Anyone who likes to watch palace dramas knows that the battles in the harem are no less than those in the previous dynasty. Although the emperor's concubines lived a life of fine clothing and fine food, they also lived in trepidation, as if they were walking on ice. After the emperor died, their fates were also different.

1. Admitted to the Royal Nursing Home. In the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, there is a nursing home specially built for the concubines of the late emperor. Palaces such as Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace, Shou'an Palace, Yinghua Palace, and Cining Garden are all. But not all the emperor's women can retire here, only concubines and above are eligible.

2. Follow your son. If you have an heir, your life is quite good. Not only can you leave the palace to follow your son, you can also have the title of princess and enjoy the royal salary. However, in the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Prince Guo's mother is Princess Shu, but she is an exception. She originally wanted to die for love after Kangxi's death, but was saved, so she asked to become a monk and practice, but she could not leave Anqiguan.

3. Be ordained to become a monk. Those concubines with low status and no heirs will be sent out to become nuns. After the death of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian, a talented man who was beautiful and had a close friendship with the new emperor Li Zhi, had to become a nun.

4. Guard the mausoleum. In "Hanshu An Di Ji", it is noted that "it is said that the palace people have no children, and those who guard the tombs are the ones who guard the tombs." This means that the concubines who have no sons can only guard the tombs of the emperor until they die of old age. They also have an elegant name: Zhuyuan. Noble person. Alas, the name sounds nice, but when you think about it, most of those concubines are actually still as young as flowers, but they can only stay in front of the mausoleum until they die. It is also very pitiful.

Of course, compared to the same kind of fate above, the worst thing is to be buried. Sacrifice and burial have been practiced since the Qin Dynasty. Anyone who has no children must be buried with him. It is not difficult to explain why the women in the harem are trying their best to give birth to a dragon son. Firstly, the mother is as valuable as the son, and secondly, there is no need to worry that one day when the emperor is exhausted and passes away, he will be buried with him.

To say that the largest number of people were buried, it was probably Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. After his death, the number of people buried with him reached 46. Originally, sacrificial burial was abolished after the Han Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang reinstated the sacrificial burial system. After Zhu Yuanzhang died, Zhu Yunwen ordered that the concubines who had not given birth to children should be buried with him in accordance with Zhu Yuanzhang's last will and testament. For a time, the unprepared concubines were so frightened that they cried and screamed. The scene was very tragic.

However, this inhumane system was abolished by Ming Yingzong before his death.

In fact, everyone knows that ancient times was a feudal society, and the status of women was very low, and even the royal family and relatives were no exception. It is said that there are three thousand beauties in the palace, so what to do with these three thousand beauties after the emperor dies? It is probably a question that many male compatriots are very concerned about! In fact, a large part of this will depend on the last words of the deceased emperor.

1. Succession by the next emperor

If the emperor has no special request, then the best situation for these beauties will be to be succeeded by the next emperor. Because of the large number of beauties in the harem, the conditions for the emperor to find concubines were also very harsh. Many concubines may not see the emperor until the day of his death (at night). Moreover, most of the emperor's concubines were concubines, which was a waste of money and money. Generally speaking, finding concubines requires a sufficient number of people, good looks, and a lot of manpower and material resources. For these reasons, sometimes after the death of an emperor, the next generation of emperors will inherit their concubines without making clear requirements for them.

2. Guarding mausoleums

In fact, this is a slightly better way, which started in the Han Dynasty. The so-called mausoleum guarding is to build a palace for the concubines near the late emperor's mausoleum, so that the concubines can guard the emperor's mausoleum until they die of old age. The concubines who guarded the mausoleum were actually in a lot of pain. After all, some of them were still teenagers, so they certainly couldn't bear to be widowed until old age. Therefore, in ancient times, there were many examples of concubines who could not bear this kind of behavior committing suicide or being executed if they were caught not observing women's ways.

3. Stay in the palace

This situation usually requires that the concubine was favored by the late emperor when he was still alive or had the emperor's dragon seed. Both types of concubines have a high status in the palace, and as the saying goes, the mother is more valuable than the son. After all, even if some of the emperor's sons fail to become emperors in the end, the worst ones are still princes.

