The eunuch at the end of the Qing Dynasty recalled: The harem served the concubines, and in order to prevent drowsiness, an object would be put in the shoes. In the harem of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to those emperors who were the Ninth Five-Year Emperor and the high-ranking concubines, there was also such a category of people, who were doomed to survive in the palace for the second half of their lives as aliens at the moment they entered the palace.
Not only do they need to do all kinds of things such as serving the master every day, but some of them must also accompany the emperor every day, and even the concubines will stand at the door to listen to the arrangements when they are sleeping, so who are these people? That's right, they are the eunuchs we can learn about every time we see the palace drama and a series of books related to the Qing Dynasty!
In fact, in the late Qing Dynasty, there were indeed some extremely powerful castrated people, but in general, it was only a very small number, it can be said that most eunuchs basically lived a very hard life, under normal circumstances, a careless move, it is likely to be criticized by the director, light will be deducted, heavy will be killed.
And today's Xiaobian mainly wants to tell you about this thing hidden in their shoes when they serve the emperor or concubines on weekdays! We all know that there was such a eunuch in the Qing Dynasty, who survived at the end of the Qing Dynasty, so the words and contents spoken through his mouth must also be very well-founded and credible, this person is Sun Yaoting of the late Qing Dynasty!
I have to say that Sun Himself did witness the final luxury of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and also saw the current situation of the scattered dynasties at the time of the Qing Dynasty, and according to his recollections, under normal circumstances, when he served the concubines, he would always put a "treasure" in his shoes.
So let's start with the usual work process of eunuchs, in the early years, the eunuchs basically did all the hard work in the deep palace, in addition to bringing tea and water to the concubines, in addition to the need to stand outside the door to watch over the unable to sleep when the concubines were asleep. In this way, the body will inevitably be overwhelmed after a long time, after all, these people are also normal people, how can they withstand such torture?
Moreover, under the oppression of the royal system, even if the master sleeps, he is not allowed to steal a nap, knowing that if he accidentally sleeps and dies, the concubine suddenly commands things, and will be punished if he is found to be sleeping. However, after Sun Yaoting entered the palace, he found a major problem, that is, the old eunuchs were almost unlikely to be punished and noisy, until one day he knew that these old people would hide "treasures" in their shoes!
So later, Sun Shi took advantage of the teacher who taught him to fall asleep, went to find out, and finally understood that it was actually because everyone would hide a ear in the shoes, and I had to say that it was not easy to walk to the feet, but if you were very sleepy, you would wake up immediately. Therefore, it was not long before Sun Yaoting also relied on this method, there was no mistake in his work, and his position was constantly improving, and he eventually became a senior manager in the harem.
It can be seen how much the eunuchs have paid behind the reason why they are not punished by their masters in order to be promoted faster. Xiaobian feels that they are indeed very hard and difficult, after all, they are different from normal people, and they are destined to be regarded as aliens in their lives, and the attitude of these people is indeed worth learning!