The first of the four beauties in the Spring and Autumn Period, Madam Xi saved a country by herself. What about her bumpy life
Duke Chen Zhuang, the king of the State of Chen, has two daughters. The youngest daughter, Chen Gui, is known as Madam Xi in history because she married to Xi. Since peach blossoms within ten miles of the territory of the State of Chen were blooming at the time of birth, later generations are more accustomed to calling her Lady Peach Blossom. Chen Zhuang spent all his time to choose Xi Hou, the king of Xi, as his son-in-law. But no one expected that the marriage would turn the two countries into meat on the chopping board of other countries. When Mrs. Xi married to Xi, she happened to pass by the territory of Cai where her sister was. With the gift of sisterly affection, her sister asked her husband, Hou Ai, to reunite her sisters for a moment. Marquis Cai Ai was addicted to wine and sex. He had heard that his wife's younger sister had the look of a great nation. He immediately agreed to the request and sent people to invite the married people to the capital to have a banquet. Mrs. Xi went to the banquet with her happy makeup because she hadn't seen her sister for a long time and didn't think much about it. As soon as Mrs. Xi stepped into the banquet hall, her unique appearance made all guests in the hall exclaim "Tianren". As her brother-in-law, Cai Aihou could not help swallowing saliva. With the deepening of the banquet, the drunken Hou Cai Ai did not suppress his desire after all. He even teased Madam Xi several times in public. Seeing that her own sister took pictures of Hou Cai Ai, she dared not persuade him to be honest. Madam Xi, who was very contemptuous, forced her anger to leave the country of Cai and went to the country of Xi. When he first learned that his wife had been molested by his brother-in-law, Hou Cai Aihou, he was furious and vowed to avoid this humiliation. However, due to the gap in national strength, Xi Hou came up with a plan to kill people by borrowing a knife. At that time, Xiong Fei, the king of Chu Wen, wanted to annex the State of Cai. Everyone knew that Xi Hou secretly sent people to offer treasure to the State of Chu, and proposed that the State of Chu should attack Xi. Then the Xi Hou asked Cai for help. So when the city of Cai was empty, Chu could wipe out Cai at one stroke. In fact, as Xi Hou thought, when Cai Aihou knew that Xi had been destroyed, he immediately sent all the troops to rescue Xi. However, just as the army started, it was attacked by King Wen of Chu and Xi Hou. Hou Cai Aihou was captured and detained in the State of Chu. He was still immersed in the hatred of insulting his wife at the end of his life. However, he did not know the fight back of Hou Cai Aihou. When Marquis Cai Ai learned that he was framed by Marquis Xi and fell into such a situation, he found King Wen of Chu and told his wife that the appearance of Marquis Xi was rare in the world and accurately touched the heart of King Wen of Chu like a tiger or a wolf. King Wen of Chu immediately raised his troops to attack Xi. In the face of the State of Chu, which was several times more powerful than his own, Xi had no ability to parry. Finally, Xi was captured and Xi was destroyed. When Mrs. Dangxi learned that it was her own appearance that caused disaster for the country, she resolutely planned to throw herself into a well. But King Wen of Chu sent a lobbyist to persuade him: "If Xi Fu lives, then Xi Hou and Xi people live;"; When Madam Xi dies, Marquis Xi and the people of Xi die. In order to save the lives of Wenfu and the people of the whole country, Madam Xi had no choice but to marry King Wen of Chu. Three years after their marriage, Mrs. Xi never spoke to King Wen of Chu on her own initiative, even though she gave birth to two sons for him. When King Wen of Chu asked her why, Mrs. Xi replied with a straight face: I had no choice but to marry two husbands, but I could not control my own life and death. In the same year, King Wen of Chu died of illness. Mrs. Xi thought she would be free from this life, but she didn't want to have something more offensive waiting for her. Because before the death of King Wen of Chu, there was no successor, so that in the sixth year after his death.
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