What unique skills does Li Lianying have that can win Cixi's favor? ?

Li Lianying does not have any special skills. The fact that he can make Cixi happy with his own wisdom may be enough.

In addition, he also respected Cixi very much and put Cixi first. No matter how powerful he was, he never overstepped his authority or did anything detrimental to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Li Lianying was very loyal to the Empress Dowager Cixi, which is very rare in any era.

In addition to often using some tricks to make Cixi happy, Li Lianying is probably the person in Cixi's heart who can best answer her worries and questions.

And in Cixi's later years, Li Lianying could be said to be the last person who accompanied her, and only Li Lianying understood Cixi's thoughts best. The relationship between the two of them was unusually deep.

Even sometimes in the middle of the night, Cixi would summon Li Lianying to her palace, and the two would discuss the art of immortality late at night, often staying up all night to discuss it.

After decades of life in the palace, Li Lianying has become very smooth. Deeply favored by Cixi, he often went back and forth between Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, trying to please both sides and always remaining in an invincible position.

There are historical records that Cixi, Guangxu and others stayed overnight in Baoding when they returned to Beijing after fleeing. That night, Cixi's residence was still elegant and luxurious, and Li Lianying also had a good accommodation environment, but Emperor Guangxu at that time did not even have a quilt.

It was cold in the middle of winter. Li Lianying, who knew this, immediately knelt down and hugged Guangxu's thigh, crying bitterly: "The slaves deserve death!" Then, without any hesitation, Li Lianying hugged Guangxu's quilt to emperor.

In general, whether he was getting along with Cixi or Guangxu, Li Lianying was very able to grasp the way of life and used his wisdom to earn back all the glory.