厥姬 / Jue Ji (Hengshan Consort)

Overview

厥姬 / Jue Ji is a favored consort of 衡山王刘赐 and the mother of two sons. Hanji 305-1 presents her rivalry with new queen 徐来 as the trigger for an accusation that turns crown prince 刘爽 against his stepmother.

Current Profile

After 徐来 becomes queen, Jue Ji allegedly tells Liu Shuang that Xu Lai’s southern maid practices sorcery and that Xu Lai caused first queen 乘舒’s death. The claim gives Liu Shuang a personal explanation for his mother’s death and sharpens a succession rivalry already rooted in competing maternal branches.

Key Characteristics

• Favored consort excluded from the queen’s position after 乘舒’s death.
• Rival who uses an unverified sorcery allegation against Xu Lai.
• Trigger figure whose accusation intensifies the crown-prince–queen conflict.

Evidence

Status rivalry and allegation:

• Hanji 305-1 says Jue Ji resents Xu Lai’s elevation and tells Liu Shuang that Xu Lai used a maid’s sorcery against 乘舒.

Political effect:

• Hanji 305-1 links that allegation to Liu Shuang’s growing hostility toward Xu Lai.

Qualifications

The transcript calls her “爵姬”; the page uses 厥姬 as the canonical form aligned with the identified Hengshan household. The sorcery and homicide allegation is not treated as established fact, and this short source gives no later profile or outcome for her.

What Changed

• Created Jue Ji as the canonical identity behind the transcript form “爵姬.”
• Kept the sorcery story explicitly at the level of accusation and political effect.

Relationships

• 衡山王刘赐 - favored partner and father of her two sons.
• 徐来 - rival elevated to queen.
• 刘爽 - audience for her accusation and vehicle of its political effect.
• 宠幸驱动的废嫡立庶 - succession-risk context in which consort rivalry becomes politically consequential.