As the saying goes, when a person gains the Tao, the chicken and dog soar, which is to describe that after a woman has the favor of the emperor, even the chicken and dog in the family have a status. However, in order to ensure the purity of the bloodline, the royal family also has a strict sleeping system. As the old saying goes, the red face is broken before the old grace, and how many white-headed palace maids in the harem have never seen the emperor in their lives!
Let's learn about what kind of sleeping system the royal families of previous dynasties have formulated in order to ensure the purity of blood.
In fact, during the Han Dynasty, there was a system of attendants, and there was a record of which concubine slept each night. This method of recording is actually fundamentally to ensure the purity of the royal blood. Once the concubine is pregnant, you can check the corresponding bedding records to confirm whether the child is the emperor's.
Defining the lineage can be perfected through the system. However, it is up to the emperor to decide who the emperor will let to accompany him. But the king's preferences cannot be controlled, once the emperor has a temporary intention and pampers a palace maid, what should he do? There was such a thing in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
After a drunken time, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty temporarily pampered a palace maid, who was pregnant. The palace maid's pregnancy was a big deal, so after a special investigation, it was found that the child was indeed the emperor. It can be seen how cautious the royal family was in the matter of bloodline back then, so it is unlikely that some of the concubines and guards on the TV series are pregnant by fornication.
There are too many people in the emperor's harem, and it is difficult to remember everyone. Therefore, in order to ensure that the rain and dew are evenly wet, and the emperor can determine which concubine is in the palace tonight, the emperors of all dynasties have invented a lot of new ways to play, which are very casual in the eyes of our modern people.
For example, Tang Gaozong used the dice to determine which concubine's palace to stay in tonight, or when he encountered a butterfly in the harem, he followed the butterfly. Wherever the butterfly stopped, he went to whose palace.
Because the number of people in the harem is too large, the emperor needs to confirm which concubine has finished sleeping, so he made a mark on the concubine until Yang Guifei appeared. Yang Guifei favored the harem, causing the six palaces to have no color, and the king did not reign early. In fact, one person has attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog have soared, which is about Yang Guifei being favored, which made the whole family follow.
Some emperors were reluctant to go by themselves because the harem army was too large, so they set off with a sheep cart. The sheep cart stopped outside someone's palace, and he decided to stay in someone's palace tonight. Legend has it that there was a concubine, in order to get the emperor's favor, she sprinkled salt on the leaves outside the palace to attract sheep to eat. So everything fell into place, and the emperor really came. There are also skills in competing for favor, and fighting for favor is also fighting for knowledge in the end!
In short, in order to gain the emperor's favor, the concubines can be said to have exhausted all means. Some even say that they can give birth to boys, and some are proficient in poetry and songs, in short, they must have a skill to attract the emperor. It seems that the concubines in the past are the same as the current workplace, and they all need skills to win the favor of their superiors.
In the Qing Dynasty, this kind of sleeping system was carried forward again. The Qing Dynasty set up a special worship room and invented the system of flipping cards. The emperor does not need to walk around in the harem, and he can turn the sign in the Yangxin Palace, and he can let the corresponding concubines come over to sleep.
Under this system, it is difficult for the emperor to live long because they are too tired. In fact, it is the women who are waiting for the emperor in the harem who are essentially hurt. In the era when men were inferior to women, brothers were like siblings, and women were like clothes! This is the greatest disrespect for women.
Conclusion: If there were no women to reproduce and educate their children, how could this country and this era be progressive? Even though women had a low status during the feudal period, they were still human beings. The emperor should not treat them like tools for fun. They even use animals to decide their lives.
How could these emperors exist if they didn't have their mothers to give birth to them? I'm glad that we live in a new era where men and women are equal, and women have more choices and opportunities. We can also shine in certain fields! The premise of human interaction is respect, and every gender and every profession deserves to be respected!