Cixi is a fastidious person. Every meal has more than 100 dishes, but she only takes a sip and the rest can only be wasted. She is also a very ceremonial person. When eating, she should put on airs and let her father-in-law announce the name of the dish before starting. It is said that the things that Cixi can't finish are smuggled out of the palace by some eunuchs and maids-in-waiting, and some even make a fortune, which shows how extravagant Cixi eats. Cixi doesn't drink ordinary water. She drinks dew, even the usual mouthwash is dew. Ladies-in-waiting have to get up early every day to collect dew, which wastes a lot of manpower and material resources.
One of Cixi's favorite dishes is donkey money and donkey meat. How much do you like it? That is to eat every day, because it is so delicious. Cixi was curious about what such delicious food was made of, so she asked the chef. The cook didn't dare to cheat, so he had to tell the truth and tell Cixi that it was a donkey whip. The donkey whip is called donkey money meat because it looks like a copper coin when cooked. Cixi said at that time that the whole person was not good and felt that she had been played. She used to eat it every day. She is so noble, how can she eat such things? She completely forgot how happy she used to be.
Cixi ordered that as long as the cooks involved in making donkey money and meat had to die, one hundred lives would be lost. In ancient times, meat was graded and it was not allowed to entertain guests with dog meat. In ancient times, donkey's whip had to go down to the table, and Cixi certainly didn't want to eat donkey's whip. Because of this, she killed a hundred cooks at will, and she will never wash them for nothing.