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When watching costume dramas, besides the daily life of concubines and emperors, there are also various concubines' intrigues. The costumes and jewelry of concubines all reflect the characteristics of the times, which makes us curious about them. In ancient times, why did these women want to be concubines in the palace so much? Do they really like the emperor? In fact, not necessarily, because most of them come for this prosperity and want to live a luxurious life. Because before entering the palace, they generally believed that as long as they entered the palace and were loved by the emperor, they could fly to the branches and become a phoenix surrounded by prosperity.
In fact, some women named concubines really live the life they want, with maids waiting on them every day and living a luxurious life. We can see from many recent court dramas that the jewelry of the harem concubines is really beautiful, but what we don't know is that the jewelry they were given will be recycled after death. From this point of view, these harem concubines are just a plaything of the emperor, and what they get is not permanent.
As the emperor with the highest power, people are waiting for him to do everything. Those pampered concubines, because of their status, do have a good life. From three meals a day to clothes and jewelry, the maid keeps everything in order. So in the palace, the daily expenses are really big. In fact, every dynasty has various financial problems, because these concubines are really too expensive.
In the Qing Dynasty, in order to save money, the emperors ordered all the clothes and jewels used by the concubines to be recycled, which helped to protect the environment and focused on saving money. But in the era of good economy, the jewelry used by concubines can be used as funerary objects, which is really reasonable in our view. But in the Qing dynasty, recycling was a bit difficult to understand, wasn't it just to save money?
After the used jewelry of these concubines is recycled, there are generally three ways to dispose of it. The first is rework, because these jewels are all made of precious metals. These jewels are melted again and then made into new jewels again. The second is to return it to the warehouse, keep it as a souvenir or sell it again. The money obtained can solve the legal costs. The third is to reward other concubines again, and they can still wear them on their heads.
It can be seen that in the Qing Dynasty, concubines in the harem were not so rich. Although these jewels belong to you, they won't belong to you forever. You should give it back when you die. But in fact, it's nothing. After all, these concubines are unconscious after their death, and it is enough to enjoy these splendors before their death.