Almost all eunuchs have an unpleasant smell of urine, which not only makes people have a headache after smelling it, but also makes people stay away. But even so, there are still many concubines who take the initiative to approach these eunuchs, why?
In the ancient imperial palaces of the mainland, eunuchs were an indispensable role. After all, in the palace, all the palace maids are required to serve the emperor and the queen, which is really inadequate, and many palace maids are too small, so they need some powerful men to undertake other chores. But if there are normal men in the palace except for the emperor, it will definitely cause turmoil in the harem, and at the same time, the emperor will be cuckolded. For the sake of safety, the special role of the eunuch appeared.
In the more than 2,000 years of history of the feudal dynasty, some of the eunuchs were so prosperous that they even became the existence of one person and ten thousand people. They will use their power to accept bribes to get more benefits for themselves, and at the same time, they will also publish some false information to make some profits. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the relationship between eunuchs and concubines became even closer, after all, many concubines had to rely on eunuchs to get the opportunity to serve the emperor.
During the Qing Dynasty, the way the concubines slept was greatly changed, and all the concubines would write their names on a green sign, and every night there would be eunuchs who would bring the green head cards of these concubines to the emperor for the emperor to choose from when the emperor had dinner. If the relationship between the concubine and the eunuch is very good, then their names can be placed in a more prominent position.
Not only that, but the concubines can also use bribes to the eunuchs to remove the list of opponents they hate from this green card. As long as their opponents were removed, there was no way for these women to continue to be favored by the emperor, so many concubines would do their best to please the eunuchs even if they hated the bad smell of the eunuchs.
In fact, the unpleasant smell on his body is actually the smell of urine, since the emergence of the eunuch industry, the person in charge of castrating eunuchs has not been able to find a good way to solve the problem of eunuchs going to the toilet normally after being castrated.
But the vast majority of eunuchs have to stand guard from morning to night every day, and they have no chance to go to the toilet at all, and then they will pee their pants. In addition, the pants worn in winter are thick, and the smell may spread relatively slowly, and in the summer, there is a smell of sweat and urine, which will make people smell very disgusting.
Those rich and powerful eunuchs can choose to use cotton pants with better water absorption effect to wear them to avoid embarrassing smells, or they can make their bodies smell so disgusting by spraying items similar to perfume. But ordinary little eunuchs have no way to improve their taste, after all, they have no money and no power, but for women who want to please eunuchs, they will tolerate this smell, as long as the other party can help them do things, it doesn't hurt to smell this disgusting smell.
Not only will the concubines who want to get the emperor's favor have a very friendly attitude towards the eunuchs, but many ministers will also go to the eunuchs, for example, when they have something important to ask the emperor to play, they will deliberately try to curry favor with the eunuchs around the emperor, so as to help them pass on the message to the emperor in the first time.
And most of these eunuchs who follow the emperor are in the emperor, and they have been serving them when they are young, and their relationship with the emperor is very deep, so many people will find a way to have a good relationship with the eunuchs before looking for the emperor to do things, so that these eunuchs can also help them say a few good words in front of the emperor.
At the same time, eunuchs can become the objects of contemplation of concubines and ministers, which is also destined by the particularity of their identities. These eunuchs are the closest to the imperial power, and if you want to get close to the emperor, you must learn to get benefits from the eunuchs, such as Su Peisheng and Wang Qin seen in film and television works. They are all big celebrities around the emperor, and they can also help those ladies do some special tasks.
Another example is Li Lianying, who is next to the Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Lianying's ability to do things even makes many ministers ashamed. As for them, if they want to curry favor with the Empress Dowager Cixi, they must first get Li Lianying done. Like these eunuchs who are thriving in the palace, both ministers and concubines are very eager to stammer.
Therefore, eunuchs who can run rampant in the palace naturally do not have to worry that others will sneer at them because they have an unpleasant smell. As long as they have real skills, then there will still be many people queuing up to ask them to help them do things, this feeling of being sought after by thousands of people, who doesn't love it?