Some historians claim Prince Gong took a more active role in the coup of 1861. Sterling Seagrave, in "Dragon Lady", his biography of the Empress Dowager Cixi, claims that Chinese records clearly show that at the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, he named the 2 Dowagers, Empress Dowager Ci'an (the senior Dowager) and Cixi, as the boy emperor's regents, in accord with Imperial tradition. The "Gang of 8", led by Sushun, were furious and moved to set themselves up as co-regents for the young emperor, handing one imperial seal to Dowager Ci'an and keeping the other for themselves.

Prince Gong, with his experience of battling the Western powers, knew that the xenophobic attitudes of the "Gang of 8" would bring ruin to China, and set about enlisting the help of the two Dowagers to bring about the Gang's downfall and stop them taking complete power. Early pressure forced Sushun to relinquish the second imperial seal to its rightful owner, the Dowager Empress Cixi. When Prince Gong's plans reached fruition, Sushun and several other members of the "Gang of 8" were arrested and executed for treason.

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