The box lunch that Cixi enjoyed on the train consisted of more than 100 dishes. In order to meet her demand for delicious food, she also ordered four carriages to be prepared on the train, and fifty stoves were built in the carriages. Although we all know the luxurious life of Cixi every day from history, it is really eye-opening to remain luxurious on the train.

Cixi, as we all know, was the political leader in the late Qing Dynasty. She not only controls the state affairs, but also leads a very luxurious life, such as taking hundreds of towels in the bath, drinking only mountain spring water every day and eating hundreds of dishes every meal. However, we find from history that the luxurious life of Cixi has not changed at all even on the way to escape. At that time, she took Guangxu with her and still ordered people to provide hundreds of dishes for each meal. Those chefs built 50 stoves on the train to meet the requirements of Cixi.

Some people may ask, why use so many stoves? That's because each stove can only cook two dishes. At that time, Cixi ordered that the food she ate must be freshly cooked. In order to meet the requirements of Cixi, the chefs had to build a stove on the train. At that time, there were nearly 200 people cooking for Cixi in the kitchen, including chefs, chopping vegetables, making noodles, and specially responsible for burning fires.

Cixi is very concerned about food. She especially likes to eat ducks or heavy food, so even on the runaway train, Cixi will stop the train and ask someone to cook it for her. From this series of luxurious lives of Cixi, we can easily see that the Qing Dynasty was not unreasonable!