Influenced by many harem movies and TV plays, we don't understand the behavior of concubines competing for favor at all costs. Some people will think that it is obvious that the concubines in the harem are not short of food and clothing, have food and clothing, are served, enjoy all the splendor, and seem to live a happy life. Why compete for favor? In fact, as long as we analyze their environment, it is easy to understand why they are vying for favor.
Family honor, honor all, a loss. It is not the daughters of ordinary people who can be empresses for the emperor, but the daughters of aristocratic families or official families. Therefore, from the beginning of entering the palace, the empresses have already had a goal in life, and that is to work hard for their families.
Because the concubine's position in the palace, whether she is favored by the emperor or not, will determine the change of her father and brother's official position and the honor of her family. If she is favored, the family will have supreme glory. Therefore, concubines naturally want to strive to become palace people.
In order to live better in the palace. Empresses and concubines have different living standards because of different grades, not only the monthly salary, diet, rouge gouache, silk and satin fabrics, but also the number of eunuchs and maids in each palace. If you want to live a better life, you must compete for favor and climb up.
Moreover, many concubines are more for the opportunity to have a son with the emperor, so as to avoid the fate of the emperor being expelled from the palace after his death. In order to make their future life prosperous, they all tried their best to compete for favor.
It's really boring and needs company. The reason why ancient concubines wanted to see the emperor was partly because they were bored. In ancient times, there were no mobile phones and computers, and there was no wireless network. They are reading, writing and embroidering every day, and life is very boring. At this time, they especially want to have a male partner. Besides the emperor, there are eunuchs and maids in the palace. The concubines naturally want to compete for favor and let the emperor look at her more.
I think if there were air-conditioned wireless computers and watermelons in the ancient harem, the chances of concubines competing for favor would be very small. After all, there are places to live, luxurious food, rich wealth, people who serve them, and they can catch up with their favorite TV series. Life is delicious, why rush to compete for favor?
Although concubines do compete for favor, the real ancient concubines' rivalry for favor is far less bloody than modern palace TV series, and most of them are calm, but everyone is thinking secretly.