Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan did not expect that the wealthy Hua family and Zi family, who had always been reclusive, could accurately analyze the general trend of the world. That night, Ma Xiaoquan found Sima Yi and negotiated the terms of a deal with Sima Yi...
Back at the Ma family compound, Hua Yixi and Zichen had not yet fallen asleep. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan coming back, they hurriedly gathered around to ask about the situation.
Ma Xiaoquan briefly recounted the conversation between himself and Sima Yi to the two of them. After listening, the two nodded in agreement.
"Quan'er, you've done a good job, but...will you really help Sima Yi?"
Zi Chen echoed: "Yes, Sima Yi is so ambitious that he will rebel sooner or later. Master Shangxian, you have made such a promise, I'm afraid..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Who said I must keep my promise?"
Hua and Zi were stunned for a moment, and then started laughing.
Hua Yixi pointed her finger at Ma Xiaoquan and cursed: "You brat, are you just giving Sima Yi empty words..."
Ma Xiaoquan spread his hands: "He doesn't know anyway... Well, I'm leaving soon..."
"You want to leave..." Hua Yixi and Zichen screamed in surprise, looking at Ma Xiaoquan with wide eyes.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "Don't make such a fuss, I have to leave..."
Hua and Zi looked at each other, and Hua Yixi asked: "Quan'er, when do you plan to leave?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment: "After Cao Cao dies!"
Zichen asked: "When will Cao Cao die?"
Ma Xiaoquan made no secret: "January next year will be soon."
Hua Yixi didn't care about Ma Xiaoquan's affirmative tone. After all, he knew Ma Xiaoquan's true identity, but Zichen was different.
"Lord Immortal, how do you know?"
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips, looked at Hua Yixi, and lied: "I figured it out..."
"Then where are you going?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "Go back to where I belong."
Ma Xiaoquan meant returning to modern society, but Zichen understood it as a place where gods have stayed.
"Oh" Zichen said oh and nodded, "No wonder Master Shangxian handed over the position of the head of the Ma family very early. I see...it's just...Master Shangxian,
I may feel sorry for you, I have taken a liking to your Ma Xiao."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "It's up to you, Master Zi. I also have something to ask for. If there is a crisis in our Ma family, I hope Master Zi will help."
Zichen nodded: "That's natural. Your Ma family, Ma Xiao, is about to become the head of my Zi family. I will naturally help you with this."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Are you so confident?"
Zichen laughed loudly: "Of course, Lord Immortal, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you are willing to do it?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "But it doesn't matter!"
Zi Chen said: "If the Ma family's Ma Xiao and my Zi family's Zi Yuexin are united, my Zi family promises to send their first son to the Ma family..."
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered a passage written in the Ma family's genealogy kept by his uncle. The general meaning was that although Ma Zheng inherited Ma Xiao's position as the head of the Ma family, due to Ma Zheng's son's influence on the head of the Ma family,
Without any interest in the position, Ma Zheng promoted his eldest brother Ma Xiao’s son to be the fourth generation head of the Ma family after him... Twenty years after Ma Xiao’s son became the fourth generation head of the Ma family,
He also passed the position of head of the family to Ma Zheng’s grandson...
The description of this section in the family tree is not very detailed, and Ma Xiaoquan didn't understand it very well when he read it. Now Zichen said that Ma Xiaoquan suddenly understood.
"So that's it..." Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, "It turns out that there is a certain destiny, haha... It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."
Hua Yixi and Zichen looked at each other, not knowing what Ma Xiaoquan was laughing about, but seeing that Ma Xiaoquan didn't have the slightest objection, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Quan'er, if Xiao'er is really as old man Zi said, do you have any idea in your mind who the next head of the Ma family will be?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, but I already have a plan for this matter. I will go to the Prince's Mansion early tomorrow morning."
"Prince's Mansion? Are you going to settle the score with Cao Pi?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "I can't say to settle accounts, but it's okay to threaten him for a while. Mr. Hua, Master Zi, let me ask you, my Ma family...after Ma Xiao, who do you think is more suitable to be the leader of the Ma family?"
The head of the family?"
The two elders looked at each other and said in unison: "Ma Zheng!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "I think the same as you, but with Cao Pi here, there will be a lot of certainties. Second elder, let me ask you again, if you were Cao Pi, the next head of the Ma family, who would you arrange?
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Hua Yixi spoke first: "It should be Ma Kun, right?"
Zichen shook his head: "It's definitely not Ma Kun."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Why did Master Zi say this?"
Zi Chen said: "With Cao Pi's small belly, the best way to weaken your Ma family is to raise a young child, so that your Ma family can be firmly controlled in his hands...
