Burning Old Summer Palace

In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), the pretty Yehenala Magnolia (Liu Xiaoqing) was selected into the palace and canonized as a nobleman. Due to the historical feud between the Yehenala and Aixinjueluo families, Magnolia was not allowed to be favored by Xianfeng (Liang Jiahui) at first. Favored but good at scheming, she finally bound Xianfeng tightly with a sad and lingering tune and her alluring beauty, and was canonized as Yi's concubine. After giving birth to her son Zaichun, she was promoted to the title of Yi's imperial concubine. For a time, her status was unmatched by anyone except the queen (Chen Ye). While the concubines in the Qing palace were vying for favor and Xianfeng indulged in pleasure, empires such as Britain and France, which had coveted the wealth of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, repeatedly invaded China. The timid Xianfeng was persuaded by eight ministers including the Qing Dynasty to leave the country. The world-famous Old Summer Palace, known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens", fled with all the concubines to the Rehe Palace in the name of "Autumn Hunting" and continued the extravagant life of "not hearing what is happening outside the window and focusing only on timely happiness".