Honorific Chamber: The eunuch scrambled to enter, in charge of what affairs did the Empress respect?

The chamber concubine can be considered a "gold mine" for eunuchs, who can not only receive countless wealth and money, but also make the concubines in the palace fearfully humble.

The room glass is most mentioned in Qing-set palace dramas such as Nhu Yi Story, Chan Wan Story, Yanxi Gong, etc.

Spectators watching palace dramas often saw that every evening, the eunuch of the Concubine held a tray and asked which concubine the emperor wanted to flip his cards.

If the emperor flipped a card, he smiled and smiled and prepared, if the emperor did not flip it, he put on a sarcastic face, many people were curious why the emperor raised a eunuch who was only in charge of holding the card?

Meticulous notes

In fact, the eunuchs of the Venerable Chamber not only had this one job, they were also responsible for the entire process of impregnating the concubines.

According to historical records, when the emperor and the concubines entered the room, the procedure was very complicated, the function of the Concubine was to be in charge of recording the "acting" of the emperor and empress, concubine.

Each time the emperor and empress or concubine "acted" were meticulously recorded by the eunuch of the Chamber Venerable, the date of the year had to be recorded as evidence of future pregnancy.

In the history books, every day after dinner, the eunuch of the Venerable Chamber would lay a silver tray in front of the emperor, on which dozens of cards were placed, because they were always presented after the emperor had finished dinner, so it was called "good cards".

On the back of each article the name of a concubine, the emperor flipped the card with the name of the concubine, and that concubine would be impregnated that night.

After the emperor has made his choice, the eunuch general of the Concubine will record the name of that concubine, and at the same time hand over the card to his subordinates and to the person in charge of supervising the concubine to carry out the necessary preparations: bathing, combing hair, applying makeup, etc.

When everything was done, the concubine was not dressed but was wrapped in a blanket waiting for the eunuch Venerable to come and carry her away.

The emperor's "rain cloud" time was always reminded

Waiting for the emperor to cover himself with a blanket to rest on the bed, the eunuch of the Venerable Chamber will carry the impregnated concubine into the bed, the impregnated concubine will enter the blanket from under the emperor's feet, and then serve the emperor.

If the time of the emperor and concubine's roommates is prolonged, fearing it will affect the emperor's health, the eunuch outside will say loudly: "Your Majesty, you should rest."

This reminder, the eunuchs also "watch the person who reminds", like King Kangxi and Qianlong, even if it prolongs the sex time, the eunuch Respectful Chamber does not dare to remind him, but King Tongji is a little pitiful, he always obediently observes the "ancestral family".

"Keep" or "Don't keep"?

After the end of the rain, the concubine again faced the emperor back out of the blanket from under his feet, the concubine definitely had to face the emperor and back out of the blanket, because on the court the concubine always had to face the emperor, when he retreated, he could not turn away, but must face the emperor, step backwards, this is called "refusal" (going backward).

The "concubine" could not bring his bare back towards the emperor, so he could only crawl back onto the bed, then the palace maiden and eunuch once again covered them with a blanket, carried them out, and took them to another room.

Then the eunuch came in and asked, "Is it kept?" The emperor said, "Keep," and the eunuch took out a notebook, recording which emperor favored concubines on what day and hour.

If the emperor says "no keeping", the eunuch general will retreat, go to the newly graced concubine to find some acupuncture point at the waist pressed down slightly, "the spirit will flow", this is an artificial method of contraception.

If contraception fails, an abortion will be required, as having children or not, will greatly affect the status of the concubine in the future.

Concubine "respects" some parts

As for the Concubine, not only the concubines but even the empress wanted to create a good relationship with this room.

Some unpopular concubines would pay to bribe the Chamberlain's concubine or at least the eunuch in charge of the Emperor's name card after every Emperor's dinner.

In this way, eunuchs would place their name tags in the most prominent position or position that the Emperor usually turned to, which greatly increased the likelihood of being chosen. If the concubine accidentally offended the person in the Chamber of Deputies, the eunuchs would make it difficult, even causing her name tag to "disappear" on the tray offered to the Emperor, leaving her forever faded in the harem.

The concubine's bribe was often several times more than the eunuch's monthly salary, so every eunuch wanted a place in the Chamber of Deputies, even the smallest.

The harem had many concubines, not everyone had a lot of gold and silver to bribe the Emperor, so they just let them ride their heads and necks, or do other embarrassing things to make the eunuch give himself a chance with the Emperor.

When favored and possessed status in the harem, this concubine did not forget the previous help of the eunuch, so this eunuch had even more power.

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