4. Burial

This is the worst way. If the emperor is very concerned about the whereabouts of his concubines, he will make such a decision. Concubines would usually run away or commit suicide directly after hearing such news, but most of the time they would be caught and executed as a result of escaping. I don’t know if you know how Qin Shihuang’s concubines were treated. Before his death, Qin Shihuang issued an order that all the maids, eunuchs, and concubines who served him should be buried. The number of people buried reached more than 10,000. Just in line with the most ruthless emperor's family.

In addition to the four above-mentioned ways of dealing with most concubines, there are several other ways, such as becoming a nun, entering the cold palace, etc., but they are all in the minority.

1. The more cruel and inhumane thing: burial. When Ming Yingzong succeeded to the throne, he was still young and had to say goodbye to his father's concubines, because they would all follow the late emperor underground.

Later, during the Seizing of the Gate, he seized his younger brother's empire and ordered most of his younger brother's concubines to be buried. However, when he was dying, he realized his conscience and announced that he would stop the system of burial of concubines, which was considered a benevolent policy on his part.

2. Become a monk. The late emperor has passed away, and the concubines cannot remarry. Their only task is to pray for the late emperor and wait to reunite with the old emperor. In the Tang Dynasty, temples such as Ganye Temple and Deye Temple were such temples. Wu Zetian once became a nun in Ganye Temple. This was also the time when she was at her lowest.

3. Guard the mausoleum/die in the cold palace. It's similar to being a monk. One is in the temple, one is by the grave, and the other is in a deserted corner of the harem, which is equivalent to being in jail. When the time comes, you can end the boring second half of your life.

4. Become the Queen Mother. This is the best result. If the emperor is very young, he can still listen to the political maneuvering behind the curtain, such as the Empress Dowager Cixi. There is no need to worry about food and clothing, I will definitely get the best.

5. Go to your son. If you give birth to a prince but cannot become a queen mother, you can live in your son's fief or mansion after the death of the old emperor. For example, this was the case with Emperor Taizong's Concubine Wei. After Li Shimin's death, she lived in happiness with her son Li Shen. Sometimes when the royal family held parties, she could also join in the fun and smile, and her life was quite comfortable.

6. Marry the new emperor. This situation is extremely special and is relatively rare in history. For example, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian's Mrs. Xuanhua and Li Shimin's Wu Cairen were able to be admitted into the palace by the new emperor regardless of past grudges, and they must have gained some favor.

As the saying goes, once the emperor has his ministers, the emperor will have no ministers.

Some emperors and former emperors are father and son, some are brothers, and some are uncles and nephews. None of these relationships can escape the scope of one emperor and one courtier. The things on the table are the imperial court, and the things behind the table are the harem. It’s easy to talk about an upright court. How to deal with the late emperor’s concubines?

As for the new emperor, he will take care of his harem clearly according to the patriarchal system and personal preferences. After the transfer of the throne and rights, it became a matter of whether the former emperor's concubines should stay or not.

There are two problems here. One is that the new emperor can make the decision and firmly grasp the actual power. When dealing with it, he can cut through the mess with a sharp knife. For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not want anything from the previous emperor. As for Emperor Wei Wen could choose the ones he liked to stay, and they could deal with the former emperor's concubines according to their own requirements; one was that the emperor could not make the decision, and the emperor's mother made the decision to deal with the former emperor's concubines. For example, Queen Mother Lu, Queen Mother Deng Sui, Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun, etc.

In comparison, the new emperor can decide whether the former emperor's concubines should go home or not. Those who should go home should go home, and those who want to stay will stay and are willing to follow. Those who guard the mausoleum of the late emperor will go. Those who have no home to return to will be raised by the country. Those who are favored by the new emperor will serve at the new emperor's side.

If the new emperor cannot make the decision, the empress dowager will make the decision. The life of these concubines without their husbands is generally miserable. Why? Because when women like them served the late emperor, they would inevitably be favored or not favored, they would inevitably be jealous, and they would inevitably fight for power and position. Because the late emperor was able to suppress the situation, no one dared to mess around. For example, if Liu Bang was here, no matter how awesome Empress Lu was, she would only cry.

The emperor should be equally exposed to the rain and dew, and should not just roll on the bed of the queen or his favorite concubine. All the concubines were eyeing the emperor and prepared the grass that the sheep loved to eat. In this way, if the jealousy of the queen or the beloved concubine is strong, the concubines who were slept with by the emperor will be settled by the queen.

