The Sorrow of Ancient Concubines: After the Emperor is lucky, he will be "taken advantage" by eunuchs again
When watching ancient court dramas, because they are beautified by modern people, the audience always mistakenly thinks that it is a very happy thing to be a royal nobleman in ancient times, eat well and dress well, hug before and after, clothes to reach out and eat to open their mouths, a large group of people to serve, so unhappy.
In fact, if you know more about the history, you will know that living in a luxurious imperial palace in ancient times was not necessarily very comfortable.
In particular, the women of the emperor's harem, ostensibly noble concubines and masters, are actually a royal fertility machine; It is a chip and a victim between various powerful groups, without freedom, let alone in the life of the self.
In the ancient feudal period, it was a patriarchal society, and women were vassals of men and did not have the right to control their own destiny. Polygamy was the basic institution of marriage at that time.
Marrying into the royal family, although you can be promoted and achieve the status of a superior person, you still can't avoid being a tool for political struggle.
The role of the concubine is to serve the emperor and provide for the emperor to play, and the quality of life changes with the emperor's mood and anger, and there will never be a stable statement. The favored concubine lived well, the unfavored, and in the palace even the palace eunuchs could bully her. Therefore, the life of a concubine is more crying than laughing.
The eunuchs who served the emperor in the palace were all eunuchs, although they were only subordinates, but because some eunuchs were in charge of affairs in the palace, and some eunuchs were waiting in front of the palace, although they were not of high rank, other people really could not afford to offend.
For this point, it is also reflected in film and television dramas. Whether it is a concubine or a concubine's palace maid, she will be polite to the powerful eunuch in her hand.
These eunuchs are inferior, but the little power in his hands can jam people's necks and make people eat dumb losses. Therefore, the concubines would often reward some steward eunuchs in order to "do things well" in the harem.
Otherwise, ka yue routine silver, card daily necessities, and even making bad concubines see the emperor are all things that these eunuchs can do with a single hand.
Some concubines privately bribed eunuchs in order to show their faces in front of the emperor more or get the opportunity to serve the emperor, although they had to see who the emperor decided, but the eunuchs in charge of this matter had some methods to make tricks from it.
Eunuchs who served the emperor closely also had the opportunity to blow the emperor's ears and raise which concubines or belittle or even say bad things. Therefore, since ancient times, villains cannot afford to offend.
For example, in the "Biography of Zhen Huan", Zhen Huan was so favored but always respectful to Su Peisheng by the emperor's side, and Meizhuang also grabbed the golden melon seeds and rewarded Su Peisheng with great effort; And Qi Guiren and An Lingrong, who had acted disrespectfully against him, were all retaliated against by him.
In terms of money and other aspects, it is not to say that the concubines are small and cheap, and the things that can be solved with money are not things, but the "big bargain" that makes the concubines shameful, these eunuchs also do it.
The emperor had to go to court early every day, and he had to go to bed at four or five o'clock, and the quality of sleep must be guaranteed. In "Long Hate Song", Bai Juyi wrote:
"The spring supper rises in a short day, and the king will not go to the throne from now on."
Therefore, the harem concubines could not seduce the emperor.
The emperor has a strict schedule system, and even the concubines' bedtime is also stipulated, just to avoid the emperor from overly spoiling the concubines and deserting the government. Moreover, the ancient concubines and concubines did not go to bed like in the film and television dramas, and they wanted to go to the palace for the night.
In addition to the strict time limit, there are also rules: the concubine must bathe before sleeping, and then do not wear clothes, nor can she wear too much jewelry to enter the emperor's bedchamber, and there are special people to check it before the bedchamber, afraid that which wrong idea has hidden a hidden weapon to hurt the emperor.
When the concubine was ready, she wrapped her body in a quilt and carried her by the eunuch in the worship room to the emperor's bedchamber. When the time comes, go back and carry it back. When the emperor favored the concubines, the eunuchs stood guard at the door and recorded the whole process.
After the waiter finished sleeping, he also asked the emperor if he wanted the concubine's child. If the emperor did not want it, the concubine would also have to undergo cruel contraception to ensure that she would not conceive a dragon seed.
In addition, the eunuch would also take the opportunity to use his hands and feet to rub oil when carrying the concubine back. Although the eunuchs were purified and were no longer normal men, they still had a desire for the affairs of men and women, and because of their physical mutilation, their desire was even somewhat perverted.
But can a concubine who has been oiled resist? They could only swallow their anger. I can't bear what to do, my whole being is in the hands of others. Moreover, there is no evidence for this kind of thing, and if you offend these eunuchs, you will still suffer losses in the future.
Therefore, as soon as you enter the palace door as deep as the sea, you bet on your life, and the concubines who can survive are a minority, and most of them live desolately until they die.
