Does Wei Shao has concubines ?

They are not talking about Wei Shao. They are talking about the other grandson Mr. Wei. He sent all of his concubines away after he painted the picture of Lady Wei. 

Wei Shao has never had a concubine,  nor will he ever have one. 

In both drama and novel, he never had any concubines . But in the novel, in his previous life, before the rebirth, he had many concubines and Lady Su was his first wife and Empress. 

But after rebirth when he married Manman, he never had any a concubines even was pressed by a guy i didnt remember who but he tried to marry him off with his daughter and 2 women but Weishao rejected straight away because he had only his eyes on Manman. 

 alyrios:

Is it just me that in the previous life when he had concubines (and married to DaQiao) that he was meh about having the concubines in the first place? Even with Lady Su being his "favorite" I had the impression that her place was shaky at best. It wasn't a healthy relationship. 

When XiaoQiao tells him about her "dream" it affected him, he was like "No way! me with Lady Su?" 

It felt like he had obligation as an Emperor to fulfill the requirements such as having Empress and concubines. For Su, probably she was a manipulator and had some childhood bond with him, even how disgusted he was towards her, he had to make her as his Empress as the reason above. In some chapters I've read, he didnt have any feelings nor affection for her let alone to the concubines. He loved wars and conquering the world, so the women were just side pieces for him. He just loved his grandma who died early and he still regretted about it when he migrated to current Weishou 's body , he cried on his grandma lap to expressed his longing or whatever it was. I think if Manman was married to him not DaQioo, probably the outcome would be different, but we wouldn't see the current Weishao if it meant to happen😆i was glad it turned this way and this current Weishao didnt get driven by his greed and revenge-seeking to Qiao's family. Manman was the one changed the whole game with her smarty brain and thank god for her

 alyrios:

Both in the novel and the drama 😁.

Yes. Tho i thought her role in novel was a bit passive but with her strategist skill plus her convincing speech, she was outstanding considering her age and the time period where women were denied their freedom of speech and obeyed the husband's, she was at least had supportive --tsundere husband+grandma and loving family. Just she 'lost' in the term of her husband  'bedchamber' pursuit. Heheeh😆😆😆😆

I've read the book. Wei Shao never had concubines. His cousin had many concubines.

Book spoilers:

In the last life, Wei Shao married Da Qiao under orders but never saw her and didn't care for women. Soon before he became Emperor, he took in Lady Su as concubine (the man was an idiot with no emotional brain and Lady Su killed his grandma so she could marry in. Wei Shao blamed Da Qiao for grandma's death and took in manipulative Lady Su). After he became Emperor, his women were taken to the capital without him. He was fighting wars at the time. He didn't like Da Qiao so he said nothing about conferring the Empress and didn't think about it. However she was the wife his grandmother chose so he wasn't 100% opposed to it. Lady Su manipulated the maids, used Da Qiao's own insecurities against her and killed Da Qiao. Then, as the favored concubine, she had Da Qiao's body buried outside the palace and not in the imperial tomb, therefore leaving her without a family in the afterlife. When Wei Shao came back and heard about it, he thought it was a pity, but didn't care much.

At this time, Xiao Qiao was queen of the other state and heard about her sister. Then Wei Shao came with his army and conquered the state. Xiao Qiao died and when he saw her cold body he had an inkling that the prize he fought for was didn't exist. So he was not satisfied, became a dictator emperor who got rid of his trusted mem, went war mongering all over the place and eventually died by an arrow shot by Da Qiao's current life's husband. Fitting end.

Concubines->

Oh, and during his reign, he took in concubines offered by ministers because 'that was the thing to do' to consolidate power. He didn't spend much time with them or in the palace. 

I admit, past life Wei Shao prevented me from liking Wei Shao in the book because shadows of past life Wei Shao was very much present in the book's Wei Shao. Drama's Wei Shao is much sweeter, therefore the drama is better than the novel.

 SSKF:

I wanted to see all the emotional development that cane with being together on the bed!

Don't get me wrong, I like the drama, but, come on! Making them wait because of mourning? A whole freaking year?! 🙄

 alyrios:

Don't get me wrong, I like the drama, but, come on! Making them wait because of mourning? A whole freaking year?! 🙄

Exactly! Exactly! What's with that 'can't touch your wife' bit. I kept complaining that they can use curtain scenes, or flickering candle scenes, or rain scenes to imply bedtime activities. It's not hard to shoot. 

Their emotional line developed so rapidly because of the bed scenes in the book.  In the drama, they kept throwing out lines of 'liking' each other but up to that point, we never see how they actually develop. It's like telling me a pig can fly without actually showing me a pig. That's why I think a big part of the story element is missing without the bed scenes.