In 220, Cao Cao had just lost his breath, and at the age of 34, Cao Pi sneaked up in front of his father's concubine and said, "You belong to me." What does this puzzling scene mean? A newly succeeded emperor is so eager to take possession of his father's concubines, is this out of selfish desire or is there something else hidden? How did Cao Pi's mother, Mrs. Bian, later make those cruel words that shocked the audience? The root of everything will be traced back to Cao Cao's misbehaving private life? Let's find out why.
1. The debauchery of father and son
Cao Pi's ardent pursuit of concubines stemmed from his father Cao Cao's greed for beauty. Cao Cao was originally a generation of heroes, with heroic hair and high appearance, so he was naturally favored. He had a total of 16 concubines in his life, and 13 of them were once other people's wives.
The most well-known is Zhang Xiu's wife and concubine incident. In that year, Cao Cao fought against Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu took the lead in surrendering in order to seek peace. Unexpectedly, one of Zhang Xiu's aunts was extremely beautiful, and as soon as she appeared in the tent, Cao Cao suddenly got into her head, and forced the aunt to marry her that night and forced her to warm up the bed. Zhang Xiu was furious when he heard the news, secretly assembled his troops, and attacked Cao Cao's camp at night. Cao Cao panicked and was almost killed when he fled, but fortunately, his eldest son Cao Ang was not afraid of danger and stepped forward to block a knife, which barely saved Lao Tzu's life. However, the sound of rushing and killing was getting closer and closer, Cao Cao fled in embarrassment, but behind Cao Ang died in a pool of blood.
In addition, Cao Cao also repeatedly indulged in excessive desires and spent money like running water. Once in Yangzhai City, Cao Cao opened the wine jar overnight, asked his grandmother to pull dozens of beauties in, and carnivaled with them, until the sun fell the next day, and he left with a full stomach. Later generations then have the recitation of "Yang Zhai carnival moon black geese fly back". The color of her husband was too much, and Cao Cao's wife Ding was furious, and finally simply abandoned the official and left home, and flew away, never wanting to see Cao Cao again.
These bohemian and uninhibited styles left an extremely bad impression on Cao Pi. The son has been accustomed to his father's corrupt behavior since he was a child, and Cao Pi was also entangled with many beauties in his youth, and gradually became infected with his father's romantic habits. When Cao Cao returned to heaven and Cao Pi ascended the throne as emperor, he soon began the routine of his ancestors, vigorously accepting concubines and marrying concubines, and the harem was even more grand than his father's.
2. Mrs. Bian witnessed Cao Pi's indecent acts
When Cao Pi was seriously ill, Mrs. Bian came to visit, but witnessed a heinous scene. I saw Cao Pi's couch in front of a group of beauties who had been favored by Cao Cao, sitting or standing, waiting around the couch. Mrs. Bian recognized the identities of these people at a glance, and she was shocked and angry.
It stands to reason that after Cao Cao's death, these beauties should have been dismissed and left, and lived an ordinary life in peace. Unexpectedly, as soon as Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he actually called them back and hugged them. Mrs. Bian immediately understood her son's thoughts, Cao Pi regarded these beauties as her concubines, and it seemed that they were already intimate.
A young man in his prime, surrounded by these old aunts and wives, is also sad and lamentable. In the face of such an immoral scene, Mrs. Bian was immediately furious, pointed at her son and scolded: "It's better to be a dog and a mouse, damn it!" She really can't get used to seeing her son so debauched, it's just ruined.
It turned out that before Cao Cao's death, these beauties had been favored by him. According to the seniority, they should be honored as Cao Pi's "nephew". But Cao Pi not only did not feel ashamed of this, but accepted them as concubines and made love with them every day. According to the law of etiquette, such behavior is really offensive and outrageous.
What's even more disgusting is that Cao Pi doesn't care about his mother at all. Mrs. Bian reprimanded him to his face, but he turned a deaf ear and still indulged in lust, and talked to those old women. Mrs. Bian finally couldn't bear it anymore and walked away categorically, never wanting to see this "rebel" again.
