A strange tree grew in front of the prince's grave. Why was Cixi so frightened when she found out that she took an ax and chopped it down three times?

After Prince Chun died, he was buried beside the ancient incense road in Miaodaofeng in the western suburbs of Beijing. Later, a tall ginkgo tree grew next to his grave. At that time, someone suggested to Cixi that Prince Chun is the prince, and "wang" with white on the prefix means "emperor". Cixi was surprised when she heard this, so she took the ax herself. The ginkgo tree was chopped down three times, and finally the palace officials chopped it down under Cixi's order.

Prince Chun is the biological father of Emperor Guangxu. Originally, no one dared to cut down the tree in front of his grave because of his status. However, although he has a noble status because he is the biological father of Emperor Guangxu, it is also because of his status. He was jealous of Cixi. Emperor Guangxu was only a few years old when he succeeded to the throne. Cixi controlled the actual political power of the Qing Dynasty when he came to the throne. But when Emperor Guangxu grew up, Cixi and Emperor Guangxu had a power struggle. Obviously , Emperor Guangxu's methods were much more immature than those of Cixi, but after all, the Qing Dynasty belonged to the Aixinjueluo family, and Cixi would eventually return power to Emperor Guangxu.

So Cixi, who seemed to have the upper hand, was actually quite panicked inside. However, after all, she had been operating in the previous dynasty for many years, so she had great power in the previous dynasty. Although Emperor Guangxu had There were justifiable reasons for pro-government, but Cixi refused to delegate power, and Emperor Guangxu was helpless. In addition, Emperor Guangxu was also a relatively weak emperor, and he lacked ability and experience, so he was at a disadvantage everywhere.

When someone told Cixi that there was a ginkgo tree growing in front of Prince Chun's tomb, saying that the word "wang" with white on the prefix meant "emperor", this statement was very far-fetched, but Cixi went to great lengths to cut down the ginkgo tree herself. In fact, it was just a kind of political suppression and a fight with Emperor Guangxu. No matter how unreliable this statement was, Cixi didn't care anyway, and the ginkgo tree was cut down in the end.