Greg Jenner
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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
He's small, he's six, he's little, he doesn't understand the world.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Surely when he becomes 13 or 14, he's going to want to get rid of his mum and his step mum or whatever it is.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
He's going to want to go solo.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She'd slap him?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
He's the emperor of China.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yes, I know.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She's meeting the ruler with a ruler.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yay, there you go.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
That's why we book you.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And he comes of age in 1872.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
He's going to take the imperial name Tongzhi.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Tongzhi, yes.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
But she stalls him.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She won't hand him full power yet.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Do you know what she demands of him first?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yes, very good.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
You've got good instincts here, Sophie.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yes, she demands you must get married first.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And so what, they choose the girls for him?