The Empress Dowager of the late Ching dynasty loved playing mahjongg, and often invited the consorts and princesses of the palace to join her. She most favored two daughters of a certain duke, for the two young women were also adept a "the politics of playing mahjongg."
清朝慈禧太后喜歡打麻將，常邀后妃公主們摸八圈，其中慶親王的兩個格格最常蒙太后召寵，因為此二妹深諳「政治麻將」之術。