Days are everlasting

"Brother, His Royal Highness Duke Qi is here to look for you again." Sima Shi was studying in his room when he heard Sima Zhao running over energetically to report.

He let out a long sigh: "Azhao, go and tell your mother, I'll go see Duke Qi, if he doesn't leave later, we can prepare his meal at home."

Sima Zhao shook his head and said, "Brother doesn't care about this! Will our family be short of Duke Qi's food? I think Mr. Qi is in a hurry, so brother should go see him soon."

Sima Shi stood up, put on his wooden clogs, and walked towards the front yard with a thud.

It’s not that Master Sima is unrestrained, but at this time, people’s daily attire at home is almost the same as that of the Jin Dynasty. The so-called Japanese style, in addition to learning from the Tang people, there are many customs of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

The emperor Cao Pi sent people to Yecheng to kill Zhen's family the day before yesterday, which obviously brought a big blow to Cao Rui. Fortunately, Zhen's family is Cao Pi's wife and Cao Rui's biological mother. I heard that the Queen Mother Bian is also doing her best for Zhen in the harem. Shi's speech, so the speed of the people going to Yecheng was not too fast.

If anyone in the middle can persuade the emperor, I am afraid that the Zhen family will still be saved.

Cao Rui was looking forward to this last straw. He came to Sima's house to ask Sima Yi, Cao Pi's confidant, to intercede for his mother.

It's just that Sima Yi is very busy. Even if he didn't deliberately avoid seeing him, Cao Rui couldn't meet him often. What's more, now that there are more people interceding for the Zhen family, Cao Pi has a rebellious mentality for a while, and he is even more unwilling. Hearing people say good things for her, Sima Yi said it was useless, so he had to stagger the time and try not to meet Cao Rui.

Cao Rui had no choice but to come and pester Sima Shi instead.

When Sima Shi walked to the hall in the front yard, Cao Rui sat on the mat, looking at the neat clothes, but his face was haggard.

Sima Shi felt sorry for him for a while, but after sitting down on the mat, he could only sigh: "Your Highness, why are you bothering?"

Cao Rui said firmly: "As a son of man, how can I sit by and watch my mother die?"

"But our family is useless if Your Majesty comes down! If Your Majesty can obey the Queen Mother, she might still have a chance of survival." Sima Shi said mercilessly.

The Zhen family is Cao Pi's official wife, but the embarrassing thing is that Cao Pi's Huang Chunian title has already reached two years, and all the heroes have already been sealed, but the Zhen family is still not named queen, and Sima Shi can only retreat. The next best thing is to call her "Queen".

"But grandma's words don't work!" Cao Rui said these words almost angrily.

Sima Shi thought for a while and asked, "Your Highness, are you sure that if we can convince His Majesty now, will the Queen survive?"

Cao Rui replied firmly: "Yes."

The relationship between Cao Rui and his father has improved a long time ago under his repeated flattery. Although Cao Pi has other beloved sons, Cao Rui's status is still stable compared with the one in history. In addition, the Zhen family is not with Cao Pi There is no emotion, not to mention that the Empress Dowager Bian also expressed her opposition. Combining various circumstances, although the people who went to Yecheng did not dare to disobey the emperor's orders, they were not as exaggerated as those who rushed to Baili. Don't hurry, try to delay the time as much as possible.

Cao Pi issued the decree the day before yesterday, and the time gap in between was not too long. As long as the person who delivered the decree was not traveling day and night, everything would be in time.

"Has Your Highness seen His Majesty?" Sima Shi turned to ask him another question.

Speaking of this, Cao Rui's face turned ugly again.

"I went to ask to see my father, but he refused to see me. He didn't let the guards let me in at all. To my grandmother's words, my father is just telling a story and has the right to deal with it!" Cao Rui said bitterly.

Sima Shi said: "Your Highness, don't you think this is actually a good thing?"

After hearing this, Cao Rui's eyes widened: "What do you mean this is a good thing?!"

"If your majesty is as firm as iron and won't change his mind easily, how can he refuse to see you?" Master Sima asked back.

Cao Rui's eyes lit up: "That's right, you're right!"

But after he was happy for a while, he became worried again: "But father's behavior is obviously not easy to listen to people's advice. How can those women in the harem intercede for my mother?"

"Your Highness is the only one who can intercede for the queen." Sima Shi raised his head to signal, and Cao Rui followed his gaze to look at himself.

But the problem came back again, Cao Pi didn't want to see him at all, how could he save his mother Zhen?

"Does Your Highness know where His Majesty often goes?" Master Sima asked.

Cao Rui shook his head with an ugly expression.

Although the places where Cao Pi went were quite regular, no one dared to inquire about the emperor's whereabouts at will in the palace confinement. The title of "watching the emperor's trace" was not fun.

"Then where will His Majesty appear within a day?" Sima Shi asked again.

This time Cao Rui was able to answer. Cao Pi is hardworking. Although he likes hunting and is a hunting maniac, he is still very concerned about political affairs. There must be a few places in a day that he will definitely go to.

"Master has a way to let His Highness see His Majesty, just to see if His Highness suffers from it." Master Sima said so, and Cao Rui almost had a guess in his heart.

