Greg Jenner
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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
The Guangzhou emperor.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Okay.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So there we go.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So if you come for the, well, I was going to say come for the king.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
If you come for the Empress Dowager, you better not miss.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So her own nephew in house arrest.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Possibly poisoned her sort of business partner.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Possibly poisoned a pregnant woman.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Pregnant woman.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She's clinging to power.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Sort of.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
I was going to say, in 1900, we get another big military crisis.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
This one's called the Boxer Rebellion.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Do you know why it's called the Boxer Rebellion?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Have you heard of that before?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
It's about Kung Fu, really, isn't it?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
It's about martial arts.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Is that fair?