For example, Empress Dowager Lu, she gained the power and was promoted to empress dowager. She began to punish Liu Bang's concubines during his lifetime. Anyone who offends her will be punished. A famous example is Empress Dowager Lu's treatment of Madam Qi. Not only was Madam Qi brutally killed, but her son Liu Ruyi was also poisoned to death. Madame Bo, the mother of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, was ugly and Liu Bang did not show much kindness to her, so she escaped from the Empress Dowager Lu by proxy. Later, Empress Dowager Lu was still worried and asked Liu Heng to return to the Kingdom of Zhao to become the King of Zhao, but Liu Heng refused. She did not return to Chang'an or the Kingdom of Zhao, so nothing happened. Empress Dowager Lu's murder of the Liu family kings shows that she was jealous of the mothers of these kings, so she got angry and killed Liu Bang's concubines and sons.

As for the maids who had served Liu Bang, Empress Lu assigned several maids to each prince and king, out of sight and out of mind, so that all the young maids left. Empress Dowager Lu had two purposes. Her son, Emperor Hui of Han, could not afford to have so many palace ladies left by the late emperor, and secondly, she would use these beautiful palace ladies to corrode the will of King Liu.

In this way, Empress Dowager Lu dealt with the former emperor's concubines and maids on behalf of the new emperor. This is a typical case where the new emperor cannot make the decision and the queen mothers make the decision to deal with the former emperor's concubines.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi was scolded by his mother, Empress Dowager Bian, as inferior to pigs and dogs when he was dealing with the concubines of the late king Cao Cao. There must be a reason for a queen mother to scold her emperor's son like this. It turned out that Cao Pi kept some of the former king's concubines in his harem. This is called "creeping on the ashes" among the people. The most hateful thing is that the son has picked up the ashes of his father. These concubines were originally the "sisters" of Empress Dowager Bian. They served the late king Cao Cao together, and now they are in the harem of his son Cao Pi. Empress Dowager Bian Of course, I felt that my son was "insulting" me.

Emperor Sui Yang of the Sui Dynasty molested his father's wife, Mrs. Xuanhua, before Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty died. When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty died at night, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty took in Mrs. Xuanhua and the beauties of the late emperor's harem. If these concubines do not obey the new emperor, the consequences will be disastrous, including humiliation or death.

All in all, most of the concubines in the harem of the late emperor were left out in the cold when the late emperor was still alive. In the absence of the late Emperor, we had to resign ourselves to fate. Therefore, before Cao Cao died, he cried, distributed incense to his concubines, and told them to support themselves. The result? They were selected into the palace by Cao Pi, and the Tongque Terrace was not a place to spend their time.

Speaking of the ancient burial system, it would be an understatement to say that human life was treated with contempt. As concubines of the emperor's family, some have never even seen the emperor's face, let alone the chance to hold his little hand. Once the emperor becomes pregnant, he will be directly taken to be buried with the concubine as his private property.

No matter how cruel he is, it is impossible to drag all the seventy-two concubines from the Three Palaces and Sixth Court to be buried with him! When the new emperor ascends the throne, how should he deal with the concubines left by the previous emperor? You Shujun will talk about some of the more representative ones from past dynasties.

1. The most cruel method: burial with sacrifice

The most cruel method is to be buried with a living person. According to records, the burial system began in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Although the accuracy needs to be verified, what is certain is that it has existed since the beginning of human civilization.

Different feudal dynasties have records of concubines being buried with them. It’s not on a large scale, but because it’s very particular: whether the candidates for burial were appointed by the emperor before his death or chosen by the late emperor’s mother, most of them were the emperor’s loved ones. Youshu Jun couldn't help but sigh: This is where the origin of "I will love even if I die" comes from.

It is said that when Zhu Di died in the Ming Dynasty, more than 30 concubines were buried, among which a Korean concubine was designated. Because he had to be hanged and then sent to the tomb, the tragic scene of the hanging made the eunuchs who carried out the execution shed tears of sadness. What a cruel and ruthless wealthy family!

During the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi could not accept this method and ordered it to be banned. Although the death penalty can be avoided, the living penalty cannot be escaped, and these concubines can only die alone.

