In ancient times, the emperor represented everything, and at that time, the emperor's body was often called the dragon body, because in ancient times, the people were superstitious and believed that the dragon was the master of all things in the world, so the person who became the emperor would also be blessed by the dragon and called the dragon by the people.
The eunuch palace maid who is in the palace will lose her life if she is not careful, let alone the people who serve the emperor all day, and even more every day, afraid that they will say the wrong thing, but if they say the wrong thing, they will die, and they will not speak, so those who are waiting around the emperor are practicing greasy tongues, and their mouths are like smearing honey, after all, saying a word is related to their own lives, and anyone in this post will be like this.
If you meet a ming jun, the day is naturally much better, but if it is a tyrant, it is really a death or death, because the tyrant will not see the palace people make mistakes, and the tyrant will only decide the life and death of others according to his own mood.
As an emperor, there are naturally many palace people waiting around, in all details, there are different palace people who are specifically responsible for serving, but in terms of serving the emperor, there are people who are happy and sad, happy that some young and beautiful palace women can take this opportunity to get close to the emperor, let the emperor see themselves, if they are lucky to be favored by the emperor, they can also become concubines in the palace, and they no longer have to live a life of serving others, and they can eat and drink every day. The sad thing is that if the service is not done well, or if something is said in the process of serving the emperor that makes the emperor unhappy, or what, it will lose his life.
But even if it is such a dangerous work, there are still many palace people rushing to do it, because the Feng Lu who is waiting around the emperor is the highest among all the palace people, and can become the person next to the emperor, and other palace people must be polite to them, that is to say, in the palace, in addition to the emperor's concubines and princes, it is the largest palace people around the emperor, so even if it is a job that hangs his head on the waistband of his pants every day, there are many people who are willing to do it.
And when serving the emperor, there is a job that everyone is scrambling to do, that is, to "wash the dragon ditch" for the emperor, and what is this "washing the dragon ditch"?
In fact, "washing the dragon ditch" is to brush the emperor's teeth, in ancient times there was no toothbrush, brushing teeth is only to gargle with water, and the emperor's mouthwash is not ordinary, every morning will use the tea brewed by the best tea to gargle, and this good tea only once or twice is thrown away is too wasteful, so there are many palace people will be useless tea leaves to collect, out of the palace to sell, from which to earn money.
In fact, the palace eunuchs living in the palace are very miserable, and the best time is wasted in the palace, so they will try their best to catch more oil and water when they are still in the palace, so that they can spend the second half of their lives well after they get out of the palace at an old age.