Lady Cai
蔡氏
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- Ancestral home
- Xiangyang (Xiangyang, Hubei)
- Book mentions
- 10
Roles:
noble lady
Factions:
Liu Biao
(primary)
Links:
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Wikipedia entry Bio
Appears in 4 chapters:
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Chapter 34
— Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
Lady Cai; Liu Biao's second wife; eavesdrops on Liu Biao and Liu Bei's heir discussion. Pushes Cai Mao to kill Liu Bei at the Xiangyang banquet.
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Chapter 35
— Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang; Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye.
Prays her husband into remitting her brother Cai Mao's death sentence - while her stepson Liu Qi weeps to Liu Bei that she 'always cherishes a wish to put me out of the way.'
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Chapter 40
— Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou; Zhuge Liang Burns Xinye.
Seals the dying lord behind closed doors, forges the testament that puts her fourteen-year-old son over the rightful heir, buries Liu Biao without telling his son or his sworn ally - and steps from behind the screen at the surrender council to end the debate: 'why refer to me when three such gentlemen coincide?'
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Chapter 41
— Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River; Zhao Zilong Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang.
Throws her arms about her son and weeps as Yu Jin's soldiers close in - the end of the woman who forged a testament to rule Jingzhou, murdered beside Liu Zong on the road to his exile posting.