Considerable excitement was caused the other day in Court circles by the nows that the Empress Dowager had summarily banished the Chief Eunuch, Te'ui An, from the Palace. An was the most powerful Eunuch in Peking and he must have been guilty of some serious fault to have received such drastic treatment at his Imperial Mistress's bands. The decree of banishment also forbids the disgraced Ennuch from re-entering the precincts of the Palace at any future time, We add that the notorious Li Lien-ying who has been known as the Chief Eonuch and confidant of the Empress Dowager, has been in retirement. for the past few years, on account of old age and general ill health; since which time he has seldom, if ever, done any service in the Palace. his duties being undertaken by the now disgraced T'sui
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