The Imperial Palace, also known as the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, was the residence of 24 kings of the Ming and Qing dynasties. During that time, this royal palace kept many great secrets. Among these, the Forbidden City has 9,999 rooms. Although there are many large rooms for kings and harems including thousands of beautiful concubines, palace maids and eunuchs, there is not a toilet inside this palace. From here, many people can’t help but wonder how kings and harems living in the Forbidden City deal with “sadness”. According to research by experts, Chinese people in feudal times used potties when toilets had not yet appeared. Inside the residence of the king, queen and concubines in the Forbidden City, there is a place called “pure room”. The ancients often used a curtain or screen to separate the outside space from the “pure room” as well as ensure privacy for the owner. The potty used to deal with “sadness” is usually large in size and has a lid. Inside there are vegetable ash and flavorings. After the owner uses it, the eunuch will clean the waste in the potty and transfer it to the person in charge. Every day, some eunuchs would come to collect and transport waste in large wooden crates. They took them outside the Forbidden City to handle. Thanks to that, the Forbidden City is always clean and fragrant without the unpleasant stench of the toilet. Invite readers to watch the video: New tricks to bring Chinese people into the country illegally. Source: VTV24.

King Kangxi is famous as the most prosperous king in China. Historians have recorded that in his harem, there were 4 queens, 49 from noble people and above, 67 people received official ordination and those who served the king but were in the lower quintile did not. under 200. In terms of children, he has 55 children, 35 princes and 20 princesses. The ancient emperors had a powerful harem, spent the night with hundreds of thousands of people but did not have sexual diseases. (Illustration) As for King Tan Vu De, it is said that the number of beauties must be up to ten thousand people, even to build more palaces. Many people also say that because there were too many concubines, every night he used goats to choose where to spend the night. Although the number of people “close” to the king was not less than a few dozen, the ancient emperors did not suffer from sexual diseases. This is due to the following 3 reasons. 1. Check the girls’ “chasteness” before entering the palace In fact, any girl before entering the palace goes through a rigorous selection process. The first and most important thing besides looks is the issue of virginity. Checking for the “pure” problem of girls is done with many measures. The most complete form is archery sa. This is the method of “experimenting the body” handed down and originated in the Han Dynasty. The ancient Chinese emperors had hundreds and thousands of concubines, so to manage and prevent the adulterous concubines, they found the method of archery. The method of archery is to check the “chasteness” of girls before entering the palace. Archery is a red lipstick that is applied to women’s hands to mark their virginity. According to legend, this red mark will never disappear if the woman is still white, and if this girl later has a male-female relationship, the palace will immediately fade. However, modern medicine today has not found any scientific evidence to verify that the above test is reasonable. Another “pure” test method is to observe the breasts. According to the observations of the ancients, pregnant women often have larger breasts, so they infer that a girl who has never had sex will have small breasts. This belief was further reinforced by the theory that sperm, after entering a woman’s vagina, would travel through her body and travel to her breasts, causing them to grow and sag. However, checking virginity by nipple or breast is not necessarily accurate, because the size and color of each woman’s nipple depends on each person’s skin pigmentation. It is to ensure that the girls are still “virgin” before meeting the king that will prevent them from contracting sexual diseases due to previous relationships. In addition, the young girls were also checked for their health and disease status, so this also reduced the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and transmitted to the emperor. 2. Check before sex Any beauty chosen to “overnight” with the king must have a strict health and body check. (Illustration) Even when the girls have been recruited into the lineup of beauties entering the palace, health checks are still conducted regularly. Before the emperor wanted to get intimate with any girl, she had to be checked to make sure she was in good health. If sick, the eunuchs would immediately revoke their titles and not allow them to be close to the king. Although there may still be cases of bribing eunuchs to bypass censorship, this is still rare and reduces the risk of illness. Moreover, when choosing anyone, the emperor must also consider whether the woman has good fertility because this is related to the maintenance of the breed, so health is always very important. 