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In the depths of the ancient court, there is a saying: those outside want to go in, but those inside want to escape. This statement is perhaps the most apt description of that era. In that ancient palace, there were eunuchs, there were palace maidens, who were civil servants of that era, eating royal servants. However, this is not a good and worry-free life.
Wanting to enter the palace, for ordinary people, is almost climbing over a mountain that climbs to the sky. Outside the palace, society's top elite is almost inaccessible. However, once inside the palace, the situation is quite different. In order to fight for a place, some people chose to be in the palace, hoping to show themselves on a higher platform and contact the upper class. However, this opportunity was not easy to obtain. Even if you successfully enter the palace, you need to learn strict royal etiquette and be careful in your words and deeds. In the court, the right to speak is not in one's own hands.
Especially for eunuchs and palace maidens, their caution is passive, while the various masters in the palace are gradually tempered and matured in the long-term competition for court favor. Every day, they plan how to get pampered, choreograph their performances, arrange every word, every expression, and rehearse every day. These plans and performances are long-term, and they hope that through their own efforts, they can eventually stand out in the harem, even if they can't become the master, it is good to get a good ranking. However, even in the competition for favors, survival is still their top priority, after all, the power struggle in the court is not so easy to fight.
In the court, women of all ranks also had their own identity background. If you want to stand out, you must have intelligence and resourcefulness beyond ordinary people. The selection criteria for palace maids are also quite harsh. Emperors, noble concubines, concubines, these women of lower status, when choosing palace maidens, will personally go out and choose the maids that suit them. Of course, the standard of this interview is very high, first of all, the appearance must not be too outstanding, otherwise you will lose your advantage in the palace. Palace maids are usually not those beautiful women, and their appearance is relatively ordinary. This was also to maintain the advantage of the master's appearance, after all, the emperor preferred beautiful concubines to beautiful handmaids. Therefore, the selection of palace maids is a careful and strict process.
However, even if you successfully enter the palace, it does not mean that everything is good. At that time, the life of eunuchs was not happy, and although they were able to enter the royal family, the price was extremely high. In the era of underdeveloped medicine, eunuch surgeries often brought great physical and psychological trauma, and their lifespan was relatively short. Some even die early due to surgical complications, while others leave long-term life obstacles. Successfully entering the palace comes at a very high price.
In general, court life may seem gorgeous, but it is actually full of competition and pressure. Even those high-ranking concubines often had to be highly vigilant in court competitions, and they pondered every day when they would be able to gain the favor of the emperor and how to excel in daily life in order to win the attention of their masters. Their lives are not as glamorous as shown in court dramas, but full of deceit, and they have to face the pressure of palace fights every day.
Especially for concubines of a certain status, their shrewdness and wisdom were often used in the selection of palace maidens. When selecting palace maidens, they personally went out to select those average-looking women. Because in their opinion, too beautiful palace maids will only cover up their own brilliance, and emperors often prefer beautiful concubines to palace maidens. This wisdom has also won them more favors and better maintained their status.
In the court, women above the rank of concubines were usually from famous noble families, which also became a major advantage for them to gain a foothold in the court. Not only do they have noble origins, but they are also able to gain more opportunities through their descendants. This phenomenon can even be traced back to ancient times, such as Wu Zetian during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, who eventually became a generation of empresses and held power over the entire country. This way of gaining power through heirs also became one of the strategies of later concubines to compete for favor. And on the prince's side, they are not happy and worry-free. Feudal society had very strict requirements for the prince, and from an early age he had to receive training in various etiquette, history, and martial arts. Their diet is even severely restricted so as not to affect their physical fitness. However, this overly harsh education system also led to the early death of many princes. All this is a true portrayal of court life under feudal society.
To sum up, court life, although full of grandeur and mystery, is actually a competitive and stressful environment. Not only do you need to face the palace fight, but you also need to be vigilant at all times, and the relationship between being pampered and being pampered is intricate. In those days, people needed not only to have ingenuity, but also to have enough wisdom and wisdom to deal with various situations in order to be invincible at the court.
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