If you love Chinese palace dramas, you know the classic trope: when a Qing Dynasty concubine loses the emperor’s favor, she retires quietly to the cold palace—lonely, but safe and dignified. It makes for peaceful drama. It is also a complete historical myth. In the real Qing imperial harem, losing
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