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Traditional concubinage system

In ancient times, not only princes and nobles could have three wives and four concubines, but also ordinary people could take concubines.

We know that in ancient times, there were 3,000 beautiful women in the emperor's harem, the emperor had many wives and concubines, and courtiers also had many wives and concubines. After all, it was a society in which men were superior to women. In order to show the strength of male status, they often see who has a higher status by how many women they marry. In fact, concubinage is not the patent of dignitaries, and ordinary people can also concubinage.

In ancient times, most powerful people were rich. They can afford their own concubines, and when they are free, they will visit the greenhouse or something. After all, when men are rich, they just like lewdness. This is an eternal truth, but ordinary people are different. They have no money.

Some men are really poor at home, and their wives are still bought with things, let alone concubines, because they have no extra money to raise concubines, but these are people living in real poverty. But most people will try their best to take a concubine. After all, women are just an accessory to them, and sometimes they are tools for giving birth to children. Even if ordinary men and women really love each other and really want to live a monogamous life, if this woman can't have children, then the man's family will let him take concubinage in order to continue the family incense, so it is also very common for ordinary people to take concubinage.

In fact, the way to avoid concubinage is very simple, that is, let the man go to the woman's house for adoption, provided that the woman's house is really rich or prestigious, otherwise the man will not face this woman for the rest of his life. After all, it also symbolizes a man's dignity to some extent.