As we all know, people get married for another important purpose, especially in ancient times, marriage means reproduction. So here's the question. These people are underage and ignorant, not to mention sex. So these people get married so early, they definitely need someone to teach them some knowledge in this field.
Sex education is a subject that everyone must study from childhood to adulthood. In ancient times, the emperor's children were often related to the country, so their sexual intercourse was also the most important. In ancient times, there was a draft every three years to enrich the harem for the emperor and delay childbirth.
Women who enter the palace are often innocent, but the emperor's first time is not with his first wife. The imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty expressly stipulated that the emperor must be familiar with the skills of leaving the palace before getting married. Eight ladies-in-waiting with good conduct will be selected to take the emperor's exam. After the eight maids are lucky, although they can't be named as concubines, they can get paid every month and no longer work like other ordinary maids. This is a good job.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne at the age of 8, and his wife Hesse Rihara was only 12 when she got married. But they are childhood friends, "running around and falling over their childhood friends" and "embarrassing themselves". The young Emperor Kangxi and the seed of love, Heserihara, are a happy couple. After marriage, they fell in love with each other sweetly, lived a very harmonious life and had deep feelings for each other.
Before his son got married, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, sent a maid-in-waiting to the Prince's East Palace to teach him how to manage housework. The maid-in-waiting was pregnant when she left the East Palace, but the prince didn't know it yet. The child didn't know it was his own son until he was lively and chaotic.
In addition to the ladies-in-waiting, the wet nurse was also the emperor's sexual enlightenment teacher. The wet nurse has been with the emperor from infancy to adulthood and is also a caring person. The most famous wet nurse in history is Shiwan in Zhu Jianshen, Ming Xianzong. The mature and rich Shiwan was very popular with the emperor. So carrots and vegetables have their own tastes. Not all emperors love beauty!
In fact, it was not their biological mother who grew up with the emperor, but their wet nurse. Especially those emperors who didn't have a good childhood, will be more dependent on wet nurses. Therefore, in history, we often see many emperors marrying wet nurses after they ascended the throne.