Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zheng went to Nanyang to eradicate Lu Xian's base, while Ma Xiao stayed at home to arrange other matters. During this time, Ma Xiao called Liang Long and expressed some of his thoughts. Unexpectedly, Liang Long told
Ma Xiao made a surprising decision...
Ma Xiao nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, it's a transaction! I wonder if His Highness the Crown Prince is interested in trading with me?"
Cao Pi chuckled and said, "You didn't even say anything about the terms of the transaction. How did you know that I would definitely be interested?"
Ma Xiao said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince can definitely help me do what I want to do, but if I, Ma Xiao, don't agree to do what His Highness the Crown Prince wants to do, I'm afraid it will be difficult for His Highness the Crown Prince to do it!"
"Oh?" Cao Pi laughed at this. Ma Xiao's tone was a bit too loud. He is the dignified Crown Prince of Wei and the only candidate for the next King of Wei. Apart from being the emperor, there is nothing else in the world that he can't do.
Arrived?
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said: "If I say that I will persuade the emperor to abdicate and give the throne to you, the prince, do you believe that I can do it?"
"What? You..." Cao Pi was startled when he heard this, and quickly stepped forward and covered Ma Xiao's mouth. You know, there were several servants around him at this moment, although these servants
He is his personal servant, but he talks too much...
"You all go down!" Cao Pi waved his hands to his servants.
The servants all retreated, and Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief.
Ma Xiao struck while the iron was hot: "How about it, Your Highness, do you... have this idea?"
Cao Pi raised his head and glanced at Ma Xiao, chuckled, and did not answer Ma Xiao's question, but his expression had already exposed his thoughts to Ma Xiao.
After a while, Cao Pi asked: "What do you want?"
Ma Xiao laughed loudly: "The prince is really happy, haha, what I, Ma Xiao, want is very simple. I need the prince to give me a promise."
Cao Pi's heart was tight. Promise? What kind of promise did Ma Xiao make? Could it be that this kid also wants to be the emperor, or...
Ma Xiao saw Cao Pi's thoughts and said with a smile: "Prince, don't panic. Our Ma family has no interest in the world. My father does, so do I, and so do my brothers. Prince, please rest assured!"
Cao Pi snorted and asked, "Since it's not those, what promise do you want from me?"
Ma Xiao stretched out two fingers and said slowly: "I want the prince to promise me two things!"
"Two things?" Cao Pi curled his lips, "The conditions you offered are too unfair, aren't they?"
Ma Xiao had no time to bargain with Cao Pi: "We can talk about the details later. I'll talk about my needs first. How about it, Your Highness?"
Cao Pi grinned and made a gesture of invitation.
"First..." Ma Xiao held out a finger, "I would like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to take good care of my Ma family after he ascends the throne..."
"Taking care of it? You mean that someone from your Ma family wants to be a high official?"
Ma Xiao shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case, as long as my Ma family's noble status is guaranteed. As for other things, let's rely on the abilities of my Ma family's descendants... What does His Highness think of this condition? It's not difficult.
Let’s do it?”
Cao Pi rolled his eyes and laughed secretly in his heart. This Ma Xiao is really interesting. Such a request can be regarded as a condition? It is very simple to guarantee a family's noble status with one's own ability.
"Okay, I promise you this!"
"Second..." Ma Xiao stretched out two fingers, "My condition is...to borrow troops from you, His Royal Highness."
"Borrowing troops?" Cao Pi's eyes narrowed. This matter of borrowing troops can be big or small. If the borrowing is not done well, it may even cause a military coup.
"This..." Cao Pi thought for a moment and shook his head, "I can't promise you this!"
Ma Xiao had long concluded that Cao Pi would not easily agree to his second condition, so he said: "The second condition I just mentioned will definitely be difficult for His Highness to agree to, so... I, Ma Xiao, will give way."
The position of the head of the family is an additional condition, so I came to ask the prince to borrow troops..."
"What? What did you say?" Cao Pi couldn't believe his ears, "You...why did you do this?"
Ma Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Because of what happened last time!"
Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "You are indeed the head of the Ma family. You are really powerful. Yes, I, Cao Pi, am still struggling with what happened last time. In other words, if you, Ma Xiao, are in power for a day,
, I will definitely find an opportunity to suppress you and your Ma family..."
Ma Xiao sighed secretly and thought to himself: My father once said that Cao Pi was narrow-minded, and what I saw today is indeed the case...
"So..." Ma Xiao followed Cao Pi's words, "I give up my position as the head of the Ma family in exchange for the peace of my Ma family. Your Highness, what do you think?"
Cao Pi did not agree to Ma Xiao quickly, but asked Ma Xiao: "No matter what, your Ma family was established by Master Shangxian alone. If you are no longer the head of the family, this family cannot decline. As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day."
, A family cannot be left without an owner for a day, Ma Xiao, who else do you think is suitable to be the head of the family besides you? "
Ma Xiao had long expected that Cao Pi would ask this question, so he pretended to think for a moment and said, "I am the eldest son. After the eldest son, he will naturally be my second brother Ma Kun."
Cao Pi made a sound, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but said in his heart: Do you want Ma Kun to be the head of the family? There is no way. I still support other young masters of the Ma family except Ma Kun. Well, I just don’t want Ma Kun to be Cao Pi.
Fell into Ma Xiao's trap.
Ma Xiao knew that Cao Pi was narrow-minded, and Cao Pi would definitely not do what he said. Instead of saying that he was wrong, it would be better to say that he was wrong first, and Cao Pi would naturally do it according to his own ideas, but... Ma Xiao
Kun can't be the head of the family, and there are Ma Zheng, Ma Qiang, and those underage brothers behind him.
If Cao Pi helped an underage brother, wouldn't the Ma family...
Thinking of this, Ma Xiao suddenly changed his kind tone and said seriously: "By the way, Your Highness, my father said that because he will not grow old or die, even if my father is no longer here because he wants to leave the world, but
...He will still come back to see me when the time is right, so I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will meet my father when he becomes the Queen, and please give him your regards."
"This..." How could Cao Pi not know what Ma Xiao meant? The implication of Ma Xiao's words is that Cao Pi, if you dare to do evil, my father, the Master Ma Xiaoquan, will definitely
I won't let you go. You also know what my father is capable of, right? Cao Pi, you can decide for yourself...
Ma Xiao didn't know that after his meeting with Cao Pi today, Cao Pi would no longer sleep peacefully whether he became the king of Wei or even the emperor. The reason...haha...actually
It's very simple...Cao Pi was afraid that Master Ma Xiaoquan would suddenly come back and settle the score with him for forcing Ma Xiao to give up the throne. With such entanglement in his heart, Cao Pi did not stay as emperor for too long. When Cao Pi was about to take over,
When he died, Ma Zheng, the head of the Ma family at the time, met with him and talked about the events of that day, and told Cao Pi a piece of news that made him despair, regret, and feel humiliated.
No one knows what Ma Zheng said, Cao Pi didn’t say anything until his death, and there is no record in Ma Xiaoquan’s family genealogy...
After leaving the Prince's Mansion, Ma Xiao suddenly felt very relaxed. He has always been strict with himself as the head of the Ma family. In order not to disappoint his father Ma Xiaoquan and his mother Diao Chan, Ma Xiao has always been
He worked very hard to restrain his various desires. Now he is fine. He just signed an agreement with Cao Pi. After Cao Pi helps him complete everything, Ma Xiao will give up his position as the head of the Ma family and leave the Ma family. From then on
Never take another step into Ma's house again.
"I hope..." Ma Xiao breathed out, "I hope my third brother can be a better head of the Ma family than me..."