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Chapter 206 "But See Butterfly Dance" (Part 2) - Preface

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    Is it the fragrance of the flowers that attracts the butterflies, or the dancing of the butterflies that lingers on the flowers?

    Spring goes and autumn comes, flowers bloom and fall, leaving no trace as you walk.  When you are bright and open, the butterfly looks in front of you punctually.

    But have you noticed that it has been waiting for you for four seasons after another, and has gone through autumn and winter hard, but after finding here, it hurts itself one after another.

    Flying butterflies are like colorful fallen leaves, full of hope and longing, falling leisurely in the changing seasons.  When thoughts turn into clouds and smoke, when hopes turn into dust, those misty particles in the air still give life to bloom in the next second.

    However, flowers are just flowers.

    Will not bloom due to the desire of butterflies, nor will it house your long-weakened wings.

    In fact, every butterfly was once a flower; in order to chase the one it loves, it turned into a butterfly.  Maybe one day, the flower will leave for another flower, but the butterfly will only dance lightly in place, burying the longing once with that little wind and sand.

    Butterflies love flowers, flying.

    Until the last moment of life, I will not stop, nor will I stop.  Its desperate and stern beauty leaves traces of bloodstains on its wings, just like the immortal quicksand on the barren desert, engulfing the bones that lay out a terrifying and strange picture, never tired, never ending.

    This butterfly is more like the girl who yearns for the palace.

    But when they stepped into this mysterious heaven, they transformed rapidly like that butterfly, becoming:

    There is an ugly heart hidden under the beautiful appearance, no matter how ugly she is, she still has to travel through the clouds and smoke, because that is her only hope; there is a beautiful heart hidden under the ugly appearance, no matter how beautiful she is, she will eventually be buried in the dust  Under, because that is the only destination.

    Now that you have stepped into this place, spread your wings and fly high!  Just like the butterfly, it combines beauty and ugliness, flaps its wings in the sun, and dances in people's sight.

    Butterflies fly over green hills and woods; over fields and streams.

    It is another perfect fall, and the fallen leaves lead us to the next season. Will there be wind, flowers, snow and moon there?

    ? This season, I will talk to you about the stories of several queens[1] during Yuan Taiding and Zhishun years.

    In the early days of the Yuan Dynasty, due to the habits and culture of the nomads, the queen had fewer opportunities to participate in politics.  However, after the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was established in Beijing, some empresses disturbed the court and repelled dissidents, which made the court uneasy inside and outside.  The queen's participation in politics can be described as swords and swords, full of conspiracies, which not only caused internal disputes, but also directed scenes of tragedies, which accelerated the demise of the Yuan Dynasty.

    There are not many historical materials about the harem of the Yuan Dynasty, which also prevents us from correctly considering the merits and demerits of the concubines in the harem at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. I can only write novels.

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    Notes

    [1] Queen

    Abbreviated as Hou, it is the proper title of the supreme ruler (emperor) of the empire in the history of the world.  "After" and "after" have existed since ancient times.  The word "Hou" originally referred to the monarch. The previous Xia Qi was called Xia Qihou, and later it was extended to refer to "the monarch's regular wife".  In the dynasty, there are five powers in foreign affairs and five in internal affairs.  All five are in the hands of "Hou".

    According to Xunzi's point of view, the son of heaven is the only one, and no one can sit on an equal footing with him. Therefore, the spouse of the son of heaven cannot take the homophonic "wife" of "qi", but can only be called "empress".  After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he changed the emperor to the emperor, and established the emperor's official wife as the queen concubine system.

    The relatively complete concubine system and rank division were not actually implemented until the Han Dynasty.  The queen's special dress is Zhai Yi, and the ceremony crown is a twelve-flower tree crown (after the Song and Ming Dynasties, it is a phoenix crown), which corresponds to the crown suit and twelve-pronged crown used by the emperor.

