Tian Yan

More than a month after this incident, the weather has completely warmed up.Sima Yi became seriously ill due to the cold. Cao Cao never came to see him, but he sent people to deliver supplements continuously throughout the day.Ginseng and deer antler plus all kinds of meat fed Sima Yi a lot of weight. He thought that it was delicious and delicious, so he simply became more and more lazy, saying that he was sick at home and didn't care about foreign affairs.

After all these years, it was the first time he had such pure leisure.Turning over in bed every day, you can see that the old branch on the window is a little greener.

Until a news came that the emperor had withdrawn from the position of prime minister and replaced him with a left and right prime minister, Cui Yan and Cao Ren respectively.

Sima Yi couldn't sleep anymore, got up from the bed, and saw Zhang Chunhua striding in the yard.

"How many times has Second Highness been here?"

Zhang Chunhua gave him a look of disgust: "Why did the Second Highness come here? Seeing you looking like a dead body with unkempt hair?"

Sima Yi didn't bother to quarrel with her, so he went back to his room and changed into formal clothes. He wiped the silver hairpin with a cloth towel, and it shone brightly in the sun, blinding Zhang Chunhua's eyes.

"Wait!" Zhang Chunhua stopped him, "Who are you going to seduce by dressing up like this?"

"Bah!" Sima Yi spat at her, "None of your business."

"It's really none of my business." Zhang Chunhua stood up from the ground, walked in front of him, supported the door frame with one hand, and slapped him heavily on the shoulder with the other. "It's none of my business if you die."

Sima Yi's viscera were all dislocated by her palm, and he gritted his back molars secretly: "I'm going to court, court!"

Zhang Chunhua looked at the sky speechlessly, the sun was shining brightly: "When did morning change to noon? Tell the truth."

"I'm going to Zangshu Pavilion to read!" Sima Yi's forehead was throbbing with veins, Zhang Chunhua sneered, "Master, Ah Zhao!"

The two boys ran out after hearing the sound, and stood up one by one: "Ma'am!"

"Follow your father to read books and study hard."

While leading the other on the way to Zangshuge, Sima Yi passed a stall selling candied haws, and looked at the two little boys. They all kept their eyes on each other, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

She doesn't look like a child at all, and she really can't rest assured about the goods she bought.

"Father, will there be many high-ranking officials in the Library Pavilion? Are they all covered in gold?"

Sima Yi chuckled: "You're thinking too much. The high officials have all the books they want to read at home, and they won't come to Zangshuge to read those second-hand books."

"Why, isn't the Zangshu Pavilion a royal bookcase? Are the books in it accessible to ordinary people?"

Sima Yi didn't even bother to laugh this time: "The books in the Royal Book Pavilion are also collected and revised from the folks. The world is not peaceful now, and most of the true masterpieces are lost and destroyed in the market."

"It's such a pity..." Sima Shi shook his head and sighed, "It is said that His Majesty is good at poetry and poetry. Wars are temporary, and articles are eternal things. You should invest more in them."

Sima Zhao shook his head, "Your Majesty is a king first, and a poet second."

Seeing the two children frowning, Sima Yi couldn't help speeding up his pace.

Who are the parents of these two children!

At noon, the people in Zangshu Pavilion became even sparser, only a few gray-haired old doctors huddled in a few fixed corners.Sima Yi went straight in, Cao Pi looked up from the table, the ray of sunlight was falling on his face, which brightened his eyes.

"Zhongda, are you feeling better? These two are..."

"It's my son." Sima Yi sat cross-legged across from him, Cao Pi said "Oh" and didn't ask any further questions, but pushed the scroll in front of him, "This is the list of cultivation items I listed, take a look. "

Sima Yi didn't look at it right away, but straightened his upper body slightly, and approached Cao Pi: "Is this your choice?"

Cao Pi nodded: "Zhongda thinks something is wrong?"

Sima Yi stared at Cao Pi, his eyes were so sharp that Cao Pi didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse: "I think... Your Highness's decision is very good!"

