Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 586 Gifts
"Rong Rong, your sister hasn't said anything recently?" Xia Houjuan asked Xu Rong curiously.

Just now, Xia Houjuan had told Xu Rong about Cao Pi - after all, the other party was Xu Rong's biological sister. Xu Rong should know whether they were in love or Cao Pi's own imagination.

"When I went home in the second grade of junior high school, my sister and my father did mention that they wanted to move back home..." After Xu Rong was reminded of this, she also thought about it.

This matter is mainly a matter of the Xu family. After all, Lu Shang is dead and there is no child left. If the Xu family has this intention, they can take Xu Wan home first.

After that, it only takes a year and a half for her to get married again.

Cao Pi was not in the room at this time, otherwise he would never be able to stop Xu Rong and Xia Houjuan from "gossip" about his marriage. However, Cao Pi was explaining the matter now, just to Bai Tu.

"His Majesty……"

"You can just call me brother-in-law when there are no outsiders. What's going on between you and Xu Wan? Are you really not a hothead?" Bai Tu asked specifically.

If it was just Cao Pi who was hot-tempered, and the other party was an unmarried girl with no crush, Bai Tu could talk about marriage, but if it was a widow from the Lu family, Bai Tu couldn't open her mouth to do so.

After all, if you are single, you can cultivate a relationship even if you don't mean it, but for a widow with a sensitive identity... Since she doesn't mean it, don't insist on it!
However, if the two are in love, that is another situation, and I believe the Lu family can understand it - didn't "Mrs. Xu" also remarry Sun Quan in history?

And judging from the influence of the Lu family and the Xu family in Jiangdong, Bai Tu has reason to infer that the Lu family should have been more dominant in Mrs. Xu's remarriage!
"Of course not! Wan...Miss Xu has always admired me!" Cao Pi frowned slightly.

Bai Tu looked at him with a look that was too lazy to question and said: "If the girl from the Xu family really wants to do this, I can go and talk to Mr. Lu. As for other things, you can figure it out yourself... But don't say anything. My brother-in-law doesn’t take care of you, but in order for your marriage to go smoothly, my brother-in-law has prepared a big gift for you!”

"Why do I feel..." Cao Pi looked at Bai Tu warily, feeling that it was not a good courtesy.

Bai Tu didn't hold back, and directly handed over a copy of the imperial decree to Cao Pi.

"If you think you can, ask someone to announce the decree tomorrow. If you don't want to...well, forget it, Mr. Lu, I will still tell you." Bai Tu said naturally.

After Cao Pi read the contents of the prepared decree, his eyes widened immediately. He instinctively wanted to refuse, but he instinctively stopped and turned to agree, and then wanted to refuse again. His expression changed continuously for a while!

The reason why a "gift" can make his face look so wonderful is precisely because... this gift is too big!

Not to mention the long-winded praises mentioned above, the main content is that Cao Pi was granted the title of "Marquis of Anwei", and that five thousand households in the city of Ye were entrusted with the title of hereditary successor...

Those who didn't know better thought that Wei had died, and Bai Tu named a descendant of the Cao family to appease people's hearts - if this was the case, it would be considered normal.

However, now it's easy to directly confer Cao Pi and Cao Cao's theoretical eldest son as "Marquis of An Wei". This is a bit over the top!

In fact, this idea was finally decided after Bai Tu and Jia Xu discussed it and discussed it again in the palace.

When the situation in the Bohai Sea was tense, Bai Tu paid special attention to Cao Pi and was worried that the Wei Congress would send a special team to "rescue" him. Moreover, because of Xia Houjuan's relationship, Bai Tu did not want to put Cao Pi under complete house arrest.

However, it was later discovered that this was completely unnecessary. Not only was there no movement at all in Jinling, but more importantly, news from the Fengwei spies came to Yecheng two days ago - Cao Zhi had been officially established as the crown prince.

In other words, Cao Pi has been abandoned...

Of course, "giving up" might be a bit serious. With Bai Tu's reputation and Xia Houjuan's affection, Cao Cao shouldn't worry about Cao Pi's safety.

It's just that the selection of Wei's heir was abandoned!
Although Cao Pi had not been in Yecheng for a long time, he was on an envoy as his eldest son after all. According to the rules of the pre-Qin Dynasty, if such a proton could return home at the "right" time, he would almost certainly inherit the throne.

Therefore, Cao Cao has always been prepared with both hands and has cultivated Cao Zhi, but he has not established any influence for him. He has not contacted the military and government in advance or contacted Wei officials like his successor.

Cao Cao must have been thinking about Cao Pi's return before...

And now that Cao Zhi is officially established as the crown prince, it means that in the future, Cao Zhi will not only be trained like a crown prince, but will also be treated like a crown prince!

In other words, Cao Cao would encourage Wei's important ministers to get close to Cao Zhi to a certain extent...

After all, these are not peaceful times. Once the successor is completely established, it is better to appoint him early and help build the team.

Unlike the peaceful years, even if a prince is established, special restrictions must be imposed.

In troubled times, external threats are more terrifying than internal strife. It is necessary to ensure a smooth transition of successors when unexpected events occur.

Otherwise, the leader will die suddenly, and no matter how powerful the power is, it will become fat.

Therefore, after Cao Zhi was established as the crown prince, it can be said that there was no need to guard against Wei Guo's idea of ​​kidnapping Cao Pi - if he were to go back now, wouldn't it shake people's hearts?
Of course, less than ten people in Jinling know about this news now. This is not because the Wei State intentionally blocked it, but because after the Yecheng Fengwei learned about it, they passed it back to Jinling at starry night, and it was also reported in the "Jingbao" as Code passing...

It is estimated that it will take a few months before the news comes from private channels - this is because the caravans are much more active now.

"You don't have to make a decision in a hurry. There is another piece of news that you can refer to and discuss with Sima Lang when you go back." Bai Tu said that as a good brother-in-law, he did not bully his brother-in-law.

In fact, this is a relationship with Xia Houjuan, otherwise there would be no chance for Cao Pi to choose.

Bai Tu didn't know how to comfort people, so he didn't tell him the news about Yecheng directly to prevent the boy from crying. Instead, he wrote it on paper and asked Cao Pi to discuss it with Sima Lang.

As for Sima Lang...

Needless to say, I will definitely do my best to plan for Cao Pi.

After all, ever since he and Cao Pi were sent together, they had always stood firm, whether active or passive.

Even if Cao Pi is not the prince, he can only be Cao Pi's retainer. Otherwise, do you expect Cao Zhi to trust someone who has worn the same pants as Cao Pi for several years in the future?

When Sima Lang knew the news, he would probably be able to understand Cao Cao's thoughts rationally even if he didn't say it, but deep down in his heart, the emotional little man must have already scolded him...

(End of this chapter)