C396 If You Cut the Grass It will Not Cut the Roots but It will Come Back to Life in Spring
It's not easy to be a woman, and it's even harder to be a woman in a harem.
More importantly, he had to be on guard against the jealousy and framing of his concubines in case he became overly spoiled. He even had to fight against each other over sisters.
If he grew old one day, once he wasn't pampered, the lonely days in the palace would be hard to bear