Wi: the Tongzhi Emperor lives?

What the title says. From what I've read he either died from smallpox or untreated Syphilis. So lets say he doesn't catch smallpox, is properly treated for Syphilis or doesn't get Syphilis at all. He was only 18 when he died so what would he reign have looked like? A continued reign for his mother, Empress Dowager Cixi,with Tongzhi as a puppet, or would he attempt to remove his mother and rule on his own? I don't know if this helps, but his wife Empress Alute, whom he was in love with, hated his mother so you would think this would influence him to try to remove Cixi from power.
 
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