The emperors of the Qing Dynasty worked a lot of overtime, usually getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning and being busy until 8 o'clock in the evening. There was little entertainment, and the concubine's bed was a rare moment for the emperor to be happy.
However, the Qing Dynasty, as the last feudal dynasty, learned from various experiences that the previous dynasty should and should not learn from, and formulated an extremely complex system of waiting.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the emperor got off work, and the eunuchs in the worship room should start to worry about that little thing.
They would bring the emperor a green card, filled with the names of various concubines, chosen by the emperor, known as the flop.
But in fact, the Qing emperor's freedom of choice was not so great, because after learning from the experience of previous dynasties, the Qing emperor knew the importance of balancing the forces of all parties.
The power behind many concubines should not be underestimated, so the emperor must make sure that the rain and dew are evenly wet, especially the kind of mother's family is harder.
Of course, it is okay for the emperor to be presumptuous occasionally, but he always picks one or two, and the eunuchs will also advise.
If the emperor still doesn't listen, then it is likely that he will have to find the empress, or even the empress dowager to advise.
Therefore, this is also why the emperors of the Qing Dynasty often did not live in the Forbidden City, but chose to live in the Old Summer Palace.
Except for the weather, if you are not in the Forbidden City, you will leave the sight of the worship room, no one cares about this little shameful thing, and the emperor can be as happy as he comes.
After the emperor chooses the small card, the eunuch will send the small card to the queen for identification, and if the queen also thinks that there is no big problem with the concubine chosen by the emperor, then the concubine can be ready to come to the door. But.
This door-to-door service process is extremely cumbersome.
In order to prevent the concubines from carrying sharp weapons to hurt the emperor, these concubines not only could not wear jewelry and jewelry, but also bathed in front of the eunuchs to ensure that the upper and lower levels were transparent and foolproof.
Think about that picture, but being bathed by several pairs of eyes, how amazing it is.
After bathing, the eunuchs wrapped the concubines in quilts, exposing only their heads and feet, just like wrapping zongzi.
Of course, in the whole process, none of the eunuchs dared to move their hands and feet, otherwise they would have to be beaten as **.
The reason why there is this strange regulation is because Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty often punished concubines and palace maids for trivial matters, and even beat them to death.
In the end, the concubines and palace maids couldn't bear it anymore, and when Emperor Jiajing was happy, more than 20 palace maids and concubines joined forces and almost strangled Emperor Jiajing to death.
Back in the Qing Dynasty, the general concubines would go to the emperor's residence in advance, after all, the emperor couldn't wait.
After the emperor arrived, the concubines hurriedly lifted the small quilt and climbed from the emperor's feet to the top of the collapse to reflect the majesty of the imperial power.
For the safety of the emperor, of course, they can't be allowed to live in a two-person world, and the eunuchs will surround the two people, first take out a small notebook, record the time, place, people, actions (nonsense) ......
Then the concubines can go to work, but the process cannot make a ** sound, which was also set by the previous emperors of the Qing Dynasty.
The first is to prevent the emperor from indulging in beauty and misleading state affairs; The second is to prevent assassins from appearing in the health care stage, and the concubine's voice is too loud to confuse the public.
Generally, the whole process should not exceed one hour (half an hour), and the emperor could not add a clock.
When the time was about right, the eunuchs would remind the emperor to take care of his body and rest quickly.
If the emperor pretended not to hear, he urged again after a while, and if he urged three times, it was useless. That's embarrassing, the eunuchs will come in directly, carry the concubine away, and leave the depressed emperor alone.
Of course, if the concubines make the emperor very satisfied, the remuneration will be very rich, and even the whole family will soar.
The emperor will also decide whether to leave the dragon seed in the concubine's body according to his own satisfaction.
If they are not satisfied, then the concubines will suffer. Because there were no safety measures in those days, the eunuchs would press the back femur very violently and squeeze it clean.
Even beating the back of the concubine with a stick, causing the concubine to be sterile for life. There are so many ways to do it that can't be described.
If the emperor is satisfied, then he will choose to keep the dragon species, and the imperial doctors will monitor whether the concubine is happy or not in real time.
If you are really pregnant with the dragon species, you will enter the advanced confinement center mode, and someone will serve you throughout the whole process until the dragon species is born.
This was also done to prevent the emperor from being cuckolded and raising someone else's baby by mistake, after all, there was no DNA detection technology at that time.