Is “Conspired with her father to eliminate Cao Cao, and was killed when the plot was exposed” true?
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Wu, records: 'In the eleventh month, Empress Fu of the Han dynasty was implicated for previously writing to her father, the former Commandant of the Cavalry, Fu Wan, saying that the Emperor resented Cao Cao because Dong Cheng had been executed, and the words were very ugly. When this was discovered, the Empress was deposed and died, and her brothers were all executed.' Chapter 066 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms dramatizes the cause and process of this event, but the core events are consistent with historical records.
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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