The original wife of The Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui, Yu Shi, once said a sentence "Cao Clan is self-righteous and unworthy", which means that from the beginning of Cao Cao to Cao Rui's generation, they like to set up some lowly people as the main room, and never take people by virtue. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao is a generation of adulterous heroes, but in the main history, he is a great poet, military expert, and politician at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the hero loves Jiangshan and loves beauty, and the fact that he is a man of affair cannot be hidden.
Lady Ding (?-219) was Cao Cao's original wife, and lady Ding did not give birth to a son and a half daughter after marrying Cao Cao. Later, Cao Cao took concubine Lady Liu, the eldest son Cao Ang and Princess Qinghe Chang, Lady Ding was kind and kind, and had a relatively good relationship with Lady Liu. Later, after Lady Liu's death, her son Cao Ang was raised by Lady Ding. Cao Ang's adoption by Lady Ding is equivalent to Cao Cao having an heir, and Lady Ding also does her best for Cao Ang, treating him like a parent and loving her. This also laid the groundwork for Lady Ding's later break with Cao Cao.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, and soon after, Cao Cao forcibly took Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou Shi and turned against Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu was so ashamed that he immediately launched his subordinates to rebel against Cao Cao. Caught off guard by Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao lost his general Dianwei and his eldest son Cao Ang. Cao Cao was naturally very sad about Cao Ang's death, and Lady Ding was even more bitter after she knew about it, washing her face with tears for several days, turning pain into hatred, not only that, but also accusing Cao Cao. Cao Cao was furious and sent Lady Ding back to her mother's house, wanting her to submit.
After Lady Ding left, Lady Bian became queen and gave birth to four sons, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong. Cao Cao, who still had feelings for Lady Ding, went to see her at home one day, and Lady Ding was weaving cloth, and someone told her that Cao Cao had come to Lady Ding but acted as if she had not heard. Cao Cao had no choice but to come to Madame Ding in person and say, "Come with me in the car and go home!" Lady Ding did not make a sound, and when Cao Cao saw it, he prepared to leave, and then turned back to Lady Ding and asked, "Is it really not okay?" Mrs. Ding was silent again. Cao Cao understood what she meant, "This is really a trick to say goodbye." Cao Cao then formally divorced her, and he also made it clear that if Lady Ding wanted, she could remarry.
After Lady Ding's death, she was buried in the south of Xu Capital, and although Lady Ding decided to leave that year, Cao Cao still felt guilty about her when she was dying.