In Jin Yong's novel "Deer Ding", Wei Xiaobao enters the palace as a eunuch and pretends to be Xiao Guizi, and his main duty is to serve the old eunuch Hai Dafu.
Historically, there were not too many eunuchs who could follow the emperor and gain favor, and there were only a handful of people like Hai Dafu who held a position of power.
And more are small eunuchs like Xiao Guizi, who are the lowest-ranking people in the palace, to put it bluntly, slaves in the palace.
Eunuchs entered the palace as slaves, and in ancient times, in order to ensure the reputation of the royal family, they needed to be purified before entering the palace, which is the legendary palace punishment.
What is the palace punishment, I think everyone is very clear, in fact, not only our country had palace punishment in ancient times, but other countries in the world also had it.
Before execution, the executed person will be given a lot of egg yolks, but will not be given water to drink, this move is to alleviate the pain of the palace punishment.
The corresponding eunuchs are the palace women, as the saying goes, there are three thousand harem beauties, the vast majority of whom exist in the palace as palace women.
Eunuchs are male attendants, and palace ladies are female attendants.
Under normal circumstances, the palace women are more difficult to live than the eunuchs, but their limits are incomparable to the eunuchs.
The palace maid has achieved the ultimate, and even has the possibility of becoming an empress.
In history, there are also a few palace women who have become empresses.
And the eunuchs to the extreme, most of them are power to the opposition, chaos in the government, the reputation of many great eunuchs in history is not very good.
There are also some reasons for this and their psychological problems, as we all know, eunuchs are men and women, and physical defects have created a pathological psychology.
According to historical records, in ancient times, in addition to the method of purifying the body of eunuchs, some palace women would also be purified, and the palace women's purification was more cruel, ten times more cruel than eunuchs.
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Many palace ladies in the palace, who have no power, no power, no identity background, may have harbored the dream of being favored by the emperor and turning a wild duck into a phoenix, but they do not know how much risk it will be.
The palace maid was fortunate to be favored by the emperor, and she was still a maid when she had not yet been divided, and at this time the concubine in the harem wanted to pinch you.
Even if you are secretly killed, the emperor will not see your people for a long time, and it will not be long before he forgets, so there will be more new joys.
According to the Ming Dynasty's "Jieshi Leftovers", people in the harem, in order to prevent the emperor from having an affair with the palace women, or to punish the palace women, will take palace punishment, that is, purification.
The operation of this method is mentioned in the "Leftovers of the Stone": "Hit the chest and abdomen of a woman with a mallet, that is, an object falls and covers her household, and can only defecate, and humanity will never be wasted", which is commonly referred to as "claustrophobic".
After translation, it is to use a wooden stick to hit the abdomen of the palace girl until one of them falls, so that the palace woman's humanity can be permanently abolished and prevented from having an affair with a man.
In ancient times, there was no color super, so there are many opinions about what exactly will be shot down.
Some people think it is a sub-gong, and some people think it is the front wall of yin road.
In this regard, there was a person in the Qing Dynasty who felt that there should be a small bone called "shame secret bone" in the depths of the Yin Dao, and once it was shot down, it would be like a closed gate, closing the Yin Dao, unable to enjoy fish and water, so that it could not be like a normal woman.
The above statement is what I learned from my references, I don't understand medicine, I can't analyze it.
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Based on the influence of the Qing Palace drama, many girls fantasize about crossing into the palace, sitting up from the palace maid, getting bigger and stronger step by step, and placing many princes in the palm of their hands, in fact, this idea is unrealistic.
Relevant historical records record that since the Yongzheng Period of the Qing Dynasty, palace women entered the palace at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and were sent out of the palace before the age of twenty-five, unless those who were favored by the emperor or empress concubines and others could stay in the palace for a long time.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was more miserable, but those who entered the palace could not leave the palace for life, could not marry and have children, were cremated after death, and the ashes could not be buried in the ground, but were scattered into the dry well.
There are twenty or thirty people in charge. Where the palace people are sick or guilty, they will be sent here first, and then they will be sent to the Outer Raccoon Clothing Bureau for a long time. - "History of the Ming Palace"
In order to prevent the palace maid from fornicating and leaking secrets with the outside world, it will even be stipulated that the palace maid will cut off contact with the outside world, even if it is a relative, and both ends of the letter are prohibited.
In order to keep the secrets of the palace, the old, sick or sinful palace women will be sent to a place to wait for death.
In addition, the palace women in the film and television dramas, each flower and branch, in fact, the palace women can not be dressed, there are rules in the palace, what identity should be done how to dress, this rule even the queen must abide by.
As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses to saddle, even if they are born beautiful, if they are a costume, the emperor will not pay too much attention even if he accidentally sees it, let alone spoil it.
Unless it is the kind of fairy who does not resemble the world, the simple clothing cannot hide her beauty, which is another matter.
In addition to the above, the palace maid still has three major difficulties in the palace.
First, you can only sleep on your side, bend your legs, and cannot arbitrarily form a large font, which is to go out and respect the "temple gods" in the palace.
The ancients were superstitious, and they believed that the palaces in the palace had "temple gods".
The second is to eat:
If you are on an errand and suddenly have a dirty smell on your body, it is called 'great disrespect', and it is certain that you lose your errands, and perhaps your aunt and the person in charge will also be affected. The only way is to strictly control the diet, only 80% of each meal is allowed, and the aunt has to put down the rice bowl immediately with a glance out of the corner of her eye. - "The Tale of the Lady of the Palace"
The third is farting:
It is very normal for people to eat grains and fart, but from then on, normal things cannot happen to palace women, whether it is face or work, they do not support the palace women to fart unscrupulously.
The palace ladies in the palace, even the most basic people, can not eat, drink and sleep with their own freedom, how can we talk about a happy life?
Reference historical materials: "Jieshi Leftovers", "History of the Ming Palace", "Palace Women's Past Talk", the picture comes from the Internet!