Well that's what happens when your in a harem! What would you do besides fighting over the emperor of china?
chill in my courtyard hoping not to get poisoned maybe reading a book or learning an instrument?
great idea, I love it
whilst true, the female's family also benefits from it, so having the emperor's favour is a good thing for those with military/scholar background.
A woman's heart and jealousy is unpredictable, even if you didn't do anything and just sit idly, someone will still do things behind your back just to shunned you out from the harem. It's either the harem or the cold palace.
learn how to knit? so i can make blankets out of my uncomfortably long hair then? get a cat or 5 while i m at it
It is true that they have to fight for there life but if they fall in love they'll lose because a man's heart is fickle. Today love tomorrow death
It is true in this case they're driven against their will and even have no many options. But loving a man is like gamble and in the emperor harem you will live in pain and die in pain
I would normally agree, but in this situation, not fighting might mean death for you and destruction for any children you bear (given the competiveness and paranoia in courtly affairs.) They fight for position so their children won't get disadvantaged later.
i'll probs just declare to stay out of it and also leave my children out of the rise for power. Something like the ending of Dong Yi. Put another friend on the throne as an empress and let her take all the drama. As a person from this world, I would have lost interest for an emperor who can fuck as many as he wants and has an obligation to all his wives. I be like, no thanks, I'll just knit for orphans.
I would never want to be wife to a king/emperor or a concubine. I'd rather be the affluent person living away from the court....it sounds too damn crazy stressful dangerous, that fight for power. The "Game of Thrones" doesn't interest me. I like peace and quiet and only one woman for my man. But for those who are married off to people in high power, that's how it goes. You gotta watch your back and strike before they strike you.
Me too. if i were the character or maybe one day i write a story of my own, I would think of a way to avoid that first, no matter how good looking the character is. Only if its uavoidable, like ur already married when u woke up in the world, then i would use my plan called "Fuk this shit im out" and just stay out of the drama and curry favour with the empress so that she'll protect me, maybe even the right hand woman for the empress. Of course i would still have to watch out so that no one will use me for their plans, but beyond that, i have no interest to fight and scheme for the emperor's attention.
maybe might change my mind if he frees all the women and let them do what they wanna do with their life, and he decides to focus on only one person. Only then would I have respect for that man hoe.
It's so stupid to fight for a man