The thirty-first year of Wuwei of the Great Wei, August 16, was ugly.

There was a bright fire in front of the mansion of the great prince of Wei.

Dozens of armored warriors quietly lined up the road with torches, making way for a not-so-wide passage that led to the majestic and heavy wooden gate in the depths.

Cao Yuxiang, the chief supervisor of ceremonies, passed through the crowd surrounded by several little eunuchs, and came straight to the front of the mansion gate.

The great eunuch who commanded nearly 3,000 palace maids and eunuchs in the palace felt uncharacteristically nervous at this time, so much so that his thin hands, which had held countless holy decrees, began to tremble slightly imperceptibly.

Cao Yuxiang is already fifty-two this year, and he can live to this age in the troubled times, according to common sense, he has been in an important position for so many years, and he has long seen the changes in the world, no matter what happens, he should be able to do everything without being surprised.

But what happened tonight really made him feel a little tricky.

At this moment, he stood in front of the door, staring at a pair of golden knockers in a daze, and for a moment he forgot to order the door to be slammed.

"Pap, pap, pap, pap, pap, pap."

The little eunuch behind Cao Yuxiang obviously did not have such a big psychological burden as him, and seeing that his godfather did not move, he took it upon himself to step forward and pull the knocker.

"Squeak~~~"

After a short time, a crack opened in the door, and a young man who looked like a guard poked his head out and looked around, and was immediately startled by the scene in front of him.

After seeing the clothes of the visitor, he immediately stepped out of the threshold and bowed down and hugged his fists:

"A few people are waiting for a while, and the little one went to report to the steward."

With that, he hurried back to the door.

After another moment, the door was completely opened, and a middle-aged man who looked like a steward walked out of the door, followed by two servants in black armor.

The steward's bearing was quite graceful, and at first glance he was a person who had seen the world, and he did not panic much after seeing the battle in front of him, but just bowed his hand slightly to everyone, and said calmly:

"I've seen all of you, surnamed Li, who is the head of the mansion of His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know what you have to do when you visit late at night?"

"We want to meet His Royal Highness the Prince, hurry up and go to Tongbing."

"This ...... It's getting late now, Your Highness has already rested, and the top chaplain also knows that our Highness is weak and inconvenient to alarm, if it's not an important matter, please let me convey it early tomorrow morning. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the little eunuch immediately became anxious, and as soon as this chief manager appeared, he was extremely dissatisfied with this person's attitude, you must know that no matter how noble princes and nobles are always polite when they see the people of the celebrant visiting, why is this little chief who has no fame now dares to dictate to himself?

The more the little eunuch thought about it, the more angry he became, and he didn't care about how the godfather behind him would feel, so he pointed to Manager Li's nose and scolded angrily:

"Conveying on your behalf? What are you? My father-in-law Cao is here to deliver the decree, do you dare to convey the decree on your behalf? Why don't you get out of here, do you still want to stop the driver? ”

The weight of these words was extremely heavy, and when Mr. Li heard it, he was instantly frightened, why did he kneel on the ground, kowtow to Cao Yuxiang again and again, and said with a panicked face:

"The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I don't know if it's an angel who has arrived, and the small sin deserves ten thousand deaths, and I ask Gonggong Cao to forgive my sins, forgive my sins!!"

Cao Yuxiang had already come back to his senses, and he actually saw what his godson did, but he didn't stop it.

At this time, seeing Steward Li begging for mercy, the gloomy look on his face was swept away, and he quickly put on an amiable face, waved his hand at Mr. Li and smiled:

"Hurry up, please, I have served His Majesty all the year round, and I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, and it's normal that you don't recognize it, but I, the godson, who is not a weapon, didn't make it clear, and I can't blame the housekeeper. Since His Royal Highness has rested, then I still bother Manager Li to go to Tongbing first, and we will wait here. ”

"How can this be done, please follow me to the antechamber and sit down, and I will immediately report to His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Oh, then there's Mr. Law."

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Liu Ling, the great prince of Wei, slowly stepped into the front hall and saw Cao Yuxiang drinking tea with his head bowed from a distance.

He coughed lightly, then smiled:

"Cough, cough, cough, Grandpa Cao, it's been a long time."

Liu Ling is more than eight feet long, handsome, and should have been a first-class beautiful man, but unfortunately because he has been weak and sick since he was a child, he unfortunately contracted a cough disease a few years ago, and he has been sick in bed all the year round, resulting in him now looking sick, and he does not see the majesty of ordinary royal relatives and nobles at all.

Seeing the arrival of the eldest prince, Cao Yuxiang hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand, knelt down and worshipped:

"The slave has seen His Royal Highness!"

"Father-in-law Cao doesn't need to be polite, Fang Caigu has already listened to what Mr. Li said, father-in-law came with a will this time, so let's have Father-in-law Lao hurry up and announce the decree, don't delay the hour."

"Yes, the slave maid will begin."

Cao Yuxiang quickly got up from the ground, solemnly straightened his clothes, and then said with a solemn expression:

"There is a will."

