What do you mean by three wives and six concubines?

The third wife is the right wife, Teng's wife is the Taiping wife, and the sixth concubine refers to the maids, concubines, maids, female slaves, maids in the house and dowry maids; The maid in the room and the dowry maid were added later. It used to be called three wives and four concubines.

It was also monogamous in ancient times. Three wives and six concubines means that there are many women around you, not many wives in the present sense.

The ancient emperor had only one wife, the queen, and all the others were concubines. It's the same as concubines