Why did the Qing Dynasty concubines have to 'do it first' with the palace maids?

The Qing Dynasty is the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, also appearing a lot through historical films. After watching the movie, many young people dream of "transmigrating" back to ancient times and playing the role of a prince, princess, concubine, concubine, etc. to enjoy the riches. However, according to history books, it is not easy to officially become a phoenix.

The emperor wanted to pick up a son-in-law, of course, he couldn't do it lightly. Usually, the candidates are personally selected by the Empress and Her Majesty. The criteria of interest are background, appearance, education, talent and finally age.

The selection of pro-coders is not even a simple matter. (Illustration).

Especially in the Qing dynasty, which was known for its bizarre and draconian rules of prohibition, the selection of a concubine was even more difficult.

Emperors of the Qing Dynasty attach great importance to their noble and righteous bloodline, so they always pay attention to the health of their children and grandchildren. Therefore, when choosing a way to choose a pro-horse, in addition to the above criteria must also satisfy the requirements of physical health and sexual health.

Physical health is easy to check, but sexual health is difficult to detect. At this time, the 'kiss test' was used as a test. Specifically, according to the record, to test the 'ability' of the fiancé, ways will be to let his confidant consort with the pro-concubine candidate for more than 10 days, a maximum of 1 month.

In this mission, the concubine and the palace maid are forced to "close" to each other, however, it is merely a physical relationship, not emotional.

After that, the 'kissing maiden' will have to report in detail about the 'man power', the sexual health of the future concubine, and whether this person is qualified to be the princess' husband.

If the outcome is good, the marriage will be taken a step further. If the palace maiden reports a bad experience, the marriage will be postponed to analyze and quantify the situation.

After 2-3 months, if the 'kissing maiden' becomes pregnant, proving that there is no problem with the concubine, the marriage will continue to be conducted. Otherwise, the marriage will be annulled.

Even to ensure accuracy and reliability, ways often assign 2 to 3 palace maidens on duty. The scariest thing is that after becoming pregnant, the 'kissing maidens' will never be able to give birth. As soon as it is confirmed that they are pregnant, they will have to take the abortion pill, which is really cruel.

Equally vulnerable people can be said to be pro-horse candidates. If the way is not satisfied, can not continue the marriage, they will be estranged, considered non-existent.

In addition, with the position of a concubine, he was a royal son-in-law, but in the Qing Dynasty, unless there was special merit, it would be difficult to get promoted.

In general, the Qing royal family implemented all these strict, even bizarre, rules as a careful step to ensure a healthy, elite generation of descendants.