Greg Jenner
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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She's had more eras than Taylor Swift.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She's just constantly name changing.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So she's a mum at 21, mum to the prince.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And then you mentioned these wars, this turmoil.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
This is a huge ongoing problem.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So the opium wars, there are two.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
One of them had broken out when she was a child.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
That's the first opium war.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Ah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
I suppose it was.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
OK, fair enough.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So during this time, the emperor is struggling and he's turning to drugs, which means presumably someone needs to run the show.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And we have a young lady who's going, I'll do it.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
It's not the empress who says, I'll do it.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Level three.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
OK, so she's learning on the job.