About the youngest and oldest concubines the easiest way to explain is that the youngest one was already a concubine at age 9 to the previous emperor who died ( she’s 14 currently) and after he died she was moved over to become this emperor’s. The oldest concubine has been with this emperor ever since he was still a prince, and now he is emperor. Also dowager means a widow basically, so the empress dowager is the current emperor’s mother ( she is a dowager since the the old emperor is dead)
@06:25 ... Yes Lishu is 14 .... Maomao even states that since the former emperor died five years ago she was his concubine at age 9, and then was the mother in law to 30 years old Ahduo which was the concubine of the then prince now current emperor. If you consider the comment about the empress dowager when she gave birth to the current emperor with the whisper and Maomaos shocked reaction, about how that must have been a tough birth, you can imagine she must have been very young too. The previous emperor was just disgusting.
The hairpins are given by the ministers or concubine to people they favored. Sort of being their patron or to tell others you belong to which faction in the palace. Later episodes will see how those hairpins can be used. P.S: Queen Dowager is just the title for the mother of the current king. Not her name.
Since I got a reply that this is spoilery I added some space. Don't read below if you're concerned about it. I've edited the post to add this disclaimer. Lishu's ladies in waiting bully her. The poison taster was bullying her by passing food she thought Lishu didn't like. The Poison taster didn't realize that the pickiness was because of food allergies. That's why Maomao sets her strait and gives her information about what foods to avoid based on allergies. She did it discreetly without informing Jinshi of her suspicions about what's going on with the ladies in waiting in general and what happened with the food taster specifically because in the case of the food taster it could mean a death sentence. As was evident the food taster realizes how serious her actions were now. The Ladies in waiting are bullying Lishu likely out of jealousy. Lishu has been the concubine of both the previous emperor and the current. She is young and doesn't grasp the power of her position. She is relying on her Ladies in waiting who are all older than her to help guide her and so she relies on them to the point that she feels she has to put up with their bullying. It's a sad state for her. On another note. The Food taster's bullying probably saved her own life since she passed the poison bowl to Maomao instead of tasting the poisoned soup herself. So she dodged a bullet and got mercy for the same action.
@@neretilderem7029 I didn't spoil anything. Everything I talked about was discussed in this episode. I don't see where it's a spoiler. The clear bullying in trading the soups, The poison taster's reaction to being subtly called out about her behavior and how it could lead to her execution if she continues it, the argument between the groups of ladies in waiting about how Lishu is dressed. All of that happens this episode. I thought it was all pretty obvious from the episode. I dunno, if that spoils it for you I'm sorry.
@@neretilderem7029 I don't see the problem .... 1) All information here is in this episode. The first scene is even about Lishus ladies-in-waiting talking about her beeing picky with food and that she is indecent as she was the former emperors concubine and now came back as the current emperors concibine. And they are talking about "it will not kill her". And 2) Chillih & Nesa already have episode 19 up on peatreon so it will not spoil anything for them and who would watch a reaction to this if he doesn't know the story and doesn't want to be spoiled. Does not make sense to me.
@@wow_horac4663 Everything you talked about is literally the first 13 min of the next episode with details you couldn't deduce from this episode. Stop pretending, it's pathetic
@@wow_horac4663 Everything you talked about is literally the first 13 min of the the next episode with details you couldn't deduce from this episode. Just stop....
About the youngest and oldest concubines the easiest way to explain is that the youngest one was already a concubine at age 9 to the previous emperor who died ( she’s 14 currently) and after he died she was moved over to become this emperor’s. The oldest concubine has been with this emperor ever since he was still a prince, and now he is emperor. Also dowager means a widow basically, so the empress dowager is the current emperor’s mother ( she is a dowager since the the old emperor is dead)
@06:25 ... Yes Lishu is 14 .... Maomao even states that since the former emperor died five years ago she was his concubine at age 9, and then was the mother in law to 30 years old Ahduo which was the concubine of the then prince now current emperor. If you consider the comment about the empress dowager when she gave birth to the current emperor with the whisper and Maomaos shocked reaction, about how that must have been a tough birth, you can imagine she must have been very young too. The previous emperor was just disgusting.
The hairpins are given by the ministers or concubine to people they favored. Sort of being their patron or to tell others you belong to which faction in the palace.
Later episodes will see how those hairpins can be used.
P.S: Queen Dowager is just the title for the mother of the current king. Not her name.
Recall Lishu’s Ladies in Waiting complaining about their Lady not liking food. They did not realize allergies exist.
Since I got a reply that this is spoilery I added some space. Don't read below if you're concerned about it. I've edited the post to add this disclaimer.
Lishu's ladies in waiting bully her. The poison taster was bullying her by passing food she thought Lishu didn't like. The Poison taster didn't realize that the pickiness was because of food allergies. That's why Maomao sets her strait and gives her information about what foods to avoid based on allergies. She did it discreetly without informing Jinshi of her suspicions about what's going on with the ladies in waiting in general and what happened with the food taster specifically because in the case of the food taster it could mean a death sentence. As was evident the food taster realizes how serious her actions were now.
The Ladies in waiting are bullying Lishu likely out of jealousy. Lishu has been the concubine of both the previous emperor and the current. She is young and doesn't grasp the power of her position. She is relying on her Ladies in waiting who are all older than her to help guide her and so she relies on them to the point that she feels she has to put up with their bullying. It's a sad state for her.
On another note. The Food taster's bullying probably saved her own life since she passed the poison bowl to Maomao instead of tasting the poisoned soup herself. So she dodged a bullet and got mercy for the same action.
Grats for spoilering the next episode. You must feel so smart now...
@@neretilderem7029 I didn't spoil anything. Everything I talked about was discussed in this episode. I don't see where it's a spoiler. The clear bullying in trading the soups, The poison taster's reaction to being subtly called out about her behavior and how it could lead to her execution if she continues it, the argument between the groups of ladies in waiting about how Lishu is dressed. All of that happens this episode. I thought it was all pretty obvious from the episode. I dunno, if that spoils it for you I'm sorry.
@@neretilderem7029 I don't see the problem .... 1) All information here is in this episode. The first scene is even about Lishus ladies-in-waiting talking about her beeing picky with food and that she is indecent as she was the former emperors concubine and now came back as the current emperors concibine. And they are talking about "it will not kill her". And 2) Chillih & Nesa already have episode 19 up on peatreon so it will not spoil anything for them and who would watch a reaction to this if he doesn't know the story and doesn't want to be spoiled. Does not make sense to me.
@@wow_horac4663 Everything you talked about is literally the first 13 min of the next episode with details you couldn't deduce from this episode. Stop pretending, it's pathetic
@@wow_horac4663 Everything you talked about is literally the first 13 min of the the next episode with details you couldn't deduce from this episode. Just stop....