Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 729

When Cao Cao and Dian Wei rushed to Liu Xie's palace, as soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Cao Pi lifting up the skirt of a palace maid and getting in. The palace maid stood there blankly, not daring to move, looking like she wanted to cry. The look of tears.

Several chamberlains stood aside and did not dare to step forward, because Cao Pi actually brought two guards.

Xu Chu and Li Dian.

The two men were sent by Xiahou Dun to protect Cao Pi. They looked embarrassed, neither trying to persuade him nor not. When they saw Cao Cao coming in, they quickly knelt down on one knee and called him Ming Gong.

When Cao Pi saw that Cao Cao was coming, he was so frightened that he quickly put down the maid's skirt, knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings to my father."

Cao Cao frowned and did not answer Cao Pi. Instead, he asked Xu, Chu and Li Dian, "What's going on?"

Li Dian hesitated and said: "Young Master is just naughty and made some harmless jokes..."

Seeing that Cao Cao's face was getting gloomier, he quickly shut up, but Xu Chu's heart moved and he said: "Young Master is indeed playful, but he did not lose his etiquette before."

"He just saw the palace lady in a panic, felt that she had evil intentions, and suspected that she had a murder weapon hidden on her body, so he started to search her. His intention was good."

As soon as he said this, everyone present was stunned. How could he say this?

Cao Cao turned to Cao Pi and said coldly: "Is that so?"

Cao Pi hesitated and said: "Indeed, it is indeed so..."

Cao Cao continued to ask, "Did you find it?"

Cao Pi looked pale. Xu Chu was originally trying to save him, but why did it look like his father took him seriously?
  He stammered, "Ah, Father, I..."

Cao Cao's eyes shone with a sinister light, "I asked you if you found it?"

"Do you know what crime you are guilty of disrespecting the female members of the Tian family if they don't have hidden weapons?"

Xu Chu over there also lowered his head, panicking in his heart. He forced himself to calm down. Is Cao Cao trying to punish himself by following Wendy like this?

It's impossible. If you want to accuse yourself, Cao Pi can't escape. Is it necessary for Cao Cao to do this?

Or is Cao Cao dissatisfied with Cao Pi?

Xu Chu's mind was racing, and he suddenly thought of something. He retracted his hand into his sleeve and took out his short self-defense knife from inside.

He slowly stretched out his hand and covered Cao Pi's sleeve with his own sleeve. Using the cover, he took the opportunity to hand the dagger into Cao Pi's hand.

Cao Pi was in a state of confusion and his mind went blank. He felt Xu Chu stuffing something into his hand. He identified it with his hands and was surprised to find that it was a sheathed dagger.

He was confused at first, but then he realized what he was doing and was overjoyed. He straightened up quickly and said to Cao Cao: "Father, the child has indeed been found!"

He raised the dagger above his head and said, "Father, please look, this is the murder weapon that woman is carrying. She must be planning something evil!"

After hearing this, the palace maid was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. She quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "General, spare your life. I really don't know this!"

Cao Cao has now asked Liu Xie to issue an edict and make himself a general, hence the title. He slowly walked up to the palace maid and said word by word: "Since you don't know, where did that sword come from?"

The maid subconsciously looked at Cao Pi and saw that he had his hands raised and an eye exposed under his sleeves, staring at her fiercely. She was so frightened that she trembled all over and murmured: "I don't know, I don't know!"

Cao Cao sighed, "As a palace servant, I keep a sharp sword privately, and the rules cannot be changed."

"Pull it down and kill it with a stick."

As soon as these words came out, everyone lost their countenance, and the maidservant even burst into tears. Several servants around her did not dare to speak out. Who dared not to stroke Cao Cao's tiger beard?
  Fu Shou in the room suddenly stood up and said to Liu Xie who was sitting blankly: "Your Majesty, can you hear what is happening outside?"

"The thief Cao confuses right and wrong and kills His Majesty's female family members. Why won't Your Majesty stop him?"

Liu Xie sighed slightly, "What can I do now?"

"I can't even save Dong Guifei, let alone a palace maid?"

Fu Shou gritted his teeth and said, "But Your Majesty must fight for it no matter what!"

"Everyone is watching. If His Majesty can't even save the people around him, who will dare to be loyal to His Majesty?"

Liu Xie's heart seemed to be stung, and he growled: "You, you are a female, what do you know!"

"Do you think I am willing to endure it?"

"So many people have died in Huaicheng, who can I save?"

It was the first time that Fu Shou felt that Liu Xie was so unfamiliar. She said softly: "But His Majesty has already retreated too much."

"The more Your Majesty retreats, the more the opponent will advance. When Your Majesty has no way to retreat, will there be anyone around?"

The cry outside the window came, Liu Xie's body trembled, he opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head slumped.

When Fu Shou saw her, she sighed in her heart and walked out of the house, "Your Majesty, I am a woman of the female class, not from a heavenly family. Naturally, I don't need to worry about my face, so I can just let my concubine go out."

Seeing this, Liu Xie quickly stopped him, "You are my queen. If you lose face, it is also me..." Fu Shou had already walked out of the door. She said to the people outside the door: "This is a misunderstanding. She is my personal maid, and I gave her the knife for self-defense."

"I hope the general will let her go for the sake of my face."