As soon as these three words came out, everyone present, including Liu Ling, immediately fell to their knees.

"Son, please Saint Ann!"

"Saint-Ann. The Holy Lord's Message: Liu Ling, the eldest prince of Xuanda, and Liu Huan, the second prince, will enter the palace to see me immediately! Chin this. ”

After the oracle was read, Cao Yuxiang quickly leaned over and helped Liu Ling up from the ground, and laughed softly:

"Your Highness, please enter the palace quickly, and then the slave maid will rush to the second highness to announce the decree, so I will retire first."

"Father-in-law, don't worry, I'll enter the palace alone."

Cao Yuxiang said goodbye to Liu Ling and left the mansion in a hurry......

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In a rustic carriage, Cao Yuxiang sat opposite the little eunuch who had just knocked on the door, he lifted a corner of the curtain, and asked the little eunuch while admiring the moonlight outside the window:

"Xiao Quanzi, why did you speak disrespectfully to Manager Li?"

Seeing that the godfather was about to ask the teacher, Xiao Quanzi hurriedly twitched his mouth and replied with a sad face:

"Son should die, son should die, godfather must not be angry."

"I didn't ask you if you deserve to die, I asked why you were so disrespectful to him!"

"Son...... The son saw that he looked arrogant, and he didn't take our celebrant in his words and deeds in his eyes, so he ...... ......"

Cao Yuxiang lowered the curtains, turned his head and stared directly at his godson in front of him, and said coldly:

"Oh? Really? Then let me ask you, if Fang is the butler of the Second Highness has such an attitude towards you, what should you do?"

Xiao Quanzi obviously didn't expect his godfather to ask this question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"It's ....... This ......."

"If you don't answer, your godfather will answer for you, if you are the housekeeper of the Second Highness, you will definitely not be so presumptuous, on the contrary, you may even try your best to please him, right?"

"Hmm......"

After hearing this, Xiao Quanzi's face suddenly turned red, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Seeing this, Cao Yuxiang sighed, patted the head of the confused son in front of him, and said softly:

"Hey, Xiao Quanzi, you have been with me since you entered the palace at the age of seven, and it has been ten years since then, and we have been getting along day and night for the past ten years, what kind of person are you, will my godfather not know? What you do today may seem pampered and arrogant to others, but Godfather never believed that you were the kind of stupid person who was flying and domineering, on the contrary, you were very smart, so smart that everything you said and did had your own intentions. If you directly stated that you were here to deliver the decree tonight, then Manager Li would not dare to stop you even if he had the courage to do so, and you deliberately did not say it, but only said that you wanted to meet His Highness, so that you would have the opportunity to say the following words. If my guess is correct, you deliberately want to offend His Highness tonight, so as to lay the foundation for taking refuge in His Second Highness in the future. You've been on the side since you first heard the news! ”

Xiao Quanzi saw that his mind was debunked by his godfather, and he simply stopped hiding it, he raised his head slightly, and his eyes flashed.

"Godfather, let my son say something rebellious, in recent years, His Majesty's body has been getting worse day by day, and the slightest mistake will change in an instant. But even so, His Majesty was still reluctant to establish a reserve, allowing the battle for the throne to intensify. Godfather, I was purified at the age of seven, and I am destined to stay in the palace in this life, if I want to live a more comfortable life and no longer be humiliated by others, I must try my best to ascend. Now that the third prince has been assassinated, his life and death are unknown, the eldest prince is weak and sick in bed all the year round, this storage position will sooner or later be in the pocket of the second highness, such a good opportunity is in front of me, why can't I gamble on it?! ”

If Xiao Quanzi's words were said in normal times, Cao Yuxiang would definitely be furious, but at this point, he actually felt a little empathy.

So he shook his head and sighed:

"Child, we are all rootless people, and there will not be a man and a woman in this life, and my godfather has long regarded you as his own son in his heart. In that case, how could your godfather not want you to be well? But you must know that the battle for storage is the most dangerous gamble in the world, and you are now just a glimpse of the corner of the overall situation and so rashly enter the game, if you accidentally make a mistake, you will be doomed in an instant! Have you ever been to the Treasure Bureau? Which of those gamblers who sat at the table early in the morning was not a loser or a bankrupt? Godfather doesn't let you gamble, but you have to learn to be patient, once you decide to bet, you must see the right time, in order to hit the right shot, don't be so impetuous! Hey, godfather is old after all, and you have to walk the road by yourself, and I won't mention tonight's events with you again in the future, so you have to do it yourself. ”

Xiao Quanzi had already woken up at this moment, and he also felt that what he did tonight was a little too hasty, he quickly calmed down and asked sincerely:

"Godfather, my son understands, my son will never dare to act so recklessly in the future. But today I have offended the eldest prince, how can I make up for it in the future? ”

Cao Yuxiang felt a little tired, he leaned back and began to close his eyes to recuperate.

"Boy, you're overestimating yourself, they're busy tonight, they don't have time to pay attention to you."