Life in the palace is always harsh. eunuch and concubines When working in the palace, if you want to live peacefully, you must obey all the rules, absolutely not allowed to violate them.
But life in the palace is constricted, concubines or eunuchs are just ordinary people, so it is inevitable that feelings will arise. This is absolutely taboo and if discovered, the price to pay for the love between a palace maid and a eunuch can be changed with life, why?
What are the eunuchs and court ladies in love called?
It is not a strange thing for eunuchs and palace maids to have feelings for each other in the palace, although this is a taboo thing. In the classic historical drama “Zhen Hoan Story” broadcast in 2012, gave us a more realistic view of this.
The fact that the eunuch and the palace maid had feelings and interacted with each other in the old palace was called “Truth”. In fact, in the past, “Truth” meant describing fake homosexual behavior (which can be understood as they self-adapting their gender to fit the situation, without necessarily losing their true gender) between palace women in ancient palace. Later, the opposite actually has the default meaning of indicating the “husband and wife” relationship between the palace maiden and the eunuch. In fact, “Truth” has appeared since the Han Dynasty.
The eunuchs and palace maids are not allowed to have feelings.
The love between the eunuch and the palace maiden is still growing day by day in the Forbidden City. Even though they were imprisoned by the Forbidden City, losing their freedom, isolated from the outside world, they still wanted to rely on each other to live. From love they can grow to marriage.
When they got married, the palace maids and eunuchs also gave each other intimate names. But they couldn’t make it public, so they made up their own signs to call each other. The eunuch is the husband who will be called “Thai Ho”. However, not all eunuchs are allowed to call this name. The palace maids are called “Old Man”, which is also their honorific name.
However, over time, these signs of palace maidens and eunuchs were gradually discovered. Even the emperor knew about the relationship, and was even questioned by the emperor himself. However, they risked their lives to deceive the emperor and deny it.
The price to pay for daring to commit the taboo
During the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yuanzhang was a very strict emperor. In particular, he absolutely hated the relationship between the eunuch and the court lady. This was absolutely taboo under the Ming Dynasty, there was no pardon for eunuchs and palace maidens “for real”. The eunuchs who love and marry will be skinned. This is one of the very tough measures for Zhou Yuanzhang to prevent palace maids and eunuchs from happening in the situation of “Truth”.
If discovered, they could be tortured to death.
Similarly, during the reign of Minh Than Tong (emperor Van Lich) did not accept this. “Truth” is a forbidden line, as long as it is related to this, it will be sentenced to death. Those who act as matchmakers will also be beaten to death.
However, in love, it is the basic desires and emotional state of each person. Therefore, even if the emperors introduced the punishment of caning, skinning or even other cruel punishments, it would be difficult to prevent this. The exchange of eunuchs and palace maidens still happens every day. Even the writer of the Ming Dynasty, Tham Duc Phu, once asserted that it was impossible to ban them.
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