They arranged to have palace women stand next to the Empress Dowager and signal what tiles the Empress held so that the girls could deliberately allow the Empress to win.
她們跟慈禧太后宮女約好，每回打牌時宮女就站在太后身後打暗號，讓格格們順著太后的牌放水，每次都讓慈禧贏。