Y'all wanted me to discuss Chinese drama so bad and I couldn't ignore y'all . Here you guys go. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jpx7irWmyaizk6s.html. This is a very short video talking about Ruyi's love in the palace.

I've found a fellow traveler on this road. The only other black girl I know other than my best friend into Chinese dramas; especially the imperial ones

Empress Imperial Noble Consort Noble Consort Consort Imperial Concubine Noble lady 1st class female attendant 2nd class female attendant

The historical context is very much so appreciated But I wish there was an imperial drama where they work together for there own means and the prosperity of their House.

My cousins turned me onto K and C dramas. SO WORTH IT!!!

The hialan one is not accurate, their characters are actually from a book, hailan started out as a palace maid but was r-worded by the emperor, hence her fear of him. Hailan was not affiliated with a tribe that benefitted the emperor, like how Ruyis clan helped with the water ways before her father passed, which is why her ranking was low until she gave birth. All low ranking concubines are paired with senior concubines but they have their own individual sections of places within those properties, so it's different than being a maid by a lot. Hailan wasn't mistreated due to being lowley but because she was not in the emperor's favor and was a friend of Ruyis, the favorite and the original choice for empress before dramaaaaa.

I'm really happy to see another black girl talking about this but there are a couple of misconceptions/mistakes. For example, Concubines (pin) and Consorts (Fei) are also given sedan chairs. I look forward to watching your other videos on Chinese dramas!

I recently been watching an older Chinese drama called The legend of Haolan. You are correct that the plot is very detailed. I also noticed alot of interesting features such as the expression of intimacy was very restrained, sickness was always indicated by coughing followed by the vomiting of blood etc.

Harem battles where the Mom's are killing people to help their sons are wild. My favorite are when the son doesn't want to be emperor and learns what their mom has been doing. Which usually evolves trying to kill their love interest.

Girl i haven’t even watched the video yet but I’ve already subbed and liked🤍 love love watching another black girl enjoying Chinese drama as well ✨

Also, just to add, your clan's status also played a part in your ranking and how others respected you. For example, Hailan came from a low status and was also just a servant who worked in the sewing department. Many of the other concubines treated her horribly due to her family clan and her literally becoming a part of the imperial harem, even if the emperor had forced himself on her.

I'm a cdrama fan but I recently got into harem dramas and ur video just came on my recommended it's so straightforward and simple❤

PLS discuss chinese dramas. they hit so differently compared to other shows in both positive and negative ways, theyre like a perfect lure for fem ppl to get into

I love Chinese and Korean Historical dramas! The Imperial harem system for both countries changes in rach dynasty, but they have similarities as well

This is my 1st visit to your channel and as an avid watcher of Korean and Chinese dramas, I enjoyed the video! I also wanted to share some dramas you might enjoy watching like "The Story of Ming Lan", "The Story of Yanxi Palace", "The Uncanny Destiny", "Princess Weiyoung", "The Story of Kunning Palace", "Destined", "Love Like the Galaxy", "The Rise of Phenixes", "The Sword and the Brocade", "The Moon Embracing the Sun", "Empress Ki", "Jewel in the Crown", just to name a few.

FINALLY i found my PPL !!! i really love that you really did your research for this 🤍 most of the information in this video is quite accurate although i have to add that : 1. the rank after consort is actually noble consort, not an imperial consort. 2. after you attained the rank imperial concubine, you would be considered as the emperor's formal concubine, hence, the lower ranking concubines & servant should adressed you as your highness (niang niang). and the part when you said that imperial concubine can own a palace is mostly true unless someone with rank consort or higher already resided in your assigned palace. which means the palace you're living in is still under their supervision unless you are moved into a palaces without mistresses. 3. women with rank imperial concubines and consort are able to used sedan chair too altough it will be carried with less people since the numbers of eunuch & maids that are given to them are less than noble consort and higher. i love your work by the way, please keep it up 🖤✨

First of all, your lashes are epic and gorgeous! Second of all, can’t stop watching these dramas, just love anyone who can provide context. Brilliant, bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I haven’t even started the video and I’m so happy to meet yall. I’ve been hooked on Chinese dramas for like 3 months now!!! Lmao 😅

