Imperial capital of Wei, Luoyang.

In the first year of the early Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo coerced the emperor of the Han Dynasty to move the capital to Chang'an, and burned the Luoyang palace temple and people's houses, and the prosperous Luoyang City was completely destroyed.

However, in the first year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao gained control of Luoyang, because Luoyang was the former capital of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao spent a lot of manpower and material resources year by year to repair Luoyang City.

Under Cao Cao's continuous repairs all year round, most of the city defense buildings in Luoyang City have been restored to their original state, and the population in the city is also growing under the migration.

Until this year, although Luoyang has not yet recovered the prosperity of previous years, it is not far from Yecheng in terms of the size of the city and the number of people.

Because of this, Cao Pi set the capital of the empire in Luoyang after becoming emperor, and set up a department under the school and lieutenant department.

It's just that although the scale of Luoyang City is constantly recovering, there are still many gaps from its heyday.

Especially the Luoyang Palace, which used to make the people of the Han Dynasty proud.

Originally, the Luoyang Palace was mainly divided into the South Palace and the North Palace.

The damage to the South Palace was too serious, so Cao Pi no longer planned to repair the South Palace after moving the capital.

He had previously recruited a large number of manpower and material resources to repair the North Palace, build the Taiji Palace, and adopt a single palace system of "building the pole in the center", which changed the model of the juxtaposition of the two palaces in Chinese history.

It's just that although the south palace in Luoyang has not been repaired, the north palace alone is already very golden and splendid, and the momentum is vast, which is very suitable as the residence of the Son of Heaven.

At this time, in the Xuanming Hall in the Luoyang Imperial Palace, Cao Pi, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, was wearing regular clothes, and he sat on the throne with a smile on his face, watching the two family members in the palace play a game.

This game is pitching pots.

Pitching is both a game and a ritual.

When the pot throwing ceremony is held, the two sides take turns to throw arrows into the pot, each person has four arrows, the winner is the winner, and the loser drinks as a punishment.

Of course, Cao Pi is the Son of Heaven, and the competitive game in the royal family will not just punish the loser for wine as a reward for the winner.

Today, when Cao Pi gathered a group of family members to launch the competitive activity of pitching pots, he took out a jade belt worn by Cao Cao when he was alive as a reward item.

The two who are currently competing are two teenagers, but these two teenagers are both valuable people.

One of the teenagers was named Cao Ei, who was Cao Pi's eldest son.

Cao Ei's mother is Zhen, Zhen was the wife of Yuan Xi, the assassin of Youzhou, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he was accepted by Cao Pi, and he was very favored, and gave birth to Cao Ei and Princess Dongxiang.

may be because of his excellent genes, so Cao Rong has been handsome and admirable since he was a child, and he has been smart since he was a child, well-read and knowledgeable, and never forgetful.

When Cao Cao was alive, he was very surprised by Cao Rong's intelligence and loved him.

Cao Cao often asked him to accompany him. At the court banquet, he was often called to be placed alongside the close ministers in the court.

Cao Cao once pointed to Cao Rong, who was less than ten years old at the time, in front of his ministers, and said, "I am based on the third generation."

Cao Pi was called the emperor, and because Cao Ei was his eldest son, the fifteen-year-old Cao Ei was named Wudehou.

In order to cultivate Cao Ei, Cao Pi specially wrote "To Serve Zheng as Wude Hou Fu Ling", and personally ordered Zheng Zheng, who was then a scholar in the service, to call Cao Ei's master, and teach him to learn scriptures to clarify his aspirations.

And although the other boy is about the same age as Cao Ei, he is Cao Ei's uncle Cao Yu.

Cao Yu, born to Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan, is the sibling of Cao Chong and Cao Yi.

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Yu was the marquis of the capital. In the twenty-second year of Jian'an, Cao Yu was renamed the Marquis of Luyang.

Although Cao Pi became emperor, he was very jealous of Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and other brothers, and strictly forbade them to participate in court politics.

But for Cao Yu, who is young and has a humble temperament, Cao Pi is still quite fond of him.

And Cao Ei and Cao Yu have been friends since childhood because they are close in age.

At this time, in the Xuanming Palace, in addition to Cao Pi sitting on the throne, on both sides of the main hall, there were many men and women who were richly dressed and had extraordinary temperaments.

All of them

It is a member of the Cao clan.

And on the seat closest to Cao Pi, kneeling sat a noble lady with a beautiful appearance and a temperament as a hibiscus out of the water.

This noble lady is Cao Rong's biological mother, Zhen, who should have been canonized as the queen by Cao Pi.

Zhen looked at the young man in the hall with a gentle gaze, who looked quite similar to her.

That young man was none other than Cao Rong.

