When it comes to Cixi, it can be said that everyone knows that everyone knows that this woman started from the Xin You's coup d'état, hung the curtain three times, and actually controlled the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century (48 years), which can be said to be a real uncrowned empress. Such a woman who regards power as a life, it is almost impossible to meet an opponent in her life, but there is one person who makes her very headache, this person is the fifth son of Daoguang, Prince Ai Xinjueluo? Yi Yi, folk known as the Little Fifth Master.
Yi Xi was born on June 15, 111, Daoguang, only six days younger than Xianfeng (Daoguang's fourth son), and his biological mother was Princess Xiang of the Niuhulu clan.
Princess Xiang was a concubine chosen by Daoguang to enter the court in the second year, and Daoguang was favored in her early years and formed a competitive relationship with Empress Xiaoquan. There is also a saying about the birth of Yi Fei, saying that at that time, Quan Guifei and XiangFei were pregnant, because the first three sons of the Daoguang Emperor all died prematurely, who had the son of Mr. Xiang was the actual eldest son of the emperor, therefore, Quan Guifei and Xiangfei attached great importance to this matter, and later Quan Guifei engaged in a little means, using the birth pill to give birth to the prince in advance, for the emperor's fourth son Yixuan, that is, the later Xianfeng Emperor.
It is said that in the year when Yi Xie was seven years old, his mother XiangFei was somehow demoted to a nobleman and lost the favor of the emperor, perhaps affected by this incident, Daoguang did not attach much importance to Yi Xie, which made Yi Xie from an early age a rough nature, and he did not study well, and in the year when he was sixteen years old, his father Dao Guang passed it on to the third uncle Mian Kai, the Prince of Gong Ke, as an heir, that is to say, Yi Yi lost the right to inherit the throne.
However, Yi Xi didn't care about these things at all, he knew that his talent was not as good as other princes, and it was better to be a rich prince with peace of mind, wouldn't it be beautiful?
After Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, Yifeng walked in the inner court, but made many mistakes, which caused the dissatisfaction of the imperial brother Xianfeng, who was demoted to Baylor and dismissed from all positions, but later Xianfeng restored the title of King of Yifeng County. After Tongzhi succeeded to the throne, Yi Xi's status began to rise, and he was appointed as the emperor of the clan and began to take charge of the affairs of the Aisin Kyora clan, and was even exempted from the etiquette of prostrating in front of the emperor.
Although Yi Xi had a higher status, he did not like to put up a shelf, wearing a short coat in the summer, cooling in Shichahai, wrapping a sheepskin jacket in the winter, running to the Zhengyang Building to eat roast lamb, and even drinking the second pot head with those sedans in the "big wine tank", as a heavenly noble Yi Xie knew the suffering of the people the most, and was known as the prince who was closest to the people.
At the same time, Yi Xi was also the only person Empress Dowager Cixi was jealous of.
It is said that Cixi did not like her daughter-in-law Xiao Zheyi Empress Arute very much, and had always wanted to abolish her, but who knew that Yi Xi said: "If you want to abolish it and bring it in from the Great Qing Gate, you must also carry it in from the Great Qing Gate." This sentence directly poked at Cixi's sore spot, but she could not do anything about it.
Another time, Cixi had a serious illness, after the initial recovery of the serious illness, Cixi very much wanted to listen to the play, the Ministry of Internal Affairs invited a few girls, in the Changchun Palace to sing "Octagonal Tower" to relieve Cixi's boredom, this matter was greatly dissatisfied after Yi Xie knew about it, so Yi Xi took advantage of an opportunity to be summoned, drunk, hummed a folk tune, and wandered into the temple. When Li Lianying saw this, she was shocked and hurriedly beckoned the eunuch to help Yi Xie out, which also made Cixi helpless, so she had to stop "listening to people speak Cai Zhonglang".
It is worth mentioning that Yiyi's second son was named Zaiyi, who was later passed on to Yizhi, the son of Ruijun Wang, the fourth son of Jiaqing, Prince Miaoxin, and Zaiyi's son Puyi was once made the eldest brother by Cixi and almost became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but the matter was eventually resolved.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Qing Shilu, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family