The maidservant was already in despair, but after hearing this, she burst into tears and kowtowed to Fushou repeatedly in thanks.

After hearing this, Cao Cao squinted his eyes with some surprise, and there seemed to be a trace of regret in it.

He said aloud: "Although the queen said so, how do you know that she is not using this to plot the lives of the Tian family?"

"Please ask the queen to ask me to interrogate you so that I can make a clear decision."

After hearing this, Fu Shou felt anxious. The interrogation would inevitably lead to punishment. How could this maid endure it?
  When she hesitated, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Take the person away!"

As soon as Xu Chu heard this, he got up and went to pull the maid. The maid panicked, rolled over and rushed towards Fu Shou, saying: "Queen, save me!"

When Fu Shou saw this, he was about to stop him. Xu Chu looked sideways and saw a sharp look in Cao Cao's eyes. He immediately understood, took off the ring-headed sword with a sheath on his waist, stepped forward, and struck hard at the running maid. go!
  This blow hit the maid in the back of the head without any deviation. Xu Chu's force was so strong that the maid immediately bleeded from all her orifices. She didn't even make a sound before she fell to the ground and died.

Her body suddenly fell in front of Fu Shou, and the blood splattered on Fu Shou's dark dress.

Fu Shou's face turned pale and he subconsciously took a step back, but stopped abruptly and raised his head to glare at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao did not look at Fu Shou, but bowed his head and said: "This woman really has evil intentions and openly assassinated the queen. Fortunately, I rescued her in time."

"I have an important matter to meet with Your Majesty now."

Seeing no response from the room, he raised his voice and said, "I have something important to meet with His Majesty!"

The next moment, Liu Xie's feeble voice came from the room, "Aiqing, come in."

Cao Cao Shi Shiran walked past Fu Shou and entered the house.

Fu Shou looked at the joking eyes of Xu Chu and others, his hands and feet were cold, but he still took a step forward and bowed to the body of the maid.

As soon as she bowed, the eyes of the palace people who were watching around her had become more lively.

Xu Chu looked at Fu Shou thoughtfully. He suddenly heard a grunting sound beside him. He turned around and saw Cao Pi staring at Fu Shou's chest and waist and swallowing.

Xu Chu secretly sighed in his heart, thinking that what happened today was an opportunity for Duke Ming to establish his authority, but establishing authority does not mean killing indiscriminately, he must be famous for his example.

So it doesn't matter whether Cao Cao is true or false what Cao Pi said. What's important is to have a high-sounding excuse.

He was right in his bet and gave Cao Pi a short sword to cover up this lie that was full of loopholes. With this excuse, Cao Cao could intimidate Liu Xie by killing the maid.

Not only that, Cao Cao also attacked Liu Xie's prestige and made the palace people understand that Liu Xie could not protect them. If things go on like this, they would secretly rely on Cao Cao to protect themselves. When the time comes, no matter what happens around Liu Xie, they will not be able to hide it from Cao Cao, and Liu Xie will Will completely turn into a puppet!
  Xu Chu couldn't help but sincerely admire Cao Cao's scheming. As expected, he followed Liu Xie to death!

But the fly in the ointment is that Empress Fu finally got involved in this matter and regained a lot of people's hearts.

But in this case, Queen Fu will become a thorn in Cao Gong's side, right?
  Moreover, the second young master could have taken the opportunity to please Cao Cao, but in the end he was obsessed with the queen's color. It was really speechless to be so confused about the importance.

In the palace, Cao Cao was slowly taking out a roll of silk, which was an edict that had been written long ago, and spreading it on the table in front of Liu Xie.

Liu Xie took out the seal and stamped it numbly, without even looking at the content.

He sealed one, and Cao Cao rolled up another. The sound of sealing was heard. Cao Cao rolled the edict in his hand and said casually: "How is your Majesty's dragon body lately?"

Liu Xie whispered: "Very good."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "I don't think so. Your Majesty often wakes up from his sleep recently, and his speech is unclear. He is afraid that he has been infected by wind evil. Would you like me to find some doctors to take a look?"

Liu Xie was shocked and raised his head in surprise, asking how did Cao Cao know? .

He met Cao Cao's gaze, lowered his head subconsciously, and said solemnly: "No need, I just have nightmares occasionally."

Cao Cao chuckled, "That's good."

Both of them understood that Cao Cao made Liu Xie unable to believe the people around him. Although it was an obvious estrangement, the culprit who leaked the news in the clothing edict incident has not been found yet. Liu Xie suspected that he was still by his side. It may even be the person closest to you!

Cao Cao was quite satisfied when he saw Liu Xie's body trembling slightly. The energy he had accumulated a little in the past few days seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

The other party definitely won't give up, so just let him struggle slowly. Anyway, he can't climb out of this quagmire at all.

Slowly suppressing him, letting him fall into this bottomless pit full of silt, and making him gradually lose hope, seems to be a very interesting thing.

Cao Cao suddenly felt the gaze from behind, turned around slowly, and saw Fu Shou standing at the door, with hatred in his eyes.

Faced with this substantial murderous intention, Cao Cao did not take it seriously. He grabbed the edict in front of Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I will retire first."

He turned around, laughed, and walked out the door.

(End of this chapter)