Those who have seen the Three Kingdoms are all relishing the fights and killings, wits and courage between Wei, Agency, and Wu, but they don't know that the harem battles are equally fierce.
Empress Wenzhao, the wife of Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi, is a woman who is more beautiful than Diao Chan. But she is such a peerless beauty, not only did she miss the four beauties, but she died tragically in the harem battle.
Empress Wenzhao's name is Zhen Luo, a native of Wuji, Hebei. His father used to be a county magistrate, and his mother Zhang was also a beauty.
Zhen Luo has been smart and beautiful since she was a child, and her parents have always regarded her as a pearl in their palms.
Unfortunately, Zhen Luo lost his father at the age of three. A well-known local scholar was very surprised when he saw Zhen Luo, and told her mother Zhang: "Your daughter will be unspeakably expensive when she grows up." ”
After hearing about it, the Zhang family took care of Zhen Luo even more carefully, and pinned the dignitaries of the whole family on this little daughter.
At the age of fourteen, Zhen Luo's beauty was as famous as Jiangdong Erqiao: "There are Erqiao in Jiangnan, and Zhen is pretty in Hebei." ”
In Hebei, Yuan Shao's power is in full swing. Many people believe that Yuan Shao will soon take over the world, and the person who represents the Han is none other than the Yuan family.
Zhen Luo's appearance in the country and the city The Yuan family had already known, and Yuan Shao courted his son on behalf of him, and Zhen Luo became the wife of Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi.
This marriage foreshadows the prophecy of Zhen Luo's wealth and nobility is becoming a reality. But it didn't take long for Yuan Shao to suffer a crushing defeat in the battle against Cao Cao. Yuan Shao became ill with grief and died. The Yuan family's power in the north quickly collapsed.
Yuan Shao has a beautiful daughter-in-law who amazes the world, and Cao Cao was thrilled when he heard about it.
In 204 AD, Cao Cao waved his troops to attack Yecheng, and the boiled duck did not have to worry about flying.
Seeing that the woman who has been thinking about it for a long time is within reach. Unexpectedly, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind, and it is half a way to bite the gold. Cao Cao's son, Cao Pi, took possession of the Zhen clan before his father.
At this time, Cao Cao was dumb and ate coptis, but he tried his best to make a wedding dress for his son. Although Cao Cao is also lustful, he can't do such a thing as forcibly seizing his daughter-in-law. After some cozy gestures, he expressed acceptance. In this way, Zhen became Cao Pi's wife again. This year, Zhen Luo was 23 years old, which was the age of a woman in her prime.
In the second year of marrying into the Cao family, Zhen Luo gave birth to a son (Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming) and a daughter (Princess Dongxiang) for Cao Pi.
At a banquet hosted by Cao Cao, Zhen Luo met Cao Pi's younger brother Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi is talented, quick in writing, written in exports, and written in writing, and can be called a genius of the world. Among all the sons, Cao Cao liked his third son Cao Zhi the most.
Wuji Zhen has been an official for generations, and Zhen Luo has had a good cultural literacy since he was a child. Cao Zhi's song "Tongque Taifu" gave Zhen Luo a taste of Cao Zhi's style. And Cao Zhi was also overwhelmed by Zhen Luo's beauty.
Cao Zhi and Zhen Luo have a good impression of each other, but because they are uncles and sisters-in-law. Therefore, the two can only maintain a friendship that cannot go beyond family affection. Zhen Luo has never forgotten her identity as the daughter-in-law of the Yuan family. A woman who marries for the second time does not dare to ask for any luxury.
But as time went by, the battle for succession within the Cao family became more and more fierce. According to feudal etiquette, Cao Pi was the eldest son. **Cai, Cao Zhi's article is world-famous, and both of them have the ability to inherit the throne. But Cao Cao favored Cao Zhi. The song "Tongque Taifu" made Cao Zhi's position jump above Cao Pi in an instant.
This made Cao Pi feel uneasy. He realized a crisis, and if Cao Zhi was appointed as the heir, he would work hard and his long-awaited dream of having a son would be shattered.
Could it be that a song "Tongque Taifu" will make you lose your inheritance rights?Cao Pi was unwilling and hoped that Zhen could help him win the position of the prince.
From the bottom of her heart, Zhen is more inclined to Cao Zhi, and she admires Cao Zhi's talent. Of course, Cao Pi is not without a little ability, he is also a talent, but compared with Cao Zhi, the gap is too obvious.
Zhen Luo was dedicated to guarding women's morals and was unwilling to participate in politics and the internal struggle of the Cao family. Therefore, between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Zhen Luo did not give Cao Pi too much help, but persuaded Cao Pi to treat his younger brother well.
Cao Pi inherited one of the characteristics of his father Cao Cao, that is, he was suspicious by nature. He always thought that Cao Cao's delay in establishing a prince was related to the fact that he was the first to get Zhen. And in the open and secret battle between him and Cao Zhi, Zhen obviously favored Cao Zhi, which made Cao Pi jealous. So, he turned his attention to another concubine, Queen Guo.
Queen Guo is different from Zhen in that she is scheming and has a high level of political power. Cao Pi found a confidant here, and Queen Guo became Cao Pi's faithful companion on the road to political power.
