After the discussion, both Kong Rong and Fu Wan left the palace. Liu Xie then went around to the harem and met Queen Fu. After hugging Queen Fu for a while, Liu Xie had to go to the residence of Concubine Cao. Photographed by Cao Cao
With his despotic power, Liu Xie not only lost the power of the emperor, but also the dignity of a man.
Concubine Cao Guifei did not ask Liu Xie to do anything. She just wanted to get her husband's love. But from the first day she entered the palace, Liu Xie regarded her as Cao Cao's spy. How could she fall in love with her, even if she did everything for Liu Xie?
Many things happened! For example, when Liu Xie summoned Fu Wan and others, no one could enter the palace without the acquiescence of Concubine Cao!
When he arrived at Concubine Cao's chamber, Liu Xie put on a flattering smile. He didn't know that after his secret meeting, Concubine Cao had learned about Kong Rong, and he didn't know that without Concubine Cao, let alone Kong Rong,
Fu Wan will not survive tonight, and even he will not be able to eat and walk around. However, even if he knows everything, he will not be grateful to Cao Guifei, because in his eyes, he will end up where he is now, and it is entirely Cao Cao's fault.
responsibility!
Seeing her husband's face full of humility to please, Concubine Cao's heart really hurt. No woman does not want her husband's love, but her husband has a conciliatory attitude every day. No matter how gentle and virtuous a woman is, she will still feel sad.
But her good tutoring prevented her from being angry at Liu Xie, and she could only bear it silently! Unfortunately, when Liu Xie saw her gentleness, not only did he not show any pity, but he often secretly gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "Wait until you kill me."
Cao Cao will divorce you, reward you as a slave, and finally send you to the military camp..."
Some people always have to wait until they lose before they regret it. Liu Xie lost too much and gained a lot, but he always felt that he lost more than he gained, so he kept asking for it without knowing how to pay. Whether it was Dong Zhuo
, Cao Cao, or Concubine Cao, he never appreciates the kindness of others, he only thinks about his own grievances. People like this don't even have friends. How can they have loyal subordinates? Liu Xie will never understand, and he doesn't
Someone can tell him!
Just when Liu Xie and Cao Guifei were making excuses, Kong Rong had already arrived at the Cui Mansion. In order to prevent him from monopolizing the power of persuading Cui Yan, he did not leave after Fu Wan. Hearing that the abbot and Kong Daru had arrived, Cui Yan
He didn’t want to come forward, but because of the good relationship between Kong Rong and Cui Lie, he opened the door to welcome guests!
"Two adults, what do you do for me?" Cui Yan welcomed them into the hall. Cui Yan asked straight to the point what their purpose was.
"Mr. Cui, please step aside!" Looking at the slaves in the hall, Fu Wan didn't want to reveal the secret, so he spoke directly before Kong Rong could speak!
Although Cui Yan didn't like Fu Wan's attitude, since he let the two of them enter the house, he also wanted to know their purpose. He waved his hand and asked everyone in the hall to leave. Cui Yan asked: "You two, now
Can you tell me what you mean?"
"Master Cui, I wonder if you are loyal to His Majesty!" Fu Wan directly asked a question that made Cui Yan quite embarrassed, causing the atmosphere in the hall to freeze!
"Prince of the State, what do you mean?" Cui Yan frowned, feeling quite unhappy. He thought they were here to test him!
"I don't mean anything else, I just want to know if you are loyal to His Majesty!" Fu Wan stared at Cui Yan. But Cui Yan picked up the tea cup and took a sip, but ignored him!
"Master Kong, I knew that you were on good terms with my ancestors, so I invited you into the mansion. However, as soon as the abbot entered the mansion, he said some incomprehensible words. In this case, you are not welcome here!" Cui Yan picked up the tea bowl and said: "
see a visitor out!"
"Slow down!" Kong Rong said with a smile: "Ji Gui, we are actually here under the emperor's order. Don't have any doubts!"
"Order of the Emperor?" Cui Yan sneered: "Bring it to me!"
"Ji Gui, it's not like you don't know the emperor's current situation. If he could issue an imperial edict, he would have ordered King Qin to be the king!" Kong Rong spread his hands. His face was full of helplessness!
"How can I believe that you are the envoys of the Emperor?" Cui Yan shook his head and said; "Do you two know how my brother Cui Lin died? It was the so-called envoys of the Emperor who asked him to rebel against Liu Zhang with the imperial edict, but he was
Liu Zhang found out that his whole family was killed, and the Cui family was also implicated and had to move away from Jizhou! At that time, the emperor's envoys still had an imperial edict, but you have nothing!"
Fu Wan sighed and said: "It is true because there is no imperial edict. If there is an imperial edict, it means that Cao Cao knows it! Now that Cao Cao has great power, even the emperor is surrounded by Cao Cao's people. How dare the emperor dare to issue edicts and clothing edicts indiscriminately again?
, it has always been a pain in the emperor’s heart!”
Cui Yan came to his senses when he mentioned the imperial edict on clothes and belts, but he did not want to participate in the imperial struggle, lest he die in an unknown situation! After hesitating for a long time, Cui Yan said: "My lords, it's not that I am unfaithful to your majesty, but this matter
There is really nothing I can do. Although Mr. Cao goes too far, he still respects Your Majesty! I don’t want to go against Mr. Cao until he has made his objection clear!"
