Under the direct intervention of Empress Dowager Guo, a loser, Cao Chao (máo) was replaced by Cao Huan.

Cao Huan (246-302), whose real name is Cao Huang, is the grandson of Cao Cao, the son of Cao Yu, the last emperor of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and reigned from 260 to 265. He was emperor for five years.

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In May of the fifth year of Ganlu (260 years), Cao Chao summoned Wang Shen, Wang Jing, Wang Ye and other three people, and said indignantly: "Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by!" I can't sit back and be humiliated, and I should go out with the secretary and others today to ask for it. ”

So, despite the opposition of Empress Dowager Guo and the ministers, he led more than 300 palace people to crusade.

Wang Shen and Wang Ye first reported to Sima Zhao, Sima Zhao immediately sent troops into the palace to suppress, the two sides met at the east end of the palace door, Jia Chong led the army to meet Cao Chao under the south que, Jia Chong ordered Cheng Ji to kill Cao Chao, Cheng Ji pierced Cao Chao with a sword, Cao Chao died immediately in the car, only 20 years old.

Later, Sima Zhao killed the Chengji clan for the crime of "great rebellion".

Emperor Cao Chao of Wei was killed, and after consulting with the ministers, Sima Zhao proposed to establish Cao Ju (Cao Cao's son), but Empress Dowager Guo did not agree, so Cao Huang was renamed emperor. On the 8th day of the fifth month, Sima Zhao sent his son, Sima Yan, the middle protector, to the city of Ye (yè) to meet Cao Huang.

On the first day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Ganlu (260), the Empress Dowager Guo Shi (Empress Guo of the Ming Yuan) issued an edict to let Cao Huang change his name to Cao Huan. On the second day of the first month of June, Cao Huan came to the capital Luoyang (now Luoyang, Henan), after meeting the Empress Dowager Guo, on the same day in the front hall of Taiji that the emperor's throne, amnesty to the world, changed the name of the year to Jingyuan, and rewarded the ministers according to different titles.

On the fourth day of the sixth month of the first year of Jingyuan (260), Cao Huan worshiped the general Sima Zhao as the prime minister, and was named the Duke of Jin, and the food was increased by two counties, a total of ten counties, and the gift of nine tins was added.

In addition, for the children of the Sima family, those who do not yet have the title are all named pavilion marquis, and they are given tens of millions of dollars and 10,000 horses. Sima Zhao tried his best to refuse.

Although Cao Huan was nominally the emperor, he actually had no power in his hands, nor did he have any power in the ministers and the army, and was completely a puppet of the Sima clan.

Sima Zhao died, and his son Sima Yan succeeded him as Xiangguo and King of Jin. On November 12, Sima Yan usurped the power of Wei and established the Western Jin Dynasty, known as Emperor Wu of Jin, and the Wei State has since perished. On November 14, Cao Huan was relocated to Kim Yong City. When Cao Huan went out of the city, Taifu Sima Fu said goodbye to him, took his hand and wept and said, "I will be a loyal minister of Great Wei until I die." ”

On November 17, Emperor Wu of Jin named Cao Huan as the king of Chenliu, with ten thousand households, and the palace was arranged in Yecheng, giving him the use of the flag of the Son of Heaven, preparing the five-hour deputy car, and traveling to the Zhengshuo of the Wei State.

Its status, treatment, and ending can be said to be the best among the kings of the past dynasties.

In the first year of Emperor Hui of Jin (302), Cao Huan died in the feudal state of Chenliu at the age of fifty-eight, and the imperial court named him Emperor Yuan, and his descendants were called "Emperor Wei Yuan".

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Cao Huan's descendants have not been recorded in official records, so it is impossible to know if he had any descendants, and since his death coincided with the Eight Kings Rebellion, many records may have been lost or destroyed during that period.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty has always had the title of King Chen Liu, and the Southern Song Dynasty has a record of King Chen Liu's heir, but it is impossible to determine whether he is a descendant of Cao Huan, or a successor to the Cao family.

