Emperor Xianfeng was criticized by later generations as a "four noes" emperor without foresight, courage, talent and inaction. Faced with the empty state treasury, lax military affairs, corrupt officials, frequent natural disasters and civil strife, and the mess of western powers eyeing women's hearts all over the world, he was at a loss and simply committed suicide by indulging in debauchery. In the second year of his reign, he ordered the selection of women to enter the palace, and the famous Cixi became the new favorite of Emperor Xianfeng's harem.

In February of the second year of Xianfeng, after Daoguang's mourning period, Emperor Xianfeng, who was 2 1 year old, couldn't wait to make his first female selection since he became the new emperor. The reason for ostentation and extravagance is to continue the royal blood and enrich the harem. In fact, the most important thing is to satisfy the lustful emperor's inflated sexual desire.

In Beijing, which is wrapped in ice and snow, it is rare to see the early spring scenery of fragrant grass and warblers flying. Sixty flag beauties from all over the country have already arrived in Beijing by mule car, and Ye Henara sisters from Chai Chaihutong, the West Fourth Archway in Beijing, are also waiting nervously on the mule car. Yenara Xingzhen and Yenara Wanzhen later became two people worthy of shining in history. Xingzhen is the Empress Dowager Cixi, who is well-known at home and abroad, and Wanzhen is the biological mother of the alcohol prince Fujin and Emperor Guangxu, but at this time they are only the daughters of a blue flag four-product Taoist.

Great-grandfather Jiro A was a doctor of punishments, and his grandfather Jing Rui was appointed as the highest official of punishments. However, he was involved in a case that his family was short of money, and his father was recruited to be a Taoist priest in Guisui, Shanxi. From the time of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was stipulated that all women aged 13 to 17 in the Eight Banners family must take part in the emperor's female recruitment once every three years. In the Qing Dynasty, Manchu, Mongolian and Han each had eight flags and * * * twenty-four flags. The three flags painted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are slaves of the Qing Dynasty, and their handmaids can only be "maids".

A woman with a family background like Cixi can't get married without a champion, but once she is selected, she can "prepare to ascend the throne of the palace, or marry the grandson of the prince, or marry the son of the king of the county".

From the time of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was stipulated that all women aged 13 to 17 in the Eight Banners family must take part in the emperor's female recruitment once every three years. In the Qing Dynasty, Manchu, Mongolian and Han each had eight flags and * * * twenty-four flags. The three flags painted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are slaves of the Qing Dynasty, and their handmaids can only be "maids". A woman with a family background like Cixi can't get married without a champion, but once she is selected, she can "prepare to ascend the throne of the palace, or marry the grandson of the prince, or marry the son of the king of the county".

He is the only man in her life who tries his best to please, not only as a wife, but more importantly, he is the embodiment of imperial power and the only light source in the palace. In order to impress him, Liugong Dai Fen was full of hidden dangers, but she was clever and cunning, and once spoiled the harem.

After several hurried meetings, Cixi, who was by no means stunning, obviously did not leave much impression on Emperor Xianfeng. For months, she didn't even see the emperor's face. The emperor is the only adult male in this harem, but his sixth palace has 3,000 beautiful women, a BMW limousine, a pholiota adiposa hood and servants everywhere. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or a stunning beauty, how can an emperor surrounded by bees and butterflies have the energy to remember a new beauty who is not a stunning beauty?

The harem is full of concubines and maids, and everyone lives on the emperor. Once in favor, fame and fortune; Once marginalized, you can only see "beauty is black, white hair is new" and you can only "stay in an empty room all your life". The war of courtship in the harem has intensified. In this high-walled courtyard, no one can be immune, and Cixi, who is strong in nature, does not want to sit still. A woman who can't shine by her looks can only turn Gan Kun around by her clever mind.

Cixi took him around the world.

Shortly after Cixi entered the palace, great changes took place in her family. My father was transferred to Guangtai Road, Ningchi County, Anhui Province as a member. When I first took office, I met the Taiping Army in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Anhui Governor Jiang was killed. Zheng Hui sent twelve thousand pieces of silver, fled to Dantu Town, Zhenjiang, and opened a food stall, waiting for reinforcements. Li, assistant minister of punishments, illegally participated in the escape. Emperor Xianfeng was furious and dismissed for investigation.

Hui was too frightened to get sick and died in Zhenjiang on June 3, Xianfeng three years ago. The family suffered a tragic accident. In the complicated harem, Cixi can only submit to humiliation. Now the only thing that can change her fate is Emperor Xianfeng.

Fate likes Cixi very much. Yuanmingyuan was originally the Royal Summer Palace, and the emperor seldom went there several times a year. However, the internal and external troubles upset Emperor Xianfeng, and he simply hid in Yuanmingyuan to express his feelings. Cixi spent money to woo Gong E, the eunuch around her, and got on the line with An Dehai, the eunuch of Zhao Xuan around Emperor Xianfeng. One afternoon, Emperor Xianfeng rode an imperial chariot to play aimlessly in Yuanmingyuan. He walked to the depths of a tung tree, where a breeze blew slowly and there came a delicate Jiangnan tune.

Emperor Xianfeng knew that this was the location of the new female show. After hearing this song tactfully, he had a romantic idea and followed the song. He came to a palace, where there were blooming trees and flowers, and a woman with a thin waist was singing. Emperor Xianfeng saw her pink cheeks and white teeth, her lips were not red, her eyebrows were not painted, her head bowed most tenderly, like a shy lotus flower, with a cool breeze, which was the most charming and intoxicating. That night, Emperor Xianfeng doted on her in every way. For several days in a row, Emperor Xianfeng refused her top green card.

In May of the second year of Xianfeng, female teachers held the final election, and Emperor Xianfeng gained a lot. He is not satisfied with his hug. There are four "nobles" in the harem: Lan Guiren, Li Guiren, Wan Guiren and Yi Guiren, and four "Changchang" in Rongchang, Xinchang, Mingchang and Meichang. Both Emperor Xianfeng and Empress Dowager Cixi loved Magnolia, and Emperor Xianfeng named her a noble orchid, ranking first among these new women. She is the Empress Dowager Cixi who later became famous in China and the West. Emperor Xianfeng put her in Changchun Palace.

In the main hall of Changchun Palace, there is an imperial plaque of Emperor Qianlong hanging on it, which reads "Respect for internal governance" in four big letters, warning the concubines in the harem to abide by the ancestral law and proceed with caution. What Emperor Xianfeng didn't know was that once this arrogant woman opened the Pandora's box of power and lust, it became "killing Buddha when encountering Buddha and killing demon when encountering demon".