Cixi only eats the sweetest watermelon in the middle of watermelon pulp, and the rest won't eat another spoonful, so there are more than 300 watermelons for Cixi to enjoy every day. Watermelon is a very good summer fruit, and many people like to eat watermelon in hot summer. As the most distinguished ruler in the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi naturally ate watermelon to relieve the heat, but the way she ate watermelon was extremely extravagant and wasteful.

Cixi is a person who pays great attention to ostentation and extravagance and face, and food and clothing are even more luxurious. It is said that Cixi will eat more than 100 dishes in one meal, and each dish cannot be repeated, and she only eats one bite. This shows that Cixi is very particular about eating. So even if she eats watermelon, Cixi is different from ordinary people. She only eats the sweetest bite of watermelon.

The most nourishing and sweet part of the center of watermelon pulp is eaten by Cixi. Every time Cixi eats watermelon, she only eats a spoonful of watermelon meat in the middle, because it is the sweetest there, and Cixi will never taste the remaining watermelon again. But after all, this part of watermelon has little pulp, and it needs to consume a lot of watermelon to meet Cixi's demand for pulp. So Cixi enjoys about 350 watermelons a day.

Cixi's life is so extravagant and wasteful that eating watermelon alone has been exposed. Not to mention the money Cixi spent on her meals, as well as her expenses on beauty and clothing, which we can't imagine. It is no wonder that in the late Qing Dynasty, under the rule of Cixi, it became more and more corrupt and eventually declined completely. Therefore, a luxurious and wasteful life like Cixi is impossible for us ordinary people to learn, and it also discourages us.