What exactly did the ancient "ladies in waiting" do? What does "all rooms" mean?

Friends who like to watch costume dramas should know that all the young masters of powerful families in costume dramas have maids. In ancient times, it was true. The young master of a large house has a servant girl, and the emperor is no exception. Many people are curious about this identity. What kind of role is the maid in the room? How do they communicate with each other? Today, the scholar will tell you something about the servant girl.

Ancient times was a feudal society, and people's class concept was still very strong. Generally speaking, there are many maids and doormen in a big family. They exist to serve the masters of the family and protect their safety, especially in the palace. There are many eunuchs in the palace, adding up to thousands. Many rich and powerful families will have many maids, because the status of women in ancient times is relatively low, and many poor families are reluctant to have daughters, because boys will still have a way out, and girls are what they say? Lose money? . Many poor families will abandon their daughter when she is born, let her die, or sell her to rich families as maids when she is a little older, or serve as child brides for some families with not too bad conditions. Compared with the latter, it is better to sell it to other people's maids, which is the least important, because then their indenture will be in the hands of the host family, and they will be servants of this family, and you will have to do whatever the host asks you to do. A servant girl who enters a mansion will become a master's or young master's maid if she looks good.

In ancient times, the status of a lady in a big family was much higher than that of a girl in a poor family. These maids can be used by good girls, and when they get married, the elders at home will choose a few beautiful maids to marry her. These maids went with the young lady. In fact, they are just maids.

Generally speaking, the maid in the room is a girl married by a large family and has a good girl. This kind of girl is much taller than the average servant girl. In the ancient marriage system, there were concubines. A man can take several concubines, and a maid is second only to a concubine. The maid's room is the same as the master's bedroom, and the requirements for the master's family should be on call.

Maids are also classified. The first is to take care of unmarried young gentlemen, who are responsible for their food, clothing, housing and transportation. They also have a very secret teaching. Ancient science and technology were not very developed, and people were not very clear about physiological knowledge, but it was still very important for the young master of a large family. Therefore, it is necessary for the maid to assume this responsibility and teach this knowledge to the young master. Although the scene is awkward, it is always the case with large families. After the young master gets married, these girls will be thrown out.

Ancient women also had a dowry girl when they got married. These girls generally grew up with the young lady, and they are also the confidants of the young lady, and their looks are also outstanding. In ancient feudal society, there were many strange rules. For example, after the marriage is confirmed by both men and women, before the wedding, the woman will let the lady's maid stay at the man's house for a few days. Then when the woman marries in the past, the personal servant girl she brought will generally become the servant girl of the host family in a few days. In the mansion, these maids don't need to do any rough work and heavy work, and they belong to a kind of slaves who have a higher status but are under the housekeeper.

If the young lady is in a lower position in the husband's family and the husband is stronger, there will even be more excessive demands. And if the physiological period of the young lady is inconvenient, the woman is worried that her husband is fooling around outside, and she will also give her close-fitting girl to her husband. After all, she is a confidant.

If the maid gets pregnant and gives birth in the process, the master will promote her to be a concubine. Although she is only a concubine, she is also a master. It is also expensive for her mother to be promoted from slave to master. This is also an important reason why many maids want to be maids. After all, this is their only chance. However, such opportunities are still rare. Most of the maids will not become concubines, and the final result is that after the master refuses her, she will be kicked out of the ranks of maids and become an ordinary maid.