Ranks, lowest to highest in an Imperial Harem during the Qing Dynasty: 8. Second Class Attendant 7. First Class Attendant 6. Noble Lady 5. Imperial Concubine 4. Consort 3. Noble Consort 2. Imperial Noble Consort (usually seen as equal in authority to the Empress, or appointed to manage the Imperial Harem if there is no Empress) 1. Empress or, 8. Daying 7. Chanzai 6. Guiren 5. Pin 4. Fei 3. Gui Fei 2. Huang Gui Fei 1. Huang hou

Never watched dramas before but the way you talk about it makes me wanna watch 😂

Sword and the brocade. Generals lady and story of ming lan are some of my favorites! Also rebel princess….ive watched so many that i lowkey picked up a bit of Chinese/mandarin

video was MADE FOR ME!!! *YESS* THANK YOU QUEEN

Yanxi palace and Ruyis royal love were loosely based on the same story, yingluo is the good guy and ruyi is the bad guy in Yanxi, and in Ruyis royal love, ruyi was the good guy and yingluo the bad guy (she's the one who killed a bunch of royal children and concubines)

LASHES ARE GIVING ALPHA CC I LOVE

Chinese drama content creators are like 2 on the platforms, so happy we get a new one even only from time to time. also you're soooo pretty and your make up is bomb!

Also Ruyi was being dragged literally everywhere around the Chinese social media right now. That show as a whole did not age well at all

PLEASE talk about more dramas!! black girl drama fans rise UP!

I also recommend war and beauty, it's a Qing Dynasty harem drama produced in hong kong. I would like to consider this show as the grandaddy of Qing Dynasty harem dramas

Wow, you educated me on things i should know. Thank you.

The algorithm feeding me well tonight 🙌🙌🙌

Ruyi my GOAT. the actress was so charismatic i was okay with her kiliing everyoone. the Empress is also backed by her powerful noble family/clan which the Emperor needs and needed to get to the seat, so most of the time the Emperor was lenient on her and it was pretty difficult to dethrone her because of her family. like the first empress from ruyi love in the palace, the emperor was forced to marry her because of her powerful family through which he became the emperor because he was only the 4th prince or something. although he loved Ruyi, he couldn't raise her to Empress until the other one died, because yet again, doing anything against the empress meant offending his biggest supporters.

I've watch Ruyi's Royal Love at *least* 5 times ... the entire series, laughing harder, crying louder cheering my favorites and cussing the fiends with more conviction each time. Beautiful sets and food for thought. ❤

Love this video! It really does all get confusing, so appreciate this. Love your voice too, its so soothing to hear.

I love your makeup!

Just a small issue, you're kind of understanding the difference and privilege in ranks. 1. The first class and second class attendants were not treated so badly. Yes, if you got into trouble with someone high ranked you will be gone. Yes, you can't order servants unless they are yours , but you are still the Emperor's lady, and any inferior disrespectful to them would still be punished . 2. Noble ladies were Wayyy better off than Changzai. Unlike the earlier dynasties, the Qing highly limited the harem Size and made the ranks very defined and different from each other . A noble lady was allowed to wear more colours,and jewellery , eat better food( yes you had to be worthy to eat certain food) and were given more servants. Any Promotion was significant. 3.the differences between all ranks were highly significant due to a much smaller harem Size. Unlike the tang and ming, the Qing only allowed certain women to join , with preference for Manchu and mongols. This meant the number of women was quite less , hence every harem member was given a lot of attention. (This led to the Qing royal family being the smallest royal family, with only 12,000 Aisin Goro clansmen in the 19th century. Compare that to the millions of the tang ). There were definitely schemes and forgotten women, but it was much less dramatic than in Yanxi or RRLP. Most princes and concubines died of illness, and it was rather hard to do anything without people noticing. So take the dramas with a grain of salt. (Funfact, yanwan is more historically accurate than yingluo personality wise, and Qianlong is more accurately depicted in yanxi )

Oh, I LOVE Harem Dramas! They are so full of backstabbing and revenge.

I love this. Please do more of these

Thank you for sharing

Another black woman that loves cdramas 😭😭😭

Yanzi Palace is one of the best C-Dramas. I don’t really watch Western entertainment any more.

