Cixi entered the palace at the age of 17, and was promoted to the imperial concubine at the age of 22. Why can she be promoted to the third level in just five years?

Empress Dowager Cixi entered the palace on 1852, and was only 17 years old. From then on, she began to live in the Forbidden City. Aisingiorro, the eldest son of the emperor, was born at the age of 2 1? Zai Chun (Emperor Tongzhi) became the imperial concubine in the second year, but she was promoted to the third level in just five years. I have to admire Cixi, so what did Cixi do?

The fundamental reason is that she is beautiful. Most of the photos of Cixi you see now were taken with cameras in the late Qing Dynasty. At this time, Cixi was already an old woman. But now scientists use restoration technology to reproduce the appearance of Cixi when she was young, which has to be said to be amazing.

As we all know, Cixi entered the Forbidden City through a draft girl, and the most important thing for a draft girl is her appearance. Those who are not good-looking have no chance at all, or they will be disgusting when they enter the palace. Therefore, it can be seen that Cixi's appearance when she was young was very outstanding.

Even in her later years, Cixi paid great attention to her own maintenance, so we can find that in the existing photos, Cixi has particularly good skin, big eyes and high nose, which is what we modern people call three-dimensional facial features. What a beautiful woman. Compared with those ugly girls, if you were Xianfeng, who would you like?

Proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting also benefited from the careful cultivation of Cixi by Cixi's father. Cixi's father, Cheng Wai, works as a pen in the official department, which is our current secretary of the personnel department. Therefore, Cheng Wai also taught all her skills to Cixi, so that she could master the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

When Cixi first entered the palace, she was assigned to Yuanmingyuan. It is estimated that most people will cry for a long time, because Yuanmingyuan was sparsely populated at that time, and being assigned here was equivalent to being assigned to a cold palace. Emperor Xianfeng's main office is in the Forbidden City, and the number of visits to Yuanmingyuan is very limited in one year, so he is likely to be in sweeping monk in Yuanmingyuan all his life.

At that time, Cixi was clever. He paid a lot of money to buy off the eunuchs around Xianfeng, asking about Xianfeng's next visit to Yuanmingyuan and Xianfeng's favorite operas. Cixi, who has a foundation, was trained in a short time. On the day when Xianfeng came to Yuanmingyuan, Cixi wore gorgeous clothes and sang songs on the road that Xianfeng must pass. Xianfeng thought that the immortal had descended to the world, and he was lucky that night on a whim. Facts have proved that opportunities really need to be grasped by ourselves.

In ancient times, it was reasonable for a mother to have a son, even without a son.

Emperor Xianfeng was in poor health, so he never had children. This is a great event. The prince is a national treasure. What if you don't leave any children? However, this kind of thing cannot be forced, it can only be an opportunity. It happened that Empress Dowager Cixi was very lucky to be favored this time. Cixi gave birth to Xianfeng's eldest son, and the courtiers were happy and there were successors; Emperor Xianfeng was overjoyed. See which one of you says I can't. So Cixi seized this opportunity. At this time, Cixi was invincible, only 22 years old.

So Cixi rose to the third level in just five years, not only because of her looks and wisdom, but also because of her luck.