2. Ways to show off one's talents: guard the tomb or cut off one's hair to become a nun

Tomb-keeping was derived from the change in the customs of the Spring and Autumn Period when "rites were broken and music was broken". In ancient times, social morals and behavioral norms were destroyed, and disciplines were chaotic. Gradually, the custom of heavy burials emerged, especially among the royal families. At the same time, it also led to the emergence of a very destructive new industry: tomb robbing.

In order to show his identity, the emperor buried many treasures in his own grave, but he was also worried about the bad luck of being stolen, having his grave dug up, and having his body exposed in the wilderness. Concubines who did not have children would be dragged away. Go and guard the tomb. These concubines stayed there for a lifetime and never wanted to leave even half a step. They were extremely miserable and were buried next to the emperor's mausoleum after death.

There is another way to become a nun and eat fast and chant Buddha's name in the temple for the rest of your life. Wu Zetian once cut off her hair and became a nun. Fortunately, she left a way out for herself in advance to escape the bad luck.

3. A more democratic method: follow your son to enjoy happiness

In the feudal era of fighting for your son, the custom of "the mother is more valuable than the son" is like a ticket to wealth. The emperor is dead. If his son becomes the emperor, my mother will be in trouble. She will be promoted to the queen mother and continue to enjoy a luxurious life. Qin Shi Huang's biological mother Zhao Ji is a typical example. After the death of Qin Shi Huang's father, King Qin Xiang, Qin Shi Huang became king and Zhao Ji was promoted to queen mother.

If the son is a prince, the emperor must give him the respect of his own brothers, and the widows of the late emperor can join their sons to fief the land. Although it is not as luxurious as the life in the palace, at least you can have enough food and clothing, and enjoy family happiness which is thousands of times better than guarding tombs, cutting hair, etc.

As a feudal society, there are no explicit legal provisions on how to deal with the former emperor's concubines, and it all depends on the preference of the emperor. Except for my biological mother, the others can either accept the order, or they can all be relegated to the cold palace, or they can be assigned to temples, guard the imperial tombs, etc. Anyway, don't think about remarrying.

No wonder the women in the deep palaces are eager to be favored. All their intelligence and wisdom are used to eliminate dissidents and compete for favors, hoping that one day they will be favored by others, and more importantly, save their lives.

As a woman from the old dynasty, it is difficult to escape the tragic fate and endless suffering. Being the emperor's concubine has nothing to do with love. In the eyes of the emperor: they were just private property that could be used for entertainment. They might not even be considered individuals, and they had no status at all. Even their own life and death were decided by others.

This is the deep sorrow of the old society where feminization was not open, and it was also the sorrow of the feudal dynasty.

After the emperor died, his wife became the queen mother. The concubines were miserable, some were buried as martyrs, and some became nuns.

When the emperor dies, there are five main ways to deal with his concubines, which is really eye-opening.

The first type: concubines with sons and daughters. This type of concubines usually stay in the palace to retire! Or he could follow his son, the prince, to the fiefdom to enjoy the blessings. After all, the mother is more valuable than the son!

The second type is to release them back home, because those in power are more enlightened and allow those concubines who have no offspring to go home and remarry and start a new life.

The third type: the burial that is more common in TV dramas.

The fourth type is to guard the emperor’s mausoleum.

This kind of situation can be regarded as a relatively sad one. Generally, those who are sent to guard the imperial mausoleum will stay there for the rest of their lives and will never come back. However, there are exceptions, such as: Mi in the Legend of Mi Yue. Yue, didn’t you come back to the palace to fight in the end? So, it’s not necessarily the case! It mainly depends on the dynasty and those in power.

This last one is a bit weird, that is, the concubine of the previous term will be succeeded by the next emperor. There are many examples in history, such as Yang Guang’s concubine. Dad's two concubines took over, and the famous Wu Zetian was also inherited by Tang Gaozong from his father, Tang Taizong.

Today, Sister Meihua, the messenger, will tell you how to deal with the new emperor. Generally speaking, there are only 5 types.

The first type is inheritance.

Inheriting this method of treatment mostly occurs in the regimes established by nomadic tribes in the north, such as Mongolia and Turks. In their view, women are not persons but property. For example, Wang Zhaojun, who left the country, was succeeded three times, and later he committed suicide due to the humiliation.

The second type is to guard the tomb.

