In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei was portrayed as a "benevolent prince", with a tenacious character and benevolent character, step by step, and finally one of the three worlds, achieving a hegemony. Liu Bei had been fighting for his career in his early years, and had no time to take care of his married life, so he had a son relatively late, so he once received a righteous son Kou Feng, that is, the later Liu Feng. The most famous of Liu Bei's sons is the later lord Liu Chan, in addition to Liu Chan, Liu Bei also has three biological sons, so, in addition to his sons, does Liu Bei have daughters? What kind of existence did his daughter have in history?
If you look at it from the current point of view, then Liu Bei can be regarded as a winner in the life of both children, Liu Bei not only has four sons but also two daughters. However, although his daughters were born in the imperial family, they did not enjoy the treatment of princesses, but their fate was bumpy, and they were taken prisoner as captives as concubines for the old man at a young age, and finally even ended up in Tongquetai, completely lost their dignity and became a plaything for men. What's going on here? Why didn't Liu Bei, who was a tyrant of a generation, go to his own daughter?
To answer the above question, we must start from the Battle of Changshanpo, which is a battle in which Zhao Yunwei shook the world, and it is also the "great righteousness" plot of Liu Bei leading hundreds of thousands of people to flee, but in fact, in this battle, in addition to Liu Bei's "benevolence" and Zhao Yun's heroic act of riding alone to save Ah Dou, there is also misery that is not mentioned in the novel, the most tragic example of which is Liu Bei's two daughters, which fully shows that in the chaotic world, the powerful family also has a lot of helplessness.
In 208 AD, after Cao Cao unified the north, he began to wave his army south, ambitiously hoping to unify heshan and shan. Seeing that Cao Cao's army was rushing forward with great momentum, Liu Chun, the lord of Jingzhou at the time, panicked at once, and as a result, Liu Chun led a group of Wenwu to surrender without any resistance, and Liu Bei, who did not want to surrender, had to lead his men and horses to retreat and go to Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao. While passing through Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei take the opportunity to attack Liu Chun and occupy Jingzhou, but Liu Bei said that he could not bear to fight with the emperor and could not do anything to apologize to Liu Biao, so he quickly retreated with his men and horses.
Soon, Cao Cao's army entered Jingzhou, and Cao Cao also knew that Liu Bei was the tyrant of the world, so he immediately sent his most elite troop, the tiger and leopard, to chase after Liu Bei's clique, and finally caught up with Liu Bei at Changshanpo. As soon as the two armies came into contact, Liu Bei's army collapsed, after all, the tiger and leopard riding was the elite of the Cao army and the morale was high, while Liu Bei's army was tired, and there were many people together, and it was reasonable to defeat. After Liu Bei's army was defeated and dispersed by Cao Jun, Liu Bei saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately led the core team members to begin to retreat, and in the chaotic situation at that time, Liu Bei could not even take care of his family.
At the critical time of escape, Liu Bei learned from his old ancestor Han Gaozu Liu Bang, leaving his wife and children to trot all the way to himself, at this time, the two daughters of Liu Bei we mentioned above appeared. As we all know, in Changshanpo, Liu Bei's son Ah Dou was rescued by Zhao Yun, and his two daughters were not so lucky, according to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. The biography of Cao Chun records that "his second daughter was captured and his scattered pawns were collected", that is to say, the main general of the tiger and leopard, Cao Chun, pursued Liu Bei, captured his two daughters, And Gathered the soldiers in Liu Bei's army who were too late to escape.
After Cao Chun captured Liu Bei's two daughters, he reported the results of the battle to Cao Cao in time, and Cao Cao was very happy after hearing this, so he gave Liu Bei's two daughters to Cao Chun as concubines. Liu Bei's two teenage daughters were thus married to Cao Chun, who was already in his forties at the time, as a concubine, although it was a bit difficult to accept, but after all, Cao Chun was also Cao Chun's cousin and a famous general of Cao Wei, which was also a door-to-door pair, and it was not unacceptable to see Sun Shangxiang, who later married Liu Bei.
However, Cao Cao's actions after Cao Chun's death really made it difficult for Liu Bei to speak, and he also gritted his teeth in hatred. Two years after the Battle of Changshanpo, Cao Chun fell ill and died, so Cao Cao sent Liu Bei's two daughters to the Tongquetai for the pleasure of Cao Wei's officials and nobles, and Liu Bei's two daughters became playthings in Cao Cao's hands, and from Cao Cao's lustful nature, the fate of the daughters of these two enemies would only be more miserable. This was really a great shame and humiliation for Liu Bei, so the later lord Liu Chan was also secretive, and the author of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" did not mention this matter in order to maintain Liu Bei's positive image of benevolence and righteousness, in fact, from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lady Mi and Lady Gan would rather commit suicide than be prisoners, and the fate of female captives at that time was very miserable.
I don't know whether Liu Bei's two daughters will lament their miserable fate in the dead of night, lament their father's ruthlessness and injustice, and lament the helplessness of being born in a chaotic world. Although Liu Bei, as a father, was deeply influenced by the patriarchal ideology at that time, after all, people's hearts are all flesh, and it is impossible not to miss his daughter? Although Liu Bei has never mentioned this matter again, it is estimated that he will feel guilty in his heart, and for Liu Bei, who is a tyrant, this kind of thing is even more humiliating and humiliating, and he is destined to not share the sky with Cao Cao. And for Liu Chan, the heir apparent as a brother, on the one hand, he himself is a lord who covets pleasure, and he can't even take care of the country, so can he still take care of his two sisters when he was a teenager? On the other hand, this kind of thing is not only the shame of the Liu family but also the shame of the Shu Han state, so the Shu Han collective naturally will not mention this matter, but will only choose to ignore it collectively.