Speaking of the Qing Dynasty, one woman who has to be mentioned is Cixi. In November of the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, the Guangxu Emperor died, and Cixi, who covered the sky with one hand, also died the day after Guangxu's death. Although the Tongzhi and Guangxu Emperors sat on the throne, they did not have real power in their hands, and the rule of the late Qing Dynasty was almost entirely in the hands of the woman Cixi. When the power of the imperial court slowly became weaker, the Guangxu Emperor had a new idea, hoping to change the fate of the Qing Dynasty by changing the law.
Although Cixi did not pay attention to it on the surface, when the policy of changing the law affected the forces behind her, she did not hesitate at all, and immediately suppressed the change of law and imprisoned the Guangxu Emperor. It was because of this incident that there was a grudge between Guangxu and Cixi.
However, at that time, the Guangxu Emperor was weak and completely powerless to resist Cixi, and he could not do things according to his own ideas under Cixi's control. His only hope was to wait for Cixi to die, so that he could see the light of day again and become a true ruler.
However, the young Guangxu Emperor died in front of Cixi, and the death date was only one day away, which was really too coincidental. In the book "Diagnosis and Treatment of the Guangxu Emperor's Secrets", there is such a record: The Guangxu Emperor's condition suddenly deteriorated, and in the first three days before his death, his face was black, and his stomach hurt and rolled on the bed, which was completely different from the previous illness. Although the book does not say that Guangxu died of poisoning, the condition described is particularly obvious.
In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, Guangxu was bedridden, and Cixi was also ill at this time. Guangxu wrote in his diary: "I must die behind Cixi and then kill Yuan Shikai and Li Lianying." However, the contents of the diary were known to Li Lianying and reported to Cixi.
Cixi knew that Guangxu wanted to escape her own manipulation, and she also understood that the relationship between the two of them was only superficial. If Guangxu dies behind her, the forces behind her will surely be threatened. Therefore, Guangxu's death and Cixi still have a certain relationship.
In 2008, in order to study the "cause of death of the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty", experts began to study the arsenic content in the hair of the Guangxu Emperor, using various modern means to conduct tests, and concluded that the Guangxu Emperor died of gastrointestinal arsenic poisoning. This conclusion can be seen that Guangxu was killed by him, and the only person who can do this is Cixi.
When this inference came out, people were very angry, Cixi, this woman was too vicious, not only controlled Guangxu's power, but even to death did not let Guangxu go.