Red Chamber Well (Part 1 and Part 2)

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Panoramic View of Late Qing History, Volume Five of the Epic Series "The Life of Empress Dowager Cixi." Panoramic View of Late Qing History, Volume Five of the Epic Series "The Life of Empress Dowager Cixi." The Hundred Days' Reform pushed the conflict between the Emperor's faction and the Empress Dowager's faction to an extreme. Thanks to Yuan Shikai's "impromptu decision," the Empress Dowager's faction rose to the pinnacle of power. The court intended to use the Boxer Movement to eliminate the foreigners, but failed to stop the enemy's relentless advance. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Zhen Fei to be thrown into a well and fled with the emperor in haste. The country's fate reached a critical historical juncture.