It should be said that guarding the tomb is a common and common method. After the old emperor dies, all his concubines (except for a few that the new emperor values ????especially, such as his biological mother and aunt's mother) will be arranged by the new emperor to guard the old emperor's mausoleum. This defense lasts for a lifetime, until death of old age.

The third type is to become a monk.

Becoming a monk can mean converting to Buddhism or joining Taoism. Basically, concubines who become monks will stay in temples or Taoist temples throughout their lives until they die of old age. Wu Zetian was another exception. After she was favored by the new emperor, she ran out of the temple and entered the harem again.

The fourth type is burial.

The method of burial is very cruel, that is, human sacrifice. This method was relatively common during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Later, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, it rarely happened. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang picked it up again and played with it. His sons and grandsons also rushed to imitate it, but the scale was not large, and they just selectively selected some concubines to be buried.

The fifth type is old age and death.

Death of old age means death of old age while guarding the mausoleum, death of old age as a monk, and death of old age in the harem. The old age and death mentioned here specifically refer to old age and death in the harem. After the new emperor came to power, some of them did nothing to deal with the young mothers left behind by the old emperor, and just let them die of old age in the harem.

After the death of the ancient emperor, what happened to the three thousand beauties in the harem? This made netizens heartbroken. Don’t worry, Chao Mi has dug through some historical materials and given you answers to ease your worries.

There are roughly the following places to go for fried rice:

First of all, before Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the most mainstream place to go was "sacrificial burial". Isn't it subversive?

Ancient people regarded death as life, so after the emperor ascended the throne, there was one important thing in his life that could not be ignored, and that was the construction of the mausoleum. Often some emperors were very young when they came to the throne, but they spent their lives refining elixirs and building mausoleums at the same time, living in this contradiction. I also hope that my dream will lead to immortality, immortality, and eternal wealth. I also hope that I can arrange my posthumous affairs properly so that I can still live the same life underground as I did before.

Don’t think that this system disappeared long ago. In fact, it existed until the Qing Dynasty. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Ming Yingzong, who experienced the "Tumu Fort Incident", officially ordered the abolition of the burial system. However, in the early Qing Dynasty, due to the integration of barbaric fishing and hunting civilization, in addition to the emergence of debris, the burial system began to appear partially again. Therefore, it was not until the Kangxi period that the funeral system was officially abolished, and the funeral system was withdrawn from the stage of history as an inhumane old system.

The reason why people don’t feel the existence of the burial system is because many of the people who were buried were not celebrities in history. The most famous person who was martyred might be Dorgon’s mother Abahai, right? Didn’t you see that there are nearly a hundred tombs of concubines in the northwest of the inner city of Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum?

Even in the most enlightened Tang Dynasty, two empresses of Emperor Wuzong died. It was even more bizarre in the Song Dynasty. Due to the popularity of Neo-Confucianism, the Song Dynasty court was proud of being eligible to die. During the Ming Dynasty, it was even more common to die in life. Even the concubines who came as tribute from North Korea knew that most of them were the daughters of Jia people (businessmen) who were bought with money for fear that their daughters would be martyred.

Secondly, although sacrificial burial is the mainstream, it is not the whole story. Because there are several different systems of "redemption."

The first one is "mother is more valuable than son". In fact, in ancient times, it was not only mothers who were valued more than their children. But giving birth to a son can save your life.

This is very important. That is the concubine who has children, because she has to take care of the children "for the emperor". Then all those who have no heirs should go down below to serve the emperor.

Those with a discerning eye discovered that when mentioning the mainstream of "sacrifice and burial", Chaomi only did not mention the historical period from the Han Dynasty to the mid-Tang Dynasty. The main reason is that the Qin Dynasty loved to be "buried with people", while the Han Dynasty loved "to accompany the mausoleum". Does it make a difference? The difference is huge. In the Han Dynasty, women were usually buried with masculine people, but men were buried with them. Liu Bei has a famous saying: "Brothers are like brothers and sisters, and wives are like clothes." Therefore, starting from Liu Bang, the Han Dynasty liked to recruit heroes to "accompany the mausoleum". Later, in the Tang Dynasty, he became a "famous minister of Lingyan Pavilion".

But do you think that with men "accompanying the tomb" and women giving birth to children for protection, those women can escape the fate of being buried as burial objects? Therefore, the women in the harem are trying their best to give birth to sons. As long as they have sons, they will have the opportunity to live as Dou Yifang and Wang Zhengjun. Of course, it is also possible to live as Mrs. Gou Yi. That is simply a big bug. Her son has been established as the crown prince, and she is young and beautiful, but the result is such an ending. Mrs. Gou Yi should have never expected it.

