Empresses in the East and West Palace in the Qing Dynasty had great power.

Whoever has the phoenix seal has the greatest right.

Only Queen Yin Feng can be in charge, which represents the status of the mother of the world and the supreme power of the queen. Only when Yin Feng is in charge of the harem can she restrain concubines and issue decrees.

The queen's rights are expressed by the phoenix seal. Fortunately, the queen of the harem will seal the phoenix, otherwise the concubine's pregnancy will be an affair. The rise and fall of concubines were announced in the name of the queen, not in the name of the emperor; Imperial edict is equivalent to imperial edict. Basically, even the emperor can't object This is an imperial edict stamped with the seal of Phoenix. Of course, the queen usually ascended the throne and then declared it to the world in the form of imperial edict. This right is the most important. If the right of imperial edict is deprived, it will basically be abolished. Other management of the harem is only a formal right.

The queen is the boss, and all concubines have to listen to the queen.

There is really no standard for choosing a queen. Different dynasties have different standards. Generally speaking, there are three kinds: first, the emperor wants power and establishes a queen with a strong power background; Second, consorts, treacherous court officials and imperial clan have exclusive power, and they can establish a queen they like, or compromise between them to get a queen they don't like or hate, and then they can become concubines and emperors if they like; Third, what does the emperor like; Fourth, the emperor had no wife before he ascended the throne, and the emperor and the queen's own mother could choose.

Both are acceptable, depending on the emperor's permission. After all, there are all kinds of queens in history, including widows, second marriages, dancers, princesses, aristocratic women and so on.