"Your Majesty understands! Your Majesty will certainly raise him well..."

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The next day, Jiang Ming issued an imperial edict stripping Eriya of her title as a concubine, demoting her to a deposed wife, and exiling her to the former territory of the Southern Xiongnu. He provided her with only 500 herdsmen and herders, and ordered her to live there with her son to temper the will of the Fourth Prince.

This move, while surprising to the other concubines, was also "within reason".

Changsun Yuenu's joking explanation was that the Khan never liked her in the first place, but suddenly wanted to try something new, so he had her serve him for one night. The result was even worse than the first time, so it was only natural that he demoted her.

In this way, the Fourth Prince was removed from the list of contenders for the throne.

None of the concubines in the harem paid any attention to the mother and child anymore...

Jiang Ming constantly sent his trusted henchmen to understand the child's development and also assigned special teachers to educate the fourth young master.

Jiang Ming did not take any more wives or concubines...

According to the rites and laws of the Great Han Dynasty, the emperor was allowed to marry more than 100 women.

As for feudal lords, they followed the custom of "marrying nine women at once".

The saying "one man marries nine women" generally refers to a principal wife who has eight concubines.

These eight concubines were all sisters or nieces of the principal wife, all of whom shared the same surname... all for the purpose of protecting the interests of the shareholders in this political marriage!

However, not many feudal lords actually followed this rule.

They married nine women, but they also loved women of other surnames!

Therefore, like the former King Ji Xi of Yan, who had more than 200 women in his harem.

In fact, besides Chen Damei, Chen Ermei, Eriya, Jin Shi, and Qiaohong, Miss Dong also gave birth to a son for him.

However, Jiang Ming did not bring Miss Dong to the palace; he kept her as his mistress.

Jiang Ming also plans to raise her son into a business talent and prevent him from participating in political competition.

Actually, this is all for his own good!

In the future political landscape, if you cannot become the 'crown prince,' your life will not be easy, and you will also face suppression from the other wives and concubines.

Therefore, letting him go into business is the best way out!

In fact, how could ten women possibly be enough for a character like Jiang Ming?

But he only married ten women, fewer than some ministers had in their households...

This was quite unusual among the powerful and wealthy at the time!