Poor mother, my son has been living a life of debauchery since he ascended the throne and became emperor. is immersed in wine and wealth every day, and he simply leaves Mrs. Bian, her biological mother, behind. Those dusty women in the harem have become his bosom lovers. The thought of her son's depravity to such a point made Mrs. Bian extremely distressed.
However, Cao Pi's debauchery is not surprising. Before his death, he witnessed his father's extravagant and ugly deeds, how could he be exempt from vulgarity? What's more, when Cao Cao was in power, the entire government and the opposition were led by him to spoil the atmosphere. He was in power for a while, but he couldn't even restrain his own desires. In Cao Pi's eyes, the promiscuous style may not be a big mistake at all.
3. A new discovery that saddened Mrs. Bian
Although Mrs. Bian scolded her son Cao Pi fiercely, she didn't expect that there was a cruel truth waiting for her that made her feel even more chilling.
When Mrs. Bian saw the "Yingying Yanyan" who were clustered in front of Cao Pi's sickbed, she was surprised to find that these people were none other than Cao Cao's old love! Immediately, Mrs. Bian felt an unprecedented shock and sadness.
Before Cao Cao's death, these beauties were his heart. Their white steamed bun-like skin and finely crafted faces were once regarded as supreme treasures by Cao Cao. Whenever they were drinking and having fun, Cao Cao would definitely call them to him and personally pour wine and food for them, just like the children's Baixiao Lady.
And now, these former beauties and concubines have become Cao Pi's new love. It is conceivable that when Cao Cao just died, Cao Pi couldn't wait to include them in the harem. Ignoring etiquette, ignoring human ethics, and ignoring his mother's feelings, he only knows how to blindly covet pleasure. It's simply debauchery, debauchery, and no return.
Mrs. Bian naturally knew that these beauties were specially found by Cao Cao from the ends of the earth and hired with a lot of money. Every time he saw their faces, Cao Cao would be crazy and completely unable to extricate himself. Back then, Cao Cao exhausted all the savings in his family on these beauties, which was simply pampered.
What's even more outrageous is that several of these beauties are still other people's wives. Cao Cao ignored the etiquette and insisted on taking them as concubines, causing countless turmoil of right and wrong. Everyone knows that the reason why Zhang Xiu secretly attacked Cao Cao's military camp back then was because Cao Cao insulted his aunt. In that battle, if it weren't for Cao Cao's son Cao Ang being martyred and rescued, Cao Cao might have died in Huangquan.
At present, his son Cao Pi has also learned from his father Cao Cao's hand, and he does not hesitate to be unscrupulous and occupy these beauties. In Cao Cao's life, he was addicted to beauty and did a lot of unethical things. And son Cao
Pi carried forward this style even more, and simply swept all his father's concubines into his arms.
4. Cao Pi inherited his father's legacy of extravagance
Cao Pi's debauchery after succeeding to the throne was really something he learned from his father since he was a child.
Since he was a child, Cao Pi has often witnessed Cao Cao's extravagant lifestyle. He watched how his father spent his money and wasted all his family wealth just to hire a family full of beauties. There are countless concubines in the harem, and every day is a wine pond and a meat forest, drunk and golden.
Cao Cao is really in love with those beauties. As long as it is a delicate little face, he will ignore his past suspicions and do his best to accept it. Those women who had brought him countless killings back then have now all become his beautiful concubines. What's more, there are many women who were originally other people's wives and concubines. But Cao Cao still had no scruples, forcibly included them in the harem, and pampered them day and night.
Cao Pi witnessed all this, so he naturally took this as a routine. From the concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards to the singers of the Qinglou, all of them were questioned by Cao Cao. When Cao Pi grew up, he naturally learned to be greedy for beauty and beautiful people.
