Is “Participated in sewing the Edict in the Girdle and pleaded for Consort Dong” true?
Chapter 024 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fictionalizes Emperor Xian 'discussing the matter of Dong Cheng in private with Empress Fu,' and when Cao Cao wanted to kill Consort Dong, who was five months pregnant, Empress Fu pleaded for her, saying, 'Demote her to the cold palace, and after she gives birth, kill her then.' The Records of the Three Kingdoms has no record of Empress Fu participating in the Edict in the Girdle or pleading for Consort Dong.
Empress Fu of Emperor Xian of Han. The Romance fictionalizes her involvement in the Edict in the Girdle and her transformation into a vengeful ghost after death, while her deposition and execution for conspiring with her father is historical fact.
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