Why are there few records of "twins" in the ancient royal family? What if you give birth to twins?

I believe you can find an interesting place when you look up historical materials or watch some ancient costume movies and TV plays. Then there were basically no twins in the ancient royal family. But in the feudal period of thousands of years, every emperor's harem had 3,000 beautiful women and many children. In this case, no matter how you look at it, the chances of having twins will be great. So, why is there no record of this? What would you do if you gave birth to twins? The truth is even too cruel and often unexpected.

First of all, in the history of our country, there are actually many twins, such as He Xiaoqiao in the Three Kingdoms period, Zhao sisters in the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and so on. It can be seen that ancient people had the concept of "twins". Of course, in some ordinary families, the meaning of giving birth to twins is not that great. At most, it is to add a word of "yes-man". However, in the ancient royal family, it had another meaning.

In fact, in the ancient royal family, many people did not have twins, but their understanding of twins was different from that of us modern people. After we modern people got a pair of twins, I believe everyone will laugh happily and be happy. However, in the eyes of the ancient royal family, it may be unlucky to have twins.

One of the biggest reasons is the problem of heirs. In ancient times, people or the royal family chose their heirs according to the "eldest son inheritance system". Especially in the ancient royal family, if the queen gave birth to twins, if you can't tell who is the eldest son, you can't judge the ownership of the throne. Moreover, even if the throne is passed on to the eldest son, then another person will frame the eldest son and replace him. After all, twins look alike and it is difficult to replace each other.

Therefore, some queens or concubines who are pregnant with twins will be brutally killed, that is, "stillborn in the womb to avoid future troubles." If twins are found after giving birth, one of them will be killed, leaving only the other. And some emperors or concubines who can't bear it will secretly send one of the twins away and send it to a place where no one can find it and let it die. In this way, we can not only save the children's lives, but also save the prosperity of one of them.

Of course, in unofficial history's records, some royal twins survived. In the Spring and Autumn Period: The Duke of Chu and one of his concubines, Hu, gave birth to a pair of twin sons, and they were both named princes in the end. Queen Lou, who lived in Beiqi, also gave birth to twins for Emperor Gao Huan. They all survived and were taken good care of. However, in these cases, it is based on the fact that there is no threat to the succession to the throne. This is why we ran away.

So when it comes to some heirs, the royal family will deal with it in a cruel way. Maybe some emperors in history had twin brothers when they were born, but one was chosen by the lucky god and the other died without knowing the world. Therefore, what should have been a celebration has turned into a disaster for the ancient royal family. Maybe at this time, we can realize the saying that "we will not enter the royal family in the afterlife".