甄宓是有名的倾城美女，是袁熙的妻子。在公元204年，曹操率领大军攻打邺城，袁绍兵败后他们直入宫殿。袁绍的权臣为了献殷勤献出甄宓，曹操和曹丕都对甄宓一见钟情，生气的曹操把曹丕派到了南皮。甄宓害怕自己落入曹操的手里准备自尽，但是偶然间被曹植就下来，在紫嫣帮助两人传达情谊后，两人渐渐互生情愫。不久后，曹丕就因为立下战功回城了，曹丕本人十分腹黑又很有野心，对甄宓深情又专一，回到邺城的第一件事就是请求曹操娶甄宓为妻。甄宓知道曹丕的野心，为了帮助曹植成为世子答应嫁给曹丕，却是以两人世子之争作为条件。曹丕在妾室郭笑和其他权臣的献计之下，再也忍不住对权利的渴望选择背弃诺言，最终继承了魏王之位，并且对曹丕暗下杀手。曹丕不认亲人之间互相残杀，留下七步诗后到洛水归隐了

Zhen Mi is a famous alluring beauty and the wife of Yuan Xi. In 204 AD, Cao Cao led an army to attack Yecheng. After Yuan Shao's defeat, they went straight to the palace. Yuan Shao's powerful officials sacrificed Zhen Mi for their gallantry. Both Cao Cao and Cao Pi fell in love with Zhen Mi at first sight. An angry Cao Cao sent Cao Pi to Nanpi. Zhen Mi was afraid that she would fall into Cao Cao's hands and was about to commit suicide, but by chance Cao Zhi took her down. After Zi Yan helped the two convey their friendship, the two gradually fell in love with each other. Soon after, Cao Pi returned to the city because of his military exploits. Cao Pi himself was very dark and ambitious, and he was affectionate and dedicated to Zhen Mi. The first thing he did when he returned to Yecheng was to ask Cao Cao to marry Zhen Mi as his wife. Knowing Cao Pi's ambition, Zhen Mi agreed to marry Cao Pi in order to help Cao Zhi become the heir, but it was conditional on the dispute between the two men. Under the advice of his concubine Guo Xiao and other powerful officials, Cao Pi could no longer bear the desire for power and chose to break his promise, and finally succeeded to the throne of King Wei, and secretly assassinated Cao Pi. Cao Pi denied that relatives killed each other, left a seven-step poem and went to Luoshui to live in seclusion