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Chapter 54 The Empress Dowager (3)

"The imperial concubine is one of the other titles for the biological mother. For example, Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty respected his aunt Gao as the empress dowager, and his biological mother Hu as the empress dowager. Another example is Song Zhezong respected his aunt Xiang. She is the empress dowager, and her biological mother Zhu is the empress dowager."

Affected by film and television dramas, many people believe that as long as the son is the emperor, then the mother, no matter whether she is a queen or a concubine, will be named the empress dowager.

In fact, this kind of cognition is wrong. All the power in ancient times came from the patriarchal system, and a major core of the patriarchal system is the difference between the concubine and the concubine. The concubine became the emperor, and the position of the aunt was difficult to shake.

In the dynasties before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was no ritual system of honoring the aunt and the birth mother at the same time. Generally, the aunt respected the empress dowager, and the birth mother respected the empress dowager. Both the biological mothers of Emperor Chong and Emperor Zhi were not conferred by the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowagers of the two palaces recorded in the history books are not similar to the two palaces of Ci'an and Cixi in the Qing Dynasty. They are honored by two different emperors and empresses. body.

For example, if Linglong becomes the empress, her son will inherit the throne in the future. As the emperor's own mother, she will definitely be respected as the empress dowager.

As the former emperor's empress, Xia Tinglan would also be revered as the empress dowager by the new emperor in this case, because she was one generation behind the new emperor, and adding the word "太" by one generation, the empress would become the empress dowager.

Therefore, before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the real two palaces were respected together, and their emperor husbands were different, and each of them was equipped with a cucumber.

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the two palaces were honored together, the aunt and the birth mother, they had the same husband, and they shared a cucumber.

The honorary title of imperial concubine is different from that of concubine.

Taifei is the collective name for the widows of the late emperor, and Huang Taifei is the honorary title given by the emperor to his biological mother.

This is like a noble concubine and an imperial concubine, there is only one word difference, and their status is completely different. The noble concubine is the head of all the concubines, but the imperial concubine is above the concubines, with the same rank as the deputy queen. If there is no queen in the harem, the imperial concubine is the sixth palace Lord.

In the same way, as a widow, the concubine can only stay alone until she dies.

As the emperor's biological mother, the empress dowager could not get the same title as the empress dowager due to the difference between her concubine and her concubine. However, the emperor gave her all kinds of treatment in life according to the empress dowager's standards, including her clothes. The clothes, the maids serving, and the guard of honor are all exactly the same as the empress dowager.

It can be said that apart from power, there is no difference between the empress dowager and the empress dowager.

The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Yes, there is also the empress dowager. The empress dowager is the emperor's aunt who cannot be named empress dowager when the emperor's mother is still alive. The treatment is exactly the same as that of the empress dowager."

Linglong said: "The emperor is an heir from a side line. It is very difficult to honor the title of the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager, so the concubine wants to make a compromise and let the emperor give his own mother the title of Empress Dowager. Although this empress dowager is not as good as The empress dowager is noble, but she is also a decent person in the harem. Except that she has no supreme power, the empress dowager is almost exactly the same as the empress dowager. It does not violate the etiquette, so it can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

(End of this chapter)