What is the connection between Guangxu and Cixi’s feng shui fight and a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree?

After the death of her son, Cixi could only choose Guangxu, her sister's son, to inherit the throne. Although Cixi and Guangxu were both relatives, after all, Guangxu was not Cixi's biological flesh and blood, so it was inevitable that Cixi would be suspicious of him. Guangxu's behavior was also monitored by Cixi every day.

One day, the eunuch Li Lianying told Cixi that a tree grew on the grave of Guangxu's father Yixuan. This tree was not an ordinary tree, but a ginkgo tree, a ginkgo tree. At first, Cixi thought it was no big deal to have a tree growing on the grave, but Li Lianying's words made Cixi's heart tremble. Li Lianying said: "It is said that it is not a good sign for a ginkgo tree to grow on the prince's grave. Yixuan is Prince Chun." . ?

After hearing this, Cixi was shocked. A "king" with a "white" above it, wouldn't that be the "emperor"'s "emperor"? So Cixi hurriedly asked Li Lianying to send people to cut down the ginkgo tree on the tomb of Guangxu's ancestor. But this tree was also very strange. As soon as the eunuchs chopped it down, a line of white pulp was left at the edge of the tree. The eunuchs looked at it several times, but no one could damage the tree.

Cixi was really hateful and angry when she saw it, and ordered carpenters from all over the country to chop down the tree. Not long after the order was issued, a white-bearded carpenter asked to see Cixi. He told Cixi that the tree must be cut down by Cixi herself, and it must be cut down on the night of the Ghost Festival on July 15th, otherwise it would not be possible. It works. Of course, Guangxu also knew about the matter of cutting down the tree, but he had no real power and did not dare to take action against Cixi. He could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

On July 15th, the Ghost Festival, Cixi, according to the white-bearded carpenter, wore a ghost-catching Taoist robe, picked up an ax, and chopped down the tree in two or three strokes. But it didn't take long before Cixi and Guangxu died one after another, and the Qing Dynasty fell into disgrace.