It was just one thing for Cao Pi to sweat. In fact, he fully understood in his heart how treasonous what Cui Yan said was.
He said that after inheriting Cao Cao's family business, he could respect the emperor and support the Han Dynasty, but this matter was not as simple as just talking.
Just look at the people around Cao Cao. How many people still have nostalgia for the Han Dynasty in their hearts?
Does Xun Yu count? Besides Xun Yu?
"Second Young Master, there is no need to worry about the consequences. At worst, after failure, Cui Gong and I will die for you. Of course, after that, Second Young Master will have to ask for his own blessings. If the winning Young Master insists on killing you, you
It’s not a big problem to figure out an escape route now.”
At this time, Sima Yi took advantage of Cao Pi's uneasiness and said sarcastic remarks. Cao Pi rolled his eyes at him, not in the mood to talk to him, and just thought about it silently.
In fact, Cui Yan was already confident at this point.
Because it stands to reason that if Cao Pi was really devoted to his father, when he said these words, Cao Pi should immediately reject his proposal.
But Cao Pi didn't.
In other words, Cui Yan's guess is valid - Cao Cao is not a good father, but to what extent it is depends on Cao Pi's reaction now.
In order to save his life, or in other words, to obtain inheritance rights, Cao Pi could move in a direction that deviated from Cao Cao's long-cherished wish.
Of course... there is actually another thought here. Cui Yan didn't dare to think about it. He was now at the end of his rope. Finding Cao Pi and starting from the future was Cui Yan's only hope for a comeback.
However... he may have underestimated his cheap apprentice.
In fact, the reason why Cao Pi was silent at this moment was because he was weighing the pros and cons.
What happened after Cao Cao's death? After Cao Cao's death, if he has really become the legitimate heir, he will start to cultivate his own party members from now on. By then, it will be whatever he says?
As for respecting the Han Dynasty?
Cao Pi smiled. He had vaguely felt that the ministers in Xu Du who were surrounding Liu Xie were really hopeless.
It was not that he had never met Liu Xie when he was a child. To be honest, Cao Pi was not a person with low self-esteem. When he met Liu Xie for the first time, he felt that the cowardly and even fearful fellow of the same age opposite him was just a man with unique advantages and could be a good person.
He became emperor entirely because of his ancestors.
Cao Pi, who despised Liu Xie from the bottom of his heart, now knows that Liu Xie has been secretly captured by his father, then...
Is there anything better than this?
So Cao Pi smiled, and when he smiled, Cui Yan on the opposite side frowned:
"Disciple, what are your plans?"
Cui Yan asked, and Cao Pi replied with a smile:
"Teacher, let me ask a question first -"
"Please..."
Cao Pi twisted his stiff neck, breathed a long sigh of relief, swept away his previous dullness, and showed a rather confident expression:
"How can teacher guarantee that you can really guarantee my victory?"
"Even if the fourth brother, teacher, you won't interfere too much, but have you forgotten that there is still an elder brother?"
"Big Brother has accumulated countless trusts. The most important thing... the most important thing is, don't you know the identity of the person standing behind Big Brother?"
Cao Pi's words basically hit the most important point in today's conversation.
Who is the person behind Cao Ang?
Perhaps only people who are not very familiar with Cao Cao would think that the reason why Cao Ang is able to gain a firm foothold in so many people's hearts is because of the outstanding things he did in his early years - in fact, Cao Pi is well aware of his eldest brother's background.
"Yi Xiaotian...?"
Cui Yan narrowed his eyes and calmly said Yi Xiaotian's name.
Cao Pi shrugged his shoulders, as if the matter was none of his business, and said the same thing - he would just run away if the worst happened, it was nothing, but now he had completely hit Cui Yan's pain point - Cui Yan couldn't wait any longer
Already.
Ever since he found out that the Emperor had been replaced by Cao Cao, Cui Yan didn't even think about it.
After thinking hard about countermeasures, finally coming up with such a plan was already his limit. As for delaying it any longer to see how the situation develops? How could he have the capital?
However, before Cui Yan could speak, Sima Yi started laughing.
This made Cao Pi quite confused.
"It is true that Mr. Yi is the eldest son's teacher, but...as a classmate of the eldest son, I would like to say one thing - Mr. Yi has not made any clear statement so far that he is on the side of the eldest son."
"Even... let me see, when I, the eldest son, and Dezu, I worshiped Mr., his implication was to enable us to blossom more in the future - otherwise, with Mr.'s transcendent status,
Second Young Master, do you think that if he publicly supported the First Young Master, how could the Prime Minister remain as silent as he is now?"
As someone who had studied with Yi Xiaotian back then, Sima Yi still had respect for Yi Xiaotian.
But...compared with the humble and studious Sima Yi back then, the current Sima Yi has an evil spirit in his every move.
As the saying goes - time can change many things.
"Furthermore, Second Young Master, I have something to tell you. Haven't you always been speculating on the Fourth Young Master's situation?"
"how?"
Upon hearing that Sima Yi was going to talk about Cao Zhi, Cao Pi suddenly frowned.
For Cao Zhi, aside from the struggle for inheritance, Cao Pi was most wary of him.
For no other reason than Cao Zhi's overflowing talent, even Cao Pi, who had been studying the classics and meanings of poetry since childhood, felt even more pressured.
If Cao Pi is an outright top student, Cao Zhi is a complete genius. On the surface, there is no difference in their literary attainments, but...
Ever since Cao Zhi astonished everyone with his "Ode to the Stage" at a young age, there have been constant rumors of invitations to invite Cao Zhi to the Yesantai now controlled by Cao Pi.
This actually made Cao Pi quite troubled.
He doesn't envy other people's status, or even how popular they are, but... But Cao Zhi makes himself feel more pressured in his best field, which makes Cao Pi simply intolerable.
Therefore... although Cao Pi didn't say it, compared to the pressure from Cao Ang, Cao Pi paid more attention to the fourth brother beside him.
Being keenly aware of this, Sima Yi specifically picked up Cao Pi's most sensitive things and talked about it:
"Actually, there are people on Fourth Young Master's side who are doing the same thing as us."
"What did you say?"
Cao Pi's eyes were about to burst and he couldn't sit still.