    (1) Another name for the queen

    Pepper Room: The walls of the palaces of the queens of the Han Dynasty were mostly covered with pepper to keep warm and avoid evil spirits.  Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty loved Dong Xian, a beautiful man, and named Dong Xian's sister Dong Zhaoyi, and called her the second queen. He also named Dong Zhaoyi's palace in the palace Jiaofengshe, which was similar to the Jiaofang where the queen lived.

    Middle Palace and Main Palace: The sleeping palaces where the ancient queens lived were mostly located in the center of the harem, so the queen's sleeping palace can be called the main palace or the middle palace.

    ? Empress Yuan, Empress Yuan: The emperor's first wife queen can be called Yuan Empress, which is different from the successor queen (successor).

    Successor: The successor queen is distinguished from the Yuan queen.

    Zitong: The emperor's address to the queen is equivalent to the "wife" in modern language.

    Tiandimu and Tiandimu: Both are respectful titles for the queen.

    Kunji: another name for the queen.

     Cihu, Ciwei: respectful titles for the queen or the emperor's biological mother (mostly the empress dowager), or used to refer to the bedroom of the two.

    (2) What kind of women does the emperor like?

    In ancient times, dynasties were constantly changing, and there were hundreds of emperors alone, and each emperor enjoyed the glory and wealth, and there were three thousand beauties in the harem, wives of the world.  But from a historical point of view, there are not many women that the emperor really likes, so according to the standards at that time, what type of women did the emperor like?

    First of all, young and beautiful.

    This is the foundation, because this is the most basic need of a man.  No matter 20 years old or 80 years old men, they all like young and beautiful men.  The ancient emperors were no exception, so the criteria for choosing a concubine basically started at the age of 13 or 15, and basically stopped at the age of 20.

    Moreover, if the woman who chooses a concubine to enter the palace is a little older, the emperor doesn't like it.  However, it cannot be ruled out that people like Sui Yangdi and Empress Xiao who can still make the emperor fall in love at the age of 50, but this is a minority among the few after all.

    Second, be good at singing and dancing.

    Generally, women who can sing and dance in the palace, sing little songs, play the piano and flute, etc. are more popular with the emperor.  The emperor was bored in the palace all day, so the concubines danced and sang, played the piano and played the flute, which was the basic pleasure.  This is why many emperors like dancing girls and singers.  Since the ladies of rich families learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and seldom learn singing and dancing, women like Wei Zifu and Zhao Feiyan are more popular.

    Third, strong fertility.

    In addition to entertainment, there were three thousand beauties in the harem of the ancient emperor. The main purpose was to spread the royal heirs so that the country could be passed on.  Moreover, the more heirs of the emperor, the better the prosperity of the country.

    Therefore, there is another important criterion for the emperor to choose a concubine, that is, strong fertility.  Generally speaking, if the emperor favors you, you will not have children for several years, no matter how beautiful you are, no matter how good you are at singing and dancing, it will be useless.  Look at Chen Ajiao, and Empress Bo, etc., so it’s not okay to be too thin, and being able to have children is the last word.

    Fourth, Bingxue is smart.

    The cleverness here includes two points.

    One is to understand the general situation, and understand the overall situation. The most taboo thing is to be jealous, even if you are jealous, you can't show it.  Because the emperor belonged to all the women in the world, and what the emperor disliked the most was those who were jealous, so the harem would be unstable.

    Another aspect, that is true ability.  This ability is to help the emperor handle government affairs and analyze problems.  In such a large country in ancient times, the emperor alone had to manage so many things.  Therefore, there are often times when I can't think about it, I am impulsive, or I can't make a decision.  At this time, the emperor often needs someone who can tell.  Generally speaking, if you can give the emperor a thorough analysis, solve the problem and take into account the overall situation, then the emperor will definitely like you more and more and rely on you.  You can see that Wu Zetian, Wang Zhi, Cixi, etc. are all like this, and they can help the emperor solve problems.

    Therefore, the emperor liked women not only for their beauty, versatility, and fertility, but also for their inner foresight.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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