Words about Marry and Love (14-5)

Until now, it seemed between曹植 (2) and甄 (3) there was a Platonic love. The formal history book wrote like this. But in recent year, as scholars had more chance to get necessary materials and they can speak more freely, a new opinion was emerged.

First of all, 曹植 (2) was nine years younger than甄 (3). It just like some young boy love an old woman.  On the other side, after few years, as曹丕 (1) found favour of his other wife Lady 郭 (8), 曹丕 (1) killed甄 (3) and confer title of empress on Lady 郭 (8); he had never do this to甄 (3). At that time, 曹植 (2) wrote another poem to complain some unknown person, in an unaccountably way. The formal historian explain that was the revenge of 曹丕 (1), who could not stand his wife love his brother. But why he didn’t kill his brother only kill his wife? Someone found a clue from the birthday of曹睿 (7) the son of曹丕 (1) and甄 (3). They found he was born at the year of 204 AD. This clue explained everything. The fact is that曹植 (2) fell in love with his sister-in-law like The Rebound, but this sister-in-law was not love 曹植 (2) as well. At that time she was thirty something years old, in ancient time she was nearly an old woman. What she cared about was her children, yet from the birthday we know her son曹睿 (7) was not the son of曹丕 (1) but son of her former husband that the son of 曹操’s enemy. As曹丕 (1) knew that he is not his own son, he dared not to blame甄 (3). For曹睿 (7) was the only son that曹丕 (1) have. (Perhaps曹丕 (1) marry her for the son, not for love.) In ancient time, had son or not would decide one should be the heir or not. At that time, 曹丕 (1) knew his father was hesitate about who would be his heir and曹植 (2) had two sons already. If曹丕 (1) had no son, the more likely result was that their father make曹植 (2) his heir.