The Qing Dynasty was a very special dynasty in Chinese history: the first was the dynasty established by the Jurchens in 1644, and the second was the closest feudal dynasty. This makes many people interested in Qing history, but they are also puzzled about the affairs of the palace.
For example: In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the harem concubines serve the emperor, first have to bathe and change clothes (no clothes are allowed), and then they are wrapped naked by a blanket, carried by the eunuch to the emperor's bed in the palace, and then get out of the quilt naked, and after serving the emperor, they are carried away by the eunuch.
This scene is quite puzzling:
Why didn't the Qing emperor spend the night with his concubines? Why did the emperor endure a night of solitude alone during the long night?
Sister Yu summed it up, and there are no shortage of the following reasons
In Chinese history, there is no shortage of cases of emperors dying inexplicably.
For example,Sima Yao, Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was strangled to death by his favorite concubine Zhang Guiren
One day in 396 AD, Sima Yao feasted with all the concubines, Sima Yao was sad because of the local floods, and the favorite concubine Zhang Guiren was also depressed because she was middle-aged and childless.
Sima Yao wanted to amuse Concubine Ai, but when he saw that the other party ignored him, he turned his head and laughed with the other concubines. Zhang Guiren was left out in the cold, very displeased, and walked away.
After the banquet late at night, Sima Yao was drunk and was carried by the guards to Zhang Guiren's Qingxia Palace, but unexpectedly attracted death.
As soon as Zhang Guiren saw the drunk Sima Yao, he thought that he abandoned himself to find a new love, and he couldn't help but kill. She first sent the guards to eat outside with wine and food, and then actually covered Sima Yao's head with a quilt and covered him alive.
In this way, the young emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty died with a whimper.
Early the next morning, Zhang Guiren said to the outside world".The emperor drank too much alcohol and died in the middle of the night
Everyone was suspicious: How could a 35-year-old emperor die suddenly overnight? But due to insufficient evidence, no one dared to say it, even the three important figures at that time, Empress Dowager Li, Sima Daozi, and Sima Dezong, did not ask.
As a result, a huge case of killing the monarch was over, and it was returned to the dust of history.
Now that I think about it, it's really perfunctory, as the supreme emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he died so strangely and ended up like this, presumably if Sima Yaoquan knew it, the coffin board would not be able to cover it.
Sima Yao. In the Ming Dynasty, there was an unprecedented case of the palace maid Shijun".Renyin Palace changed
Although Shijun failed, he also scared Emperor Jiajing half to death, and he never dared to stay in the palace of the favorite concubine again
One night in 1542, Zhu Houyu went to sleep in the palace of his favorite concubine Cao, and then Cao went to bathe, leaving Zhu Houxi to sleep on the bed.
At this time, the 16 palace maids led by the palace maid Yang Jinying, who were usually treated cruelly by the emperor, saw that the opportunity had come, picked up the hemp rope and put it around the emperor's neck, trying to strangle him.
But the palace maids estimated that because they were too nervous, they tied a dead knot in a panic, and they couldn't strangle Jiajing to death, and they thought that the emperor was the real dragon emperor, and finally the action failed.
Jiajing was half frightened to death, and more than a dozen palace maids were executed by Ling Chi.
Thinking about Jiajing's catastrophe, it was also caused by staying in the palace of the favorite concubine, and he almost died.
This also became a major lesson for the Qing emperors.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were even more folk legends: Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty was killed by the chivalrous girl Lu Siniang, the legend is very exciting, and various film and television dramas have been filmed.
In 1722, the Qing Dynasty appeared in the "Zeng Jing case", Hunan native Zeng Jing and his disciples persuaded Yue Zhongqi to oppose the Qing Dynasty, but he was imprisoned, but he confessed to being influenced by the works of the famous thinker Lu Liu.
Lu Liuliang is Lu Siniang's grandfather
In folklore, Lu Liuliang's father and son were killed, relatives were assigned, protégés were connected, and Lu Siniang escaped because of his mother. After that, she visited famous mountains, apprenticed to learn art, learned unlearned, infiltrated the forbidden palace, and killed Yongzheng.
In the scholar Xiao Yishan's "General Manuscript of Qing History", it is also said that Yongzheng was assassinated by Lu Liuliang's granddaughter.
All kinds of wild histories are also endless, and it is also said that Lu Siniang infiltrated the palace in the name of choosing a concubine, assassinated Yongzheng and beheaded him while he was sleeping.
However, this is really too bizarre to be unbelievable:
The first is that even if Lu Siniang has martial arts and martial arts, it is difficult to mix in the forbidden palace, and it is even more difficult to retreat in the deep palace. The second is that the concubines of the Qing Dynasty were all carried to the bed naked, and it was impossible to approach the emperor with sharp weapons.
