History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history and the closest to modern society. As a unified Central Plains Dynasty ruled by the Manchus outside Guanwai, the Qing Dynasty had its own uniqueness in many ways, such as clothing and hairstyles, royal rules, and so on. In addition, there is a very strange phenomenon in the Qing Dynasty, that is, the last three emperors have no heirs, and most of the princesses cannot have children, so what is going on?
Princesses of the Qing Dynasty were originally called Gege, and Emperor Taiji, who was called empress, emulated the Ming Dynasty system, referring to her daughters as "princesses", and stipulating that the daughters born to empresses were "Princess Gulun" and the daughters born to concubines were "Princess Heshuo". After that, the so-called "Gege" generally referred to the daughters of the Noble Families of the Qing Dynasty and the low-ranking concubines of the emperors and princes.
According to the records of historical data, there were more than 80 princesses in the Qing Dynasty, and after the Shunzhi Emperor, a considerable number of princesses died early, generally before the age of ten, without titles. For example, the Shunzhi Emperor had 5 of his 6 daughters, the Kangxi Emperor had 10 of his 20 daughters, and some of them died before they were married, so none of these princesses left any offspring.
Qing Dynasty princesses were born, they would be handed over to the special palace nurse to take care of and raise, from childhood to live in a separate environment from their parents, in the process of growing up by quite strict control, although you are a princess, but the big and small affairs of life are basically subject to the arrangement of the nurse, the personality is more cowardly.
Since ancient times, as the daughter of a country, the princess will inevitably make some sacrifices for the interests of the country, the most common of which is political marriage, or marrying a distant foreign, or marrying a prince and a minister. Princesses of the Qing Dynasty were no exception, generally in their teens, and there were more than 20 princesses under the age of 13.
After the princess married, the nurse would accompany her, and instead of living in the horse house, the emperor would give a special house for the princess to live in. That is to say, although the princess is married, she cannot live with the horse like an ordinary couple in the folk, except for the wedding night, basically sleeping separately, according to the rules, the in-laws also have to ask the princess for peace.
If the princess and the horse want to have sex, they must first get the consent of the nurse. But the princess has been strictly disciplined since childhood, and she is basically embarrassed to mention this aspect, and she does not necessarily agree to mention the nurse, and even laughs at it.
Therefore, due to the various rules of the Qing court, the opportunity for princesses to meet with the horse is very rare, many princesses are even more sick, died early, did not leave a son and a half daughter, the palace maid even found that some princesses are still complete when they buried the princess, which makes people lament the sadness of being born in the royal family.