Cixi suffered from poor gastrointestinal problems in her later years and often lost her appetite. For this reason, the eunuch Li Lianying recruited cooking experts to prepare delicious food for Cixi. A cook cooked a bowl of delicious soup, which was deeply loved by Cixi. As a result, Cixi's appetite improved and her health improved. However, the cook was later killed by Cixi. The problem lay in the ingredients used in this soup. The ingredients used in the soup were insulting to Cixi and led to the murder of the cook

This soup is actually haggis soup. The cook's skills are good and the haggis soup tastes particularly good. Such a soup is both delicious and delicious. It can regulate Cixi's intestines and stomach.

Cixi was also curious about the soup at first, but the cook kept it secret. Cixi thought that the soup was delicious, so she did not force the cook to reveal the secret of the soup.

One day ten years later, Cixi once again asked about the secret of soup, and this time his attitude was tough. The cook felt that this situation could not be dealt with, so he confessed the truth. He never thought that this confession would be a success. Kill yourself.

It turns out that this soup is made from sheep offal, which is the internal organs of sheep. This kind of thing was considered dirty and low-end by people at the time. Cixi thought of eating it for so many years. The sheep went into the water, and he was very angry, so he killed the cook. Analysis of the authenticity of the story

This story comes from legend, not official historical records, and this story obviously has many flaws.

First, Cixi wanted to know the situation of this soup. How could the cook not tell the truth? This was a flaw.

Secondly, since Cixi is very interested in this soup, Li Lianying and others must have learned about the soup. If they knew that the soup was made from sheep feces, they would have stopped it.

Thirdly, Cixi herself was a foodie and had so much experience in eating. How could she not see that those in the soup were animal offal.

Fourthly, some people say that Cixi killed the cook because she was born in the year of sheep and tabooed eating mutton. This is wrong because according to the "Palace Chronicles", Cixi often ate mutton. Cixi had a taboo on mutton, but it was not that she was taboo about eating mutton. She just tabooed the name "mutton" and changed the name "mutton" to "furou".

Therefore, this story was probably made up by later generations based on Cixi’s taboo against sheep, and its authenticity is worth exploring. However, it is true that Cixi was extravagant and cruel. It may be because of this that later generations made up such a story.