3. Only have sex with one person Today, people with sexually transmitted diseases often have relationships with many other people and do not have a safe method. However, the ancient courtesans had only the emperor, so they did not have a source of infection, so the emperor’s rate of sexual infection was relatively low. Although it is difficult for emperors to catch diseases from the beauties chosen to enter the palace, it is also difficult to avoid sexually transmitted diseases if they have relationships with outside girls. King Dong Tri, because he went back and forth with the green girl outside, died due to syphilis. Typically, the 10th emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Dong Tri, is said to have contracted syphilis from a green house girl. According to some documents recorded at that time, hundreds of thousands of beautiful women in the palace were not enough to satisfy the desires of Emperor Dong Tri. At night, he often took the eunuch Chau Dao Anh out to the gathering place of green girls in the south of the capital to seek physical pleasures. After these “disgraceful acts”, Dong Tri was infected Willow tree and passed away at the age of 20. From the symptoms described in detail, later people determined that he had syphilis. Although the ancient kings did not have sexual diseases despite having relationships with many people, that does not mean that we can apply it to modern life. Because today, not everyone has a dedicated team of doctors to check the health of their “partner” before having sex, and comfortable sex will also put people at greater risk of disease. . Here are some ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases According to the Boldsky Here are 7 things you need to keep in mind to protect yourself from sexually transmitted diseases – Do not have sex too early: Sexual activity at a young age is one of the common causes of infection with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The earlier you have sex, the higher your risk of contracting the disease. – Do not have indiscriminate relations, be faithful to one wife and one husband – Use condoms during sex -Clean the genitals before and after sex Avoid sex while drunk or on drugs: Drinking alcohol or using any other drug can make you lose control. This greatly affects your actions. -Regular reproductive health check

Legend has it that Tan Vu Emperor Sima Viem (263-290) had countless concubines and beauties. Every night, they didn’t know what to do, ie with whom. He invented a sheep cart and sat on it himself, letting the sheep drag him around the palaces of his concubine. The car stops in front of the palace gate, the emperor will spend the night there. Cards with the names of the concubines for the king to choose the palace. The famous wealthy emperor Duong Huyen Tong Ly Long Co (285 – 762) used another method, he arranged for his concubines to serve him in turn. Whenever emotions ran high, suddenly excited to think of something new, the king called every day a group of concubines into the palace, letting them roll the dice. The person who rolls the best dice will stay in the service of the emperor. Therefore, many officials in the palace often secretly call the dice “the matchmaker of the chisel”. Diameter Tong Ly Tram (809 – 826) also invented “goodbye style” , is the arrow that decides who the king sleeps with tonight. He ordered the user to bend the bamboo bark into a bow, take the paper folded into an arrow, the paper will be impregnated with musk. After calling the concubines, Duong Huyen Tong will shoot a single arrow. Those who hit the arrow will be imbued with this fragrance and spend a beautiful spring night with the king. Until the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the king’s regulation “lottery” c The concubine meeting before each night of marriage became a clear, regular and relatively strict regime. The apparatus that governs the nightlife of the emperor in the harem is called “Honorable Room” , the person in charge with the highest authority is the eunuch Kinh vien, who is responsible for arranging and recording the sexual life of the emperor and concubine. When the emperor and the queen spent the night together, this eunuch was forced to clearly and detailed records of the day, month, and year as evidence of later conception. The royal concubine and the queen are not the same, each concubine favored by the king has a green visitation card, the eunuch Kinh vien will bring from one to several dozen visit cards with the concubine’s name on a large silver tray, offering to the emperor for dinner. Waiting for the king to finish eating, the eunuch will kneel on the ground, waiting for the emperor “lottery” . At that time, the king will draw a lot and place it on a silver tray. The concubine whose name is engraved on it will be able to spend the night with the emperor. After retreating, the eunuch Kinh will inform the concubine to take a fragrant bath and do all the necessary preparations. When the emperor goes to bed, this eunuch will take off all his clothes and wrap a feather around the concubine, then carry him into the palace of the emperor. This is a safe way to prevent someone from hiding a weapon in their body and bringing it to the palace. After bringing the concubine in, the eunuch Jing will retreat to guard with a few other eunuchs. At the end of the allotted time, the eunuch will shout “Time is up” If the emperor does not answer, he will call again, repeat three times, must carry the other concubine back. At the same time, the eunuch eunuch would still fully record the day, month, and year as evidence of later conception. Pregnancy or not has a great influence on the high and low position of the concubines in the future. In terms of expression, the emperor decides on his own nightlife, but the specific steps range from arranging the location of the visit card, the preparation work, escorting the concubine to mastering the time, keeping records, and Supervisors can use tricks to take advantage of loopholes. The concubines, if they offend the eunuch, are extremely unlucky, so they always try to flatter and bribe this eunuch. Even though the Emperor holds the power to kill and kill, he still has to make some concessions to the eunuch, Respectfully, I hope they “Hold up high and beat softly” with its nightlife. The reason for the regime “lottery” This was maintained because the Qing emperor also considered it possible to clearly check and verify the bloodline of the princes and princesses, which was very important in deciding the selection of a successor. It can be seen that the “lottery” mode to choose non-discrimination is the product of the insatiable adultery of ancient Chinese kings. The non-gods have become toys to solve the emperor’s physiological needs and breeding tools, but in their eyes, this is a lifetime opportunity that is hard to get. This clearly shows the brutality to the extreme of the old feudal system.

