Greg Jenner
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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Mm-hmm.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Right.
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
So that's the natural heir.
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
Possibly, yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Suspicious timing.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And soon after, the Empress Dowager She'an also died.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Do you know how she was rumoured to have been involved in this second one?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
With the Empress Dowager, her former... Her former sort of, you know, partner in crime.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, it is a poisoning.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Do you know what the poison was put in?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
No, I mentioned at the beginning, actually, it was put in a sweet cake.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Sweet cake.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
A bake-off special.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And suddenly the Dowager Empress is dead.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
People at court are suspicious, but they can't prove it.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So now we have one woman running the show.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yes.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Because there's a four-year-old boy over here.