The ancients often used flowers as a metaphor for women, such as hibiscus noodles, glamorous peach and plum, etc., the meaning of which is not only that a woman has a good appearance, just like a flower in full bloom, but also that she laments that a woman's fate cannot be in her own hands, just like a falling flower flowing by water, floating away without a trace.
Even if it is the wife and concubine of the ** family, it is difficult to obtain a lifetime of peace, it can be said that the life of the family is pinned on the husband's body, when they are the official and the official is prosperous, the favored wife and concubine can be stained, wear gold and silver to enjoy the glory and wealth for a while, but once the husband is imprisoned and raided the house, the once glamorous wife and concubine will not end up so good-looking, even if she knows nothing about what her husband is doing outside, it is difficult to change the fate of being implicated.
So what should the wives and concubines do in the family after the house was raided in ancient times? There are about five ways to deal with it. After all, the definition of the nine clans in ancient times was very broad, including the four fathers, namely the aunt and her son, the sister and her son, her own clan and her daughter and her child.
There are also three maternal families, which are the mother's father's family, the mother's maternal family and the mother's child, and then there is the second wife family, which is the grandmother's mother family and the grandmother's father's family, which is equivalent to all the immediate family members and even in-law relatives of the copied family, so as the wife of the **, naturally cannot get rid of the crime.
However, concubines are usually not counted among them, and they can save a life, and they are generally dismissed or distributed to the rest of the ** as slaves. Therefore, in history, many relatives who were raided from their homes, in order to avoid being humiliated and died, usually took their children to commit suicide the moment they received the holy decree.
And there are also human forgiveness outside the law, if they encounter dynasties and emperors who govern the country with benevolent government as the governing policy, they will hold the view that the family will not be harmed, and give the grace of avoiding the death of their wives and concubines. There are usually several types of outcomes: dismissal, enslavement, exile, and serving as an official or military prostitute.
Among them, the most merciful thing for wives and concubines is to dismiss and give them the opportunity to go to relatives and friends, such as Lin Yushuang, who has been in the Sheng family for many years in the film and television drama "Know", she is the orphan daughter of the old lady of the Sheng family who was taken by her mother to take refuge with her friend after her father was raided.
The relatives who are taken refuge usually do a good deed every day and form a good relationship will not refuse, will raise the young children, and arrange a decent family to solve the major problems of their marriage. In addition, slavery is a second, more dignified way out, as opposed to exile and being an official or military prostitute.
Generally, if you are lucky, you will meet a master who is not difficult, and there is no shortage of food and clothing all year round, and you will not be beaten.
But if you unfortunately fall into the hands of the sworn enemy of the year, then physical and mental humiliation is inevitable, such as in the film and television work "The Legend of Deer and Ding", Wei Xiaobao, who was mixed with Lord Wei, copied Aobai's home, and the new hatred and old hatred came up together, and it was extremely humiliating to relatives, and it was no better than being an official prostitute.
Another emperor often disposed of the raid **, the arrangement for his wives and concubines is exile, everyone is familiar with the exile of three thousand miles, exile Ningguta, etc., no matter how far the exile, for the wives and concubines living in their own splendid piles are unimaginable pain, can go to the exile destination smoothly The officials and relatives are a minority, most of them were whipped or died of illness on the road.
When the classic film and television work "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast, many netizens with a small spark of love did not understand Zhen Huan's behavior of returning to the palace to kill Shiro in the later period, they felt that first of all, his father Zhen Yuandao really took pity on the criminal ministers, and also collected anti-books, and was sentenced to raid his home and exile by the cautious emperor, although it was not without reason.
Besides, Zhen Huan did fall in love with Shiro in the apricot blossom fireworks and rain, and I don't understand why she was ruthless in the later stage and just wanted to kill each other. But combined with the emperor's sentence to Zhen Yuandao's family to exile Ningguta, it can be understood, the location of Ningguta in the Qing Dynasty was about near the current Heilongjiang River, and Wenchen Zhen Yuandao was escorted all the way with his wife and young daughter.
And exile alone is not the most bitter, exile + distribution as a slave is a double harm, such as the Qi concubine Guerjia who designed the leading blood recognition in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", because she clearly said that the emperor brought a green hat, poked at the dual problems of blood and dignity, and the whole family was sentenced to exile + issued with armor as a slave.
The Armored Men were defeated captives, themselves at the bottom of the chain of contempt, and it was chilling to imagine the treatment that would be met when a group of flowery female dependents suddenly became their slaves, and the level of humiliation was almost the same as being an official prostitute or a military prostitute.
Usually the emperor treats the ** who has committed the crime of rebellion, and will grit his teeth and treat his wife and concubine as an official prostitute or a military prostitute, if you insist on comparing the two, the official prostitute can be slightly stronger, mainly responsible for serving the ** minister, but it is also a heavy injury to the psychology of the wives and concubines.
After all, they used to be high, and suddenly they were able to serve others, and their mentality inevitably collapsed. Between wives and concubines, usually the concubines will accept it faster, because they have to be careful in the ** family, serving the lady during the day and serving the lord at night, then being an official prostitute is at most to change one or a group of people to serve.
There are many concubines because of their low posture and beautiful appearance, it is easy to be accepted as a concubine again, but it is difficult to accept the wife who is raided from home, first of all, in ancient times, it was important to pay attention to the right family, and the wife who could be the ** wife was generally the daughter of the official eunuch family, they had never been insulted since they were young, and suddenly the sky fell into a catastrophe, they had to become official prostitutes, and most of them couldn't stand it and committed suicide.
Why is it worse to become a military prostitute? The soldiers who serve on the battlefield are equivalent to the role of ***, not only are they easy to get sick, not to mention, their bodies are not strong, and they will die in less than two years. To sum up, after the ** house was raided, the fate of the wives and concubines in the family was very bleak.
After all, in ancient times that paid attention to human exchanges, there would always be friends who had made good friends who could be taken care of at a friend's house, or spend the second half of their lives or marry again, which was the best choice for ancient women whose fate was involuntary.
Taking a step back is to be filled into the court or a slave at home, at least you can be self-reliant and live by work. No matter how bad it is, it is exile, all the way to the mountains and rivers, and it is a multi-layered test for the body and mind of the officials and their dependents, and the one who ranks in the hell mode is to be assigned as an official prostitute or a military prostitute, which is equivalent to not having half of the dignity of a human being at all.