One enchanted queen, seven marriages and nine upside down
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a beautiful woman named Xia Ji, she had become a queen three times, married someone else as a wife seven times, it is said that a total of nine men fell for her, known as "killing three husbands, one gentleman and one son, and dying one country and two secretaries", so she was called "the first enchantress of the Spring and Autumn Period".
Xia Ji is the daughter of Zheng Mugong, named Ji Shao when she was a child, and later married her first husband, surnamed Xia, so people call her Xia Ji. Xia Ji has been very cute since she was a child, and she is deeply loved by the royal family of Zheng Guo, and when she grows up, she is even more beautiful, with the beauty of "looking at the city and then the country".
Her beauty is described as "bright and bright, apricot eyes and peach cheeks", and she is known as the four beauties of Spring and Autumn together with Xi Shi, Xi Fei and Wen Jiang.
In Natsuhime's life, many people were attracted to her beauty, including her first man, Gongzi Man. Before the Song Dynasty, people were open-minded and did not have many constraints.
However, some well-intentioned people began to spread rumors, saying that Xia Ji had an affair with Gongziman, and after Gongziman's death, Xia Ji was regarded as a "demon concubine". In order to appease, Zheng Mugong had to marry his daughter to another country to protect the reputation of the royal family.
Xia Ji and Uncle Xia Yu's married life is plain and normal, and Uncle Xia Yu is obedient to Xia Ji, but eventually dies due to excessive indulgence, leaving behind their son Xia Zhengshu and beautiful wife Xia Ji.
Natsuhime's beauty attracts men with ulterior motives, but also jealous eyes. Some people began to spread rumors that Xia Ji used the technique of collecting yin and yang, and the deaths of Gongziman and Uncle Xia Yushu were all because she used the technique of collecting yang and replenishing yin when she was in harmony with them in order to maintain her appearance.
Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu were the main propagators of these rumors. After the death of Uncle Xia Yu, Xia Ji's life began to be harassed, but the "protection" of Kong Ning and Yi Xing's father kept her from suffering too much impact.
Even later, Kong Ning recommended Xia Ji to Chen Linggong, the monarch of Chen State, to attack his father. He told Chen Linggong that Xia Ji's beauty was better than that of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and the performance between the bed sheets was wonderful, and the technique in the room was unparalleled in the world.
Chen Linggong was lustful, and under Kong Ning's teasing, he couldn't help his desires, so there is a story in history about a woman serving three husbands at the same time.
In the feudal era, incidents of violating human ethics were not uncommon. Xia Ji was violated because of her beauty, and although her son Xia Zhengshu couldn't bear it, he couldn't stop what the king of a country did.
In a patriarchal society, women's power is insignificant, and their destiny cannot be controlled by themselves. But Xia Zhengshu inherited his father's title when he was growing up, and owned land and military power.
When he reached the age of twenty, his blood was boiling and his self-esteem was strong, and he could not bear the injustice of his mother and the king. He held the power of the army, led the army to surround Chen Linggong and the three, and shot Chen Linggong.
Kong Ning and Yixing's father saw that the monarch had been killed and fled in a hurry.
Kong Ning and Yi Xing's father panicked and fled to the state of Chu in a panic. They began to lobby the king of Chuzhuang to launch an attack on the state of Chen, and even did not hesitate to exaggerate Xia Ji's beauty to encourage the king of Chuzhuang.
King Chuzhuang has always been eager to win the Central Plains, and this opportunity has given him the opportunity to make a name for himself. In addition, he had heard about Xia Ji's beauty in his early years, so he no longer hesitated this time, launched an attack on Chen Guo, killed Xia Zhengshu, and finally captured Xia Ji.
lost his son in middle age, and the country was ruined. Now in prison, the road ahead is full of unknowns. Although Xia Ji is over forty years old, she is still beautiful, and King Chuzhuang fell in love at first sight and decided to take her as a concubine.
