Because he did too many bad things, so he was hated by people who split his body to vent their hatred, resulting in death without leaving a complete sentence of the body. In the Qing Dynasty, Li Lianying was a very famous eunuch, also favored by Empress Dowager Cixi, accompanying Cixi for nearly 52 years. At the same time as the most powerful eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty, he was in the dynasty, he did a lot of bad things, in the eunuch industry he can be said to be at the top of the figure.
He stayed in the palace for almost 52 years, with the wit of the mind and the eloquence of the tongue, even if it is to serve the temperamental Cixi, he has been able to get Cixi's favor, I have to say that he also has his own strength. Even Cixi also contrary to the ancestral system, rewarded him with the second grade, which at that time is also surprised the world, because in the Yongzheng period has clearly stipulated that the eunuch's official rank can not be more than four grades, this matter is also gradually Li Lianying in the heart of Cixi's weight.
Some say he was assassinated, because he offended like Yuan Shikai around the red man Jiujiang Tidu Jiang Zhongchao, as well as some of the Jiang Yang Daobao and revolutionaries, so by the resentment of these people, after killing him also cut off his head, to achieve the purpose of anger. However, there are other sayings, like he was executed by the Empress Dowager Longyu, because the thick Empress Dowager Longyu has long been resentment and dissatisfaction with Li Lianying, and waited until the death of his backer Cixi sent people to execute him.
There are also claims that Li Lianying died of illness, which is based on the mouth of Li Lianying's granddaughter who succeeded him, she said that her grandfather was seriously ill in 1911, diarrhea, and ultimately died, but this also does not explain why only the head in his coffin, so the cause of his death to this day has also become a mystery.