This is to prevent others from seeing Cixi's preferences, and also to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to poison. In ancient times, there was a lot of attention to diet, especially for emperors or people with high status. We should be careful in diet to prevent people from being poisoned. Therefore, people with high power in ancient times were very cautious about what they ate.

Cixi herself is also a extravagant person. In the year of Cixi's 60th birthday, the Qing Dynasty was going through a very difficult period. Not only is the national treasury empty, but even beiyang fleet is unable to confront the enemy because of insufficient military expenditure. However, Cixi doesn't care about this at all. It is natural for her old man to celebrate his birthday, so Cixi has been criticized by later generations. Of course, Cixi won't spend too much on food and clothing.

One meal for Cixi 100 multi-course dishes. In ancient times, the higher the status, the more delicious food and dishes she could enjoy. Although Cixi is not an emperor, she is no different from the emperor, so she enjoys the treatment that only the emperor has. /kloc-more than 0/00 dishes, although I believe that Cixi can eat enough even if she only eats one bite of each dish, Cixi does not eat every dish, but only eats two at most. This is because in the Qing Dynasty, emperors usually ate no more than three bites of a dish.

The reason for this system is to prevent people from poisoning the emperor's preferences. Therefore, there is still a set of procedures for the safety of each dish. Try the poison with a silver needle first, someone must taste it, and then go to Cixi to eat it. However, Cixi never tasted much food. If Cixi didn't say anything in the second mouth, eunuchs would shout "withdraw" to hint at Cixi. Therefore, many emperors in the Qing Dynasty never recorded what food they liked to eat, and so did Cixi, who never ate much for her own safety.