"The only reason I want to understand her is because I'm worried she might become a great enemy of North City in the future."
"Mr. Wang, you actually think of me as the kind of man who only thinks with his lower half; you're maliciously speculating about me."
In this era, the status of women is quite low, and they are expected to follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, but this is all relative.
All rules are made by those with power in their hands, and when women hold power, they can completely disregard those rules.
Men in this era may have three wives and four concubines, and women with power can have several men just the same.
Not to mention the Empress, even the married princesses of the Capital city of Great Sum indulge in affairs, and keeping male consorts is nothing out of the ordinary. As for the princess's husbands, they dare not speak out unless they are from great families; otherwise, they just have to bear it and move on.