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The most beautiful princess in the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi, was destroyed and shed tears every day

With the progress of society and the development of science and technology, there are more and more software for girls to take photos, and the photos they take are becoming more and more beautiful. It’s not just our modern girls who like to take pictures. In the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Cixi, who listened behind the curtain and held the power of life and death throughout the Qing Dynasty, loved taking pictures just like little girls. Therefore, we can still find photos of Empress Dowager Cixi and many maids and concubines in the Qing Palace online.

In the surviving photos, we found that the women in the Qing palace at that time were extremely ugly and not as beautiful as we usually see in TV dramas. In fact, there are some misunderstandings, mainly because the photos at that time were all in black and white, and there were no various beautification technologies available today. Of course, there were still beauties in the Qing palace, such as Emperor Guangxu’s favorite concubine Zhen, and the graceful appearance of the last emperor Puyi. In fact, besides them, there is a little-known woman who is also extremely beautiful. She is the fourth daughter of the Qing prince and is known as "Four Princesses". We can see her in many photos of Cixi.

Sigege is much younger than Zhenfei, the concubine of Emperor Guangxu. When she grew up, she became very beautiful, like the person who stepped out of the painting. Sige is sweet-tongued, eloquent, versatile, and especially good at pleasing old ladies. When playing mahjong with Cixi, Si Gege always deliberately lost to her in order to please Cixi. In winter, Sigege would cook barbecue for Cixi.

And she is very kind to everyone around her, whether they are female officials or maids. Cixi, who had never had a daughter in her life, regarded this beautiful and lovely Si Gege as her biological daughter. As long as Cixi didn't see her for a day, she would never miss it. So she often asked the palace maid to bring Si Gege into the palace for outings and boating. Sigege stayed by Cixi's side all year round, but was never rejected by the suspicious Empress Dowager Cixi. She is very capable. Because of this, Si Gege's father's promotion speed is like riding a rocket.

After being married by Cixi, Si Gege married the person she liked, but the couple rarely had time together because Si Gege was always called by Ci Xi to accompany her in the palace. Later, Si Gege's husband died young. Since the couple could only see each other once or twice a year, Si Gege was unable to give birth to a child for her favorite life, which made her regretful. At that time, Western photography technology was introduced to China. Cixi wanted to take pictures of Guanyin Bodhisattva, so she completely ignored Si Gege's pain of bereavement and forced her to put on a red dress and play the role of the Dragon Girl to take a photo with her. Si Gege felt extremely wronged, but was forced by the arrogance of the Empress Dowager Cixi and did not dare to speak out, so she had to hold back tears.

After Si Gege's husband passed away, Si Gege was immersed in pain for a long time, but Cixi asked Si Gege again and again to go to the palace to chat and have fun with her. Sig had nowhere to vent her sadness, so she had to go back to the mansion to cry alone, and she was with Yi Xie every day. Although Si Gege was the most beautiful princess in the late Qing Dynasty, her fate was so tragic that people had to feel sorry for her.