I love Cdramas, especially imperial and fantasy. you are so right, they are very intricate/in depth, i have to rewind many times to or look up episode summary to really understand lol. I just finished watching yanxi palace and I am currently watching empresses in the palace so this video has been very helpful in regards to ranks.

wish I'd seen this video before watching apothecary diaries lmaoo

Clicked for the topic, stayed for the discussion! Also, your beauty reminds me of Kimberly from A Different World! I was wondering where I saw you before because it felt so familiar!!! Anyway, thank you for your video!

A video made for the gorls! Thank you ❤

The content I've wanted

Thank you so much. I love harems dramas too. While i agree the sexism is thick, there are a few ways women stuck out and were exceptionally clever. ❤ ive found a like mind . Have you seen blooming days it has many similar mechanics too.

been trying to get into more cdramas after watching legend of yunze so this was really informative

Historically, the harem was chill because the women feared the negative consequences of fighting. Those soaps are over the top for the sake of views. Many historical figures weren't the heartless wenches portrayed in the dramas - empress Xiaoxian, consort Gao, Consort Xian, Consort Ling. Only few cases were wild, like the case of Wu Zetian who became the ruler of China as a woman(the drama is crap, better read historical accounts or watch documentaries). The first empress of China Lu Zhi, who tortured her rival than fed her to pigs. There was also an empress who forced the concubines to a*bort so none will bare a child, a concubine did gave birth to a son in secret and gave him away to be raised by an eunuch or some officials, the son of that concubine was the only monogamous emperor of China. Empress Cixi who ruled China as a woman and fought to modernize China.

I need to mention, don't trust drama to reflect reality, some of the stuff in dramas mixed Ming and Qing customs. During Qing dynasty, palace maids held high position because they are bannerwomen, some of them are higher ranked than most consorts and therefore come from prestigious noble families, it will be very rare to see them being mistreated by any consorts because the 'maid' actually female-official, is probably more highborne than the consort and may marry into a prestigious family once their time is up. Ming court on the other hand, maids and consorts all come from commoners, maids do not have the backgrounds that maids of Qing dynasty have. Palace intrigue are more possible during Ming dynasty and not Qing dynasty, because Qing dynasty have natural promotions, no emperor can just randomly promote a consort just because he feels like it, the consorts most of the time cannot raise her own son, as all sons are raised together.

I have to think the actual women are in the next world watching these shows saying, "Can you believe what they did to me?" 😂

Helllll yes!!! ✨✨✨

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I love me a good harem drama

Has anyone watch The legend of Hoelan ? I think that’s how it’s spelled. It’s good!!

Omg sis, the volume on your second clip is so loud holy crap 😅😭 scared me a lil lol, give people a heads up 🤣

I wish you an amazing rest of your day

Messy is worldwide 🌍

Hy sis ❤❤❤

Another Black woman who watches Chinese harem dramas 😲😲😲😲😍😍😍😍😍 can we be besties?!

11:23 Well I fell all the chinese dramas I've watched and rewatched including expresses in the palace from What me and My mum historically know vs what we about these dramas is low ranking consorts are Bulied a lot gass leat and stupidly but basically these consorts are treated like nothing ya know just Nothing like they are also like the best thing they can do is not a thing at all and this brutalise them And the past makes them a monster by high ranking and that where the confidence comes in ya know This helps remind them that they know how they knew how to get high ranking lady level and they are Offin showed on screen to be well dressed in finery but not treated as well but i really love this talk about Chinese historical facts about consorts and expresses cause I'm a historian and a samorish girl love everything About being Eastern chinese Manchu haka 11:23

Another black girl fan of Chinese dramas !

Companion is the lowest status you can have then above is attendant and so forth. Chinese harem dramas are so good to watch but they infuriate me because everyone is cunning, too many miscarriages and poisoning of favoured women, the empress is evil but acts like a goody two shoes, women breaking backs and embarrassing themselves to get attention from the emperor and the emperor keeps betraying the only woman that actually loves him for him. It’s a lot 😭

this hierarchical system is horrible and so cruel 😢😢.

Wow judging by the title you did this especially for me 🤣🩵 now I know what’s teaaa