However, the wise man Wuchen resolutely objected, saying: "This kind of demon woman is enough to subvert the country, and once killed your eldest brother, and now Chen Guoguo has broken the king, which can be described as 'killing two husbands, one king and one son, and killing one country and two secretaries'."
The king must not be deceived by her beauty, lest he repeat the mistakes of the past and ruin the country and his family. ”
King Chuzhuang, you sent troops to Chen Guo for justice, if you want to marry Xia Ji just because of your beauty, wouldn't that violate your image of justice all along? Xia Ji's experience does not seem to be good, she has caused the death of many men, and the Chen Kingdom has also perished.
This is not an auspicious name, and Gongzi has also moved the idea of marrying her, but Wu Chen's words made him dispel this idea. King Chuzhuang finally gave Xia Ji to the widowed Lian Yin Xianglao, so that she could have a home without any involvement in her past.
Xia Ji's beauty and charm caused countless men to fall under her pomegranate skirt, and even caused the demise of the Chen State and the defection of Wu Chen to the Jin Kingdom. However, Natsuhime's charm doesn't stop there.
Even in the Spring and Autumn period, when the atmosphere was more open, Xia Ji's behavior was surprising enough. When Chu Xiang Lao died in the "Battle of Yi" in the Jin and Chu hegemony, Xia Ji's Kefu rumors seemed to be confirmed.
However, Natsuhime's son, Heiyao, has a strong interest in her and even has an affair with his stepmother. The courtesy, righteousness, and shame of the state of Chu did not allow such an act, and the ministers of the court and the central government unanimously opposed it, and the king of Chu Zhuang stopped this absurd act.
Wuchen was the one who had persuaded the king of Chu Zhuang and his son, but in the court of Chu, he had insulted Xia Ji. However, Wuchen is eventually attracted to Natsuhime's charm and wants to marry her.
Xia Ji took advantage of Wu Chen's plan to return to her mother's home Zheng Guo under the pretense of welcoming the funeral, and with the help of the good relationship between Zheng and Jin, she recovered the body of her deceased husband Xiang Lao. Wu Chen also took the opportunity of envoy to Qi State, passed through Zheng State, and presented the national gift that was originally going to be brought to Qi State to Zheng State as a dowry gift, and after the two converged, they fled to Jin State, the sworn enemy of Chu State, as soon as possible.
After King Chuzhuang learned that he had been deceived by Wu Chen, he was angry and beheaded all the Wu Chen and Hei Yao's family members. However, Wu Chen did not regret it at all, but instead became a doctor in the Jin State, and helped the Jin State to unite with the Wu State to attack Chu.
Wu Chen did not hesitate to sacrifice all the members of his family for the sake of a woman, which can be said to be a ghost. Xia Ji's behavior, even in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the atmosphere was more open, was enough to be staggering.
The Biography of the Daughters contains: "Xia Ji is so beautiful, destroys the country and breaks Chen, goes to the second doctor, kills the body of the son, mistakes Chuzhuang, defeats the witches, the son repents and fears, and the Shen Gong clan is divided."
Xia Ji's behavior is staggering. There is a sentence in the Chronicles of the Kingdoms of Dongzhou that describes Xia Ji like this: "There is the appearance of Li Ji Xifei, and the demon of Daji Wen Jiang."
This also proves Xia Ji's peerless beauty and natural charm. Almost everyone who has seen Natsuhime is fascinated by her charm and tries to marry Natsuhime. Xia Ji directly led to the demise of the Chen State, and the defection of Wu Chen to the Jin State also weakened the power of the Chu State.
After Wu Chen arrived in the Jin State, he suggested that the Jin State unite with Wu Yue to practice against Chu, and it was this move that dragged the behemoth of Chu State. Later, after the "Zhang Yi deceived Chu" incident, the Chu State raised troops to attack Qin and was defeated, which eventually led to the Qin Dynasty's unification of the six countries.