Cao Pi laughed softly: "The one who knows me is Zhong Da."

"I know what you are good for, and I know your father." Sima Yi lowered his head and opened the file, ignoring the momentary stiffness in Cao Pi's smile.

"Your Majesty has to change the high-level settings, and it is necessary to revise the law. But the right and left..." Sima Yi smiled, "It's just an expedient measure during the transitional period. It is good to see clearly what His Majesty intends."

Cao Pi nodded: "I have a rough idea of ​​what my father means. He is old and wants to hurry up and do more things. After Ling Jun died, he had one less person to discuss with, and he was relatively more free. He wanted to Let the left and right check and balance each other, and temporarily concentrate all the power in your own hands."

Sima Yi flicked through the pages: "Not only that, if that's the case, why doesn't he use the Cheng Yu you recommended? Compared with those two, Cheng Yu is much easier to talk to."

Cao Pi pondered for a while: "I understand what you mean, but I can't believe this is possible."

Sima Yi covered the case with his sleeves, and reached out to hold Cao Pi's hand: "Second Highness, although you believe it, don't doubt it, there is only one possibility."

Cao Pi's hands were sweating profusely and trembling, but he still held Sima Yi tightly.

"Wait until then..."

Sima Yi suddenly squeezed it hard, and Cao Pi frowned in pain: "I'm leaving, I have to go face to face and thank Your Majesty for taking care of me these days."

Cao Pi was speechless, the feeling of the palm was still there, but the person was no longer there.

The Great Wei State newly established the Left and Right Chancellors, like two flowers blooming side by side, which immediately attracted the attention of the entire government and the public.

This battle for the prime minister has not yet ended, but some people have faded out of people's sight.

Cheng Yu was originally aloof from the world, and he was even a little grateful for Cao Cao's decision in his heart.But in the eyes of the ministers, it is a foregone conclusion that Cao Pi will not be taken seriously, and it is more likely to only focus on Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang.

Therefore, no one noticed that Cao Pi had not gone to court for three days, except Sima Yi.

In mid-spring and March, people who have been huddled in the cold for a whole winter can't wait to change their heavy robes and put on brand-new spring clothes.The grass grows and the ying flies, but this vitality has not contaminated Cao Pi's mansion in the slightest.

Sima Yi stood in front of the mansion gate with a hen in his hand.The royal style house, the original solemnity has become gloomy and desolate because of the lack of popularity.

Sima Yi knocked on the door, and it took a while for the servants to answer, all with gloomy faces.

"The Second Highness is not feeling well again?"

Walking in the corridor of Cao Pi's house, Sima Yi asked in a low voice, the servant nodded and opened the door of Cao Pi's bedroom for him.

A bitter smell of medicine came over his face, Sima Yi handed the chicken to the servant and walked in.

"Is it Zhongda?"

Sima Yi walked closer, only to see Cao Pi's face was as pale as paper, and he was half lying on the couch: "Your Highness knew it was me before I made a sound."

Cao Pi closed his eyes, and a hoarse voice came out of his throat: "Just by listening to the footsteps, I know it's you."

Sima Yi turned his head to smile, and turned to dignify the atmosphere: "Your Highness's illness has been lingering for a long time, and it has been kept secret. If the plan is really successful, Yi is afraid that His Highness's body will not be able to hold the weight of more than ten thousand people. Toil..."

Cao Pi slowly opened his eyelids: "My illness is the same as my father's headache, it comes and goes quickly, besides, don't I still have you?"

Sima Yi looked at Cao Pi, his eyes were very similar to Cao Cao's, proud and gloomy, but there was a lack of determination in his eyes.

"Your Highness, Yi is terrified..." Sima Yi lowered his head, twisting his skirt awkwardly.

Cao Pi burst out of strength from nowhere, grabbed Sima Yi's hand, pulled it closer, and pressed it against his chest.

