Preface
In our impression, although the eunuch is nodding his head, at least he can earn some tips, but the eunuch also has unknown hardships.
In daily life, eunuchs are hard enough, but they can accept it, but if they are asked to bathe their concubines, they will tremble with fear, what is going on?
The hard life of a eunuch
We all know that in the feudal society, eunuchs were an indispensable type of people, because they had the strength of a man and did not have the function that a man should have, which made the emperors very relieved.
And many of these eunuchs are from very low backgrounds, otherwise the people in the family would not send a boy to the palace to be a eunuch.
After all, in feudal society, the status of men is much higher than that of women, and if a family has no sons, then people will think that the family has no inheritance, because there is no way for female descendants to go up to the family tree.
Cleansing is also a technical work, even if the way of cleansing in the later stage has improved a lot, but there is also a certain risk of purification, if the body's resistance is not very good, it may be a life.
Therefore, in the palace, the status of the eunuch is very low, no matter which nobleman, as long as he is a little unhappy, the eunuch may suffer, so in order to be able to live a better life in the palace, the eunuch has to develop the habit of observing words and feelings.
After being in the palace for a long time, the ability of these eunuchs to read people's faces is also first-class, and it is their standing skill to talk about people and talk nonsense when they see ghosts.
If you are too honest, you will not live long by the side of those high-ranking officials and nobles, and in order to have a better life in the palace, these eunuchs have to be people with their tails between their legs.
If they can get the favor of any noble, then they will have a chance to be promoted, or a chance to turn over, but the years in the palace are long, and they are worried about those nobles all the year round, and they are scared of everything if there is no problem.
What's more, those eunuchs are also individuals, although they have been purified before entering the palace, they are still a man, and they also have their own physical or psychological needs.
In such a situation, "anti-food" appeared, and there are two interpretations of this word, one is that in the palace, some palace maids who are not favored by the emperor begin to find another palace maid to be with.
There is also an explanation that the eunuch and the palace maid came together, and the two were nominal husband and wife, so that they could be regarded as having a care in the palace.
As for some heavy work in the palace, the palace maids have no way to do it because of their limited strength, and the eunuchs come in handy at this time.
However, no matter how tiring the work is, the eunuchs can only bend over and smile to finish the work, but among those jobs, the last thing the eunuchs want to do is to bathe the concubine.
It stands to reason that the emperor's concubines, in terms of their appearance, and figure, are not all top-notch? Why are these eunuchs not willing to do this job? Why don't they give them the opportunity to contact the concubines?
How difficult it is to bathe the concubine
In fact, this is mainly because bathing the concubine is really a big project, if a concubine is to sleep, it needs to be sent to the emperor, so the cleaning task of this concubine must be very delicate.
Not to mention anything else, just boiling water, can make people tired and break their waists, after all, in the past, there were not such convenient conditions as now, if you want to take a bath, just turn on the faucet.
In the past, it was all real artificial, some people wanted to boil water, some people wanted to transport water, and some people added water, after all, after a long time, the water would be cold, and they needed to ensure that the water was at a constant temperature.
After that, we have to get to the point, that is, to scrub the bodies of these concubines, although those eunuchs are serving, they have no status, and they don't have that ability, but they are men after all.
Therefore, if they have restrictions, they generally dare not raise their heads when they are waiting for the concubines to take a bath, and if they accidentally upset the concubines, those concubines may give them a very severe punishment.
You must know that the ancient criminal law is very cruel, and what I have said above is just the beginning, and everyone knows that women love beauty, and after the conditions, they will invest more in themselves.
In the harem, almost all the women are revolving around the emperor, so in order to attract the attention of the emperor, they will care more about their image.
When bathing, they also like to add some aromatherapy, or something good for the skin of the body to soak their body, so that the body will have a fragrance.
After the bath, they still have a set of follow-up procedures to maintain their bodies, this set of down, the concubine is refreshed, but the people who are waiting below are guilty.
However, for them, it is already a very lucky thing to be able to wait for the concubine to take a bath in peace......
Cixi's extravagant life
For the life of the concubines, everyone knows luxury, but to what extent is the specific luxury, everyone does not have a specific concept, so let's take the life of Cixi as an example today.
When Cixi is taking a bath, it can be said that it is very luxurious, and even when we modern people hear it, we have to sigh, Cixi will really enjoy it!
When Cixi took a bath, the upper body and the lower body were washed separately, because she believed that the upper body was clear and the lower body was turbid, and the two could not be confused.
In addition, every time Cixi takes a bath, it uses hundreds of towels, each of which is very delicate, with different embroidered patterns and delicate stitches.
However, this kind of towel, which is like a work of art, is not used by Cixi once after only one use, that is to say, the hundreds of towels used in Cixi's bath every time he takes a bath are thrown away after they are used up.
And these towels are only dipped in water once, wipe the body once, if someone accidentally dips the water twice, then he may be at risk of losing his head.
This is just the cost of taking a bath in Cixi, and in Cixi in daily life, life is a luxury that people can't imagine.
According to records, Cixi needs about 160,000 apples, 110,000 pears, and other fruits a year, which are not used to eat at all, but to smell.
At first, these fruits can exude the aroma of fruits, but after a while, the aroma of fruits will disappear, and at this time, the people in the palace will throw away these fruits directly!
Not only these two things, but the luxurious life in Cixi involves many aspects......