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The imperial nuptial cost more than four thousand taels of gold and more than four million eight hundred thousand taels of silver. It was the most...

The imperial nuptial cost more than four thousand taels of gold and more than four million eight hundred thousand taels of silver. It was the most...

Celebrations in the Forbidden City always involved opera performances. There was a royal cast for all the occasions, but after the death of East...

Celebrations in the Forbidden City always involved opera performances. There was a royal cast for all the occasions, but after the death of East...

After the selection, Big Princess said to West Empress Dowager that if she had desired her niece to be the queen, why she hadn't told the emperor...

After the selection, Big Princess said to West Empress Dowager that if she had desired her niece to be the queen, why she hadn't told the emperor...

On November 8, the five girls were lined before West Empress Dowager and the emperor. The niece stood foremost, who should stand behind others by...

On November 8, the five girls were lined before West Empress Dowager and the emperor. The niece stood foremost, who should stand behind others by...

Among the five girls, besides the other niece, who was twenty-one years old, well over the traditional age between thirteen and seventeen, the two...

Among the five girls, besides the other niece, who was twenty-one years old, well over the traditional age between thirteen and seventeen, the two...

The emperor was seventeen now. It was high time for him to get married. West Empress Dowager would take care of it as the emperor's adopted mother. ...

Chapter 38 In 1886, the emperor was sixteen. It was the time that the empress dowager should let him handle the state affairs alone, though she...

Chapter 38 In 1886, the emperor was sixteen. It was the time that the empress dowager should let him handle the state affairs alone, though she...

The second suggestion of Governor Li was to build a railroad in Shandong Province along the river. But many conservative courtiers opposed it. Their...

The second suggestion of Governor Li was to build a railroad in Shandong Province along the river. But many conservative courtiers opposed it. Their...

Governor Li of Zhidi Province had a maxim that Learn from foreigners to conquer foreigners West Empress Dowager liked his maxim. Once he suggested...

The corridor runs seven hundred and twenty-eight meters long, from a moon gate in the east to Shizhang Pavilion in the west. All the two hundred and...

The corridor runs seven hundred and twenty-eight meters long, from a moon gate in the east to Shizhang Pavilion in the west. All the two hundred and...

The Garden of Good Health & Harmony (also called Summer Palace though it is not the Summer Palace in Rehe. Any place where the emperor went like on a...

The Garden of Good Health & Harmony (also called Summer Palace though it is not the Summer Palace in Rehe. Any place where the emperor went like on a...

The Royal Family Affairs Management was put in charge of the reconstruction. They were also building a stage right close to where West Empress...

Someone suggested to her head eunuch Li that they could use part of the money that was supposed to build a strong navy. After the Sino-French war,...

Someone suggested to her head eunuch Li that they could use part of the money that was supposed to build a strong navy. After the Sino-French war,...