Why can't the concubine continue to accompany her when she is over 50 years old? The reason behind it is not simple, not only old age and decline
During the feudal monarchy, women were vassals of men, and their lives that could not be controlled have always told the injustice of fate.
The sadness of male superiority and female inferiority has made countless women want to break free from the shackles of society and are powerless, they look up to the sky and sigh, they can only fall deeper and deeper in the unfair fate, and finally be suffocated by the times to tighten their necks.
In contrast to the many paths of modern women's lives, ancient women want to get ahead, and the way is very single, that is, to marry a good husband.
As for the standard of good, it is very simple, wealth and status seem to be the most important measures, as for whether there is love, not many people will pay attention to it, after all, in the face of the tribulations of life, love is not worth mentioning.
Perhaps many people will say that in ancient TV dramas, the male protagonist did not love the female protagonist very deeply, how can there be no love?
In this regard, I just want to say that TV dramas are adapted to people's preferred tastes, if you don't come up with some strange plots, how can you win everyone's attention?
However, for many women in ancient times, marrying a high-powered, solipsistic emperor was not necessarily a good thing, because they were likely to spend their entire lives and not be able to see the man they married.
There is really no difference between this kind of tragedy and widowhood.
For a long time in the deep palace, only we know the taste, but if we think about it from another position, we can know that this kind of day of waiting for death is really torturous.
But those concubines who can see the emperor are not necessarily a happy thing, and sometimes the concubines can really do whatever it takes to compete for favors, even at the expense of their children's lives.
However, in the "Inner Rules", another little-known rule is recorded, that is, the queen concubine cannot continue to serve the bed when she is more than 50 years old, which means that even if she is favored again, after the age of 50, she can only end up lonely.
So why there is such a rule, the reason behind it is too realistic, not just old age and decline.
Apparent cause: The concubine is old and decaying
The pursuit of beauty is the persistent goal of men with normal orientation, but for one reason or another, not every man has a beautiful person by his side.
However, for the ancient emperors, it seems that it is a fairly easy thing to have beautiful people, in order to collect all the beautiful women in the world into the harem, the emperors are very dedicated to the selection of concubines.
In ancient society, people's average life expectancy is not high, carefully calculated, the beautiful style of women is only so decades, so the emperors in the draft, the selection is basically sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls.
When these women entered the harem, they did not immediately become the emperor's concubines, they also needed to learn court etiquette, and if the women from poor families had to engage in manual labor.
After everything is ready, the next step is to rely on luck, if you can attract the attention of the emperor with your posture, it is fine, if you can't stand out, you can only wait for the end of the old age as a palace girl.
Wang Zhaojun, one of the four beauties we are familiar with, failed to attract the attention of the emperor in the palace, but she was not willing to end up alone, so when the Han court wanted to find a candidate to marry outside, Wang Zhaojun volunteered, which made a good story.
Time is a carving knife, and the marks that can be carved on the faces of ancient women are more obvious, so when they are old and fading, they have lost their attractiveness in front of the emperor.
After all, the draft for the emperor will be held every year, which means that every year there will be young and beautiful women elected to the palace, since there is a choice, which emperor wants to face the concubines of the old pearl every day?
The ancient makeup technique is not as good as it is now, especially the concubines over 50 years old, basically have become old women, they basically have no advantage in front of young women, after being rejected by the emperor, naturally there is no chance to sleep.
Official reason: to protect the life of the concubine
It is really sad to say that the women who were elected to the harem have not counted their wonderful lives, and there is only one task, that is, to pass on the succession of the emperor.
In ancient times, the matter of succession is a matter of high risk coefficient, a little careless, there is a danger to life, especially when the fetal position in the abdomen is not correct, there will be a risk of difficult delivery, and the difficult birth will really be fatal, because there was no such technology as caesarean section at that time.
For young women, it is not an easy task to pass on the generations, after all, it is necessary to give birth to a son to be competitive, and if you give birth to a daughter, it will not help your competitiveness at all.
Therefore, in order to ascend to the throne, some concubines will spare no effort in the matter of succession, and even will do whatever it takes, especially when they cannot have children due to their own physical reasons, they will try to murder other people's children, so that they will finally do absurd things.
As the harem concubines grew older, whether they completed the task of succession at a young age, after the age of 50, they were no longer suitable for continued childbearing.
According to the current concept of childbirth, after the age of 35, a woman is already considered an older mother, and the risk factor faced when giving birth will increase exponentially.
Therefore, from the official reason, the queen concubine can not continue to serve at the age of 50, which is also to protect the life of the concubine.
The reason behind it: the emperor saves energy
Although the emperor's harem three thousand is an imaginary number, the number of harem concubines of most emperors is very large, especially every year there will be new show girls entering the palace, which will naturally make the emperor more excited.
From the beginning of the emperor's succession to the emperor's death, in these years, the harem concubines have actually been updated, and the number will not be less when calculated.
However, the emperor's energy is limited, even if their health is good, with the increase of age, they will be unable to do many things, so they cannot do whatever they want in the harem.
Jiangshan Sheji needs a prince to take over, and those concubines who are over 50 years old are naturally inferior to young concubines in fertility, so the emperor should leave the best state to the concubines who can give birth to the emperor.
With a knife on the head of the color character, the emperor needs to always think of saving physical strength, after all, excessive indulgence will kill you.
That is to say, if the concubine continues to serve after the age of fifty, it will not be of practical use to the emperor, but will consume the emperor's energy.
Therefore, whether it is for the emperor himself or for the imperial succession, concubines over the age of 50 are no longer suitable for continuing to serve in bed.
It can be seen that in feudal society, there will not really be anyone to consider the concubines, especially in front of the emperor, they are only used as a tool for passing on the generations, and when they lose the ability to pass on the generations, they will be deprived of the right to serve the emperor.
The reason behind this is too real, it is really very helpless, but there is nothing to do, this is not only the sadness of women under feudalism, but also the sadness of the old era!
References: Book of Han, Female Rules, etc.
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