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"Because the child felt that... the robbery has changed and it is meaningless. Besides, the emperor issued an order to clarify that there was no robbery, but it was something that Dong Cheng and others made by themselves, so the child just laughed it off and didn't... take it to heart."

Cao Zhi stammered and explained to his father. Cao Cao looked at him with a gloomy face and asked coldly: "Is that so much?"

“This is… the real reason.”

After a while, Cao Cao sighed, "It seems that I was wrong. You are indeed not suitable for politics. If you are willing to do your wholeheartedness, it may be more suitable for you."

Cao Zhi felt sad and shed tears and said, "The child is incompetent, which disappoints his father."

Cao Cao likes Cao Zhi the most. As the saying goes, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Today's anger is also because he has too much expectations for this child. Seeing that his face is full of tears, he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart and said softly: "Get up."

Cao Zhi stood up and stood with his hands down. Cao Cao stared at the roof. After a while, he sighed and said, "I will explain the true meaning of this matter to you. Liu Jing said that he wanted me to give up the position of prime minister, not to mock me, but to tell me that he asked for a political status that suits his identity. Of course, this is just his asking price, but he also said that he was willing to exchange his robes for the position of Yizhou governor. This sentence does not lie in Yizhou governor, but in that case, he will not threaten me with robes and will not completely break up with me. This is borrowing robes and robes to express his attitude to me. Do you understand?"

Cao Zhi woke up as if he was dreaming. It turned out that Liu Jing's words contained such a deep meaning. He took it for granted that it was his casual words. Cao Zhi felt very guilty and kowtowed again to apologize. "The child is stupid. It's only now that he understands Liu Jing's deep meaning. The child ignores this matter and deserves death."

"You did make a big mistake. At that time, he had just taken over Yizhou and had not yet stabilized. He was still hesitant about whether the Northern Expedition was. If we accepted his conditions at that time, exchanged the Yizhou Governor with a belt, and then took this opportunity to continue to talk in depth and give him the position he wanted. Perhaps he would temporarily stop the Northern Expedition, and I would win time to completely restore my vitality and make a peaceful deployment. Your uncle Xiahou would not be killed, but it was your carelessness that led to this serious situation today, and it was impossible to negotiate now."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao sighed a long time, full of loss. He could only say that this was God's will. How could he let an inexperienced son negotiate at that time? He was confused.

"You go and learn from your brother, care more about the autumn harvest and people's livelihood. Don't go to the brothel to drink and slut, go."

"Boy remembered it"

Cao Zhi kowtowed heavily, got up and left in a daze. Cao Cao paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Although his stupidity caused him to lose a chance to negotiate with Liu Jing, it was not the opportunity that was completely cut off. At least he could talk about it again now.

Of course, Cao Cao knew what Liu Jing wanted. He wanted to rule the world and gather the power of the emperor, but he couldn't give it to him, because once he ruled the world, it would mean the destruction of the Cao family. During the Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Cao suggested that Liu Jing be the emperor, but he wanted Liu Jing to be another Liu Xie, so there was a fundamental conflict of interest between them.

But what Cao Cao wanted was time. As long as he gave him another year, he would be able to fully restore his strength before the Battle of Chibi. At that time, Liu Jing would not have threatened him like today.

While Cao Cao was pondering, a guard reported at the door: "Report to the Prime Minister, the eunuch Mi said he had something urgent to ask for a meeting."

Cao Cao looked back at the guard, nodded, "Let him come in."

Mi Eunuch is Mi Ying, the confidant eunuch around Liu Xie. This person is Liu Xie's book boy. He grew up in the palace together and had a broken relationship with Liu Xie. As early as five years ago, he expressed his loyalty to Cao Cao and became the most secret detective who Cao Cao had placed next to Liu Xie.

Mi Ying would write a secret report about Liu Xie every ten days, reporting Liu Xie to Cao Cao one by one, and even Liu Xie's sexual intercourse, Cao Cao knew clearly. Cao Cao even knew that Liu Xie had had secretly contacted Liu Jing twice because it was Mi Ying who went to Xiangyang.

Cao Cao also hated Mi Ying and generally would not see this person. He only read the report he wrote. But today he rushed to report, which made Cao Cao feel a little alert. What happened.

After a moment, the guard brought Mi Ying in. Mi Ying knelt down and kowtowed, "The official slave paid a visit to the Prime Minister."

Cao Cao glanced at the white and fat eunuch in disgust, and didn't even have the minimum smirk, and asked coldly: "What's wrong?"

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the official slave discovered a secret about Queen Fu."

"What secret"

Cao Cao was immediately interested, sat down and urged him: "Let's talk about it in detail."

"The official slave found that Empress Fu often contacted her father and brother, and whenever there was news, he would immediately go to the emperor to speak."

Cao Cao suddenly had a hint of doubt in his heart. He pondered for a moment and asked again: "Is there anything strange here?"

"There is something strange, that is, the emperor is very interested in this matter. In the past, Queen Fu looked for him during the day, but he refused to see him, so he asked the official slave to find various reasons to make excuses. But in the past two months, as long as Queen Fu looked for him, he immediately called the queen to the secret room to talk, and even I refused to say what they had talked about."

Cao Cao nodded. He knew that if even Mi Ying didn't know the content of the conversation, then no one would know. This shows the secret of the conversation. This must be not a conversation between husband and wife. Is Fu Wan another Dong Cheng?

