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China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-06 07:50

1851

Cixi, 16, enters the Forbidden City. She competes with 60 other Manchu girls to win a berth as Emperor Xianfeng's concubine-in-waiting, and is subsequently promoted to concubine of the fifth rank.

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