The palace maiden cleansed the "dragon hole" for the Emperor, the strange act is still favored, why?

"Washing the dragon hole" for the Emperor is known as an important ritual in the ancient court. Many courtiers had to fight, even using many tricks to perform this ritual. Why?

In the daily activities of the emperor, in addition to eating, resting, changing clothes, and bathing, "washing the dragon hole" is a thing that cannot be ignored. According to the Chronicles, this was the first thing that emperors needed to do after waking up.
What part is "Dragonhole"?

Feudal Chinese people always think that the Emperor is the son of heaven (the son of heaven). Therefore, the parts of the Emperor's body are noble and are likened to the parts of the Dragon in legend. From there, it can be understood that the "dragon hole" refers to the emperor's mouth. And "washing the dragon hole" is when the emperor rinses his mouth after waking up.

How was "washing the dragon hole" in the old days?

In the past, people would use water to clean their oral cavity after waking up, unlike now using toothpaste or mouthwash because these things were not yet born. If people usually use clean water or salt water, then the Emperor uses fine teas.

Early in the morning, eunuchs or courtesans had to get up early and go get spring water. Then boil the spring water, wash the utensils used to "wash the dragon hole" and start making tea. When the Emperor wakes up, the courtesan who takes on the task of "washing the dragon hole" will bring tea into the room. They needed to offer a cup of tea for the emperor to sip and gargle.

The reason why the palace maidens compete to "wash the dragon hole"

The first reason is that the courtiers want to make a little profit from this because the tea that the Emperor uses to rinse his mouth is all excellent. Tea leaves, even if they have been soaked in water 2 times, do not fade. After the king finished rinsing his mouth, the palace maiden would take the soaked tea leaves and dry them, then resell them and could earn a sum of mone.y i.n their pockets.

The second reason is that the palace maiden wishes to change her life. They competed for the job of "washing the dragon hole" because they wanted to take the opportunity to be noticed by the Emperor. Because this job requires close contact with the king. If the palace maiden has a beautiful appearance, of course the chance of being favored is very great. They can take advantage of this opportunity to "take a step forward".

Not only can these courtiers become concubines, there are servants and servants, but people in their clans can also easily enjoy the glory and riches. Although the probability of being favored by the emperor is not high, many courtiers still find all kinds of ways for themselves to "wash the dragon hole" for him.

Speaking of being favored by the Emperor, there is a person who, thanks to a strange action, is made a concubine, even though he does not have the beauty of tilting the water.

The courtesan had the courage to laugh out loud because the king fell asleep

Ming The Tong was the second most difficult famous emperor in the Ming Dynasty, China. The Great God said words that made him dissatisfied and could be punished. Concubines can also be brought into the palace for trivial reasons. Because of his mistreatment and abuse of his courtesans, he was once almost beaten to deat.h by a group of courtesans.

Because he heard that many people could cultivate the path of becoming a fairy, Ming The Tong began to fall in love with the fairy path. Every day he sat in meditation, chanted, and ordered the courtiers to go collect the dew early to drink. Once, while holding a book of chanting as usual, Ming The Tong suddenly fell asleep.

The courtiers who witnessed this scene did not dare to speak up, much less dare to come to remind him. However, one of the courtiers suddenly let out a crisp laugh, breaking the silence at that time.

Perhaps because of Ming The Tong's sleeping appearance, he laughed so much that this courtesan couldn't help but make a sound. Notably, the laughter woke Minh The Tong and the other courtiers were extremely scared, worried that she would be punished by the king.

Minh The Tong's unexpected "punishment"

Contrary to many people's thoughts, Ming The Tong, after being awakened, looked at the direction where he laughed. That palace gir.l was only 13-14 years old. After that, the emperor not only did not punish her, but also graced her and put her in the harem, making her a beauty.

It is worth mentioning that this palace maiden does not have the beauty of tilting the water. On the contrary, Concubine Thuong Thi is a person with dark skin, not as white as a beauty as many people imagine.

Many people speculate that the Thuong Thi palace gir.l made Minh The Tong move because of the very innocent way of expressing her emotions of a 13- or 14-year-old gir.l. This made him feel like he was back in his youth.

Once, while playing in the palace, Thuong Thi asked Minh The Tong to let him play fireworks. In order to please the concubine, the Emperor also did not hesitate to respond. When playing this game, Thuong Thi accidentally burne.d a curtain inside the palace.

The flames quickly spread around and burne.d everything. Despite committing a crime that seemed to be heavily punished, Thuong Thi was still pardoned by Minh The Tong. Not long after this incident, Minh The Tong died. Thuong Thi continued her life in the palace and ended her life at the ag.e of 62.

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