Twins will always be welcomed by many people, and now twins will always be envied, and such a family must be very lively in the eyes of outsiders. However, if the twins were in the royal family in ancient times, they might not have been so popular. Throughout history, we find that the royal family does not seem to have had many twins, is there any secret to this? Why are there so few twins in the royal family, and if a concubine gives birth to twins, what will happen to the royal family?
1. Twins in ancient times
Whether the child is male or female, whether it is one or two or more, these things are actually unlikely to be controlled, but in the era of son preference, boys are naturally higher than girls. Moreover, when you understand the lives of ancient emperors, you can hardly see the history books that record an emperor and a twin brother and sister, although many of the royal family do not have only one child, but most of them have an age difference.
The ancients were not as happy as they are now, having twins, and at that time they actually had a very disgusting attitude towards twins, even among the people, let alone in the royal family. So why would people be so disgusted with twins to the point where they were seen as disasters?
2. The royal family has no twins
One of the major reasons for this idea is the "primogeniture inheritance system", the so-called firstborn son is the first son born to the wife, if a pair is born, then how can they be clearly distinguished? Even if it is clear who is the eldest and who is the second, the eldest son inherits the family business, but it is difficult to ensure that the second brother will not make trouble, after all, although his status is noble, it is still relatively embarrassing.
Although the royal family has few twins, it is not none, according to the "History of Ming", during the Wanli Dynasty, King Chu Gong had a pair of twin sons Hua Kui and Hua Bi, and finally they were all crowned kings. However, the twins were once suspected not to be real twins, but at that time they were suppressed, and other things happened later, probably not.
3. How to deal with it
The royal family has almost no record of twins, the reason is also because of the primogeniture inheritance system, ordinary people are fine, it is a problem of family business, but the royal family is not the same, that is, the inheritance is the whole country. Twins must have existed in real history, but the history books do not record it, so where did the twin children go? One method is still better, sent to the people to raise, the other is more cruel, kill one, only one remains.
Even later, when feudal society ended, but such thinking was still not completely eliminated, and some places would still send away the girls in the dragon and phoenix fetus, thinking that this could be supported and raised, so that the children who were originally a mother and compatriot could not see their relatives in their lifetime, or it was too cruel.