All women can be possessed, enslaved, ravaged and indulged by the emperor, what's more, those women in his own harem, including queens, concubines and ladies-in-waiting, can live well anytime and anywhere as long as he wants, without any worries.
But the problem is that women always have several days of physiological cycle in a month. It used to be called menstruation, cramp and menstrual period, but now it is also called "old friend" and "menstrual period". What should I do once the time comes for the emperor to pamper his concubine and empress?
Don't let the emperor "run a red light"? Because Chang Yan, an associate professor of Shanxi Normal University, who had an ambiguous relationship with the former director of the Central Compilation Bureau, invented a vivid and frightening word: "bloody battle". Don't empresses have to "fight bloody battles"?
According to the textual research of Li Fengxian, a scholar of literature and history, in ancient times, a harem woman could refuse to be summoned by the emperor during her menstrual period, but she could not openly and obstinately refuse, otherwise it would offend the dragon's face, destroy its "sex" and be killed.
Wang Jian, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Gong Ci": "The Yuchi is beautiful in spring, and the white canal is diverted everywhere. Tell you that you know the moon and ask someone to wash your skirt. " Among them, "entering the moon" refers to a maid-in-waiting menstruating. They told the emperor tactfully through "secret games": I am coming to Hong Kong. Please find another woman to solve your physiological needs.
There are many ways for women in the harem to "secretly play" and "enter the moon", but in the final analysis, there is only one way, and that is Mark.
As early as the Han Dynasty, it was clearly recorded in Historical Records that empresses and maids made a mark: "The concubine of the emperor entered the palace for the second time, and the month could not stop, so the history of women can be seen."
In today's words, regardless of the size of the emperor or the size of the vassal, all concubines should wait on their husbands in order. Which woman can't take turns to rest when she menstruates? She couldn't say it directly, but used a beautiful woman.
Make a mark on the face for the supervisor's "female history". This is not to say that the emperor directly saw which woman had a red mark on her face and canceled the luck plan, but that the supervisor "secretly played".
In addition to "filling the face with Dan", it is also a sign that empresses and maids wear rings during menstruation. According to the records from 0755 to 79000, palace maids in the Han Dynasty often wore a gold ring on their hands during menstruation or pregnancy to remind the emperor not to sleep with them during this period.
Therefore, the gold ring is also called "menstruation", which means that abstinence during menstruation is a warning signal. Whether the present wedding ring has such a function remains to be further explored.
It will be given a gold ring to wear on its right hand, which will be recorded by the female historian when sleeping with the emperor, so as to determine the pregnancy time and check it later. If there is any basis for this statement, then the emperor himself should be aware of these marks.
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It is also recorded in "Three Jade Redundant Pen" that before the harem beauties in the Tang Dynasty entered the emperor, their women's history should be registered and sorted out. The history of women has given every woman two kinds of small rings, one is gold and the other is silver.
If a woman is pregnant or menstruating and can't have sex, it doesn't need to be said by herself. Just wearing a gold ring on her left hand. As a signal of "prohibition of alcohol", the female teacher will not arrange for her to sleep with her. As usual, this woman is wearing a silver ring on her right hand.
During the Five Dynasties, due to the large number of small courts in various places, each family had its own rules. During menstruation, ladies-in-waiting made various marks: some tied red ropes on their arms, some tied red ribbons on their waists, and some ladies-in-waiting with status hung lanterns of different colors outside the bedroom door, all to remind the emperor not to "run a red light".
But some emperors are very different. Many people run red lights, mainly because they love each other too much. According to the report, Yang Yuhuan was pampered by Emperor Xuanzong in his later years, and Yang Guifei still needed blessing during her physiological period. When menstruating, the only way to have sex is comfort and oral sex.
In the Song Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it seems that ladies-in-waiting no longer need to mark menstruation. Instead, you can directly notify the responsible female official to file a case, and the gold ring becomes a pure decoration. This change in etiquette is directly related to the improvement of the harem management system and the restriction of imperial power.