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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And she's trying to bring in these reforms in the army and in society.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
But there is a coup against her, Sophie.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And do you know what happens in this coup?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Do you know who leads the coup, perhaps?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Oh, nice.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
A rival sushi who's climbed a ladder.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Concubine or concubine, yeah.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Someone in the nine levels.
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 a good guess.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yang Yuan is not a concubine.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Do you want to tell us who it is?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
It's amazing that we've called it a coup because he is the emperor.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
It's not a coup, it's my own throne.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
But yeah, he tries to get rid of her.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And she does some political judo.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
And she gets rid of him.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So 10 years.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So is he sort of secretly, like, does the rest of the country know that their emperor is stuck in a shed somewhere?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Really?