Cao Cao sneered in his heart. Did Fuwan dare to conspire to rebel against him? Cao Cao has learned from Dong Cheng's lesson. Don't be too early to alert the snake. Just let Fuwan arrange it. When he wins over more gangs, he will be able to catch it all in one go.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao said to Mi Ying: "You should use your intimate relationship with Tian to give him advice and make him trust you, and then he will naturally reveal the plan to you. Don't come to me directly in the future, I will send someone to contact you secretly."

"The official slave understands that he will definitely get things done."

Mi Ying kowtowed respectfully and slowly retreated. At this time, Cao Cao called him again and asked, "Does Shizhong Xun still go to see the emperor?"

"Report to the Prime Minister, he has never been there since he was last time. However, he wrote two more letters to the Lord, and the Lord burned them after reading them. No one knew what was inside."

Cao Cao had a gloomy face for a while and snorted: "Go ahead."

"Official slaves say goodbye"

Mi Ying hurried away. Cao Cao's thoughts about Liu Jing were interrupted by this matter. After pondering for a long time, he ordered: "Send Hua Xin to come to see me quickly."

Not long after, the Secretary of State Ling Huaxin hurriedly walked in and bowed and said, "I am in charge of the Prime Minister."

Hua Xin is Cao Cao's confidant, and he is a capable confidant. He is not a famous minister in governing the country, but a capable official who solves his problems for the lord. He is especially good at guessing the best. Therefore, everything he does is deeply attracted by Cao Cao's heart. Cao Cao usually asks him to do some disgraceful secret things.

"Do you pay attention to Fu Wanfa during this period and want to grasp their movements? Do you understand?"

Hua Xin changed his mind and immediately understood what Cao Cao meant. It must be that the father-in-law Fu had secretly colluded with the puppet emperor. He immediately bowed and said, "Prime Minister, don't worry, I will definitely get things done."

He bowed and left, Cao Cao pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Prepare the vehicle, I want to go to Xun Shizhong's mansion."

Xun Yu was still an official in the court. He was unable to enter the Wei State, that is, he did not enter the real center of power. Of course, this was not because Cao Cao excluded him, but because Xun Yu was determined to be a minister of Wei. He was a minister of the Han Dynasty, not a minister of the Wei State.

If Xun Yu worked hard to unify the north in the past and made great contributions, then when Cao Cao's role began to transform from prime minister to Wei Gong, Xun Yu also made the greatest choice in his life. He chose to be loyal to the Han Dynasty and began to split from Cao Cao.

Especially when Cao Cao asked to be granted the title of Duke of Wei and received the Nine Tin, he was firmly opposed by Xun Yu. He wrote a letter to Cao Cao, denounced Cao Cao for his betrayal of his belief. The Duke originally promoted the righteous army to safeguard the Ningguo, uphold the sincerity of loyalty and concessions; the king loved his friends with virtue, and should not do this.

It was this letter that completely broke the friendship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu. Xun Yu's huge influence in the court made him a big stumbling block for Cao Cao to be named King of Wei.

Xun Yu was a little sick these two days, and he was free and at home when he entered the court. In the room, Xun Yu was replying to his brother Xun Yan. Xun Yu only learned that Xun Jin's Xun Zhi represented the Xun family to take the exam, and was ranked fifth in high school. He was appointed as the magistrate of Lingyang County, Wuling County.

Although Xun Yu also knew that Liu Jing's real purpose of openly recruiting scholars was to win over northern families, he always felt that the Xun family sent their younger brother to Xiangyang for the exam, and was a little anxious, so he needed to remind his brother again that before the overall situation in the world was clear, do not act rashly for the time being, so as not to bring unintentional disasters to the family.

At this time, his eldest son Xun Yun reported at the door: "Father, the Prime Minister is here."

Xun Yu was shocked. He didn't expect Cao Cao to come. After pondering for a moment, he stopped writing and said, "Just say I am sick and can't greet you in person. You can invite him to my study for me."

Xun Yun hurried out to greet Cao Cao for his father. In fact, Xun Yun was Cao Cao's son-in-law, so Xun Yu could let him greet Cao Cao. Xun Yun went to the outer hall and bowed deeply to Cao Cao, "Report to my father-in-law, my father is sick and cannot go out to show off. I specially ordered my son-in-law to welcome him on his behalf. I hope my father-in-law will forgive me."

Cao Cao smiled, "The family is in the family and there are not so many etiquettes. My son-in-law can bring it in front of me."

"Please, father-in-law"

Xun Yun led Cao Cao to his father's study. At this time, Cao Cao's daughter Cao Jin, who was married to the Xun family, also came to pay homage to his father. Cao Cao told her a few words, and then followed Xun Yun into the courtyard. Xun Yu was standing in front of the study door waiting. When he saw Cao Cao walking into the courtyard, he immediately bowed and said, "Xun Yu meets the Prime Minister."

"If you feel sick, don't stand in the yard, come into the house quickly."

Cao Cao pulled Xun Yu into the room with great concern. At this time, he did not have any prime minister's stance. He was completely like a relative, talking and laughing, and intimate. However, Xun Yu knew that he could not see Cao Cao's appearance. He would have a deep meaning when he came today.

Xun Yu politely asked Cao Cao to sit down. At this time, Cao Jin personally brought tea in and presented tea to his father and father-in-law, bowed, and retreated. Xun Yun sat aside. Cao Cao glanced at his son-in-law and smiled and said, "You go down too, I'll talk to your father about the old things, you don't have to be by the side."

"It's the father, the child has stepped down."

"Go"

Xun Yu sent the other person away. At this time, only Xun Yu and Cao Cao were left in the study. Cao Cao smiled faintly and asked as if nothing had happened: "If you are busy with something recently?"
Chapter completed!