Beauty spittoon, as the name implies, is a living spittoon, that is, those abnormal dignitaries choose some beautiful women, hear their master cough, and immediately open their cherry mouths to catch the thick phlegm they spit out.
About Yan Shifan:
Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Song, was the record of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. Yan Shifan entered the official career without passing the imperial examination. In the name of Yan Song, he went to imperial academy to study first, and then became an official. He is an official, Shang Bao Si Shao Qing, Tai Chang Si Qing, right assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry and left assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry. It is said that Yan Song is tall and thin, with sparse eyes and a loud and sharp voice, which is very consistent with the image of treacherous court official portrayed in people's minds. However, Yan Shifan looks nothing like his father. He is short and fat, the image of a rich boy, but is he one-eyed or lame?
Yan Shifan was cunning and tactful, familiar with current affairs, familiar with Chinese classics, and quite good at reading minds, so he was called the first scholar in Jiajing Dynasty.
Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Yan Shifan (son of Yan Song, A Record of Jiajing Dynasty)