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"Ah, indeed, I thought he had three concubines already."
"So he does, but he is entitled to five."
"I should think it would make trouble in a family for one man to
have so many women," I ventured.
He waved his hand in that peculiar way the Chinese have of
saying, don't mention it, as he answered:
"That is a difficult matter to discuss. Naturally if this woman
sees the Prince talking to that one, this one is going to eat
vinegar," which gives us a glimpse of some of the domestic
difficulties in Chinese high life. However it is a fact worth
remembering that the Manchu prince does not receive his full
stipend from the government until he has five concubines, each of
whom is the mother of a son.
The leading princes of the new regime are Ching, Su, and Pu-lun.
Prince Ching has been the leader of the Manchus ever since the
downfall of Prince Kung. He has held almost every office it was
in the power of the Empress Dowager to give, "though disliked by
the Emperor." He was made president of the Tsung-li Yamen in
1884, and from that time until the present has never been
degraded, or in any way lost the imperial favour. He is small in
stature, has none of the elements of the great man that
characterized Li Hung-chang and Chang Chih-tung, or Prince Kung,
but he has always been characterized by that diplomacy which has
kept him one of the most useful officials in close connection
with the Empress Dowager
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