In fact, the method is very simple to say, it is a bitter trick. Cao Rui just needs to kneel outside the places where Cao Pi goes most frequently and beg to see him. , It's time for Cao Rui to show affection.

Cao Rui acted according to his words, and when he saw Cao Pi, he only asked him to spare Zhen's life. If Zhen was guilty, he would follow the old practice of Emperor Wu Cao Cao's wife Ding and abandon her.

Cao Rui knocked his scalp to the ground, and Cao Pi was moved by his words and deeds. Although he didn't immediately pardon Zhen, he still said that he would consider it, which made Cao Rui even more grateful.

And that night, Cao Pi had a dream. He dreamed that a puff of green smoke ascended to heaven, so he called Zhou Xuan, a famous dream accountant, to interpret the dream.

When Zhou Xuan was an official in the county, he interpreted the dream of the prefect. It was during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The dream he interpreted was very effective. He also explained the dream to Cao Pi once before, which was also in line with reality, so Cao Pi quickly called Zhou Xuan. .

Regarding Cao Pi's dream, Zhou Xuan answered bluntly, which means that "a woman of noble birth will die unjustly in the world", pay attention, it is an unjust death.

There are many women of noble birth, but who would fall into Cao Pi's dream if he died unjustly?There is no need to explain this at all, there is only one person who meets the goal, and that is Zhen Shi.

With the example of Cao Rui kneeling and weeping before, Cao Pi remembered Zhen's kindness again. This is a submissive woman, how could she casually spread her words of resentment?

If the news was really that easy to spread, Cao Pi would not have trusted his backyard to be managed by the Zhen family in the past.

As a result, he naturally regretted his previous decree, so he sent another person to go to Zhen's place day and night.

Because he dotes on Queen Guo now, Shanyang Gong Liu Xie betrothed Cao Pi's two daughters—yes, when Liu Xie was the emperor, the three daughters of Wei Wang Cao Cao were included in the harem, that is to say, he is Cao Pi's brother-in-law, and after Liu Xie took the throne, in order to strengthen his connection with Cao Pi, he sent his two daughters into Cao Pi's harem. It makes people feel that the aristocratic circle is really chaotic—also in his harem She is quite favored, and there are two other women. It can be said that Zhen's fall from favor can be confirmed.

Cao Pi was sure that although he felt pity for the Zhen family again, it was impossible for the two of them.

Thinking of what Cao Rui said when he begged for mercy before, "From the story of Taizu Madam Ding", Cao Pi made up his mind, so let's do it, depose the Zhen family as a commoner, and live in Yecheng.

The love is over, and they will not meet again in the future.

Compared with Zhen's death in history, her current ending is already very good, and Cao Rui reluctantly accepted this result.

In history, Cao Rui would be demoted from Duke Qi to Pingyuanhou in the second year of Huangchu because of his mother Zhen's falling out of favor, and now he can still maintain the title of Duke Qi, he should already be laughing.

Although Cao Rui saved his mother's life, it is obvious that after losing the halo of the eldest son, his life is not easy.

Fortunately, the rest of Cao Pi's sons are all concubines, and their status is no higher than Cao Rui's.

The ministers in the court believed in orthodox principles, just like they supported Cao Pi back then, even if they don't express their opinions casually now, they still focus on Cao Rui in their hearts.

Most of the fathers are eccentric, the key depends on whether they show it or not.

Like Cao Pi, before Cao Rui repented and began to flatter his father, Cao Pi doted on the children who grew up in front of him, such as Cao Lin, and Cao Li.

Cao Lin is definitely the first to be favored among Cao Pi's disciples. Another example, if Cao Lin didn't have any outstanding talents and deeds, he could almost be regarded as the second Cao Chong. Yes, Cao Chong, Cao Cao's favorite value is still higher than Cao Zhi's heart.

But Cao Lin's threat to Cao Rui was not high, because there was another Cao Li in front of him.

In the second year of Huangchu, there were three princes who were made public, Cao Rui, Duke of Qi, Cao Li, Duke of Qin, and Cao Yong, Duke of Huainan.

Judging from the name alone, it is also known who is more threatening.

Master Sima: Your Cao family is really chaotic!

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the most important thing was stability. The issue of successors like the Cao family could not be decided for two consecutive generations, and the most orthodox one needed to fight on his own, which is simply unique.

And the most important thing is that because Master Sima gave him a good idea before, Cao Rui has already regarded him as a think tank.

Sima Shi: Brother Rui, can't you let me go?With my dad and your dad around, baby, I look like a winner who is about to reach the pinnacle of life. Why did you drag me into the muddy water so early?

Now think about the conclusions of later generations, Cao Wei strictly defended the clan—changed the clan every few years, and prevented the princes and kings from cultivating their own power in the place—he was also hesitant about the heir, and was quite defensive—see The struggle of Cao Pi and Cao Rui in the future can understand the meaning of these words-no wonder it ended so early later!

If I have to say, before Sima Yi, Cao Shuang was more like a rebellious official and a traitor, and there was no reason why he had power over the government and the people. However, although his surname is Cao, he is not a close clan, but can only be regarded as a branch clan. Reuse, Cao Wei is messing around like this, it's not because he took jujube pills!

The author has something to say: This one is to save the manuscript, and then the stupid author should be reviewing hard on this day, there is no code word, so the update time on the 21st is still uncertain...