What was the result of the trial marriage in Qing Dynasty?

The emperors of the Qing Dynasty also tried their best to marry a good family for their daughters. The so-called "trial marriage" was to test the maids before the princess got married. It means the same thing as the eunuch gave the emperor a taste of food before the ancient emperor had dinner.

In ancient times, most women were raised in the inner room when they were young, and no one knew her. When they grew up, they married directly according to their parents' orders, not to mention the princess raised in the deep palace. However, the emperor's daughter could not be married casually, and it was necessary to figure out how to be practical in the end and not marry first, so the Qing Dynasty produced a unique "trial marriage space".

Not only did the princess have a "trial marriage space", but the Qing Dynasty also had a corresponding trial marriage system for princes. It is very important for the royal family to have children, so most of the ancient royal families married early. For example, Wendi 14 gave birth to four children, and Jin Huidi 13 got married. According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, a prince can't get married before 18 years old. Most emperors and princes in the Qing Dynasty pursued women when they were princes.

Although most emperors in the Qing Dynasty acceded to the throne after marriage, the rules of the Qing court still existed because the reserve team was secretly set up after Yongzheng, which was basically unfair and open. If the emperor ascended the throne first and then got married, such as Emperor Kangxi Michelle Ye and Emperor Tongzhi Zai Chun, then it is necessary to select a number of maids in advance to serve the emperor's daily life, so that they can know the situation of the bed in advance, so as to avoid being at a loss when getting married. Although this "advanced" approach does have some merits, it also led to the early education of the Qing emperor, which easily led to too much sex.

For princes, the treatment of princesses is not ambiguous. Like previous dynasties, princesses in the Qing Dynasty grew up in the palace, and when they grew up, they directly referred to marriage and married their husbands in the Forbidden City. As for what the forehead looks like, there is no such thing as a letter of approval. After all, the emperor refers to marriage mostly by feeling or out of consideration for national affairs. But after all, it is her own daughter. Wouldn't it ruin the princess's life if she married an eccentric and physically defective one? Therefore, it is necessary to test the water temperature before cooking raw rice, and the unique "trial marriage space" in the Qing Dynasty appeared.

After the forehead is determined, the queen or empress dowager will choose a suitable maid-in-waiting from her own palace or the internal affairs office as a "trial marriage space", and before the princess gets married, she will take her dowry to the forehead office to get along with her day and night, or even share the same room. In the trial marriage, Gege should test the horse's temperament, physical quality and other aspects, and then return to the palace to tell the truth, as a criterion to judge whether the forehead is qualified or not and whether the princess is married.

So there was no trial marriage after the experiment? Of course not. If the test is passed and the princess finally marries successfully, then the trial princess will marry the princess as a gift, serve the princess and be the princess's concubine. There are also a few teenage girls who are still waitresses for the princess.

However, everything has accidents. If the princess doesn't get married in the end, the trial marriage will be miserable. After all, it is not a perfect body, and it will inevitably be excluded from the palace. It is not easy to get married outside the palace. Even if the forehead is willing to be a concubine, it is estimated that the forehead will be angry because the princess refuses to get married. If you are not careful, you can't stay. For the trial princess, if the princess can't get married, it will be a tragic ending, not the worst, only worse.