Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . THE STORY OF THE HAN RULERS. 37 governing for himself, but his wife Hohienwas more ambitious and less satisfied withher position, although she had effected amarriage between her daughter and lady was only one of the queens of theruler, and not the Empress. Hohien, tofurther her ends, determined to poison theEmpress, and succeeded only too well. Herguilt would have bee
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . THE STORY OF THE HAN RULERS. 37 governing for himself, but his wife Hohienwas more ambitious and less satisfied withher position, although she had effected amarriage between her daughter and lady was only one of the queens of theruler, and not the Empress. Hohien, tofurther her ends, determined to poison theEmpress, and succeeded only too well. Herguilt would have been divulged by the doctorshe employed, but that Ho Kwang, by anexercise of his authority, prevented the appli-cation of torture to him when thrown intoprison. This narrow escape from detection did notkeep Hohien from crime. She had the satis-faction of seeing her daughter proclaimedEmpress, but her gratification was dimin-ished by the son of the murdered Hiuchibeing selected as heir to the throne. Hohienresolved to poison this prince, but her designwas discovered, and she and all the membersof her family were ordered to take minister. Ho Kwang, had taken no partin these plots, which, however, injure
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