![]() ![]() While Sakota gives birth to a girl, Yehonala gives birth to a boy and rises to the position of the “Fortunate Mother”, the mother of the heir. She bribes the enuches and is good to the Dowager Empress (Emporer’s mother). ![]() To be noticed, she makes an effort to stand out. ![]() While Sakota is given a the rank of the Emporer’s primary wife because, her elder sister was at a high rank, Orchid (now known as Yehonala) earns a high rank. Orchid and her cousin, Sakota are both picked as expected and go to stay in the Forbidden City – never to return. As was the practice then, a set of young girls are chosen out of who, a wife and some cocubines are picked for the Emporer. She is the daughter of a low-ranking Manchu official of Yehonala clan. The story starts when Tzu Hsi is a child. Tzu Hsi’s claim to fame is that, she was a fierce, efficient, intelligent and a very controversial empress. Imperial Woman is a biographical story of Tzu Hsi (or Cixi), the last empress of China, written by Pearl S Buck. ![]()
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