Cixi ate a lot of delicious food throughout her life. The only things she didn't eat were beef and dog meat. The former was because she didn't dare to eat it, and the latter was explicitly prohibited.
Cixi was a seasoned foodie, and her favorite food was a dish called "Tiger Pills in Clear Soup", which was made from the testicles of Siberian tigers. She was extremely cruel in order to eat it.
Cixi also didn't like eating offal. Once she knew that her favorite dish was made from donkey's genitals, so she executed more than a hundred cooks.
In the ancient farming era, cattle were the largest labor force for people's farming. As the main force, cattle were not allowed to appear on the dining table. If the cattle were eaten, part of the labor force would be lost, which would seriously affect the national economy.
Therefore, Cixi, as the ruler, could not eat beef. Unlike now, in that era, cattle were animals related to people's livelihood, and the killing of farm cattle was prohibited.
This is also the reason why Cixi dare not eat beef. If people know that she has eaten beef, the people will hate her to death.
During the Nurhaci era, during a battle, Nuhar was chased by Li Chengliang. When he was desperate, he was rescued by an unknown big yellow dog. From then on, the dog was regarded as the life-saving dog of the Jurchens, and no one was allowed to
Kill the dog.
The ban from the Nuhar period was passed down to the Cixi period. In order to comply with the order not to kill dogs, there was no dog meat on the table.
Therefore, except for beef, Cixi also does not eat dog meat. For some hunters, dogs are also a great helper.
Therefore, Cixi has tasted countless delicacies in her life, but she has never tasted these.
It's not that she doesn't want to eat, it's mainly because she's afraid, not daring to disobey her ancestors' orders, and also afraid that the people will blame her and collectively become dissatisfied with her after eating, so she can only eat other foods to relieve her restless heart as a foodie.
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