Holidays are an opportunity for her to receive gifts, and celebrating her birthday is the key to her "income generation".
Both the princes and ministers in Beijing and government officials from all over the world made great efforts to give gifts to Empress Dowager Cixi. Gifts are of course pleasing to Empress Dowager Cixi. As soon as Empress Dowager Cixi was happy, they sealed their own "big position" and they made more money with the help of power. This is the ultimate wish of the giver.
For example, Cixi asked Li to draw people's attention to two kinds of gift lists. One is that the gift is heavy, and the other is light. For heavy gifts, she wants to increase the rank and title, and for light gifts, she wants to wave a "punishment" stick. In this way, the concubine of the former dynasty knocked out the muzzle of Cixi, and Cixi opened the mahogany gift box in public and asked Li to take out the "three zhangs Suzhou satin" inside.
When the princess got the news, she was scared to death that night. Ten days later, she died in panic! ……
Cixi takes the ceremony of the minister as the standard, and those who are serious will be rewarded, while those who are mean will not end well.