As the saying goes, "there is a big and small Qiao in the south, and there is Zhen Mi in the north", and the beauty of Zhen Mi (fú) is one of the best in the Three Kingdoms.
As the saying goes, "Eastern Wu loves Lori, Cao Wei loves his wife", Zhen Mi can single-handedly stir up the peace of the three Caos, precisely because she is a fighter among human wives.
Then, how could such a beautiful wife who conformed to Cao Wei's aesthetic be killed by Cao Pi early, and after death, she was stuffed with filthy things in her mouth?
"Incredible value for money"
In 183 AD, Zhen Mi was born in Wuji, Zhongshan, which corresponds to the territory of present-day Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province. The Zhen family is a famous and prestigious family, and Zhen Mi's mother's family is even more powerful - the ancestor Kong Guang is the fourteenth grandson of Confucius, the ancestor of the people of the world...
Zhen Mi, like all famous figures in history, had a legendary childhood:
Shortly after she was born, her family always saw someone covering her with jade clothes at night, as if she was afraid of catching a cold;
When she was three years old, her father died early, but she was very miserable at an age when she should not have understood Mao, and her family felt that she was understanding people so early, and the future must be extraordinary;
A little older, the famous Xiangshi Liu Liang looked at her and left a comment that "this female noble is unspeakable";
At the age of nine, Zhen Mi began to read and learn to write, although it was three years later than today's primary school students, but it was the last year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and women's reading was rare.
As a teenager, Zhen Mi had already read a lot of books.
At that time, there were years of famine, grain and rice were expensive and the treasure was low, and the Zhen family's grain reserves were sufficient, so they greedily exchanged a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and after Zhen Mi knew, she persuaded her family to open a granary:
"Seeking treasure in a chaotic world is not a good strategy, and the puppet is innocent and guilty, which is called the loss of one's life because of wealth." Now that many people are hungry, it is better to open the grain in the family to help the neighbors in all directions, which is a virtue that benefits everyone. ”
This move not only saved the neighbors and villagers, but also made a name for the Zhen family, so as not to be "robbed of the rich and help the poor" in the chaotic world.
Transparent about the world, knowledgeable and beautiful, Zhen Mi's first husband could not have been an ordinary person - not long after, she married Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi as a wife and settled in Yecheng with her mother-in-law Liu Shi.
Runan, Yuan, the fourth and third dukes.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the great warlord Yuan Shao occupied the areas of Jizhou, Qingzhou, Hezhou, and Youzhou, unified Hebei, and could be his daughter-in-law.
The two Caos are in contention
In 200 AD, Yuan Shao's army defeated Guandu, and the 100,000-strong army was beaten by Cao Cao's 20,000 troops, and Yuan Shi was devastated ever since. Four years later, Cao's army approached Yecheng, and the first to rush into Yuan's mansion was Cao Cao's son, later Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi.
A group of Yuan Fu female relatives hissed in the corner, and Cao Pi glanced over and saw a woman wearing a coarse cloth, a shawl, and a gray face.
We don't know if Zhen Mi is really beautiful like a heavenly immortal, or because the other female relatives are wearing gold and silver, she is as conspicuous as the ugly duckling, in short, Cao Pi's eyes are shining, and he is very excited to go forward and pull Zhen Mi out of the crowd.
Cao Cao soon arrived at the Yuan mansion, and Cao Pi had already been sucked away by the beauty, and asked his father on the spot to give Zhen Mi to him.
For a moment, the scene was a little awkward.
Why? Because before the siege, there were rumors everywhere about Cao Cao and Zhen Mi - Cao Cao attacked Yecheng and came for Zhen Mi!
Heroes always love beauty, but the son has already opened his mouth, not agreeing to seem very angry; promise it, Cao Pi was only 18 years old that year, Zhen Mi was already 23 years old and married, not a good match, right?
No matter how many unfilial words Cao Cao scolded in his heart, on the surface he could only pinch his nose and admit it. Since then, Zhen Mi has become the daughter-in-law of the Cao clan.
Favored and out of favor
Cao Pi liked Zhen Mi's beauty and also liked her Zhishu Dali, and as soon as he returned home, he snubbed the original lady Ren.
If you see that this Ren clan does not even have a serious name, you can know that she has very little role - yes, Ren Shi often got into trouble with Cao Pi because Zhen Mi was often driven away in a short time.
