Cixi must shout five words when she gets up in the morning or she will be punished.

Everyone knows more or less that Cixi has always been extravagant and wasteful, doing some strange things with money. She also has a wonderful place. It takes five hours from getting up to going to court every day, which makes people feel that flowers are dying. It takes five hours for Cixi to get up in the morning, and the maid-in-waiting must repeat five words, or she will be punished!

Cixi got up in the morning and the ancients went to court at eight o'clock. So what did Cixi do in these four or five hours? As far as dressing up is concerned, staying up for two hours is enough. In fact, Cixi has a lot of things to do when she gets up in the morning, such as opening her eyes and washing. First of all, before dawn, the maid-in-waiting gently lifted the curtain of Cixi's bed, and then a group of people knelt on the ground and began to repeat the words "auspicious ancestors" softly, just like an alarm clock. They couldn't stop until Cixi signaled to stop.

When Cixi wakes up, outsiders will immediately bring boiling water and tea. The time and rhythm of going in must also be very precise, otherwise the ancestors will be unhappy and the consequences will not be what everyone wants to see. Cixi is very particular about washing. First, she should wrap her hands in a clean and warm towel, and then soak them in hot water for a while. This process should be repeated three or four times, and towels and washbasins should be changed every time.

Next is combing your hair, which is the most time-consuming. In order not to bore Cixi, eunuchs need to tell him some state affairs, such as where there is a bumper harvest, there is victory. In order to make him happy, the eunuch had to embellish it and occasionally interspersed a joke to make Cixi happy. After painting makeup, the ladies-in-waiting helped Cixi out, and a pipe was ready outside for Cixi to smoke. After smoking, he needs to drink some special milk tea, which is said to be made of human milk.

Second, eat breakfast. Nutrition porridge is usually the main breakfast for Cixi, with more than 20 kinds of meals. After breakfast, it's time to change clothes, put on gorgeous palace clothes and expensive jewelry layer by layer, and then sit in the sedan chair that has been waiting outside for a long time to go to court.

In the above stages, the harem was very busy. All the people dressed, put on makeup, combed their hair and made breakfast. For Cixi, more than eighty people have to revolve around her because she is up. After all the measures are completed, Cixi needs to make up again and then go to court to listen to politics. At this time, it is estimated that the ministers have been waiting for more than half an hour, but no one dares to say that Cixi is late.