This is a political marriage, and the other party is Wu Hou's sister-in-law, who is thirty years younger than Liu Bei.

The eighteen-year-old girl was like a delicate flower, budding to be released, which reminded Liu Bei of the spirit rhino and the time when he met the spirit rhino outside the city that year.

"Brother, so you really plan to go to Jianye to get married? Even I know that this Dongwu marrying his daughter should be that they came to us, is it a trick to ask you to go to the unknown? ”

"How could I not know, but this plan is because Sun Quan and Zhou Yu expected that I would not dare to go, so they could use this to attack Jingzhou, if I went, they would have no reason to turn against me."

"But you'll be in danger if you go."

"As long as you hold Jingzhou, Dongwu won't dare to do anything to me."

Seeing that Liu Bei was determined to go, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu looked at Zhuge Liang for help, but Zhuge Liang sighed: "The lord really has to go." ”

……

In winter, Cao Cao built the bronze bird platform in Yecheng, this platform is based on the city, the site is 10 zhang high, and there are 120 houses.

Since Cao Chong's death, they have been coming to Yecheng for a few months, and for several months, Cao Cao has come to take care of Lingxi every day, and Lingxi has gradually improved, after all, she still has a child in her belly, and she slowly divided her love for Cao Chong into this child.

She can no longer turn a blind eye to Cao Cao's care, and life still has to go on.

As for Cao Chong's death, she also asked her master many times, but the answer she got was indeed that Chong'er died of illness, not by others.

She didn't want to have a grudge against Cao Pi, and even forced herself not to think about it anymore.

Later, the bronze bird platform was cast, and Cao Cao invited the civil and military officials to a banquet on the high platform, and asked the military generals to compare cavalry and shooting, and the civil ministers to be compared to Fu.

Including Cao Cao's sons, they all took Tongquetai as the title and wrote an article.

Cao Cao praised Cao Zhi's endowment in public, but he was noncommittal to Cao Pi's endowment.

It was night, Cao Cao was resting at the Lingxi, counting the days, the Lingxi was about to be born, and he couldn't help but pay more attention.

Lingxi heard about the incident of Tongquetai during the day, and thought that Cao Cao's weight had always been Cao Zhi, but Cao Cao said: "Xi'er, last time you left home and went to Jingzhou, you said that you were sad because of Fengxiao, but I know that it was Cao Pi who did it." ”

Lingxi was stunned in his heart, and did not speak, but listened quietly.

"At that time, I was really not sure, but later, Wen Ruo and I deliberately made a game in order to test Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, and I really confirmed that it was Cao Pi."

"If he hadn't saved you, I wouldn't have let him go, but now it seems that he is indeed the most capable one."

"Didn't you give them a gift today? How did I hear that you admired Cao Zhi more, and even played the Son of Heaven to make him the Marquis of Pingyuan. Lingxi asked.

"What's the use of being able to write poetry?" Cao Cao sighed.

He was actually feeling sorry for Cao Zhi.

In recent years, Cao Zhi's power has also grown, but compared with Cao Pi, he has always taken a short-term view.

Tongque Terrace is a high platform that is rare to see in ancient and modern times, and only the emperor can build a high platform, so many people, including Cao Zhi, think that he is no longer satisfied with the position of prime minister and wants to go further.

Even Xun Yu and Xun You and others deliberately complained at home because of this, and they were reluctant to come to Tongquetai.

Cao Zhi's endowment implies persuasion.

Xun Yu, who has followed him for many years, doesn't understand him, and Cao Zhi doesn't understand him. It doesn't matter if you don't understand him, but Cao Zhi doesn't know how to judge the situation even more.

At present, there are still many people who are loyal to the Han family, and when he gives this endowment, it makes those people feel cold.

On the contrary, Cao Pi is different, although his endowment is simple, but it contains the meaning of loyalty to the Han family, even if he was not appreciated by himself at the time, but he has won more people's hearts.

In this game, Cao Pi won, he dared to plot behind his back, and he could grit his teeth and not admit it, he dared to disobey himself and let go of Lingxi, he knew that it was not only to please his father, but also to know how to win people's hearts.

Cao Cao sent someone to deliberately frame Zhen Mi and Cao Zhi for being unclear, provoking his relationship with Cao Zhi, and making him heartache unstoppable, but he still won.

Cao Cao did not say these words.

Cao Cao deliberately put away his viciousness, and he was indeed able to hide it too well.

The next day, before dawn, Lingxi suddenly woke up, and the pain became clearer and clearer.

Cao Cao realized that she was wrong, and asked anxiously, "Xi'er, are you going to give birth?" ”

Lingxi nodded with difficulty.

Xu is God has mercy on Lingxi, and this time, she gave birth to another son. This child is as cute as his brother, except that he is no longer an ill-fated prodigy, but an ordinary child.

According to Cao, this is the name given by Cao Cao.

Hearing the name, Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief.

……

At the end of the year, Liu Bei left Soochow with his new wife Sun Xiaomei, and Zhou Yu because of Zhuge Liang's sentence "Zhou Lang's clever plan to settle the world, lost his wife and broke his army", his condition deteriorated more and more, and he died of illness at the age of 36.

In the first month of the second year, Cao Pi served as the general of the five officials, as the prime minister's deputy, and finally stabilized his position. He saw Sima Yi's talent and recruited him for his own use.

One day, Cao Pi came to Sima Yi and told him about a recent incident that Cao Cao had done.

Just after the New Year, there was a coup d'état in Xiliang, Ma Teng's son Ma Chao and Ma Teng turned against each other and fought for territory.

Ma Teng was originally Cao Cao's confidant in the north, but instead of watching them fight, Cao Cao gave them the land they got in the name of the Son of Heaven, and named Ma Teng as a former general and ordered him to attack Sun Quan.

"From Xiliang to Dongwu, not to mention the long distance, then Ma Teng arrived in Dongwu, if he joined forces with Sun Quan and attacked us together, how would it be good?"

Cao Pi didn't understand what Cao Cao meant, but Sima Yi didn't. He had been by Cao Cao's side for a long time, and he knew Cao Cao's thoughts very well, so he just said slowly: "Childe, think about it again." ”

Cao Pi was reminded by him like this, thought about it again, and then said: "Is my father doing this on purpose?" He wants to take advantage of Ma Teng's passage through Xuchang to get rid of him? ”

"Exactly. Xiliang had a mutiny a while ago, Ma Teng's father and son were not in harmony, and this matter was very strange when they heard it, presumably they planned it, and the prime minister planned it. ”

"I see, or my husband knows my father better." Cao Pi couldn't help but appreciate Sima Yi even more.

"Childe can do what he is now, how can he not understand the prime minister, it's just that Childe still needs to think about everything."

Sima Yi turned to say: "I heard that the prime minister has another son, why didn't the prince go to congratulate him?" ”

When Cao Pi heard this, he was stunned for a moment and smiled: "That's Mrs. Huan's son, I can't get close." ”

"Could it be that Gongzi really had a holiday with Mrs. Nahuan?" Sima Yi had never seen Lingxi, but he knew a lot about this strange woman.

Unexpectedly, Cao Pi laughed again: "Zhongda really dares to joke." ”