Zhang Chunhua | Jin

Name: Zhang Chunhua

Age: 45 (Born 189)

Appearance: Zhang Chunhua is a beautiful, tall, middle-aged woman with a slender, yet well-endowed body. She has long light brown hair and light brown eyes, with demure and mature facial features. She takes care of her appearance, maintaining smooth skin and good figure. She dresses elegantly, using ornate gold pins to accessorize her hair and wears shades of purple and teal.

Personality: Always seen with a soft smile on her face, Zhang Chunhua is a wise and capable mother. Yet she shows signs of her wickedly cryptic side when she is not pleased, causing even her own family to fear offending her. Her criticism is blunt to help bring out the other party's true potential. She’s a frightening, but wise mother with good intentions. She apparently makes the best meat buns ever, and her oldest son Sima Shi absolutely adores them. Zhang Chunhua adores her sons, but refuses to spoil them, preferring scoldings and discipline when necessary while also praising them for their accomplishments.

Zhang Chunhua sees past Sima Yi's facade enough for him to be afraid of her. Despite being the seemingly dominant one in their relationship, her relationship with her husband is harmonious and she does care for him. The wife is content to step aside for her husband, but will occasionally force him to make decisions he would normally reject. She sternly addresses Sima Yi as "My Lord" or "Husband". Zhang Chunhua deems Wang Yuanji to be more responsible than either of her sons, often giving the younger lady tips on how to discipline Sima Zhao.

Her weapon of choice is an urumi, though she also has an affinity with wired gloves that her husband used to use. As the primary wife of Sima Yi’s household, she manages his concubines and his other children as well-- though she’s very strict with Sima Yi about it, and refuses to allow him to neglect her.

Background: Zhang Chunhua was from Pinggao County. Her father, Zhang Wang, served as the Prefect of Suyi County in the state of Cao Wei. Her mother was a grandaunt of Shan Tao, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. In her youth, Zhang Chunhua was already known for her good moral conduct, intelligence and wisdom

She married Sima Yi at a very young age-- she was 13 and he was 23. When she was a teenager, Sima Yi wanted to avoid serving Cao Cao and pretended to be sick. Sima Yi lied that he suffered from paralysis and stayed at home. One day, while Sima Yi was drying his books under the sun, there was a sudden downpour, so he immediately rushed out to collect his books. One of his maids saw what happened. Zhang Chunhua was worried that the maid would leak out news that Sima Yi was well and get their family into trouble, so she killed the maid to silence her. She then personally prepared meals for the family. Sima Yi was very impressed with her.

She gave birth to her oldest son Sima Shi when she was 19, and then had Sima Zhao a few years after. She had another son, Sima Gan, many years later when she was in her 40s. She also had a daughter.

When Sima Yi once chose to favor one of his concubines over her, Zhang Chunhua became angry and attempted to starve herself to death, bringing her sons into the pact with her. Sima Yi was so shocked that he immediately apologized to his wife and reconciled with her, much to her satisfaction

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