When Cao Pi opened the door, a charming and beautiful girl walked in.
"Sister, why don't you rest at such a late hour?"
Cao Pi said with a wry smile.
Yes, the person who came was none other than Cao Cao's eldest daughter, Cao Pi's half-sister Cao Qing.
Cao Qing looked at Cao Pi with a smile and said,
"I heard that you made a mistake today and were severely scolded by your father?"
Cao Pi's face darkened.
As a sister, why don't I open any pot?
"It's true."
"I also heard that you were teasing the wife of a man named Yang Ling?"
"Sister, if you're okay, I'm going to take a rest."
Cao Pi said perfunctorily.
"Of course I have something to do with you."
Cao Qing walked to the hall, sat down, and suddenly sighed,
"Zihuan, I won't hide it from you. My father suddenly came to me just now and talked about my marriage."
"Isn't this a good thing?"
"But do you know who he wants me to marry?"
"who?"
Cao Pi had an ominous premonition in his heart. Could it be Yang Ling?
As expected, Cao Qing nodded, her pretty face full of displeasure.
"It is said that this is Yang Ling who had a conflict with you today!"
"What?! This is absolutely impossible, sister!"
Cao Pi refused without thinking.
Although Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Qing and other brothers and sisters were not born from the same mother, under Cao Cao's strict education, they had a harmonious relationship with each other, almost like their biological children.
joke.
I had just been humiliated by Yang Ling today. Following him, I would marry Cao Qing and become my brother-in-law?
How can I hold my head high and be a good person in the future?
"Sister, that Yang Ling is a lustful person. He hasn't married yet. I heard that he already has several concubines in his family. If you get married, wouldn't you be wronged?"
Cao Pi shook his head and sighed as he spoke, looking very sad.
"What? He is such a person?! I will tell my father that I don't want to marry such a person!"
Cao Qing curled her red lips and complained softly.
"Sister, please be patient!"
Cao Pi quickly grabbed her and comforted her softly,
"Do you think my father's character will allow you to refuse?"
Cao Qing thought for a while, then shook her head and said,
"Of course not."
Cao Cao held great power in the court, and he naturally maintained his authority at home. No one ever dared to challenge his authority.
"So we have to find another way."
Cao Pi said thoughtfully.
At this moment, Cao Qing's eyes suddenly lit up,
"Zihuan, sister has an idea!"
"What's the idea?"
"Since father can't make sense, let's go to Yang Ling and ask him to take the initiative to refuse to father!"
Cao Qing hummed.
"I'm afraid it won't work. Then Yang Ling finally managed to establish a relationship with our Cao family, so how could he refuse so easily?"
Cao Pi was somewhat disapproving.
In his opinion, how could a follower like Yang Ling refuse the opportunity to marry a Cao woman?
"Our idea is to let him retreat before the difficulties."
Cao Qing sneered and whispered a few words in Cao Pi's ear.
Cao Pi's eyes suddenly widened,
"Is this... is this possible?"
"How is it impossible?"
Cao Qing squinted at him,
"Zihuan, even if you don't want to humiliate Yang Ling, you should at least consider your sister, right?"
Cao Pi hesitated again and again, thinking of the humiliation he had received today, he gritted his teeth and said,
"Okay, sister, I promise you!"
"So good!"
Cao Qing was overjoyed and said with a sweet smile,
"Tomorrow we will humiliate Yang Ling severely and let him know that I, Cao Qing, is not something he can expect!"
…
After Yang Ling returned to his mansion, Gao Shun, Gan Ning and others came to visit one after another.
As soon as he returned to the room after seeing off the guests, Mi Zhen threw herself into his arms with a gust of fragrant wind.
"Husband, thank you..."
She raised her head and looked at Yang Ling, her beautiful eyes full of deep affection.
Today, Yang Ling took action to teach Cao Pi, Cao Cao's son, for her sake. How could she not be moved by this?
"You are my wife, how can I be grateful?"
Yang Ling held Mi Zhen and sat on the bed, sighing deeply.
"Why are you sighing? Is there something that is bothering you?"
Mi Zhen said doubtfully.
"Before my husband came back, the lord told my husband that he planned to betroth his daughter to me as my wife."
Yang Ling smiled helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Mi Zhen still felt a bit disgusted, but she still forced a smile and said,
"Isn't this a good thing? If your husband marries the lord's daughter, he will surely prosper in the future..."
"Madam, you don't know. There is actually something hidden in this."
Yang Ling lowered his voice and told Mi Zhen about Cao Cao's suspicion of him.
"What? This happened."
Mi Zhen was shocked and angry.
"My husband is loyal to my lord, yet he is so suspicious of you!"
"Although my lord is majestic and a hero of the world, he is suspicious by nature."
Yang Ling sighed slightly.
"Husband, no matter how loyal you are to the master, you must think about yourself and all of us sisters."
Mi Zhen said sincerely.
Hearing what she said, Yang Ling's heart moved.
His original purpose of defecting to Cao Cao was very simple, which was to be dissatisfied with Liu Bei and to assist Cao Cao in bringing peace to the world and enjoy glory and wealth in the future.
But I didn't expect that Cao Cao was so suspicious!
Even though he is so loyal, he is still under suspicion!
Perhaps as Mi Zhen said, she still needs to make more preparations in case of emergencies.
Yang Ling thought to himself.
A night of silence.
The next day.
In order to prevent yesterday's situation from happening again, Yang Ling specially sent several guards to accompany Mi Zhen.
As soon as he sent Mi Zhen away and returned to his room, a servant came to report.
"Master, there is a man outside the door who claims to be Mr. Zixiu. He says he has something important to see you."
Yang Ling didn't think much, got up and walked out.
"Meet sir!"
The people sent by Cao Ang saluted Yang Ling.
"My young master is entertaining guests at a manor outside the city. I specially ordered this villain to come and invite you over."
Didn't Cao Ang know that he didn't like to be in public, so why would he invite himself to the banquet?
Yang Ling was a little strange,
"Did your young master say anything else?"
"No, he just said that sir, you must go."
the man replied.
"Okay, I understand, let me go change my clothes."
Yang Ling didn't think much, returned to her room and put on formal clothes.
He got on the carriage brought by Cao Ang's servants and ran all the way out of the city.
The sun is shining brightly today, the autumn air is crisp, and the weather is neither cold nor hot. It is a good time for autumn outings.
Many people in Xudu City also went out of the city for outings.
The servant took Yang Ling all the way to a manor.
Outside the manor, various carriages were already parked.
As soon as Yang Ling got off the carriage, she felt something was wrong.
Because those who come in and out of the manor are either young talents or beautiful women.
It didn't look like an ordinary banquet, but more like a unique blind date conference.
