A Survival Guide to the Qing Harem

Chapter 8 From now on, you will share a man with many women (3)
Let's not talk about what should happen naturally next, let's talk about what goes against common sense.Don't think that the emperor is yours tonight, recall a detail of the previous draft session——

age.The age range of this show girl selection is between 13 and 17 years old. Even if you are the default queen, your age must be within this range.In our eyes today, this age group is simply children.

Looking at the emperors again, from the entry of the Manchus to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, there were actually only four emperors who had a big wedding in the Forbidden City, namely Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu. If you add the Xuantong Emperor Puyi, it counts as five. But when Puyi got married, it was actually the Republic of China.These emperors all have one thing in common, that is, they succeeded to the throne when they were children, and when they reached the age of marriage, it was logical to hold a big wedding in the palace.

When he succeeded there, he was in charge at the age of 16. Before that, he had to "marry a family". From this calculation, the age of the emperor's wedding was between fourteen and fifteen years old. You should ask, these two "children" are married, Will not be a little ignorant?Anyway, on the night of Emperor Guangxu's wedding, he should have gone to the bridal chamber to celebrate, but he looked at his ugly cousin, but he couldn't get interested. All he could think about was Concubine Zhen who wanted to be the queen but was unable to choose. .As a result, he hugged his cousin and wept bitterly, then went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, buried himself in the books, and passed the depressing "spring night".But Yehenara Jingfen, who was pure and pure, sat in the bridal chamber, angry and resentful, tossing and turning the pain in her heart, resulting in resentment for a lifetime.

"I'm not that stupid! No matter what, I have to show some charm to charm the emperor." But things are really not that simple. Dignified and generous, knowledgeable and reasonable.Which "daughter of a decent family" have you seen dared to use coquettish tricks to make a pose in front of the emperor?Even if you learn it in the future and can truly "go out like a lady and bed like a slut", you will still feel ashamed on this pure virgin night.

In short, it is really up to you what to do. Even if you know what you are doing, you may not be able to perform so perfectly. Maybe being nervous can be a bad thing?

Maybe you will ask, wouldn't the emperor be nervous?Didn't he just get married too?

Ouch, my little aunt, you need to understand this.In the imperial harem of the Qing Dynasty, it was clearly stipulated that before the emperor’s wedding, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must first select eight good-looking and slightly older maids to serve the emperor. , Accounting.What the specific job is, I believe you also understand, is to teach the emperor the so-called men and women, so that when he consummates the marriage with the queen, he will not be embarrassed and lose the face of the royal family.

This procedure is only a written rule.In private, no one can restrict the emperor from being lucky to a woman.Think about it, the little emperor began to develop secondary sexual characteristics, and he was full of curiosity about the opposite sex. At this time, he didn’t have a legitimate wife beside him, except for eunuchs, who were court ladies, and he had supreme power, so he grabbed a court lady to ease it Curiosity, that is a very normal thing, so what if you catch ten or a hundred?

The key issue is not how many women the emperor had been lucky enough to marry before marrying you. What I want to explain is that your first night, it is absolutely impossible to be the emperor's first night. You will be nervous, but the emperor will basically not on this matter. nervous.Therefore, the attitude of the emperor has become the key. Although there are rules and regulations there, there are not no emperors who "run away". This only shows that he really doesn't like you, and he doesn't even have a good impression.This will make it more troublesome for you, because it will be very difficult to recover even after the first night.

However, the sensible emperor will still take the overall situation into consideration and save a little face for each other.As long as the emperor obediently stays to consummate the house, you will have two opportunities. First, you can work hard to get close to the emperor's heart, and second, maybe God will give you a lucky dragon species?Even if this night doesn't work, the palace rules and regulations still create a great opportunity for you.Don't worry, let's talk about the day after the bridal chamber wedding night.

When the rooster breaks dawn, you have to go on to complete the last link of the big wedding-the post-wedding ceremony.In the "Red Files of the Wedding Ceremony" now stored in the First Historical Archives of China, there are detailed records of the process of the wedding of Emperor Tongzhi. From the data, we can conclude that from entering the bridal chamber to the next three days, there are a series of The etiquette is to be completed.

After you spent your first night nervously, freshly and curiously, or you were lucky enough to spend your first night on your wedding day, you and your dearest emperor husband will have to get up at dawn, because The great gods outside are still waiting for you to burn incense and worship.

Look at the order, you have to go to the "Tiandi Table" to burn incense and salute first, then to burn incense and salute in front of the "Xi Shen Table", then to burn incense and make sacrifices in front of the "Zao Jun Case", and finally, according to the rules, you have to go to Sacrifices are held in Jingshan Shouhuang Hall and other places where ancestors are worshipped.However, due to the large and wasteful lineup of you going out of the palace, this procedure was gradually cancelled, and it is enough to just perform various ceremonies in the palace.

After worshiping all the gods and ancestors on the second day and burning yourself with incense, on the third day, it is time to visit your mother-in-law, the empress dowager.You may ask: "If my husband has a car and a house, and both parents are dead, do I not need to visit my mother-in-law?"

