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Dowager Empress Chi Hsi
Powerful Qing empress dowager, opponent of reform.
minor
Also known as Empress Chi Hsi, Chi Hsi
First appearance: XXII: The Coup d'État of 1898
Dowager Empress Chi Hsi shows up with force in XXII: The Coup d'État of 1898. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Usurper who deposed Kwang Su; described as ambitious and jealous.
Dowager Empress Chi Hsi first appears in 0024 xxii the coup d tat of 1898.
In XXII: The Coup d'État of 1898: Usurper who deposed Kwang Su; described as ambitious and jealous.
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