, she did not want to stay in the palace, so she secretly eloped with foreigners to the United States, intending to pursue their love, and later they also gave birth to a son, but soon after, White betrayed the marriage, and Deling's son also died, facing a double blow to her, so she wrote what she saw and heard in the country into a book, because the British did not have the vocabulary of female officials when translating, Deling added the word princess to the suffix。
Later, the war broke out in the country, De Ling felt that he should contribute something, so he wandered around and spread the domestic predicament, but unfortunately, De Ling later died in a car accident, she was fifty-eight years old at the time, and the ending of De Ling was unfortunate, but throughout her life, she has also experienced a lot, dare to think, dare to do, dare to love and hate, it is really rare.