During the Spring and Autumn Period, unmarried women were strictly isolated from the outside world and had no freedom of movement. Married women enjoy considerable freedom of movement, complete independence and can communicate with people outside the home whenever they wish. At home, they can even meet their husbands' friends and guests and participate in their discussions. In the harem of the princes, although they were supervised by female historians and eunuchs, they actually lived quite comfortably.
When Duke Xuan of Wei (the 15th monarch of the Wei Dynasty) was a prince, his father had a beautiful concubine, born with a round goose egg face, his cheeks were red, and his breath was like a beautiful orchid, which was endlessly beautiful and moving.
After the concubine had an adulterous affair, she had a son, named Qiuzi. After becoming an adult, he married a beautiful princess of the State of Qi. The princess is elegant and elegant, her skin is delicate, her peach cheeks are smiling, and she is surrounded by a youthful and lively atmosphere.
Xuan Gong loved it and took it for himself, but the anxious son often said: The father and the king loved heaven and earth, and later Xuan Gong and the Princess of Qi had two sons. At this time, the beautiful concubine had already lost her pearls, and because she was jealous of her daughter-in-law and ashamed, she committed suicide after hanging on the beam. Princess Qi wanted to become the concubine of Duke Xuan of Wei, so she designed to frame her husband Qianzi. She told Xuangong bad things about her husband, and after Xuangong secretly sent the Jianghu swordsman to kill her son.
See Left Biography, Vol. 1