Zhen Mi can also be regarded as a strange woman in the Three Kingdoms period. She had two husbands in her life, the first of which was Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi. Later, Cao Cao captured The city of Yicheng, and Cao Cao's son Cao Pi took a fancy to the beautiful Zhen Mi and took her in as his wife, later Empress Wenzhao Zhen.
In the first few years, Cao Pi was still very fond of Zhen Mi. However, gradually, Cao Pi began to be cold to Zhen Mi, so that when Zhen Mi was finally buried, she was also punished with a hair covering her face and a chaff mouth.
The various twists and turns before and after this surprised everyone at the same time, but also increased everyone's curiosity about this matter. Therefore, there is a saying that the reason why Zhen Mi fell out of favor is because Zhen Mi's crush on Cao Zhi was discovered by Cao Pi, so she was disliked by Cao Pi to death.
In fact, many TV dramas are indeed portrayed in this way. Some time ago, Zhen Mi in the TV series "Army-Master Alliance" had an unclear relationship with Cao Zhi, and Zhen Mi was even more in love with Cao Zhi's "Roselle Endowment".
So what the hell is going on?
Three legends about Roselle
Whether it is folklore or the interpretation in the TV series, the reason why everyone thinks that there is a private affair between Zhen Mi and Cao Zhi is inseparable from this "Roselle Endowment". And about Roselle, there have always been three legends.
First, "Sense of Zhen Endowment" was changed to "Roselle Endowment"
After Zhen Mi was taken as his wife by Cao Pi, Zhen Mi stayed in Yecheng. At that time, Cao Zhi was still young and did not like to play martial arts, so he also had the opportunity to stay in Yecheng and get along with Zhen Mi day and night.
Later, Zhen Mi died tragically, and Cao Zhi saw Zhen Mi's son Cao Rui and couldn't help but see things and think of people, so he wrote the famous "Sense of Zhen Fu". Perhaps because the name of this endowment is too explicit, after Cao Rui ascended the throne as emperor, he changed this endowment to "Roselle Endowment".
Second, the king's righteousness said
As we all know, Cao Pi's throne was not easy, because he also had a capable younger brother who was also eyeing the throne. And this younger brother is Cao Zhi himself.
It's just that Cao Zhi was too indulgent and the literati atmosphere was too heavy, and he was not able to be established as a son of the world after all. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he also suppressed Cao Zhi everywhere. "Feeling Zhen Fu" was also made when Cao Zhi was crowned the King of Juancheng (Juan Tong Zhen), and the so-called Sense Zhen was only used by Cao Zhi to sad that he was depressed and eager to be reintroduced.
Third, the deceased wife Cui Shi said
In fact, Cao Zhi also had a wife, and his wife was also the daughter of the famous scholar Cui Yan. It's just that Cao Zhi's wife was killed by Cao Cao because her dress was too gorgeous, which can also be called an early death.
Therefore, the woman that Cao Zhi misses in "Roselle Endowment" is likely to be Cao Zhi's deceased wife who died early, not Zhen Mi.
Is there really an affair between Zhen Mi and Cao Zhi?
Three legends about Roselle have been said. From these legends, it can be seen that Zhen Mi and Cao Zhi are actually unlikely to have a private affair.
First of all, when Zhen Mi was married by Cao Pi, Cao Zhi was only thirteen years old, and Zhen Mi was already twenty-three years old. After Cao Zhi grew up a little longer and understood the love between men and women, Zhen Mi was already at the age of old zhu huang. At such an age, Cao Zhi will still have a long-term relationship with his sister-in-law. To be honest, it's unbelievable.
Secondly, in the first legend, "Sense of Zhen Fu" was renamed by Zhen Mi's son Cao Rui. If Cao Zhi and Zhen Mi really had a private affair, Cao Rui's move would not be equivalent to making Cao Zhi and Zhen Mi's private affair public in 222 AD. Since "Roselle Endowment" was made after Zhen Mi's death, the speculation that Zhen Mi fell out of favor is not valid. Then the speculation about the private affair between Zhen Mi and Cao Zhi is not valid.
Conclusion
To sum up, the conjecture that there was a private affair between Cao Zhi and Zhen Mi was completely untenable.