Preface
In the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty, it seems that there has never been an institution as mysterious and powerful as Jingshifang. It is like an invisible flag, covering and covering the entire palace, and even the emperor who rules the world is afraid of it.
So, we have to ask, what kind of extraordinary magic does the worship room have that makes all beings flock to it?
The Big Mac of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Worship Room is subordinate to the Imperial Palace's Internal Affairs Office and is one of the most mysterious institutions in the Harem. It has a large number of redundant departments, with a total of three directors in charge of different affairs, and the supervision system is dizzying.
In addition to the departmental setting, the number of personnel in the worship room is also very large. Just the important places that the emperor often enters, such as the Qianqing Palace, the Qianqing Gate, the Hongde Palace, etc., are equipped with a large number of eunuchs to serve. They are neatly dressed and well-behaved, and they can only come to be on duty after layers of interviews and screening.
And the tentacles of the worship room also extend to many inconspicuous corners of the Forbidden City. For example, the Nichisemen Gate, which is dedicated to the former emperor, is located in a secluded place, and the errands are boring and deserted, but the eunuchs still rush to come.
No palace maid or eunuch would mind the lowliness here, anyway, being able to enter the worship room is a victory like overcoming obstacles. Serving in such a vast institution is simply a glorious and satisfying thing for the eunuchs.
Record the big secret of the day and order to treat the mother
The mysterious aura of the worship room also comes from the "confidentiality" it records. These secrets, specifically, are the private relationship between the emperor and the concubines. Whenever in the dead of night, when the emperor wanted to summon his mother to help him, Su Peisheng, the manager, would bend down and respectfully say, "Someone has come to the respectful room."
As soon as the words fell, a eunuch brought a delicate silver plate, and the names of the harem concubines were neatly placed on the plate. No matter how flattering these concubines are on weekdays, they can only be bargaining chips after all.
The emperor selected his favorite beauty on the sign and motioned to the eunuch to summon her to bed. The people of the worship room carefully draped her in a quilt and sent her into the emperor's mansion. Then the eunuchs stood outside the door, ready to answer the call, ready to "break off" at any time.
After a cloud and rain, they also have to truthfully record the details of the waiter's sleep to determine whether the lady is pregnant with a dragon seed. Such an important secret depends on them to keep it secret, and it takes a great deal of loyalty to do so.
Sometimes, the eunuchs in the worship room would even "order" the Son of Heaven to end his solitude. Because the emperor was drunk in the arms of the beauty, he exceeded the prescribed time and violated the ancestral system.
At this time, the eunuchs will shout outside the door: "Feng Zu system, the time is up!" Three successive warnings were fruitless, and the Son of Heaven could only regretfully let go of the person in his arms and end this rare warmth. In this way, the eunuchs in the Jingshifang are the "gods" who really control the relationship between the emperor and the concubines, and they "manipulate" the fate of these women, and even the emperor has to listen to their orders.
The "umbrella" of the concubines
In front of the eunuchs in the worship room, the emperor was so helpless, let alone the concubines? They were even more terrified all day long, for fear of angering these "gods."
In order to win the emperor's favor, they will try their best to please Jingshifang. For example, spending a lot of money to bribe the eunuchs, asking them to deliberately put their names in a conspicuous position when choosing cards for the emperor.
If the concubines are stingy, then their name cards will be thrown away and forgotten by the emperor at the bottom of the card stack. In this way, the days of shame and shame will last for a long, long time, and because the eunuchs hold great power, the concubines can only hope for their "protective umbrella". They were attached to the eunuchs in the worship room, and they were filled with infinite fear and awe of them.
The coveted beauty difference
Sitting in such an institution with frequent transactions of money and power is simply the pinnacle of life for eunuchs. They can not only contact the emperor and witness the real court life, but also be contaminated with the atmosphere of the powerful. Those courtiers who yearn for high-ranking officials and concubines in the glamorous harem will donate generously, just to get a little bit of the emperor's movements.
The eunuchs were able to fight for great fortune by betraying these seemingly innocuous secrets. They will also take advantage of the trend to win over the powerful and live a carefree life.
This is simply a fat errand that all eunuchs dream of! In order to squeeze into the worship room, the eunuchs did everything they could. Even the relatives of the emperor have to rely on their own means to be considered. The status of the worship room for the eunuchs is like a mountain of gold. There's no one who doesn't want to dig out those golden opportunities.
The pinker of imperial power
The turbulent worship room restricts all aspects of the harem. It not only records the great secrets, but also always "reminds" the emperor to follow the ancestral system and not to indulge in beauty too much.
Even the survival of the concubines depends on the thought of the worship room. It is equipped with eunuchs and palace maids, and the bribes they accept also make their lives prosperous.
Such a powerful institution has gone beyond the realm of ordinary imperial power. It was like a flag, flying high, enveloping the entire palace, and even the Son of Heaven did not dare to touch it easily.
Lift the fog of answers
I believe that through the above description, we have unraveled the fog that has shrouded us for a long time: it turns out that the reason why the Jingshifang is so loved by the eunuchs and concubines is precisely because it connects the sources of money, power, and status.
And behind this big net, what kind of warm and cold life is hidden? How many court legends have you experienced? Everything is deeply buried in the long river of time, and has become a historical attachment.
epilogue
In the depths of the court, the status of the concubines is in the limelight, and their every move may have a huge impact on the palace schemes. And in such a conspiracy, the green head card has become a place where you can not only make money, but also have status, and at the same time can contact the fat difference of the palace maidens, so the eunuchs have rushed in, hoping to get a piece of the pie in this conspiracy game.
For the concubines, their status in the court is inseparable from behind-the-scenes transactions such as the green card. These eunuchs became the tacit promoters of the court's intrigues, because without rich bribes, how could they be motivated.
In this great maelstrom of power schemes, the Green Heads became a bridge between the eunuchs and the concubines, and through money, status, and abundant resources, they were able to gain more support and convenience, so as to maintain their stable position in the court.
The eunuchs wanted to enter the green head card one after another, not only for the temptation of wealth, but also to be able to contact the fat difference of the palace maidens. The green head card became a place for eunuchs to show their abilities and obtain more opportunities. Here, they can get to know the ladies of the palace, understand their thoughts and preferences, and obtain the inside story of the court through clever means, so as to further strengthen their position.