Cao Rong seemed to sense that Zhen was looking at him, and he turned his head to look at Zhen with a big smile on his face.

The smile seemed to say that he wouldn't let her down.

After smiling at Zhen, Cao Rong turned around, and after turning around, the smile on his face had disappeared.

Cao Rong slowly raised the clusterless arrows in his hand and looked at the quiver in front of him with a pair of sharp eyes.

There were already six arrows in the quiver.

According to the rules of pitching pots, Cao Rong and Cao Yu each have four arrows in their hands, and then throw them in turn.

From the six arrows lying in the quiver, it can be seen that in Fang Cai's pitcher, Cao Rong and Cao Yu's first three pitchers were each hit.

Now, in order, it should be Cao Rong who started throwing arrows.

If Cao Ei can put the last arrow in his hand into the quiver first, then Cao Ei will be the winner.

And that jade belt also belonged to Cao Rong in the end.

That jade belt, Cao Rong is bound to get.

Since it is a relic of Cao Cao, then for the Cao clansmen, the significance of that jade belt is extraordinary.

But Cao Rong wanted to get the jade belt, not because of the meaning that the jade belt represented.

He just thought the jade belt was so beautiful that he wanted to win it and give it to his mother as a gift.

This is crucial for Cao.

Cao Rong held his breath and stared, and he aimed the arrow in his hand at the quiver a few steps ahead.

The spout of the quiver is already narrow, and there are already six arrows in the quiver, which makes the narrow spout almost seamless.

In such a situation, it is not easy to throw the arrow in your hand into the quiver.

But although Cao Rong had a solemn face, he was not worried.

After holding his breath and concentrating, Cao Rong threw the arrow in his hand forward without hesitation.

After the arrow left Cao Ei's hand, it crossed a graceful arc in the air, and then fell straight into the quiver under the gaze of everyone in the main hall.

The whole process of Cao Rong throwing the arrow is done in one go, crisp and neat.

Cao Yu, who was beside Cao Ei, saw Cao Heng successfully throw the last arrow, and a look of willingness to bow down appeared on his face.

And when the arrow fell into the quiver and made a crisp crashing sound, the hall instantly erupted in bursts of cheers.

Under the melodious music in the main hall and the cheers of all the family members, Cao Pi, who was sitting on the main seat and witnessed everything, also had a smile on his face.

Now that Zhen is not dead, although Cao Pi is not as fond of Zhen as he used to be, it has not yet reached the point of disgust.

So for this eldest son who was praised by Cao Cao, Cao Pi still loves it in his heart.

Seeing that Cao Ei had won the pot throwing competition, Cao Pi smiled and asked Cao Ei to step forward.

Before and after Cao Ei, Cao Pi took the jade belt from the hand of the attendant on the side and handed it to Cao Ei's hand.

When Cao Rong received the jade belt from Cao Pi's hand, after he saluted Cao Pi, he happily ran to Zhen's side, wanting to immediately present the jade belt in his hand to her.

But after Cao Rong came to Zhen's face, he glanced at a palace lady beside Zhen's.

Then he immediately gathered his emotions and sat down beside Zhen as if nothing had happened.

And the palace lady seemed to be aware of Cao Rong's eyes, but she didn't care.

At present, she is deeply favored by Cao Pi, and she can be said to be windy and rainy in the palace, so she naturally doesn't care about a young man's sudden glance.

After Cao Pi gave the jade belt to Cao Rong as a prize, he looked at the main hall

He began to look eager.

He's in a good mood right now.

Before he was originally proclaimed emperor, Cao Pi actually still had worries in his heart.

He feared that his ascension to the throne would lead to a joint crusade between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, but the subsequent developments were as Sima Yi had anticipated.

Now the news of his proclamation as emperor has already spread all over the world, but the two princes Liu Bei and Sun Quan have not moved at all.

He became self-reliant on behalf of Han, so what?

Not only that, after the news of his proclamation as emperor spread all over the world, it also indirectly triggered Meng Da's determination to commit suicide in one fell swoop.

Meng Da's move can not only allow him to get the public opinion argument of the destiny of heaven, but also give him the opportunity to get rid of the scourge of Mi Yang.

How can this kind of thing not make Cao Pi feel full of spring breeze and be complacent?

He is now the first winner of the Three Kingdoms.

In fact, if it weren't for the fear that urging too quickly might cause bad consequences, Cao Pi would have sent an edict to Nanyang to inquire about Cao Ren's progress.

It's just that even if he doesn't know the latest progress of Cao Ren's army at the moment, Cao Pi is not half worried in his heart.

In Cao Pi's view, there is the enemy general Meng Da as the internal response, plus famous generals such as Cao Ren to lead the army.

No matter how powerful Mi Yang is, if he has mental calculations or not, he is afraid that in the end, he can only hate the northwest.

