Maids in the Qing dynasty were not allowed to sleep on their backs. What are the strict rules for ladies in the Qing Dynasty?

1. Maids in the Qing Dynasty can't sleep on their backs, because people in the court believe in ghosts and gods and think that there are immortals in every palace to protect the nobles. If they sleep on their backs, they will collide with the gods, so they can only sleep on their sides.

Maids-in-waiting only eat eight points full all the year round, and don't eat any big fish and meat with pungent taste, for fear that these strange and disgusting smells will collide with their owners.

3. Communication is not free. Generally speaking, when a little girl enters the court and does a boring job, she will be very lonely. It is inevitable that she will make some friends, especially eunuchs, so that she can have a good care. However, the Qing dynasty strictly prohibited it. If Emperor Kangxi stipulated that eunuchs and maids should make friends, it was even more specific to designate the hell to pay money and the Xianfeng emperor. Once found, they will be beaten and deported, and their families will be sent away.

Ladies-in-waiting don't even have the right to commit suicide. Palace rules stipulate that anyone who commits suicide with a knife will be beheaded; Those who commit suicide and are saved should be sent to Yili to be armored slaves; Anyone who commits suicide will be abandoned in the wilderness, and relatives will give Ili to soldiers as slaves.