Why did the palace maid strangle Emperor Jiajing to death?

In the winter of 477 years from today, Emperor Jiajing was resting in the palace of Duan Fei Cao. After taking a secret elixir and tossing for half a night, he fell into a deep sleep.

At this time, ten maids sneaked into the palace and came to his bed. They looked coldly at Emperor Jiajing, who was sleeping soundly. Some of the maids were holding a piece of yellow cloth, and some were holding a knife. They planned to send the Long Live Lord to immortality tonight using a rope made of ceremonial palace flowers.

The palace maid Yao Shugao covered the emperor's face and the sky with a piece of yellow cloth. Others began to move together, some holding down the emperor's hands and feet, and some holding down the emperor's body. The palace maid Yang Shuying put the noose around Jiajing's neck. The palace maids Yao Shugao and Guan Meixiu imitated the method of killing palace maids, one by one. The rope began to tighten.

But Yang Shuying has obviously not watched the various instructional videos on Douyin Kuaishou. The knots used to tie people up have to be tied with a slip knot. She tied a dead knot in a hurry, causing the two palace maids to be unable to strangle them to death no matter how hard they pulled. Jiajing, at this time the other palace maids were anxious, and they all used their special skills. Some used their hands to pinch Jiajing's neck, and some took off the hairpins on their heads and stabbed Jiajing randomly, thinking of piercing his vital points. Let him die.

However, some palace maids were afraid, thinking that even if they did this, they would not be able to kill the emperor. Don’t be like the legend. The emperor was protected by hundreds of spirits.

Because of fear, a palace maid named Zhang Jinlian stumbled to the Queen's Palace and surrendered to the Queen.

After hearing the news, Queen Fang stopped the maids from committing the crime. At this time, Jiajing only had half a life left. The maids went crazy when they saw what had happened. The palace was usually very hierarchical. These maids saw the queen like a mouse to a cat, and they were all ready to fight. The maid Yao Shugao got into a fight with Queen Fang and even punched the queen.

Having killed the emperor and beaten the empress, this palace maid’s life would have reached its peak.

In the Renyin year of Jiajing, the maidservants of the palace banded together to kill each other. They tied the throat with a rope, stuffed the mouth with a cloth, and several people squatted on the upper abdomen and strangled him until he died.

Fortunately, the maidservants were not familiar with the knotting method. The strands of the rope would not be tightened, and a rattling sound was heard outside.

Why do these maids want to assassinate the emperor?

It is said to be scary.

Emperor Jiajing liked to practice Taoism, and he was obsessed with it. In addition to his main career, some emperors in the Ming Dynasty also often did very well in their side jobs. For example, Tianqi liked carpentry, and his craftsmanship was superb. Zhengde liked Acting, he played the role of the general, King Ning's Rebellion. It was clear that Wang Yangming had captured King Ning, but he asked Wang Yangming to let King Ning go, and he wanted to capture him again.

And Jiajing liked to be a god.

Jiajing gave himself the title: Taishang Daluo Celestial Immortal Ziji Immortality Saint Wisdom Zhao Lingtong Three Yuan Zheng Ying Yuxu General Manager Wu Lei Da Zhenren Xuandu Realm Wanshou Emperor.

Of course the gods like to make alchemy. Someone recommended him a recipe, which contained an important medicinal material called red lead.

Red lead is made from the menstrual blood of girls born after 5480 days. In order to obtain more red lead, Jiajing would use drugs to induce menstruation, which resulted in some girls dying from excessive bleeding.

Although Yang Jinying and other palace maids were over fifteen years old, they were afraid that one day the emperor would get another house and use his unmarried palace maids as medicinal materials.

Another reason is that they lived a very hard life under Jiajing.

Taking elixirs refined with red lead requires special water. Just like the Wujin elixir that Sun Wukong gave to the King of the Kingdom of Zhuzi in "Journey to the West", it needed to be delivered with rootless water. Lu Xun's father was ill that year. , the doctor asked him to find a pair of original crickets as medicine guides.

Sun Wukong saved the king because of the Dragon King plug-in. Mr. Zhou failed to find his original wife, the cricket, and failed to save his father.

The elixir refined with red lead in Jiajing needs to be sent down with dew to take effect.

The maids in the harem suffered. Every day they had to collect dew water from the leaves for the emperor to drink.

This life is actually quite hard and tiring, but is this the reason why the maids risked confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans to assassinate the emperor?

Not necessarily.

So, there is another theory that it is because of the death of a turtle.

Yan Song’s godson Zhao Wenhua contributed an auspicious five-color turtle to the emperor.

Jiajing was very happy and asked Yang Jinying to take good care of it. Unexpectedly, the turtle began to lose color after being raised for a few days, probably due to pigment poisoning, and the turtle died soon after.

Yang Jinying was afraid in her heart. Jiajing was very violent, especially after he started taking the red lead elixir. If he killed his auspicious turtle this time, would the emperor kill himself?

It’s all about death anyway, so it’s better to use the emperor as a backer. If the emperor dies and the harem is in chaos, the matter of raising the turtle to death by yourself may be covered up.