"It will be too late by the time Cao Cao rebels!" Fu Wan said angrily: "Cao Cao has millions of troops. If he defeats Liu Zhang, no one in the world can stop him. When the time comes, he will definitely take your Majesty's place. Don't you think so?
Do you want to see that day?"
"This..." Cui Yan said with a bitter smile: "Even if I am willing to help you, what power do I have? In Jizhou, everything from the Cui family was taken away by Liu Zhang. He only left me a small amount of money to let me
I reluctantly bought some land in Shouchun! Now, there is really nothing I can do!"
"You don't need to pay for anything, I just need you to run errands!" Seeing Cui Yan's relief, Fu Wan was overjoyed. In his opinion, Cui Yan would definitely agree to him!
"Running errands?" Cui Yan frowned and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
"Contact Sima Yi!" Fu Wan said: "A few days ago, there were rumors that Sima Yi and Cao Cao were at odds. According to our observation, there was indeed a conflict between the two. Your Majesty hopes that you can contact Sima Yi!"
"Why are you looking for me?" Cui Yan said with some confusion: "I have no friendship with Sima Yi, and I don't even know each other at all. How can you be sure that Sima Yi will listen to me!"
"Because of your origin!" Fu Wan said with a smile: "Sima Yi has had contacts with Your Majesty before. Now that he has conflicts with Cao Cao, he should be able to be used by Your Majesty. Although our status is not low, in the eyes of the wealthy family, we are not
Not being taken seriously, only a well-established family like the Cui family can make Sima Yi sincerely cooperate and show His Majesty's strength and sincerity!"
"That's it!" Cui Yan nodded and said: "Although I don't want to participate in the imperial struggle, since it is His Majesty's will, I will reluctantly do it! When do you want me to see Sima Yi?"
"Of course, the sooner the better!" Fu Wan said: "Before you find out Sima Yi's intentions, you must not reveal His Majesty's affairs, otherwise His Majesty will be in danger!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Guo. I understand!" Cui Yan smiled slightly. If he didn't find out what Sima Yi was thinking, he wouldn't even reveal his true intentions. After all, he didn't want to die. What if Sima Yi had his heart set on Cao Cao and sold him out?
Didn’t he die unjustly?
"In that case, sir, please leave as soon as possible, and we will go!" Seeing that the goal has been achieved, Fu Wan stood up and left. Although Kong Rong didn't say a few words, he also bowed and left. As their identities, in the Cui Mansion
There is no benefit in staying too long!
"Send you two off!" Cui Yan was originally a loyal and patriotic person. He ordered people to send the two of them out of the mansion, and then started to pack his bags and head to Wancheng! Unfortunately, when he left, he embarked on a road of no return!
Just imagine, with Cao Cao's wisdom, how could he not send someone to monitor the royalists in Shouchun? As soon as Cui Yan and Kong Rong came into contact, someone passed the news to Hulao Pass. Although I don't know what the three of them talked about,
But with Cao Cao's suspicion and his character of not letting things go in vain, how could he let Cui Yan go. However, he was very curious about Cui Yan's purpose and wanted to take a long-term view to catch big fish, especially after Cui Yan left Shouchun!
Shouchun had to cross the entire Jingzhou to reach Wancheng, and it took Cui Yan twenty days to arrive. He suffered a lot by sleeping in the open air along the way. In order to fulfill Liu Xie's instructions as soon as possible, he arrived at Wancheng.
Rushing to the city to guard the mansion. When Sima Yi heard that Cui Yan had arrived, he was shocked and hurriedly came out to greet him!
"Brother Ji Gui, what brought you here?" After Cui Yan was brought into the city guard's mansion, Sima Yi immediately arranged a banquet for him to wash away his dust. After all, the Cui family in Qinghe was also a member of a wealthy family, so Sima Yi didn't dare to neglect him!
"Zhongda, I heard that you are very resourceful and have come to visit me. Do you welcome me?" Who doesn't like to play tricks on others? Although Cui Yan doesn't like intrigues, for the sake of Liu Xie's important affairs, he also refuses to have an affair with Sima Yixu!
"This..." Sima Yi's heart sank. He understood that Cui Yan must have something big, but he was not in a hurry. Since Cui Yan came to him, it meant that this matter must have a lot to do with him. So Sima Yi began to persuade him to drink.
, and soon Cui Yan was drunk until she was a little dizzy! But Cui Yan's mouth was not ordinary tight, even if she was dizzy, she didn't let out any breath!
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Cui Yan began to test Sima Yi's attitude. As for his drunkenness, he was pretending! When it comes to acting, who can be better at acting than people from aristocratic families. Of course, if he meets someone who understands him
, there was some trouble! Fortunately, this was the first time Cui Yan and Sima Yi met, and they had no contact before! One was scheming, and the other was cunning. The two tried for a long time, but they couldn't find out what the other was thinking, but Sima Yi could hear it.
After all, Sima Yi is much more intelligent than Cui Yan!
Now that he knew Cui Yan's general purpose, Sima Yi intentionally or unintentionally brought the topic to Liu Xie and showed his sympathy and loyalty to Liu Xie. The self-righteous Cui Yanzhen thought that Sima Yi had a Han Dynasty in mind, so he brought Kong Rong and Fu
After finishing his instructions, he did not mention Liu Xie. When Sima Yi knew Cui Yan's purpose, he immediately turned his back and ordered people to capture him! Looking at Sima Yi's ferocious face, Cui Yan was a little stunned.
I don’t know why Sima Yi fell out whenever he said he wanted to. However, he didn’t have the chance to ask...