Palace of Gathered Elegance(Chuxiugong)Ⅱ

In ancient China, the emperor used to marry a lot of beauties and gave them different titles. But generally there was only one Empress, who was the first wife of Emperor and used to manage all other concubines of Emperor Family, and others were all considered as concubines, but among these concubines, different concubine may have different treatment. Some lucky ones in the favor of Emperor may have a higher level in palace than empress, because Emperor’s wife selection was not always done by Emperor himself but others aiming at the need of politics and power consolidation. But the selection of concubines was absolutely done in accordance with emperor’s will and preference. So on many occasions, the stories of palace love always happened between emperor and concubine instead of emperor and empress. For instance, the love of Emperor Guangxu and his concubine Zhenfei was always considered as the classic model.