The Cao clan who gave birth to Liu Bang's eldest son, Liu Fei, was just an identity, whose status was no better than Lü Yan's, and who was not as spoiled as a poor woman who was half a point of Lady Qi, and even the annals of history were unwilling to use too much ink to describe her.
If Liu Bang gave favor to Lady Qi, then Lü Yan at least had the identity of a proper wife, and Cao Shi was posthumously named Liu Bangji's concubine after his death, and his only son was also brutally poisoned by Lü Hou, and had to recognize his half-sister as a mother to escape the possibility of being poisoned and survive.
Everyone said that Lü Yan and Liu Bang were a couple in distress, doing their best for Liu Bang and taking care of the family, but Cao Shi also followed him when Liu Bang was destitute, with no name, no dependence, and even not recognized, but Cao Shi still fell in love with this person who would make great achievements in the future at a glance, and gave birth to Liu Bang's first son in his life, Liu Fei.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > what kind of woman is Cao Shi, who has left few footprints in the annals of history? </h1>
Sima Qian made a simple count of Liu Bang's eight wives and concubines in the "Records of History", including Lü Hou, Qi Ji, Bo Ji, Zhao Ji, Shi Meiren, Lady Guan, Zhao Zi'er and others, and there was also Cao Shi and Lady Cao. In the "History of qi mourning the huiwang family", it is recorded:
"Qi mourned Liu Fei, the King of Hui, and Gao Zu Changshu Nanye. His maternal grandmother was also known as the Cao clan. "
In addition, the eighth biography of the Five Kings of Han also mentions the identity of the Cao clan:
"Lady Cao was born to mourn King Fei... Qi Zhao Hui Wang Fei, his mother Gao ZuWei shi foreign wife also. "
It can be seen from this that in these two historical records, Cao Shi is mentioned as a foreign wife of Liu Bang, so what is a foreign wife? It is generally a concubine or adulterer who a man marries elsewhere other than his wife. The Cao clan was already together before Liu Bang and Lü Yan got married, and had no name, but maintained a long-term relationship with Liu Bang.
Cao Shi, whose birth and death years are unknown, may be Liu Bang's compatriots, and the most recognized person about her identity is the tavern owner's wife, a widow. In the early years, Liu Bang met when his parents were pavilion chiefs, Xu Liu Bang loved to drink, and often went to the tavern where Cao's was located, and the two became acquainted with each other when they came and went. Cao's eight-sided exquisite, enthusiastic and heroic, quite posture, although Liu Bang is like a scoundrel, but can speak the Tao, chivalrous and courageous, the two attract each other, just live together. At that time, Liu Bang was idle all day, did not like to do farm work, and even his own father looked down on him, but Cao Shi was willing to be with him and give birth to a child for him, which was enough to see his love and liking for Liu Bang. However, Liu Bang later married Lü Yan, so he rarely contacted her again, and even became somewhat distant.
During this period, cao gave birth to Liu Bang's eldest son, Liu Fei. Later, from the records of the "Records of History", "Book of Han" and other historical records, it can be inferred that in 205 BC, when Xiang Yu returned to defend against the defeat of the Han army, he not only captured Lü Yan and others, but also took Cao Shi and took them as hostages, chu Han and hou they were released, as for the ending, it is unknown, but the only thing that is certain is that Cao Shi died early, at least when Liu Bang was called emperor, she was no longer there.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the only person left by Cao in history who can prove his footprint is his son Liu Fei. </h1>
Liu Fei has two things worth paying attention to in this life:
First, when fiefdoms were fiefdoms, the largest of the kings was the one.
In the sixth year of Han Gaozu, Liu Fei was enfeoffed as the King of Qi, and the fief had seventy cities and pools, stipulating that all qi-speaking people were under the jurisdiction of Liu Fei. Therefore, many people speculate that this is not Liu Bang's compensation for Liu Fei because he feels guilty about Cao Shi? You know, Lady Cao has no name and no patron, but his son has the most cities. Or maybe Liu Bang was grateful for Cao's kindness to her before, so he took extra care of Liu Fei. However, this also brought hidden dangers to Liu Fei.
Second, he was willing to lower himself to his own generation and recognize his half-sister as his mother.
Even if the city has the most generations? After all, it is also a courtier, and with such a fierce and fierce concubine as Lü Hou, if you are not careful, you will die.
In the second year of Emperor Hui of Han, Emperor Hui of Han set up a banquet in The Lü Harem to entertain Liu Fei and invite him to drink together, Lü Yan wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Fei, unfortunately, the poisonous cup of wine happened to be picked up by Liu Ying, which frightened Lü Hou and hurriedly overturned the wine glass, which aroused Liu Fei's suspicions. Seeing this situation, Liu Fei immediately pretended to be drunk and left, summoned the strategists around him to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to dedicate the Chengyang Commandery of the State of Qi to Princess Lu Yuan, the daughter of Empress Lü, and honor Princess Lu Yuan as empress dowager, so as to avoid the disaster.
In history, Liu Bang gave his status to Lü Yan and favored Lady Qi, Jiangshan was Bo Ji's son, only Cao Shi lived unclearly, and his son would have to tremble and live carefully in the end.