What's even more outrageous is that Cao Pi actually included some women who should have been avoided from afar into his harem. Before Cao Cao's death, these women were favored by him as treasures and accompanied him every day. But now, his son Cao Pi has taken them for himself, and he is intimate with them, which is simply absurd.
Once, Cao Pi was serving on the sickbed, and suddenly saw several beauties coming to serve, and he was suddenly overwhelmed. He immediately ordered the left and right to leave these beauties behind, and the rest were dismissed. Then he had a carnival with these people, drank alcohol for days, and was drunk and obsessed. Until in the end, he became ill from overwork and was critically ill and dying.
In fact, as early as a few years ago, Cao Pi had already contracted the vice of "flower bush game". At that time, the ministers of civil and military affairs of the government and the opposition all sighed secretly when they saw the emperor so debauched. There are even some old ministers who argue on the basis of reason and persuade them, but Cao Pi simply ignores them. On the contrary, he fell deeper and deeper, and he only knew that he was greedy for beauty all day long, and he had no mental politics.
Once, Cao Pi summoned dozens of beauties to the Yugou Pond to drink and have fun. The beauties showed their breasts and indulged in singing and dancing, and Cao Pi actually commented on them and their tastes. When others saw this, they all felt that it was immoral. But Cao Pi was completely shameless, and still talked about it and said some shameless words. In the end, it caused those beauties to laugh, and the scene was very obscene for a while.
5. The heir, Cao Zhenzhen, is full of ambition
Cao Pi lived a life of extravagance all his life, and finally died of illness due to hard work. His heir, Cao Zhen, witnessed all this, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.
Cao Zhen is young and strong, and he can withstand the temptation of power and beauty. On the one hand, he hated the style of his father and brother, but on the other hand, he longed for that kind of extravagant life. In the end, Cao Zhen chose to continue the family history and follow in Cao Pi's footsteps.
At the beginning of his tenure, Cao Zhen ordered that all the palace maids and beauties of the former dynasty be left behind and included in his harem. Among them, it naturally includes Cao Cao and Cao Pi's concubines. Although their elegance is long gone, in Cao Zhen's eyes, they are still the best beauties.
There are several old aunts and wives who are even older than Cao Zhen, the emperor, but he just loves them in his life. As soon as he saw their faces, Cao Zhen would be obsessed, and he couldn't wait to pull them to the dragon bed and storm them immediately.
The civil and military personnel of the government and the opposition secretly disagreed with Cao Zhen's behavior. After all, these old aunts and wives were originally the concubines of the ancestors of the Cao family, and they should be avoided from afar and should not be approached. But Cao Zhen just doesn't care, he is intimate with them all day long, unscrupulous.
What's more, Cao Zhen actually invited a famous prostitute who was active in the Qinglou into the harem and assigned her a boudoir. Such an immoral thing is unprecedented. At that time, the ministers of civil affairs and military affairs of the government and the opposition were secretly in an uproar. But no one could say that the emperor had the idea, so he could only watch this absurd drama continue to play out in the palace.
Once, Cao Zhen led everyone to drink and have fun by the pond. Suddenly, a palace lady offered a plate of fresh fruit, Cao Zhen was overjoyed, and immediately said to the beauties: "Who wants to taste it for me?" Suddenly, several beauties rushed forward, revealing a shy look. Seeing this, Cao Zhen was immediately overwhelmed, and threw one of the palace maids to the ground on the spot, and had a rainy day.
This kind of filthy scene is really chilling. But the government and the opposition didn't dare to say anything, so they could only stand by and watch. Afterwards, several old ministers finally mustered up the courage to play Cao Zhen, hoping that he could restrain his lust and rule the family with courtesy. Who knew that Cao Zhen didn't think so, but instead belittled these old ministers.
Since then, Cao Zhen has been even more presumptuous and reckless in the harem. He not only surrounded those old aunts and wives around him, but also tried every possible way to find new love, plunging the court into obscenity. Sometimes they even ignore the court meeting and only indulge in the wine all day long. It can really be said that the legacy left by the ancestors has finally been carried forward completely.