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The Concubine Who Became The Most Powerful Woman in China

November 1861, The Forbidden City, Beijing. The Emperor is dead. His body lies in state while the empire teeters on the edge of collapse. Foreign powers are carving up China like a feast. Rebellions rage across the provinces. The treasury is empty. But in a quiet chamber, a 26-year-old concubine is plotting something that will shock the dynasty to its core. Her name is Cixi, and according to every law and tradition, she has no power at all. She's a woman in a system built by men. A low-ranking concubine in a palace of thousands. The mother of a five-year-old boy who just became Emperor. Within weeks, she'll execute a coup that makes her the most powerful woman in Chinese history. For the next 47 years, she'll rule an empire of 400 million people while watching it crumble around her. How did a concubine seize absolute power? And why couldn't she stop China from falling apart?