Now many people think that their daughters can find a "golden beetle son-in-law", and some people want to pursue Bai Fumei to be a "fast son-in-law who rides the dragon", but in fact, this is what the father-in-law calls his son-in-law. Speaking of the title of "concubine", everyone must be familiar with it, and it appears in many ancient court dramas, which refers to the emperor's son-in-law. Speaking of being a concubine, there was also a strange custom in ancient times, that is, the concubine and the princess had to sleep with the palace maid for one night before the cave room.
Although in the eyes of many people, this is a very strange behavior, but it is indeed very common in ancient royal families, whether it is for princes and princesses, they will experience this. Many people feel very incomprehensible about this custom, even if in ancient times men could have three wives and four concubines, there was no need to sleep with the palace maid for one night in front of the horse and the princess's cave room, could it be said that the princess was not as good as a little palace maid?
In fact, this strange behavior had a special name in ancient times - "trial marriage". This is due to what happened to Princess Yongcheng in the Ming Dynasty, because the eunuch was bribed to cause Princess Yongcheng to marry a perennial sick concubine. As a result, when the candles were spent in their cave room, the pony died with a whimper. Therefore, on the night before the night before the candlelight night in the cave between the concubine and the princess, the trial marriage Gege came into play.
Through the trial marriage, the palace maid can understand the physical condition of the horse and see if he suffers from diseases. After the trial marriage, the palace maid will report to the princess, and if everything is normal, the marriage contract with the princess can be held as scheduled. This was commonplace in ancient times, and it was also a guarantee for princesses, but if it was put in modern society, it was unacceptable to many women.
You may think that these systems are a bit incredible, but from the perspective of the emperor as a ruler, you may be able to understand some of them. In ancient times, the marriage relationship of the royal family was basically not a happy relationship, and most of the ways in which each marriage was carried out were for political purposes, what they cared about was status, what they cared about was the royal prestige, and the royal family got face.