Eunuchs and maids must take extra care of the emperor's health. Even if there is a little mistake, they may die. I wonder if you have noticed that the Qing emperor had to take care of it every day when he got up. Chonglonggou? The maids are scrambling to do it. Why?
The ancient emperor regarded himself as the real dragon emperor, so the emperor's body was called? Dragon body? What's the name of the emperor's son? Dragon descendants? And then what? Longgou? It refers to the emperor's mouth, so? Chonglonggou? It means gargling. In ancient times, many people could not brush their teeth, and gargling became an important part of oral health care. Not only for oral hygiene, the ancients thought that gargling after a night's sleep could eliminate the accumulated bad luck, and gargling with tea gradually became a habit.
Ordinary people only use water washing, and the emperor has a high status, so it is different. They gargle with the best tea, and the tea is brewed with first-class green tea, which is also a specialty of tributes from various countries.
The green tea used for gargling is also very strict, and it must be brewed twice. People who know about tea art should know that the first pass is generally used to wash tea, to clean the stains on the surface of tea and to stretch tea. The tea will pour out soon after pouring, but the second time is normal.
However, in order to meet the emperor's requirements for light mouthwash, it is generally not poured out after soaking for too long, so the brewed green tea water is delicate and elegant, which is very suitable for mouthwash.
In fact, the secret of ladies-in-waiting scrambling to rush to the dragon ditch for the emperor lies in the remaining tea leaves. Although the quality of this high-quality green tea has declined after being brewed twice, ladies-in-waiting usually take out the washed tea in Longgou to dry. Then go to the tea shop outside and sell it at a low price! Don't forget, the tea used by these emperors to gargle is the best green tea, so even if it is brewed twice, it can still fetch a good price. This income became the ladies' own pocket money.
Therefore, during the Qing government, many maids who served the emperor in the palace rushed to make green tea for their masters, let them gargle, and then put away the brewed tea for sale. That's why! This time, do you understand why ladies-in-waiting like to rush to Longgou to find their master?