Guo continued to give advice to Cao Pi, and came up with one good idea after another to bring down Cao Zhi. Under the careful planning of Cao Pi and Queen Guo, Cao Zhi's failure was inevitable.
In 217 AD, Cao Pi was appointed heir. Three years later, Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi succeeded to the throne of Wei for only a few months, so he couldn't wait to force Emperor Han Xian to abdicate and usurp Han to establish Emperor Wen of Wei.
At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Cao Pi wanted to establish Guo as the queen. But because Zhen is his wife, he gave birth to his eldest son, Cao Rong. Abolishing the heir and establishing a concubine is a taboo in feudal etiquette, not to mention that he himself relied on this feudal etiquette system to ascend to the throne, and this principle cannot be violated first. Therefore, the matter of the establishment had to be put on hold for the time being.
When Cao Pi married Zhen Luo, he coveted her beauty. And the most important thing around Cao Pi is the beauties, not only Guo Guifei, but also Li Guiren, Yin Guiren, and countless harem beauties. Since having Queen Guo, Zhen Luo has gradually fallen out of favor.
Zhen Luo understood the danger of the harem battle, and felt more and more that the environment he was in was harsh. In order to make up for the emotional rift between her and Cao Pi, she wrote a poem to Cao Pi - "Tang Shangxing":
"Pusheng is in my pool, and its leaves are separated. If you can do benevolence and righteousness, you don't know if you are a concubine. The crowd is full of voices, so that Jun Sheng is separated. When Nian Jun went to me, he was sad and sad. ......I hope that Cao Pi will change his mind when he sees this poem and thinks of the love between husband and wife. This is not only for himself, but also for his son.
Unexpectedly, Cao Pi was furious when he saw it, and sent an envoy to Yecheng to kill Zhen with a cup of poisonous wine. and buried in the manner of "covering the face with hair and stuffing his mouth with chaff". A peerless beauty died of hatred at the age of 40.
Why did a love poem that expresses personal feelings become her life-threatening poem?Folk rumors are that someone slandered and killed Zhen Luo in front of Cao Pi. This person is Queen Guo.
Whether Zhen Luo's death has anything to do with Queen Guo or not, whether Guo slandered Cao Pi or not, there is no real evidence. But Cao Pi must have a reason for treating Zhen Luo in such a vicious way.
Killing his body and humiliating his corpse was the most severe punishment in ancient times. It is unlikely that Cao Pi would have executed Zhen Luo in such an extreme way based on just one poem, and it should be true that Zhen Luo was framed.
From all aspects, only Queen Guo has this condition and motive. If Cao Pi really changes his mind and reconciles with the Zhen family, he will definitely make the Zhen family the queen, and Queen Guo can only be a concubine.
For a woman, fame is quite important. Therefore, in order to become the queen, it is not impossible for Guo to slander and frame Zhen from Cao Pi.
But what did Queen Guo say in front of Cao Pi that made Cao Pi so mad?
According to Cao Pi's other concubine, Mrs. Li, Guo told Cao Pi that Zhen Luo gave birth to Cao Yi before term. It means that Cao Ei is not the son of Cao Pi, but the son of Yuan Xi and the grandson of Yuan Shao. can be imagined, if this is true, how angry Cao Pi should be, raising a son for others is undoubtedly a great shame for the Cao family.
It's a pity that medicine was not so developed at that time that it was impossible to make an identification. In fact, there is no guarantee that everyone will stay in the womb for ten months, and seven or eight months abound. But Cao Pi didn't think so, he would rather believe it than believe it.
And Cao Pi's mother, Mrs. Bian, has a good relationship with Zhen. As the most powerful woman in the harem, Zhen Luo was killed, but she never said a word to save her, and she never said a word of intercession for Zhen, which is indeed a bit abnormal.
It can be seen from these abnormal signs that Zhen's murder was committed by Queen Guo. Only if Cao Rong is not satisfied with the moon, this will make Cao Pi kill. It is not difficult to understand why Mrs. Bian was indifferent to Zhen's death.
But all this is speculation, and there is no evidence that Zhen Luo was framed by Queen Guo. Zhen Luo's death has become a mystery, there is no record in the official history, and what we know now is only folk rumors.
In the second year after Zhen Luo's death, Cao Zhi went to Luoyang to meet Cao Pi, and when he returned to the east, he passed through Luoshui, and the beautiful and moving Zhen Luo appeared on Luoshui, stepping on the green waves, and came suddenly. Cao Zhi firmly believes that Zhen Luo is the incarnation of the goddess of Luoshui. So, he wrote the song "Luo Shen Fu" that has been passed down through the ages. And along with "Luo Shen Fu", there are also gossips about him and Zhen Luo.
Guo Girl's fate was equally tragic.
In 226, Cao Pi died, and Cao Ei ascended the throne. Cao Rong has always been haunted by the tragic death of his mother Zhen. The spearhead is directed at Queen Guo, who is already the queen mother. In 235 AD, Cao Rong forced Empress Dowager Guo to death, and also buried her in the way of "draping her hair and covering her mouth with chaff".
Cao Pi's two women ended in the same tragedy, and both died in an unknown manner. If Cao Pi knows, I don't know how to feel?
Although Cao Rong said that he was avenging his mother, in the absence of any evidence, it was too cruel to treat his adoptive mother in this way. Quality Author Certification Recruitment