Also, Yongzheng's death, some people say that it was caused by an overdose of pills, and some people say that the emperor himself was too diligent and tired to death.
In short, Yongzheng's death is a major historical mystery.
And the reason why many people believe that Yongzheng was stabbed to death by Lu Siniang must be ignorance of the Qing Dynasty's sleeping system.
As the last feudal dynasty in China, the Qing Dynasty had one of the most unique advantages, that is, it was able to learn the lessons of various dynasties in history, whether it was to govern the country and secure the country, or out of personal security considerations for the emperor, and so on.
In view of the lessons learned from the assassination of the emperor in history, for the sake of the emperor's safety, the Qing Dynasty's harem formulated a rule: the emperor cannot sleep with the harem concubines.
Someone is about to ask, does the emperor not live with the queen when he gets married?
After all, the Qing Dynasty emperor's wedding was to live with the queen in the Dongnuan Pavilion cave room for 3 days, but it was only 3 days, and after 3 days, they went back to their respective bedrooms.
Moreover, only the empress has this privilege to live with the emperor for 3 days, and none of the other concubines can stay with the emperor for one night.
To sum up, the Qing Dynasty emperor did not spend the night with the harem women, completely out of consideration for the emperor's personal safety.
Since the emperor of the Qing Dynasty did not spend the night with the harem women, how could he reproduce children for the royal family?
The Qing Dynasty emperor originated between the white mountains and black waters, and in 1644, the Manchurian people entered the customs to establish the Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty royal family attached great importance to the reproduction of heirs.
For example, Emperor Kangxi attached great importance to the reproduction of the royal bloodline, and he accepted a total of 67 concubines in his life and gave birth to 55 children, including 35 sons and 20 daughters.
It can be seen that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty wants to complete the task of inheriting the lineage, and to complete the task, he must have full contact with the harem woman and the best time, and at the same time ensure the personal safety of the emperor, and he can't go out of the task pool, so what should he do?
As a result, the harem of the Qing Dynasty had a sleeping system of turning over the "green head card": the emperor needed to be lucky, and the chief eunuch of the worship room would bring the "green head card" with the name of the concubine written on it for the emperor to turn over, and the selected concubine notified to take a bath and wait for bed.
In this way, there is also a "famous scene" like the harem woman sleeping in the popular drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan":
After the concubine finished bathing (without clothes), she was wrapped in a quilt and carried by the eunuch to the emperor's bedroom, and after arriving at the palace, the eunuch retreated, and the concubine came out of the quilt and crawled naked into the quilt at the emperor's feet. After the waiter finished sleeping, he was wrapped in a quilt and carried away by the eunuch.
It seems like a very hectic task, like a mission to pass on the lineage.
However, due to the fact that the emperor and his concubines have not been warm for a long time, sometimes it is inevitable that they will be reluctant and want to linger for a while, but the eunuch is not at ease, so he will urge him at the window:
It's time!
Interestingly, if the emperor didn't listen, as long as the eunuch shouted three times, no matter whether the emperor agreed or not, he would go directly into the house and carry the concubine away.
Think about it, the emperor's heart was probably dripping blood at that time, but after all, the system is like this, and it can only be stopped, and it is also for the sake of the emperor's safety.
From the above, it is not difficult for us to see how difficult it was for the Qing Dynasty emperors, and they made great sacrifices for the sake of safety.
They are lonely, even if there are countless concubines in the harem, no matter how gentle and lovely the concubines are, but every time they leave after bedding, the emperor begins to be alone, and they are always alone in the middle of the night
Half the bed is lonely, half the bed is cold.
They don't have the usual pleasure of husband and wife, whether it is the emperor of the Ninety-Five, or the concubines who reproduce for the emperor, their late night is especially lonely.
Even if you go to bed, there is no foreplay beforehand, and there is no warmth afterwards, just to pass on the ancestry.
What's more interesting is that in order to prevent accidents, when the concubines are sleeping, they can only drill from the emperor's feet, which seems to be no husband and wife in ancient times.
And this strict and rigid system will naturally make some Qing emperors unbearable, which will lead to serious consequences.
For example, Emperor Zaichun, the son of the Empress Dowager Cixi, couldn't stand such a life, sneaked out of the palace to have fun, and finally died young, hated for eternity.
However, as the saying goes: there are gains and losses.
If you want to love husband and wife and be extremely warm, then it is difficult to guarantee the safety of the emperor, and who can guarantee that Sima Yao's tragedy will not be repeated?
It's cold in high places".
We only see the beauty and happiness of the high places, and often ignore the hardships and hardships there, the supreme Qing Emperor, perhaps so.
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