Cao Cao's original wife was Lady Ding. Due to the death of her adopted son Cao Ang, Lady Ding broke up with Cao Cao and later even divorced Cao Cao.
You must know that Cao Cao was the chancellor of the Han Dynasty at that time, and he controlled the entire imperial court, in fact, he controlled the entire world. Taking a step back, even if he only controls one-third of the world, he is actually quite a great figure, like an emperor. As Lady Ding of the main chamber, as long as Cao Cao became emperor, she would be an empress. Guarding a chance to be an empress, why did he have to break with Cao Cao and divorce him?
(Mrs. Ding stills)
Lady Ding broke with Cao Cao because of the death of Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang.
Cao Cao originally had two wives, one Lady Ding and one Lady Liu. Lady Ding was a concubine, and Lady Liu was a concubine. However, Lady Ding did not have children, and Lady Liu gave birth to a son and a daughter. This son is Cao Ang. Although Mrs. Liu was able to give birth, her life was not good, and she died before she lived long. Therefore, Cao Cao passed Cao Ang over to Lady Ding and made her Lady Ding's adopted son.
Cao Ang was a strong martial artist and a figure of high moral character, and at the age of twenty he was "filial piety". At that time, "raising filial piety" was equivalent to the later jinshi and the first, showing that Cao Ang was a figure with both character and learning.
Later, Cao Ang followed Cao Cao in the southern expedition to the north and made a lot of merits, and Cao Cao also attached great importance to him and cultivated him as a successor. However, later in the Battle of Wancheng, because Cao Cao snatched Zhang Ji's widow, Zhang Ji's younger brother Zhang Xiu was very dissatisfied. Therefore, after surrendering to Cao Cao, he rebelled internally and caught Cao Cao off guard.
At that time, Cao Cao was very embarrassed, and his mounts were all shot to death. Cao Ang gave cao cao his mount and ran to escort cao cao to retreat. Later, Cao Ang also stayed with Dianwei and others to leave time for Cao Cao to evacuate after the final break. As a result, both he and Dianwei were killed on the battlefield.
After Cao Ang's death, Lady Ding was very emotional, saying that Cao Cao had killed her son and cried a lot about Cao Cao. Cao Cao couldn't bear it, so he punished him a little and sent her back to her mother's house.
(Cao Ang stills)
Later, Cao Cao felt very ashamed of his son Cao Ang, so he went to See Lady Ding's house. At that time, Lady Ding was weaving cloth, but she had always ignored Cao Cao. Cao Cao spoke to her many times, but she did not respond. Cao Cao patted her on the back and asked her to go back, but she ignored her, making Cao Cao very faceless.
Cao Cao knew that his affair with Lady Ding was irretrievable, so he announced his divorce from Lady Ding and asked Lady Ding's parents to remarry her. Ancient kings preferred to beat a concubine they didn't like into the cold palace, and it was impossible for her to remarry. Cao Cao was able to remarry his wife because he felt guilty about Cao Ang, and therefore also felt guilty about Lady Ding.
However, Mrs. Ding's parents did not dare to marry Mrs. Ding, so Mrs. Ding eventually died in her mother's house.
Well, after all, Cao Ang also died. Although he died because of the protection of Cao Cao, As an adoptive mother, Lady Ding should feel very proud of her son's actions.
In the current value system, if the child sacrifices her life for the country, it is very painful to be a mother, but she should still be proud. Ancient times were monarchical societies, and ancient kings were equivalent to the state. Being both a king and a father, it is a great honor to die for both the father and the king. Why did Lady Ding say that Cao Cao had killed her son?
(Cao Cao stills)
Admittedly, the reason why Mrs. Ding did this is because she has no insight, her personality is very stubborn, and at the same time, she will not be a person. She said that she would not be a man because when she was a concubine, she was very bad for Cao Cao's other wives and concubines. Cao Cao later married Lady Bian and others, and she was very vicious toward Lady Bian and often beat and scolded them. However, Mrs. Bian is very good at being a person. Later, after Cao Cao divorced Lady Ding and made Lady Bian a concubine, Lady Bian also sent things to Lady Ding many times and invited her to dinner many times. And every time he invited her to dinner, he put her in the top position. This made Mrs. Ding ashamed of herself.
Although Mrs. Ding has a bad personality, it should be said that she still knows what is at stake. Even if her adopted son was gone, as a concubine, as long as Cao Cao developed, her status was completely unafe, why did she do such a decisive thing?
I think that this matter is of course related to Mrs. Ding's personality. However, the reason why Mrs. Ding has such a character is also because she sees a great crisis and feels panic. Because although she is a concubine, because she does not have a son, it is very difficult to say whether her position will be preserved in the future. It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Ding is so emotionally fierce that she does something irreparable.
(References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Luo)