Concubines often seek to be 'intimate' with eunuchs: Secret rules in the harem to achieve this!

Feudal Chinese people believed that the world belonged to the emperor and everyone had to obey him. The emperor's harem had many concubines and beautiful women.

According to Sina, an average Emperor had from 70 to hundreds of concubines. Even though there were so many people, a few people were favored, the rest were forgotten, some were not allowed to see the king's face their whole life or committed some crime and were banished to the palace. Therefore, some concubines were  associated with eunuchs close to the king . Why do these concubines do that?

Concubines often sought to be "intimate" with the eunuchs next to the king. (Photo: Sohu).

What is the purpose of a concubine being "intimate" with a eunuch?

There are three reasons why concubines are willing to "collude" with eunuchs.

Firstly , in movies about the ancient Chinese royal palace, we often see that although there are many concubines in the emperor's palace, only those who receive favors, if they can give birth to the emperor's children, will they have the opportunity. caught the eye of the emperor. And they also thanks to their children to advance to a higher position.

Second , concubines often bribe eunuchs with money and jewels to help these eunuchs have the opportunity to become rich. In return, the eunuchs will provide them with information about the king such as his hobbies, where he goes and what he usually does. Thanks to that, the concubines can take advantage of this information to please and receive the king's favor. Emperor. When that concubine reaches a high position, she will often give the eunuch many benefits that they enjoy.

Concubines often tried to get information about the emperor from the eunuchs. (Photo: Sohu)

Third , the concubines "colluded" with the eunuchs to increase their power in the palace. From the eunuchs close to the king, they could know which beauties he was favoring. Sometimes, the Queen and her concubines split into factions, colluded with eunuchs, harmed each other, and caused the other person to fall out of favor.

In fact, in Chinese history, there were many plots to harm each other in the royal palace recorded in history books. We can mention Chieu Tin during the Han Dynasty. At that time, King Luu Khu was very fond of his beautiful concubine, Vong Nguong. Chieu Tin became jealous and slandered Vong Nguong as having a plot to harm the king. The king believed him and ordered people to torture Vong Nguong. She ran away and threw herself into the well to commit suicide.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was Vo Mi Nuong who personally killed her newborn child and falsely accused Queen Vuong. As a result, the Queen was deposed and Vo Mi Nuong became the new Queen. After the Queen was exiled to the cold palace, Vo Mi Nuong also ordered his subordinates to torture her with cruel tricks to avenge the days when she had threatened and harmed her.

If the concubines are favored by the emperor, the eunuchs will also benefit. (Photo: Sohu).

Then, in the Ming Dynasty, King Minh Hien Tong's concubine Van Quy was no longer able to get pregnant, so she decided not to let anyone else give birth to the king's child. A concubine named Ky was pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy, but out of fear that the mother and child would be harmed, a eunuch hid the baby in a safe place. Some time later, when the king heard about it, he happily welcomed the mother and child into the palace. Concubine Van Quy was angry and immediately murdered Ky Thi. The eunuch was also so frightened that he swallowed the gold and committed suicide.