The imperial concubines and eunuchs also lived here, with household staff often numbering over 1,000.

There they found the full court arrayed: princes and ministers, high officials, yellow-robed monks, a swarm of imperial concubines.

She was not interred in the Muling mausoleum for imperial concubines.

Chenghua was also under the influence of Lady Wan who was an imperial concubine more than twice his age.

Many imperial concubines and ministers also died and by July there were tens of thousands of corpses floating in the sea.

(Before and after Emperor Wen, generally, imperial concubines without children were required to guard the emperor's tomb for the rest of their lives.)

Below the empress dowager were the empress and imperial concubines.

War and Beauty depicts the lives of four imperial concubines who all scheme to rise.

During his reign, she carried the title Guifei (貴妃) - a rank that was higher than the usual ranks for imperial concubines.

The imperial concubine was then demoted, and in face of sudden humiliation, committed suicide by hanging.