Zhou Ying in "That Year is Full of Flowers" is indeed the adopted daughter of Cixi, also called the goddaughter. She was accepted as an adopted daughter because after the outbreak of Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, Empress Dowager Cixi fled to xi 'an for refuge, and Zhou Ying provided Empress Dowager Cixi with100000 taels of silver. Empress Dowager Cixi remembered Zhou Ying's righteous act and named her "Mrs. Protecting the Country". And take her as his adopted daughter. Next, we will specifically understand the ups and downs of the richest woman in Shaanxi in the late Qing Dynasty.

Zhou Ying was born in Sanyuan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. When he grew up, he married a large family in Linxian County, Wu Pin. Zhou Ying married well, but her husband died young and her father-in-law died later. So the huge Wu family began to decline, and as a woman propped up the whole Wu family. Zhou Ying really has a gift for business. With her efforts, the Wu family started the salt business again. In addition, Zhou Ying continues to expand its commercial territory, involving cotton, medicinal materials, tea and other aspects. After decades of struggle, Zhou Ying has become the richest woman in Shaanxi, which is admirable and deplorable.

After making money, Zhou Ying began to return to his hometown. When Guanzhong suffered from natural disasters, Zhou Ying set up porridge relief, and her kindness was also recorded in Sanyuan and Jingyang county annals. Especially after the ugly contract was signed, she also donated money to the Qing government. I have no children all my life, and I can't be buried in the ancestral grave of the Wu family after my death. Later, she adopted one of Wu's sons and inherited her family business.

Therefore, it is a rare talent for Zhou Ying to become a widow in business. Later, she donated silver to Cixi and became her goddaughter, and her reputation reached its peak. Zhou Ying's success is inseparable from her efforts.