Palace maidens can't give birth or get married after leaving the palace: In addition to dangerous diseases, there are also reasons for these reasons

The causes of this difficulty make posterity go from amazement to pity for the fate of ancient palace maids. What exactly?

For a long time after it was founded, the Qing Dynasty always maintained a rule for the palace maids. That is asking them to work and serve the owners in the Forbidden City until they die. But by the time of Yongzheng, this absurd rule was revised. The palace maids only need to work until the age of 25 to be discharged.

Before leaving the palace, they were also rewarded with money by the emperor, as a gift to compensate for the youthful time they had devoted to the court. However, despite leaving the palace at the age of 25 and having a separate amount of money, it is very difficult for these palace ladies to find the husband they want. They even have difficulty in giving birth? Why is that?

Past the "golden age"

The age of marriage for women in feudalism was often very early, most of them were married when they were only 16 or 17 years old. Even, 18-year-old marriage is considered quite late, those who give birth in their 20s are also called "older mothers". Therefore, at the age of 25, when the palace maids leave the palace, it will be difficult to receive the "approval" of society when they want to ask the question of marriage.

The palace maidens entered the palace at a very young age.

Even if society doesn't care, it's hard for them to find a man who will marry them because of age problems. Being well aware of this, the palace maids after leaving the palace are very self-deprecating and do not dare to take the initiative to find the man of their life. Unless someone actively finds them, but the possibility of this is very small.

Carrying diseases in person

The rules in the palace are very strict, for the palace ladies even more strict. They have to work with high intensity and cannot get enough sleep, so their health is not good and they are easy to get sick.

According to the records of the document "Planning the Government of the Interior" (Government of the Interior: the agency that keeps the royal property and supplies), many palace maids and servants in the palace have suffered from many diseases since childhood. very young. Diseases commonly seen in women such as epilepsy, tuberculosis, asthma, stomach pain, typhoid, .

The hard work caused the palace maidens to suffer all kinds of diseases. (Photo: Baidu)

Not only that, many other historical documents also have records of common diseases of palace women. Accordingly, a disease quite common in ancient palace maidens also had liver disease. In the sixth month of the 48th year of Qianlong, it was recorded as follows: discovering that more than 10 palace maidens had liver disease, the imperial physicians prescribed them a lot of remedies for the liver and stomach.

Because the palace maidens carry all kinds of diseases, not only their health is weak, their fertility is limited, but their average life expectancy is also seriously affected.

Social isolation for making mistakes

The complicated regulations in the palace made it very easy for the palace maids to make mistakes. If it is a major crime, they can be fined, beaten, and then expelled from the Forbidden City. Many people think that, is it not just being expelled from the palace? What is the big deal that the palace maids have no face to find husbands?

Because this is directly related to the reputation of the palace maidens. Most of the palace maidens expelled from the palace by the court were for making mistakes related to dignity. For example, the heart is not righteous, the main job is not focused on doing but just likes to gossip, or quarrel with other palace maids, .

Some palace maids were expelled from the palace for committing great crimes.

After being convicted of a crime and expelled from the palace, these palace maidens were often criticized by the outside society. Even family members feel humiliated, even some families do not accept their children who are court ladies expelled by the court to return home. All reputations are ruined, so it is difficult for them to find a job to do, of course, they have no face to think about getting married, because who needs them?

It can be said that the status of women in the feudal society was miserable, and the status of the palace maids in the palace was even more tragic than ever.

Social inferiority complex about age, carrying all kinds of diseases in the body, having a loving husband and children is a luxury for them. For the palace maids who were kicked out of the palace for committing crimes, they had only two ways: one is to die in poverty and isolation of family and society; two are monastic.