"Zhongda, I'm sick, my father doesn't know, my brothers don't know, those ministers...they treat me as an outcast who is not favored, and they don't care about me. I am so sick, only you ……I only have you……"

Sima Yi bit his lip, got up and sat down on the edge of the couch, and embraced Cao Pi's trembling body in his arms.

"I understand His Highness's suffering, it's all for the future."

Cao Pi uttered a few unknown sobs, Sima Yi only felt the heat in his chest, and the tears scalded his heart, but it finally cooled down.

"Your Highness is ill, doesn't His Majesty know?"

Cao Pi raised his head, and suppressed the cough in his throat: "I just thought I had a cold, and my father sent an imperial doctor to take a look at it casually."

"That……"

Cao Pi chuckled, "Don't worry, I've been ill for so many years, and there are people like me in the imperial physician."

Sima Yi nodded, and was about to say something when the servant ran in in a panic: "Your Highness! Fourth... Fourth Highness is here!"

Cao Pi's eyelids twitched and he couldn't help coughing. Sima Yi quickly stood up and said, "I'll hide behind for a while. It's better to have one less thing than one more thing."

Cao Pi nodded, watched Sima Yi's figure disappear behind the screen, looked down, and saw bright red dots on the handkerchief covering his mouth.

"Second brother, I heard that you are sick."

Cao Zhi came in quickly, the door opened and closed, and the sunlight leaking in following his figure dazzled Cao Pi a little.

"Ah, a small problem, it doesn't get in the way." Cao Pi said vigorously.

Cao Zhi smiled, took out a long and narrow box from his sleeve, pulled it open, and inside was a Scrophularia ginseng with a certain age.

"I heard that the second elder brother has a cold. This Scrophulariaceae is a rare thing that promotes blood circulation and hair growth. It is the most effective against wind and cold." Cao Zhi smiled slightly, sealed the box, bent down and placed it on the head of the bed, and suddenly glanced at that side from the corner of his eyes. A corner of the handkerchief was exposed under the pillow, and the smile froze on his face.

Cao Pi's heart skipped a beat, and he moved his body calmly to block Cao Zhi's sight.

"Ah...then second brother, take good care of your illness. I'll come to see you some other day." Cao Zhi looked a little dodgy, got up hastily and said goodbye.

"Fourth brother, go slowly." Cao Pi said slowly, and when the door closed behind Cao Zhi, Fang collapsed on the couch as if exhausted.

Sima Yi came out from behind the screen, stood in front of the couch and called him softly: "Second Highness, Second Highness!"

"He found out, what should I do... what should I do!" Cao Pi grabbed him with such force that Sima Yi's wrist hurt.

"Don't worry, Your Highness," Sima Yi said in a deep voice, "Cao Zhi is not stupid. Since he didn't reveal your illness to your face, it proves that he still has his own considerations."

Cao Pi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "If I get such a disease, wouldn't it be good for him?"

"Your Highness's words are wrong. If Cao Zhi publicizes your illness and completely cuts off your hope of inheriting the unification, then he will directly confront Cao Zhang, who holds the military power." Sima Yi squeezed Cao Pi's hand hard, and suppressed it The trembling of his hands, "He won't do this when he is not strong enough to compete with Cao Zhang."

"Then we now..."

"Suggest Cao Zhang secretly, bring down Cao Zhi, the sooner the better." Sima Yi picked up the box containing Scrophularia ginseng, and slapped it on the palm of his hand, "Before Cao Zhi brings the next red ginseng."

The author has something to say:

[1] Scrophulariaceae has the effect of clearing heat, cooling blood, and dilating blood vessels. It is very effective for wind-cold fever, but it is not suitable for Cao Pi's problem similar to bronchiectasis.Red participation has the opposite effect, and has the effect of nourishing blood, nourishing qi and strengthening vitality.Sima Yi said this to imply that Cao Pi used Cao Zhang's hand to overthrow Cao Zhi before he settled the overall situation, so that he would never be able to tell the truth.