Also could it be that those days, standards of beauty were different? I mean just look back at posters, photograph of the 1950s++ movie starts and models. They all focused on women which were more 'plum' or 'meaty'. Now in fashion industries, size Zero is the best,,I like size Zero myself.
During the imperial times, women which were foot bound was considered pretty. If women had big feet(normal size hor) they considered ugly..I mean what kind of stupidity is that? But those were the standards of those days..so maybe the Emperor likes women that look like that lor,,