And as long as Cao Ren can defeat Mi Yang, or even capture Mi Yang, then not only Cao Ren has made great achievements, but also his prestige will also rise.

This kind of temptation makes Cao Pi's heart full of anticipation and excitement.

Under the excitement of anticipation, Cao Pi was even ready to reward the generals in his heart.

If Cao Ren makes another great contribution this time, then worship him as the general of the Great Wei.

Handed over the military power of Great Wei to a loyal and capable general like Cao Ren, Cao Pi was very relieved.

In a happy mood, Cao Pi looked at the quiver in the hall and began to itch his hands.

Cao Pi, dressed in regular clothes, inspected the brothers in the main hall, and finally his eyes fell on one person.

Cao Zhang.

For this half-brother whose military merits are far above him, Cao Pi has some complicated feelings about him.

It's just that compared to Cao Zhi, there is no dislike for Cao Zhang and Cao Pi for the time being.

Cao Pi got up from his throne and walked quickly to the main hall.

Just as he was about to ask Cao Zhang to get up and throw the pot with him, Chen Qun's figure had already appeared outside the main hall, and he was holding a report in his hand.

Chen Qun's face was full of anxiety, because of the anxiety in his heart, he didn't even have time to take off the shoes on his feet when he stepped into the temple gate.

This is almost unimaginable for Chen Qun, who has always paid attention to etiquette and is rigorous and upright.

Even because of the anxiety or fear in his heart, Chen Qun almost tripped when he stepped into the threshold of the main hall.

Chen Qun's various abnormal performances are enough to reflect the shocking nature of the content of the report in his hand now.

When Chen Qun appeared outside the main hall, Cao Pi, who was facing the door of the main hall, saw Chen Qun for the first time.

He naturally also saw Chen Qun's strange performance.

This made some doubts appear on Cao Pi's face.

He couldn't understand Chen Qun's personality anymore, and his performance today was very rude and abnormal.

As Chen Qun gradually approached, the anxious look on Chen Qun's face also fell into Cao Pi's eyes.

This made the doubts in Cao Pi's eyes deeper, could it be that the alien race in the north was restless again?

The report in Chen Qun's hand is based on red, which means that the report in his hand is a hundred thousand urgent military information.

Cao Pi thought about it, and at present, the most likely person who can take the initiative to attack Great Wei is the Saiwai alien race.

Until now, Cao Pi's heart is still sure that Cao Ren will win.

Cao Pi didn't think long before Chen Qun had already come to him.

Before and after coming to Cao Pi, Chen Qun hurriedly faced Cao Pi

He bowed and said, "Your Majesty! Nanyang Emergency Military Report!"

After hearing Chen Qun say that this military report was from Nanyang, a look of astonishment appeared on Cao Pi's face.

How could it be Nanyang?

From Chen Qun's expression, it can be seen that the military newspaper in his hand must be recording bad news.

But how could there be bad news from Nanyang County, and what came from Nanyang County should be good news.

Looking at the anxious look on Chen Qun's face, Cao Pi began to have a bad premonition in his heart.

The confidence in Cao Ren's victory began to disintegrate little by little.

This feeling made Cao Pi's heart feel as if it was tightly held by a pair of big hands in an instant.

How could something happen to Nanyang!

After being stunned, Cao Pi quickly stretched out his hand and took the military newspaper from Chen Qun's hand.

After holding the military newspaper in his hand, Cao Pi's hand holding the military newspaper trembled a little.

A terrible speculation began to eat away at his heart little by little.

At this time, because of Chen Qun's words, the music in the entire hall had stopped.

The Cao clan relatives in the main hall were all very interested in closing their mouths and stopping talking.

Cao Ren led the elite of Nanyang to Xicheng to defeat Mi Yang, and everyone present knew about it.

In order to dispel the terrible speculation in his heart, Cao Pi opened the military newspaper under the gaze of everyone in the main hall.

When Cao Pi fixed his eyes on the military newspaper in his hand, his face could no longer remain calm.

His face quickly changed from stunned to incredulous, and then to full of grief.

In the end, Cao Pi's face turned into a huge rage.

Cao Pi threw the military newspaper in his hand at Chen Qun in front of him, and scolded him angrily:

"I don't know what the general of the chariot horse is alive or dead! Where did Mi Yang come from with tens of thousands of troops to besiege Wudang!"

"What about the tens of thousands of troops of the general of the chariots?"

When the terrible speculation in his heart came true, Cao Pi could no longer control his emotions.

How proud he was in the past, how angry he is now.

A roar full of the majesty of the Son of Heaven resounded in the main hall, frightening everyone in the hall to bow down.

Since Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, it was the first time that everyone saw him so angry.