Greg Jenner
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That is literally what happens.
Is that what happens?
That is very funny.
Well done.
They strip her naked, they bind her into a sack and they drag her into the emperor's quarters.
Right.
I was literally, I was going to say, this is a dating show, right?
You know, he chooses the name, he turns it over and then a girl is kidnapped and brought to his room.
And presumably the other girls are gutted that they haven't been chosen.
Are they sort of peering out of their door?
OK, so presumably, Yang Wen, Lady Lan charms the emperor because she ends up with, you know, obviously with a scenic career.
So she charms the emperor.
Can you remind me of his name?
Sorry, what was the emperor's name?
Xianfeng, OK.
Sorry, thank you.
Xianfeng, OK.
He sort of chooses her and she becomes his favourite.
Is that fair?
By sort of age 19 or so, she's the top of the concubines.