It was late at night, but the lights were still on in Cao Zhang's bedroom.
Cao Zhang's wounds had been treated, he put on clean clothes again, and sat side by side with Xia Houjuan in front of the window looking at the night sky.
In ancient times, there was not so much air and light pollution. There were many and bright stars in the sky, and you could see the sky full of stars.
"Juan'er, do you think the formation of these stars looks like a brave warrior?" Cao Zhang asked Xiahou Juan, pointing to the Perseus constellation in the sky.
Xia Houjuan looked along Cao Zhang's fingers and nodded slowly: "Yes, they are very similar."
Cao Zhang then pointed to the Andromeda constellation not far from Perseus and asked: "Then look at these stars arranged together, do they look like a beautiful fairy?"
Xia Houjuan nodded again and understood what Cao Zhang meant. He looked at him gently and said, "You want to say that the warrior is you and the fairy is me, right?"
Cao Zhang looked at Xia Houjuan affectionately and nodded lightly.
Xia Houjuan's face was filled with a happy smile, and he lowered his head shyly, avoiding Cao Zhang's fiery eyes.
"Brother Ziwen, it's almost the third update. I have to go home, otherwise my uncle will worry about me..." Xia Houjuan said in a whisper.
"Didn't you often stay at my house when you were a child? Now that you are at my house, Uncle Miaocai won't worry. You can sleep here tonight." Cao Zhang persuaded Xia Houjuan to stay.
Of course Cao Zhang would not let her go back alone so late. Who knows if Cao Pi would transfer his anger to the people around him after he failed to succeed in trying to harm himself twice.
Xia Houjuan's face turned red instantly. Although she and Cao Zhang felt very warm and friendly just now, and she was looking forward to a closer development between the two, but now that Cao Zhang made it clear, she still felt Very embarrassed.
"It's not good. After all, we haven't gotten married yet, so it's not good to sleep together..." Xia Houjuan's voice was as quiet as a mosquito, and in the end he couldn't hear the sound at all.
Cao Zhang looked at Xia Houjuan and understood that she had misunderstood him. He smiled and said, "Juan'er, I mean you sleep in the bedroom and I'll sleep in the study. Where did you want to go?"
When Cao Zhang said this, Xia Houjuan's face turned even redder. She said awkwardly: "Where did I go? I didn't think about anything. I..."
Cao Zhang did not allow her to say any more. He quickly stepped forward, hugged her neck, kissed her on the cheek, and then walked out quickly, leaving only one sentence: "Okay, go to sleep, I'm leaving." Got it!"
Xia Houjuan was stunned by Cao Zhang's fierce kiss. He froze on the spot and stared blankly at Cao Zhang's back. He didn't come back to his senses until he went out and closed the door from the outside.
Xia Houjuan knew that Cao Zhang did this to care for and protect him, and he felt warm and extremely happy in his heart. Then he recalled that he had misunderstood Cao Zhang's meaning, and felt even more embarrassed.
She reached out and gently touched the place where Cao Zhang had kissed her, recalling the happy moment just now, with a happy smile on her face...
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Cao Zhang quickly came to the study, closed the door, and took a few long breaths to calm down his mood.
The way Xia Houjuan misunderstood his meaning and bowed his head shyly was like a budding flower, making people salivate at the sight and stimulating him to the point where he almost couldn't control himself.
Fortunately, he still retained the last trace of reason, and finally chose to kiss her, leaving a beautiful moment, and then fled quickly.
"It seems that next time you should not be too intimate with Juan'er alone, otherwise you might lose control!"
Cao Zhang muttered silently in his heart, and then tried hard to adjust his mood and no longer let himself recall the beautiful scene just now.
After a while, Cao Zhang finally calmed down.
He lay on the floor beside the desk, eyes slightly closed, and began to think quietly about what to do next.
Cao Pi constantly challenged his bottom line and sent assassins to directly assassinate him, which shows that he has reached the point of being extremely vicious.
You can't wait for your opponent to launch attacks and defend passively. You must take proactive actions and carry out necessary counterattacks.
Of course, Cao Zhang would not be stupid enough to arrange for someone to assassinate Cao Pi. He could hire someone of Wang Yue's level to assassinate him, and the level of his bodyguards would not be bad either.
Taking action hastily will not only fail to achieve results, but will alert the enemy and arouse Cao Pi's vigilance, making it even more difficult to succeed.
If the assassination attempt goes wrong and Cao Pi gets the handle, exposes him in front of Cao Cao, and labels himself a brother-killer, it will not be easy for him to exonerate himself, and the good impression he has worked so hard to accumulate will be in vain.
The most effective way is not to blindly retaliate, but to strengthen prevention and collect as much evidence of Cao Pi's crimes as possible, so that his conspiracy can be completely exposed to Cao Cao.
Then he followed Xu Shu's suggestion and tried to win over as many Han ministers, Cao clan and nobles as possible to win their support.
This two-pronged approach will depose Cao Pi and win the throne as the heir apparent as soon as possible. Once the identity is confirmed and the military and political power is in control, no matter whether Cao Pi or Cao Zhi wants to mess with it, they can't afford to waste it!
It's just that Cao Pi was both ruthless and cautious in his actions, so it was extremely difficult to catch evidence against him.
The focus now should also be on recruiting talent and building support.
As Xu Shu said, a villain promises to benefit.
Now we must come up with more and better ways to make money in order to have enough capital to achieve our goals.
Thinking of this, Cao Zhang felt no sleepiness at all. He turned over and sat up, sat in front of the desk, picked up a pen, and began to list the outline of the plan he thought of on the blank bamboo slips...
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The night passed quickly.
With a few roosters crowing, a new day has arrived.
The early morning sunlight shines into the room through the thin window paper, and the warm light reflects on the walls of the study, creating a peaceful and warm atmosphere.
The sun shone on Cao Zhang's face, which was lying on the floor mat, as if it was covered with a layer of golden gauze.
There are many scrolls of bamboo slips scattered on the desk, densely covered with handwriting.
Cao Zhang listed all the ways to make money that he could think of, and then eliminated them one by one based on the current actual situation. Finally, he left a few options that he thought were feasible, and then he fell to the ground with peace of mind and fell asleep.
The door was gently pushed open from the outside, and Xia Houjuan crept in with a washbasin and towel, fearing that his footsteps would wake up the sleeping Cao Zhang.
Xia Houjuan gently put down the washbasin and towel, walked carefully to Cao Zhang's side, and looked at him lovingly in his sleep.
Cao Zhang's expression was calm and serene, with a hint of handsomeness in his martial prowess. Even in his sleep, he was full of temptation to Xia Houjuan, who was just beginning to fall in love.
Xia Houjuan looked at Cao Zhang and felt that his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, as if there was a deer bumping in his heart.
She quietly approached Cao Zhang, bent down, and quickly kissed Cao Zhang on the face.
Just as Xia Houjuan was about to retract her body, Cao Zhang suddenly reached out to wrap his arms around her waist and held her in his arms...