Chong Trinh Emperor can be considered as the emperor with the most tragic fate in the history History of the Ming Dynasty . Unlike other kings who lost their country in history, during the 17 years of Sung Trinh De’s reign, he always ruled the kingdom, carried out reforms, wiped out the parties in the court, and always worked diligently. hope to save the tragedy of the decline of the Ming dynasty. Unfortunately it’s too late! The court at that time had hundreds of thousands of holes, politics was chaotic, moreover Ming Dynasty At that time, it was in the “downhill without brake” stage, the people lamented endlessly. The area of ​​Guangdong, Xiamen, even Hainan has snowfall, drought in the North, floods in the South, it is this extreme weather phenomenon that has fueled the fire of hatred among the people when life Theirs had fallen into an impoverished stalemate. Because of that, peasant uprisings arose everywhere, for the Ming court, it was cold and foggy, and things that were bad are now getting worse. Starting from the first year of Chong Trinh (ie 1628), there was a great drought in the North of China, the land was white and the grass could not grow, in the “Han Nam custom of the district” it was recorded that: Illustrations. “In the first year of Chongzheng, the whole Shaanxi region was red like blood. In the fifth year there was a famine; in the sixth year there was a flood; in the seventh year there was a locust plague, causing a loss of crops and famine; in September of the eighth year, Xixiang In the tenth year, there was a great drought, Luoc Duong had a great flood, and houses were ruined; in the ninth year, there was a great drought and locusts; in the tenth year, the autumn crops were completely lost; in the eleventh summer, locusts flew through the sky; … in the tenth year. three great droughts; … the fourteenth year of the great drought.” The appearance of the rebels Because to cut spending, Emperor Chong Trinh ordered the removal of the epidemic station, the savings were used for military expenses in the Northeast. But no one expected that this staff reduction would bring back Chong Trinh De a very strong enemy, which is Ly Tu Thanh. After being dismissed, Ly Tu Thanh joined the insurgent army and soon became Thunder King. In 1644, the insurgents attacked the Forbidden City. Faced with the situation of dehydration near the shelf, along with the scene of the insurgent army breaking through the main gate of Beijing, Emperor Chong Trinh’s heart was like cold ashes, completely hopeless. In fact, this emperor could have fled with his court officials to the south, to Nanjing, continuing to maintain Ming domination. Because at that time, Nanjing has always been Beijing’s subsidiary capital, Beijing has a key force, and Nanjing also has a part. Moreover, there are still some descendants of the Zhou family, who did not follow Beijing, still continue to live in Nanjing. So even if Beijing was later destroyed, Emperor Chongzhen could still establish a new government in Nanjing. If Emperor Chongzheng can escape from Beijing, with his status, position and talent, the Ming dynasty still has the opportunity to rebuild and rebuild again. But Chong Trinh De was a brave Emperor. Outside of the chaotic army, he sadly looked back at the palace and his relatives and then chose to commit suicide according to the country. The fate of the concubines who served the Chong Trinh Emperor It is surprising that many of his concubines have committed suicide with him. Emperor Chong Trinh wholeheartedly took care of the country, so his harem concubines were not many. Moreover, the affection between Emperor Chong Trinh and Empress Chau was also very good, so he did not favor many other girls. Therefore, there are very few records of his concubine in history, moreover, there are also some people of high status who died at a young age. By the time the country died, there were not many people who personally paid their respects. The relationship between Chong Trinh De and Chau Empress has always been very good, extremely close, the feelings of the two can be compared to the love of a loving couple. Chong Trinh De and Chau Empress parted for the last time, after saying goodbye, Empress Chau also hanged herself and died. In addition to the Empress, there is also Consort Yuan. After parting, Consort Yuan also tied her neck with a rope, unfortunately because her body was a bit fat, so the rope broke. Yuan Gui fell to the ground, was in a coma for a while, and then regained consciousness. When the Qing army entered, she was arranged by the Qing army in a suitable position, enjoying her old age. Concubine Dien Quy was also one of the concubines of Emperor Chong Trinh. She was also favored by the king. Unfortunately, her health was always not good, so the three princes she gave birth to were also sick and died young. Tian Guifei couldn’t get over such a shock, was too pitiful, caused constant illness, and eventually died prematurely. Consort Vuong Thuan is also one of the concubines who died early. She came from a poor background, was a maidservant next to Chau Empress, the relationship between the two of them was very good. During his time at Tin Vuong Palace, he served Emperor Chong Trinh and Empress Chau. After that, he went to the palace with the Empress, always serving by her side. Once she happened to be blessed by the Emperor Chong Trinh, she became pregnant with a dragon race. Unfortunately, after giving birth, she died of bleeding. Emperor Chong Trinh’s harem still had a few other concubines, but because of his low status, he could not personally say goodbye. Most of them chose to commit suicide, following the Chong Trinh Emperor. In the face of the threat of dehydration, the weak women showed their last resilience, taking their own lives to express the last resistance, truly making people feel.