Why don't maids take a shower and eunuchs of the same color don't take a shower?

Hello, I'm Xiao Fei. In ancient times, many people went to the palace to be eunuchs for food and clothing. What kind of role is eunuch in feudal society? They are the most miserable group of people. While enduring physical defects, they have to live in the palace with trepidation, for fear of losing their heads if they accidentally offend their masters.

But strangely, in order to prevent the concubines from cheating in the harem, the ancient emperor recruited a large number of eunuchs into the palace, but the eunuchs were originally men. If the emperor only recruited maids to prevent problems in the harem, why did he need these eunuchs who were neither male nor female? In fact, there are many reasons, but the most important one is this.

First of all, the emperor needed a large number of eunuchs to prevent the harem concubines from cheating. Later, the emperor found that eunuchs were more reliable as domestic slaves than ministers, so this system continued. In addition, it is also the most important point: there are some differences between maids and eunuchs. There are many things to do in the palace besides serving nuns, and some things are very hard. Because the maid-in-waiting is too weak to do it, she can only let the eunuch do it. One of the things that only eunuchs can do is to help nuns bathe.

But bathing is very private after all, and others can't get close to it easily, not to mention the backward and conservative ancient times, and even the modern society with very open social atmosphere will still make people embarrassed. But everyone is really not mistaken, that is, to help the harem concubines bathe. According to Sun, the last eunuch in China, the empress in the Qing Palace has a hobby every night, which is that she likes bathing very much. It is not clear why queens like to take a bath. Maybe the ancients liked to take a bath, or maybe the palace was boring. Better clean it up. What if the emperor comes?

However, when taking a bath, queens never do it themselves. They always prefer to ask eunuchs for help. The most unbearable thing is that in the process of taking a bath, these nuns never take the initiative to move, but always let the eunuchs move. Empresses at that time were not as light as girls now. Eunuchs sometimes can't move and are afraid to tell the queen. They can only watch and worry, which is really painful. Fortunately, the queen takes a long bath, so the eunuch who bathes him can have a rest and save some energy to help the queen move.

In addition, eunuchs who enter the palace for the first time or bathe the queen for the first time are actually very uncomfortable. Although they say they cleaned, they are men. As for why empresses like to let eunuchs take a bath so much, there is no way to know. It's just that for eunuchs in the old society, this profession is really not easy, both physically and mentally bitter! Although the emperor's trust gave eunuchs great power, many smart and capable eunuchs may have been eunuchs for a generation, but how many of them can get the emperor's favor to turn over salted fish? I think fate is also tragic.

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