Li Lianying (up and down)

Author: Song Yisan / Wei Ru / Shu Qiang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Li Lianying is clever and adaptable, always staying close to Empress Dowager Cixi, serving as her ears and eyes, participating in political affairs and offering advice, selling offices and collecting wealth, becoming the most prominent figure. Due to his influence over Empress Dowager Cixi, no one in the court dared to provoke him. The civil and military officials were afraid to speak out but dared not show anger. Although Li Lianying was cunning and skillful, he ultimately met a bad end due to his numerous misdeeds, and his cause of death remains a mystery.