There has always been a mound near the Yecheng site that is said to be the tomb of Cao Huan, which was later confirmed by archaeological excavations that it was not Cao Huan's tomb. In addition, the Chen Liufeng state started by Cao Huan and passed on to the Southern Qi Dynasty for 214 years.

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Emperor Cao Huan of the Yuan Dynasty was a famous emperor in history. Under normal circumstances, the fate of the emperor of the dead country will not be too good, and the fate of the queen and concubines of the king of the dead country will be equally bad, so after Cao Huan was taken the throne by Sima Yan, what happened to his concubines?

As we all know, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, did not abuse Cao Huan, but treated him favorably, allowing Cao Huan not to be a minister, not to be courteous, and to give Cao Huan ten thousand households and the title of King Chen Liu.

From the 265 years after Cao Huan's abdication to the 302 years after Cao Huan's death, Cao Huan lived a rich and carefree life, regardless of political affairs, safe and happy, and unhappy.

Since Cao Huan can be courteous to Emperor Wu of Jin, then Cao Huan's concubines shouldn't be too bad, right?

When Cao Huan ascended the throne as emperor in 260, when he was only 14 years old, he was the grandson of Cao Cao and the son of Cao Yu, the king of Yan. Speaking of this Cao Yu, it is worth mentioning that he and Cao Chong, a famous genius boy in history, are also brothers of the same father and mother, they are both born to Cao Cao's concubine Huan.

Later, the reason why Cao Huan was able to be called the emperor was because his previous emperor Cao Chao was killed by the samurai Cheng Ji, and he was only 20 years old when he died, even if he had children, he was not big, and because of this, Sima Zhao and others would establish Cao Huan as the new emperor, which was equivalent to passing Cao Huan to Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming.

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We don't know how many concubines Cao Huan has, we only know that he has a queen Bian, known as Queen Bian in history. Empress Bian's grandfather Bian Bing is the younger brother of Empress Wuxuan Bian of Cao **, and Empress Bian's father is Bian Lin.

The empress of the previous Wei emperor, Cao Chao, and Empress Bian are still related, Bian Lin's brother Bian Lan is the grandfather of the empress, and Empress Bian should be her cousin.

Empress Bian was made empress in 263, because Cao Huan was forced to abdicate in 265, so Empress Bian only served for more than two years.

The palace arranged by Sima Yan for Cao Huan was in Yecheng, and after Cao Huan was demoted to King Chenliu, Empress Bian was demoted to Queen Chenliu. Cao Huan dragged his family to live in Yecheng. According to historical records, Queen Bian followed Cao Huan to Yecheng at that time, and the deeds are unknown since then.

Although there are not many records of this Empress Bian in history, we can still understand her character through the situation.

Empress Bian's father, Bian Lin, was a marquis of the dynasty, an infantry captain of the fourth rank, because Empress Bian was named the queen, and his wife Liu was named the king of Guangyang Township.

Empress Bian's family is a relative in the Cao Wei political group, and she looks noble but has no real power, but since Queen Bian can be established as the queen by Cao Huan, it can only mean that either Queen Bian is very loved by Cao Huan, or Cao Huan has to establish Bian as the queen.

Since Cao Cao's time, the Bian family has resolutely supported the Cao regime, and Empress Bian's grandfather was the group of people who supported Cao Pi as the emperor.

So do Cao Huan and Queen Bian have any descendants left? In 302, the 58-year-old Cao Huan died, and since then, although the title of King Chen Liuwang has been retained, it is not clear how many generations have been passed down, and whether they are Cao Huan's direct bloodline.

Cao Huan's death was during the Eight Kings Rebellion, and many records at that time may have been maliciously destroyed or accidentally lost, so there is no record of Cao Huan's descendants in the official records.

Judging from the records of Cao Qianhei, the king of Chenliu, in the Song capital of the Southern Dynasty, it is very likely that Cao Huan and Empress Bian had descendants, and their descendants were also passed down to the Qi era of the Southern Dynasty, almost 214 years old. If you add the forty years of the existence of the Cao Wei regime, the people of the Cao royal family can be said to have lasted for nearly three hundred years!