Well, here I can seriously answer you, it really is not the case!First of all, Emperor Shunzhi, as the first emperor after the Manchus entered the customs, although he had not been in power for a long time, he still established some rules, and he was no longer as casual as he used to be on the grassland.These rules include the respectful titles for the elders. To put it bluntly, he was the one who started to title the Queen Mother.

So how should the Queen Mother be sealed?This father is dead, and his main wife is still the main wife. Even if he is not his biological mother, he must be named the most honorable empress dowager.What about the biological mother?Of course, the mother is more expensive than the child, and she is also crowned as the empress dowager.Therefore, the status of these two old people is comparable.That is to say, even if the emperor's biological mother passed away, there is still this "Emperor's Mother". If this is gone, the biological mother should still be there.

Secondly, the emperors who can get married in the palace are basically the sons of the emperor who succeed to the throne, and then they suffer until they can get married and take charge of the government. As mentioned earlier, this age is only in their teens.If the mother of this ten-year-old child has no special illness, he should be still alive.At this moment, you are already sitting in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, waiting for you and your wife.

It is a big event to pay homage to the empress dowager on the third day, so it is not suitable to do it with other things.On the fourth day, the emperor led his officials to pay homage to the empress dowager, and then issued a formal edict to announce to the world: "I am married!" In the name of the early court, he accepted the congratulations of all the ministers, and the congratulations could not just be said with words, but had to be written word by word in the memorial book and presented to the emperor.

On the fifth day, it's finally your turn to receive the gift, because on this day, the imperial concubine will lead all the concubines, princesses and married women to wait in your palace to salute you.You only need to wear a noble queen dress, sit on the throne in the living room, with a reserved smile on your face, deal with them one by one, recognize people, and remember their faces and titles.In this way, when the harem fights, you can find the right target.Of course, it doesn't matter if you really can't remember, anyway, they will come to salute you every day in the future, and they will always remember them clearly.What's more, beside you, there are maids serving in the palace, as well as maids from your natal family who you brought into the palace, they will help you pay attention to everything.

On the sixth day, it's finally your natal family's turn.On this day, both the emperor and the empress dowager will host a banquet to entertain your natal family.The Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Palace of Compassion and Peace have already prepared tables, chairs, benches, and fine wine and delicacies for guests.When it's time to eat, the officials and your natal men will go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to drink, while your natal female relatives will go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to have a banquet.After eating this meal, the big wedding will be over. From then on, life will be controlled by yourself, and you will also be burdened with the management of a huge harem, so you should be careful and work hard to deal with it.

But there is one more thing you should be happy about.According to the regulations of the Qing Palace, the emperor and you both have to live in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Kunning Palace for one month after your wedding, and you cannot live separately until the sixth day after the full moon.At this time, you can choose a house to live in at random among the six east and west houses.No way, who made you the queen, even if the emperor doesn't like you, this privilege still has to be given to you, this is called the rules.

Actually, what I want to emphasize is not this.It was this rare month of being able to have sex with the emperor.In ancient times, the importance of concubine and concubine was always emphasized. You are the empress of the main palace, your child is certainly the son of the legitimate son, but if you can give birth to the eldest son of the legitimate son, the status will naturally be extremely noble.What's more, you are the original spouse, better than any other person, and there are reasons for the ancestors to stipulate such a "privilege".From a physiological point of view, one month is exactly a woman's menstrual cycle. Even if the Qing Dynasty did not have such a standard procedure or tool for calculating ovulation, as long as the emperor is willing to accompany you for a month, the probability of pregnancy is still relatively high. yes.

But the rules are there, and people have to abide by them.It can be seen from historical data that there were only four emperors in the Qing Dynasty who had a big wedding in the palace, and only Emperor Kangxi lived in Kunning Palace for a full month.The rest of them found an excuse to move away within three to five days.

Be angry, resent, blame others?But so what?In addition to blaming the imperfect system for failing to allow you to fall in love first and then get married, you can only blame yourself for not having the ability to keep your husband's heart.

Staying alone in a vacant room and not sleeping at night, husband, where are you |
The reason why people yearn for this place in the harem is that once you enter, you are likely to live a life of luxury, and it may also bring supreme glory to your family, and may even become the mother of the world. The reason for this woman to become the mother of the most honored emperor in the future is to "sacrifice you alone and help a large group."

But this place in the harem can also make people bored, frightened, and even make people want to die.That's because you, who are in it, have countless competitors. Everyone is fighting openly and secretly, intrigues, and doing everything they can to get more than others.It is because, once you live in the Forbidden City, you may face countless days of loneliness and desolation, staying alone in an empty room.The reason is very simple, there is only one emperor, even if everyone shares it equally, it will be very difficult to get even. If you die, then your life can only be described as miserable and miserable.

However, you are not the only one who is worried about this problem. In fact, the emperors are also quite troubled by this. Under the premise of the rights and interests of the women in the harem, the emperor himself should also be properly restrained.But regulations are regulations, let’s talk about whether they are useful or not.

(End of this chapter)