...Of course, since your Ma family is a noble family, Cao Pi does not dare to do anything excessive. Of course...making a young child the head of the family is already too much."
Ma Xiaoquan said humbly: "Patriarch Zi is right. If I were Cao Pi, I would do what Zi Patriarch said."
Hua Yixi pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Quan'er... So in order for Zheng'er to become the head of the family smoothly, you deliberately turned Zheng'er into a playboy?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I didn't think about this, it was Xiao'er who thought of it first."
Zichen clapped his hands and said: "Awesome, indeed amazing, I appreciate Ma Xiao more and more now, haha, I can't wait..."
Hua Yixi rolled her eyes at Zichen: "Okay, you old guy, you are so shameless."
Zichen showed no sign of weakness: "Hua Lao Immortal, you are jealous that I have a successor, hum."
Hua Yixi chuckled: "I am not the head of the Hua family now. I will have sons and grandsons in the future, and I will even have grandsons and great-grandsons. Old man Zi, do you have one? Do you have one?"
...
Ma Xiaoquan looked at the two of them, shook his head helplessly, and exited the study.
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At noon the next day, after lunch, Ma Xiaoquan set off from the Ma Family Courtyard to the Prince's Mansion.
The Prince's Mansion was some distance from the Ma family compound, so Ma Xiaoquan went around the main street several times in order to "bluff".
Cao Pi just came back this morning. Cao Pi already knew about the attack on the Ma family compound by Lu Xian.
In the past few days of hunting, Cao Pi did not gain much, but he met a beautiful "wife" on the way, and Cao Pi easily "robbed" her back and took her as his concubine.
Sitting in his arms was the beautiful lady, Cao Pi proudly reached out his hands into her arms and kneaded her unscrupulously.
Just when he was feeling proud, a servant at the door suddenly reported that it was Lord Shangxian who wanted to see His Highness the Crown Prince.
Cao Pi didn't even think about it, and waved his hand directly: "Gone!"
But... as soon as Cao Pi finished speaking, Ma Xiaoquan appeared in front of him.
Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, then reacted and was so frightened that he threw the beautiful girl in his arms to the ground.
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Cao Pi frivolously and said with a look of disdain on his face: "Your Highness, why...don't you dare to see me?"
"Who...who said I don't dare to see you anymore?"
Ma Xiaoquan snorted coldly and said, "Where has His Royal Highness been these days?"
Cao Pi said in a trembling voice: "Go... to hunt..." After saying this, Cao Pi suddenly reacted and roared, "Ma Xiaoquan, why should I tell you?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and called softly, and then, a light blue flame suddenly appeared on the back of his neck.
"Scared?" Cao Pi took a look and hurriedly hid behind the beautiful girl. The prince's demeanor was gone.
At critical moments, women are often more calm and able to withstand fear than men. The beautiful girl was not as timid as Cao Piyi, but instead opened her hands to protect Cao Pi with "loyalty".
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips and said softly: "Xiaoshuang, teach Cao Pi a lesson... Well, I will burn all the hair on his body, not a single hair will be left..."
"Woo..." The light blue flame gradually solidified and turned into a flaming woman.
Cao Pi was so frightened that he screamed and ran away, but before he could even take two steps, he was surrounded by the flaming woman.
Cao Pi had seen Ma Xiaoquan control fire and knew how terrifying Ma Xiaoquan's flames were. Being surrounded by the flame girls, Cao Pi was shaking violently and did not dare to move.
The beautiful girl was also frightened when she saw this posture.
Ma Xiaoquan walked up to Cao Pi with a smile and twisted his neck: "Cao Pi, did you hunt well? Did you bring back a beautiful girl?"
Cao Pi burst into tears instantly: "Master Shangxian, I will give you whatever you want. I don't want that woman anymore. If Master Shangxian likes it, just take it."
Ma Xiaoquan was speechless. Although Cao Pi had good literary talent, his mind was not very straight.
"I'm not asking you for a woman. I'm asking you, does the attack on my Ma family have anything to do with you?"
Cao Pi rolled his eyes, how could he dare to admit it, and hurriedly evaded: "There is no relationship at all, absolutely not. Lord Shangxian, we have known each other for many years, don't you still believe me? Even if you don't believe me, you still believe my father, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Cao Pi with disdain, "You are such a shameless thing. Your father is already seriously ill and bedridden, so he still pulls him out to shield you. How shameless."
"Really not?"
Cao Pi nodded: "Really not!"
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips: "You lied, Xiaoshuang, burn it for me!"