Shortly after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, Cixi and Prince Gong conspired to launch a coup in Qixiang, executed Su Shun and other eight assistant ministers, and seized the supreme power of the Qing Dynasty. On the surface, Ci 'an and Empress Dowager Cixi are sisters, and * * * is in charge of the supreme power of the country. 188 1 On April 8, 2008, Empress Ci 'an, who was only forty-five years old and two years younger than Cixi, suddenly died in the palace, and the court's hanging curtain changed from the juxtaposition of the two palaces to the dictatorship of Cixi.
186 1 In August, Emperor Xianfeng died in Jehol, and his 6-year-old son Zai Chun succeeded him. Empress Dowager Cixi and Ci 'an listened to politics. Emperor Xianfeng had long known that Cixi was an ambitious woman. Before he died, he sent a secret letter to Ci 'an, telling the Empress Dowager Ci 'an to take out the secret letter and punish her according to the ancestral rule of law.
After Xianfeng's death, Cian showed the secret letter to Cixi as a warning. The existence of the secret imperial edict made Cixi feel frightened and cautious, and did not dare to run amok. She is obedient and meticulous to Ci 'an. After a long time, when Ci 'an saw that Cixi had held the place, he put down his guard.
One day, Ci 'an fell ill and took too many medicines prescribed by doctors, which had no effect. In a rage, Cian refused to take medicine. Unexpectedly, a few days later, her illness miraculously recovered. After recovering from a serious illness, Ci 'an walked in the Summer Palace and saw Cixi's left arm wrapped in white gauze. She was surprised and asked Cixi why. Cixi casually replied: "The other day, I saw you lying in bed, pale and sad, so I cut a piece of meat from my left arm and asked someone to cook soup for you to nourish you as a sign of sincerity." After hearing this, Ci 'an was greatly moved and said gratefully, "I didn't expect you to be such a kind person. The first emperor shouldn't worry about you. " After that, he returned to the palace, took out the last secret letter of Emperor Xianfeng and burned it to ashes in front of Cixi.
Later, in order to get rid of Ci 'an, a stumbling block on her autocratic road, Cixi secretly ordered the use of too many drugs, which killed Ci 'an. Since then, Cixi, a sinister and diabolical woman, has ascended the throne of the supreme ruler of the Qing Dynasty and realized her dream.