What about Zhen Mi? She also interceded for Ren.
Like before, she persuaded her family to open a warehouse and release grain, and she had affection for Cao Pixiao:
Don't you believe I love me? You drove Ren away, what do the people of the world think of me? They're going to think I'm jealous...
Cao Pi was very touched to hear this and then refused Zhen Mi's request.
I think this incident is enough to prove that Cao Pi did not love Zhen Mi much.
Cao Pi's backyard had other concubines, and Zhen Mi certainly wouldn't be jealous. Not only was she not jealous, she often advised Cao Pi to accept the beauty of the world and spread her branches.
Cao Pi: Still a good wife, a human wife understands things...
The story of the two began with the man's love at first sight, but after marriage, it inevitably slowly fell flat, and finally formed a fixed pattern of Cao Pi opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and Zhen Mi taught her husband to teach her son.
The days of calm passed until 220 years.
In that year, Cao Cao died and Cao Pi succeeded to the throne; subsequently, Emperor Xian of Han ascended the throne, and Cao Pi ascended the throne, becoming Emperor Wen of Wei from King of Wei.
Emperor Xian of Han was very sincere, not only sent the throne, but also sent his daughter and concubines, Cao Pi's harem grew stronger and stronger, and Zhen Mi could not avoid being frustrated.
If nothing else, it's all because of Queen Guo.
Queen Guo, whose name is unknown, was originally the daughter of Guo Yong, the Taishou of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Why is it called a queen? Because the father thinks his daughter is smart! He said, "This is my daughter King." Since then, the word of the daughter has become the queen.
When Cao Pi ascended the throne as empress, he did not make Zhen Mi empress dowager, but instead made Empress Guo a concubine.
A person who is not as good looking as her, who is not as virtuous as her, who is age... Well, Queen Guo is indeed two years younger than Zhen Mi, but that Guo Clan is also three years older than Cao Pi, so why is she not my Zhen Mi!
The answer is realistic, because Queen Guo is really smart—
Queen Guo made many surprise moves when Cao Pi and Cao Zhi competed for the position of Shizi, and finally succeeded in helping him please Cao Cao, half as a concubine and half as a staff member.
And Zhen Mi? She did nothing to be a backyard woman, but she did not, but at the critical moment of the battle for Shizi, a scandal with Cao Zhi was spread!
There is also a "proof" song left:
"Up the Pond"
Pu Sheng I am in the pool, its leaves are far away.
He can do benevolence and righteousness, and Mo Ruo's concubine knows herself.
The mouths of the people are shoveled with gold, and the king is separated.
When Nian Jun came to me, he was always sad and miserable.
In fact, the poem does not say anything, but only the bitterness of living alone in Yecheng and her dissatisfaction with Cao Pi's listening to rumors.
Doing so works for those who love you; for those who don't love you, it only deepens the disgust of others.
In 221, Cao Pi, under the influence of Queen Guo's pillow wind, finally decided to put Zhen Mi to death. After Zhen Mi's death, she was "covered with hair and covered with chaff to plug her mouth", and her death was extremely miserable, without the style of a beautiful person at that time...
Why did Cao Pi do so absolutely?
According to legend, Cao Pi had a dream after ordering Zhen Mi to be killed, and the interpreter of the dream said that this proved that a noble daughter would be wrongfully killed.
Cao Pi was shocked: Could it be that the green hat that Zhen Mi put on me was fake? He regretted a little and sent someone to recover the secret order to give death, but he was one step too late, and Zhen Mi was still dead.
Since Zhen Mi had the possibility of being wrongfully killed, Cao Pi was afraid that she would go to the prefectural government to seek revenge, so he ordered that her mouth be stuffed with filth, so that she would never have the opportunity to cry out again...
So, is Zhen Mi and Cao Zhi's adulterous affair real? This is an unsolved mystery in history.
I can only say that countless people agree that Cao Zhi's "Roselle Endowment" is based on Zhen Mi, and even Zhen Mi's name is derived from Roselle. Without "Roselle", today she may be like Cao Pi's original Ren clan, with only a code name of "Lady Zhen" in history.
Zhen Mi is not an Israeli person, but in the end, she cannot escape the fate of fading and loving relaxation. In the final analysis, she is just a symbol, even if she hangs the name of "the first beauty of the Three Kingdoms", she can't tie up the man who has changed his heart...