High rank = noble birth = educated. Mothers primarily teach their children before they get a more formal education. Low rank = not so noble birth, less educated. It's fine if you are in an ordinary family, but you are raising a prince, so high standards need to be met. Ofcourse there are other factors that may allow a lower concubine to raise her child like Jia. She was a lady from foreign nobility but not as high as Ruyi or Gui Fei. But she is very well educated and being a foreigner, she learned a lot about the history and traditions of her new royal family that the Emperor allowed her to raise her child. She was a Guiren then promoted to Pin. Not only was she allowed to raise a prince, she also became the mistress of the palace. Meaning she lived in the main palace and lesser titled concubines reside in her side palaces, effectively giving her power to manage above them. She can punish them, discipline them but also expected to teach them manners and the ways of the palace. Hailan later on got her son back when she was a Fei, by then Yongqi was already in school and had good foundations as a child having been raised by Ruyi and Hailan together. In comparison to Ling's 1st daughter who was given to Ying Fei. She was deemed unfit to be a mother, got demoted so her daughter can be raised by someone who is deemed fit to raise a princess. The difference is, she also had the right to keep the baby away from her birth mother to avoid being influenced with her bad behaviours. Whereas Ruyi and Hailan were good friends. Yongqi might live in Ruyi's palace but Hailan is welcome there anytime. Also Ruyi asked her to transfer to her palace but Hailan wanted to stay in her residence. Which was a good decision since she was promoted to Pin and basically just moved over to Yanxi's main palace which used to be Ruyi's.
its crazy concubines cabt raise their children just because their "rank is low " ...why ??? Lind of cruel to make them pregnant and then take away the child. I can understand of they did some crime ...but not just because of the rank. This is my first Chinese period drama and its one of the things/customs I find very baffling and shocking. They seem to pass around kids a lot. Why on earth a mother should be separated from her child without any valid reason.
As far as I can tell, besides being a tool in the rivalries, and a child raising a mother's status, being raised by a higher rank mother would raise the kid up in life. Of course this IS a drama, made to be especially dramatic. It's unlikely to have been very common in real life.
@@CHIVAS777CELLOPHANE seems crazy to me from my 21 century perspective. You are given to this dude (emperor ) as a concubine and then have a kid with him, carry it for 9 months but if you are not favorite enough or of not high enough status your kid is given to someone else .....thanks god I'm not a women in China at that time.
@@electroandcake6658 well tbh at that time concubine are really just a birth machine, sole purpose is to give birth to the next emperor. And ofc it seems crazy from a 21st century perspective, and rightfully so as it shows how much things have changed, for better.
