Ancient emperors bathed both maids and eunuchs, but there was a strict time limit between them. Before the Ming Dynasty, emperors were usually served by some beautiful young ladies-in-waiting, but after the Ming Dynasty, emperors were usually served by eunuchs. This change occurred because of the rise of Neo-Confucianism in the late Ming Dynasty, in which the status of women was considered to be very low.

In ancient society, it was very rare for ordinary people to take a bath, because in their minds, bathing was a very troublesome thing, because there was no solar energy or water heater like today in ancient society. Except on hot days in summer, ordinary people might go to some rivers or ponds to take a bath, but in winter, they probably wouldn't take a bath all winter. This situation is very common in some places, but it is different in some water-deficient places, such as ancient Xinjiang or those arid areas. Some people only take three baths in their lives. That is to take a bath at birth, take another bath when they get married, and the last bath is after their death, which shows that ancient people were not very particular about personal hygiene.

But it is different for the emperor, because the emperor, as the supreme ruler of ancient times, of course paid great attention to personal hygiene, so the emperor also invented a bathing day, called bathing. On this day, court officials can also go home to relax and take a hot bath. And the emperor can naturally take a hot bath. However, the emperor doesn't undress himself like ordinary people. When the emperor takes a bath, someone usually helps her undress, and before taking a bath, the emperor's hot bath has been specially prepared for them. Just drag the clothes into the hot water.

However, the choice of the emperor's bath service is also very particular. Emperors before the Ming Dynasty had special maids to wait on them. It was even possible that the emperor was particularly happy when he took a bath, and he had to find some maids to come to Geely. This is also a very possible thing. However, after the Ming Dynasty, due to the development and progress of Confucianism, the status of these women was degraded, so that the bath service personnel around the emperor also changed and merged into one. I think maybe these emperors don't want to. Surrounded by beautiful young women, he got these useless eunuchs, but he refused to show them. After all, Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism had a very wide social influence at that time. As an emperor, he wants to set an example.