The ancient concubines were unwilling to go to the cold palace. How terrible is it?
Since ancient times, there have been many women in the palace. In feudal society, how many young women were imprisoned in the palace and could not be free for life! Because once she becomes emperor, she can't remarry for life, so she can't be allowed to leave the palace. As for the women elected to the palace, once they fall out of favor, they will die in the forbidden room of the palace, which is even more tragic. Generally speaking, for the dignity of the royal family, concubines are unlikely to commit crimes and need local resettlement, so they have a cold palace.
Looking through the historical materials of Ming and Qing dynasties, we can see that there is no "Cold Palace" plaque in the Forbidden City, and the Cold Palace is not the official name of a palace. According to some documents, several places were regarded as "cold palaces" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Gongfei was put in limbo by the Emperor Wanli and imprisoned in Jingyang Palace, the most remote of the six palaces. I haven't seen my son for ten years and lived a miserable life.
Being put in the cold shoulder is actually abolished. Empresses and concubines in TV series were put in limbo, and most of them still lived in beautiful houses in the palace. In fact, in real history, you will be treated like that unless your mistake is not too big and your family has not fallen. Otherwise, they will be directly deprived of their civilian status and put in a dark little house, no different from prisoners. This is the cruelty of the court struggle.