The emperor's harem is always a topic that people talk about. Through countless film and television works, we can also conclude that the emperor's concubines are all beauties. Even if they are not good-looking, their talents must be outstanding.

The emperor's harem is always a topic that people talk about. Through countless film and television works, we can also conclude that the emperor's concubines are all beauties. Even if they are not good-looking, their talents must be outstanding.

Either there is a prominent big family standing behind him, who can share the worries of the pilgrims in handling court affairs. In short, it must be what the emperor needs, otherwise why would the emperor, who is already so powerful and powerful in the world, pay attention to him.

This point belongs to the complementarity of advantages between men and women. It's just that because of the emperor's status, there are too many things to worry about, which leads to constraint when choosing concubines.

In fact, it can be seen from so many cruel histories and film and television works that the women of the emperor are not the happiest women in the world. On the contrary, once they enter the palace, the curse that is as deep as the sea always surrounds all the women in the harem.

After entering the palace, no matter how noble her status was or how much she was loved by the elders in the family, as long as she enters the palace, there is only one person waiting for a woman, and that is to serve the Holy One wholeheartedly and solve her problems.

Only the glamor of this profession is intoxicating on the surface, but few people know the sadness behind it.

The flowering period of women is very short. Women who are over 50 years old basically only have the respect of treating each other as guests with the emperor. There is even a rule that the emperor does not allow concubines over 50 years old to sleep with him.

The absence of youth captures the hearts of emperors

The reason is not as unspeakable as people think. Many women are afraid of the absence of youth. Beauty and old beauties will eventually lose their appearance advantage.

However, the restrictions on women's thoughts in the feudal era were too tight, which made women at any stage care about the issue of aging appearance. Especially for those women who have entered the palace or are about to enter the palace, appearance is their weapon to capture the heart of the emperor. .

At the same time, this weapon is also very important. The women who can be selected into the palace are naturally not ordinary people. Most of them are stunning people with both talent and beauty. This is also the trump card for the women in the palace to compete for favor and win the opportunity to appear in front of the emperor.

However, even if the country and the city were captivated when they were young, time will never let go of any beautiful woman when it is time to grow old, which also led to the women in the palace being very resistant to the term "old age".

Even the emperor, who saw too many beauties, gradually disliked the loss of youth of the women around him. Of course, there is another reason why 50-year-old concubines are not allowed to be slept with, and that is that their physiques cannot be compared with those of young, healthy and fertile women. .

returns to the reason why the emperor had to open a harem. The emergence of the harem was a preparation made by the royal family in order to avoid future troubles for the emperor. History is not without infatuated emperors who doted on their queens and one daughter.

What I have to admit is that such emperors are rare. In real ancient life, emperors also had helplessness.

When the emperor reaches a certain age but has no heirs, then the ministers in the court and even the common people will inevitably talk about it. If the emperor does not want to be repeatedly supervised for this matter, he needs to marry his concubine. Be more proactive about everything.

Every emperor knows the unspoken rule of why rain and dew are equally exposed. This is because the emperors all knew that there were many concubines in the harem, but they did not know who had the most fertile constitution.

If the concubine who is favored by the emperor is not easy to conceive, the harem will definitely be in constant turmoil, and the situation in the previous dynasty will also be turbulent. The key point is that most of the concubines in the harem are sent by major families to gain the favor of the emperor. In the palace.

And if a woman from the family is favored even for a short time, it means that the emperor's thoughts have been guessed by them. If the same concubine favored by the emperor comes from a prominent family, the emperor will naturally be vigilant and take precautions.

In essence, allowing women of suitable age to enter the palace is a game between the emperor and the people of the world. Doting on a concubine with the support of a large family behind her will also bring huge pressure as an emperor.

Moreover, the concubines at that time would also want to get pregnant as soon as possible. Even if the emperor was afraid of the prestigious concubines of the mother clan, he would not refuse to have children earlier.

is suitable for childbirth and has no advantages.

On the contrary, if the concubine gives birth to a prince or a princess as soon as possible, it will only further deepen the connection between the emperor and the mother family. is obviously a happy choice for everyone, but it must be to the extent that both parties are satisfied.

The prerequisite is that the favored or favored concubines are of an age suitable for childbearing. The existence of the harem is to solve the problem of the emperor's weak heirs, so it can be seen that concubines over 50 years old do have no advantage.

Although this is not the emperor's original intention in many cases, the concept of feudal society has created this kind of rules that are not age-friendly to women, and it can be regarded as a yoke forcibly placed on women by feudal society.

However, in order to uphold the basic conscience and moral bottom line, the royal family excluded the queen and concubines with high enough status. This mainly implemented the good character of not abandoning the bad wife, and it could be regarded as barely maintaining the dignity of feudal women.

It’s just that everyone knows that all the women in the palace who are suitable and of the right age are eligible to be included in the harem. This makes the number of people in the harem much larger than outsiders imagine, including concubines whose family background, appearance and talents are not outstanding enough.

Their end was to stay in the deep palace and taste loneliness. The emperor, surrounded by his wives and concubines, would certainly not think of these women with too weak a sense of existence.

As for those older concubines who already have children or have a fair sense of existence, what they have to worry about is the living environment in the future. Competition for favors and other things have long gone away from them. It is not just concubines who are over 50 years old that are no longer suitable. Conception.

It is also because of menopause that they have less and less common topics with the Emperor Society. However, the principle of accompanying the emperor is like accompanying the tiger. Even if you don't want to in your heart, you must pretend to be in place and never show anger. The mood of an emperor.

In this way, the emperor's mercy and respect may be lost, and innocent family members may be implicated. This group of older concubines who no longer compete with the younger concubines are unwilling to sleep with them anymore.

From being forced to receive such unfair treatment, to later being forced to bow down and acknowledge the cruel reality, the situation of the older concubines is actually the future path of those young concubines.

Competing with newcomers for favor, aging and beauty

Everyone will grow old, and there will also be a day when beauty no longer looks at newcomers vying for favor. The girls who once cherished the idea of ​​​​joining forces with the emperor to compose an unparalleled love song, after all, They will all turn into old concubines who are old and lusty.

This is the reality that everyone does not want to accept but must bear. The root cause is that feudal concepts have too heavy constraints on women. In fact, it is not only the fact that women have to prepare for old age.

Even the emperor who is the master of the world is the same, but each era will have its own characteristics. Feudal society has created infinite glory, but there will also be many unfair ideas that are not worthy of being promoted and continued.

Modern women will never be able to understand the panic and helplessness of ancient concubines. It was clear that there was a time when they were beautiful, but however, time is not forgiving and society is too harsh on them. The situation is really sad and sad.