The second type is to guard the emperor's mausoleum.

This system is actually very civilized. It also started from the Han Dynasty. I have to thank Huo Guang for this. After the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the powerful minister Huo Guang faced the huge harem left by Emperor Wu. Without a clear will, he didn't know how to deal with it, so he killed everyone and buried him? I have offended too many people and I don’t have the courage. So a method was invented to let the harem guard the tomb of Emperor Daxing. As a result, although this decision saved many people, it also brought a lot of criticism to Huo Guang. What do you want to do with the emperor's woman?

The third type is to become a nun.

This is actually a variant of the Emperor's Tomb. But Li Shimin played it out of tricks. Beginning in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a huge redemption system, that is, as long as a married woman became a nun and returned to secular life, she would say goodbye to her previous identity. So Li Shimin successfully turned his sister-in-law into his wife through this redemption system, but he didn't know that his son would turn his wife into his wife through this method. The great-grandson will use this method to turn the great-grandson's wife into his own wife.

Once again, after the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother eventually succeeds the younger brother. But this is still relatively rare in the Central Plains dynasty.

Just like the throne, in the era when women were treated as objects, women were just property. Starting from the Chanyu of the Xiongnu, the nomadic people dealt with family property in this way, naturally including the women of the Chanyu first. . So women who get married outside the Great Wall have to go through a lot of psychological obstacles.

After the death of Shanyu Huhanxie, Wang Zhaojun said that the task was completed and wrote to the court, pleading to take her back. As a result, the court refused and asked her to "conform to the Hu", that is, continue to marry Huhanxie Chanyu's son, Fizhulei Chanyu. As a result, they lived together for 11 years and gave birth to two daughters. Do you think the story ends here? As a result, the Chanyu died again, and Wang Zhaojun wrote to the court again, but the court still disagreed and still asked her to "conform to the Hu". As a result, she had to marry her grandson, and she married Souxie Ruotang Chanyu again. Even for a big man, this is unseemly. Finally, Wang Zhaojun died after two years and was finally free.

Finally, there is only one example in Chinese history, that is, he became the emperor himself. Needless to say, everyone knows that Wu Zetian is unique.

Text/Fried Rice Perspective

Throughout the past dynasties, after the death of the old emperor, the concubines left behind were called "toffees". The arrangement of the concubines completely depended on the new emperor. Of course, it goes without saying that those who have a good relationship, have a good relationship, and have raised the emperor, those who have a temporary relationship with the emperor will be miserable. Some will not even give them the title of concubine. There are basically three situations for the fate of a concubine. One is to be buried, the second is to leave the palace, and the third is to stay in the palace.

The first is burial. Palace burial was an inhumane system before the Qin Dynasty. Except for the northern regime, the Central Plains dynasty originally disappeared, but the Ming Dynasty rose again for a while. After Zhu Yuanzhang died, 46 concubines were buried. , "Tongshi Supplementary Records" records that "Taizu buried forty-six concubines in the Xiaoling Mausoleum." After Zhu Di's death, more than 30 concubines and maids were buried. Even the benevolent Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi buried five concubines after his death. Concubines.

The second is to leave the palace. The Tang Dynasty stipulated that after the death of the emperor, the concubines who had not given birth to children must become nuns. "Bhikshuni"; some concubines who gave birth to sons would live with their sons after leaving the palace. For example, the Cheng concubine of Kangxi lived with her son Prince Chun Yinzhi when she left the palace, and the Rong concubine left the palace and lived with Prince Cheng Yinzhi.

The third is to stay in the palace. According to feudal etiquette, if the concubine stays in the palace, she will not live with the new emperor. However, out of sympathy for the concubines of the previous dynasty, she will live with the empress dowager. Where does the Empress Dowager live and where do the concubines move? The concubines are usually under the control of the Empress Dowager. For example, the Cining Palace in the Ming Dynasty was built in the Ming Dynasty. Later, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was buried here. It was so unlucky that the later Empress Dowager would not If he wanted to live here, he would live in Shoukang Palace instead, so the concubines followed him and lived in Shoukang Palace.