With vivid writing, it describes the memories of the past events of He Ronger, a palace maid who served Cixi for eight years. She was called Rong'er in the palace, and Cixi called her "Rong". She entered the palace at the age of 13 and stayed with Cixi for eight years. At the age of 18, she was married by Cixi and given a eunuch. As the current situation was turbulent, her life became more and more miserable. She was extremely reluctant to talk about the past. Out of her goodwill and trust in the author, she intermittently told every detail of life in the palace at that time, including details of the life of the palace maids, the daily life of Cixi Lafayette, little-known anecdotes of Emperor Guangxu, and the humiliation and suffering of being a eunuch. Official history is not recorded, and unofficial history is difficult to find. It has the value of supplementing and interpreting official history, and is extremely readable.
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Don't be fooled by those sugar-coated Qing palace dramas anymore! "The Past of the Palace Maid" is the "demon mirror" of the Forbidden City in the late Qing Dynasty.
The maid who stayed with Cixi for 8 years said personally that there was no romance at all. It was all about the rule of eating people and not spitting out bones, the moody master, and the humiliation engraved in the bones of the eunuchs and maids. Those counterattack stories in palace fighting dramas are like a big joke in front of the real feudal court! [Love][Love][Love][Love][Love][Love]
Being knowledgeable is much better than talking nonsense!
Don't be fooled by those sugar-coated Qing palace dramas anymore! "The Past of the Palace Maid" is the "demon mirror" of the Forbidden City in the late Qing Dynasty. The maid who stayed with Cixi for 8 years said personally that there was no romance at all. It was all about the rule of eating people and not spitting out bones, the moody master, and the humiliation engraved in the bones of the eunuchs and maids. Those counterattack stories in palace fighting dramas are like a big joke in front of the real feudal court! [Love][Love][Love][Love][Love][Love]
Being knowledgeable is much better than talking nonsense!