[rebuilt after the fire]. where they were taught the art of love-making,
please, the emperor. The Emperors Yongle's favorites, like that of the
not easy. Even though Lady Cui was brought her for the Emperor to
all the rest of the women within his court. And being at a young age
having sex with the right woman on the right day, depending upon the time and circumstances of their birth. This was to ensure his love-making was
according with the wishes of heaven, but it meant a particular concubine might not be called to the imperial bed-chamber for many years and some
It must have been, a feeling of great regret & shame.
This lack of contact with their emperor might explain why some of
the concubines resorted to so-called 'vegetarian' affairs with the eunuchs
the only men or half-men they saw from day to day.
It also seems that the Chinese were the pioneers of SEX aids too, these
intensely emotional relationships may also have been partly physical,
however - whatever their nature they were forbidden. So all was
done is secret.They could also have had catastrophic consequences,
to their desires behind closed doors, as it was seen shortly after
the Emperor Yongle unveiled the Forbidden City on
New Year's Day On 1421.
This was Yongle Emperor's triumphant moment, however though
he had festooned the palace with statues of magical beasts to ward off
evil, he did not enjoy heaven's blessing for long.
The reasons for this was, as you might know in history there
were many foreign ambassadors who had traveled very far for
the opening ceremonies of the Forbidden Palace. To enjoy Beijing's
hospitality outside the palace walls in the coming weeks. However, those
inside were luxuriating in their surroundings without the foreign
ambassadors not really knowing what was truly was going
on inside the palace. You see the concubines had never known such
opulence, with each of the departments run
by the eunuchs catering to their
every whim. There was a Department of entertainment to organize festivals and parties for all. Also, the Bathhouse's to provide them with steaming hot water and would believe this? even a department of Toilet Paper!
But of course, the fun and frolic wasn't going to last forever.
However, but for the concubines it was a prison of sorts. Why?
They were forbidden to leave the
harem within the Palace and they're every move was spied
upon by a secret police within the palace, which force known
as the Eastern Depot, that was run by the senior eunuchs.
Shortly after the enormous ceremonies that the Emperor Yongle
had put on for the ambassadors, the Eastern Depot told Yongle one of his
favorite concubines had committed suicide after being caught
having a relationship with a eunuch.
This was the first sign the Emperor Yongle
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was not in his control it would seem. So of course he could have
that going around within and outside China. Any suggestion that
Yongle was not in complete control of his palace could encourage his
political enemies, within and outside China, to think he was a weak ruler,
so he took action. Sadly what the Emperor Yongle decided to do was
this---Away from the gaze of his foreign visitors, the occupants of the harem were all rounded up, not really knowing what was going to happen to them till it actually did, all were marched to their bloody deaths
and silenced forever. Just because of one of the Emperor Yongle's
favorite concubines had committed suicided after being caught
having a relationship with a eunuch and Yongle need to cover
his ass from the harem that he was running in the forbidden palace.
Of course there is no mention of this in the Emperor Yongle official records, but he managed to write the murders within China's history,
the gods appeared to have taken their vengeance upon him, through the
centuries as is divulged in the memories of the Lady Cui.
The Lady Cui life was spared because she had been recuperating
from an illness in the old imperial palace at Nanjing at the time of the
massacre, [some have said the Emperor Yongle had put her in the old
part of the imperial palace to save her from the massacre. One will really
never know.] She at some point she did returned to the Forbidden City
the next night in time to witness what had happened.
There was such deep sorrow in the Grand Forbidden Palace
that thunder shook the three great halls, ' recalled Lady Cui.
Also, Lighting struck them after all those years of toil,
they all burned to the ground. The blaze lit up the whole city and
soon spread across the Palace reducing 250 buildings to ashes
and burning scores of men and women alive.
The palace of Yongle had covered with lucky charms seemed damned.
Questions of what the Emperor Yongle had done & fearful that the
heavens were very angry with him, sank the Emperor Yongle into a
deep depression in which he died in August of 1421 --- A broken man --- A broken Emperor.
In the dark world of the Forbidden Cit, where life could be snuffed
out in just an instant, the Lady Cui had outlived the Emperor that taken
her from her home Koren & Family when she was only 14-years old, however, there was just one sickening thing that he had left with her
when he died 'the marriage vows'. So from that moment on she would
never allow herself to give herself again to a man. There would be
only one way to ensure that. This is what the Lady Cui did to ensure
that she would never be in that situation at again. So on the very day
that Yongle's funeral was, Lady Cui made herself beautiful that day at the
wake for her emperor one last time & then, along with 15 of his favourite concubines[that survived the massacre] & their servant girls, she was executed - hung from a noose of white silk in a quiet hall within the
Forbidden City. She was just 30 years old.
The Emperor Hongxi which was Yongle son planned to abandon the
ill-fated palace and move the capital back to Nanjing, but he died just one
year into his reign. It seemed the Palace was cursed!!!
The three great halls lay in ruins for 15years until the decision
was taken up to rebuild them after a time had passed hoping the curse
had passed.
The Forbidden City world serve 24 emperors before 1911 when the
revolutionaries stormed the palace to the end of imperial rule.
Thanks to the determination of their modern-day successors to bring
China into the 21-centry, international attention will soon focus
not on the Forbidden City but on a new landmark
"Bird's Nest"
Olympic Stadium which is five miles away
Like its historic neighbour the Forbidden City, it has cost vast
amounts of money to build and is said to have cost the lives of many
constructions workers in fact too.
However, China feeling that it's all worth it. China rules will have to
hope they fare better than the Emperor Yongle the tyrant who was in
power the last time Beijing set out to dazzle the world.
I pray for the people of china that they will never go
through another time like the Emperor Yongle
and the Curse is forgiven.
I hope that you all enjoy the history of China and
just a bit of their history. I love history of
the different countries of the world...
Love you all my dears
YOURWENDY
YOURWENDY