"You're welcome, my brother is working in my Crown Prince's Mansion, how can I just sit back and do nothing?"
"Besides, I can't stand Yang Ling being so arrogant and domineering!"
Cao Pi put on a posture of indignation.
"Your Majesty is right."
Zhen Yao on the side said helpfully,
"Brother, if Yang Ling treats our Zhen family like this, let's cut off all contact with him from now on!"
"this……"
Zhen Yan looked hesitant.
"Young Master Zhen, there is no need to make a decision in a hurry. I will host a banquet at my house tonight, and I will ask you to show your respect to me then."
Cao Pi smiled.
"This is easy to say. Please rest assured, Prince, I will definitely go to the banquet!"
Zhen Yan quickly nodded in agreement.
"That's very good. Then I will wait for Mr. Zhen's arrival tonight."
"Your Majesty, walk slowly!"
After leaving Zhen's Mansion, Cao Pi felt extremely happy.
good.
What happened today was planned by him and Sima Yi.
They instigated Zhen Yao and deliberately provoked grievances between the Zhen family and Yang Ling.
The purpose is also very simple. Firstly, it is to suppress Yang Ling's arrogance, and secondly, it is to win over the Zhen family.
Now that the goal of the first step has been achieved, the second step is also likely to succeed.
How could this not make Cao Pi happy?
He turned his head and was about to praise Sima Yi when he saw Sima Yi frowning as if he was thinking about something.
"Zhongda, our plan was successful, why are you so depressed?"
"My subordinate is not unhappy."
Sima Yi hurriedly said,
"It's just that my subordinates feel that... this matter seems to be a little too smooth?"
"Oh? How do you say this?"
Cao Pi said doubtfully.
"Yang Ling has always been resourceful and not a person who can't hold his temper. But today he made such a big show of going to the Zhen Mansion to cause trouble."
"Your Majesty, don't you think it's too abnormal?"
Sima Yi asked rhetorically.
"What else do I care about?"
Cao Pi smiled nonchalantly and said,
"Yang Ling is also a human being. He is a human being with seven emotions and six desires. He cannot control his emotions. It is normal."
"Having said that, my subordinates still feel that this matter may be a joint act between Yang Ling and the Zhen family. The purpose is to place Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao next to the prince."
Sima Yi said in a deep voice.
"According to what you want, Zhongda, we can't reuse Zhen Yan and the others?"
Cao Pi asked hesitantly.
Previously, he had been confined to his hometown in Qiao County. Now he has only been the heir for a short time, and his foundation is still shallow.
If he could win over the Zhen family, it would be of great benefit to him.
But if it is true as Sima Yi said, then he must never use Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao.
"It's not urgent. We can see Yang Ling's reaction later."
Sima Yi suggested.
"good!"
Cao Pi nodded heavily.
…
the other side.
Yang Ling took Zhou Cang and others back to his mansion.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cao Qing, who was pregnant with her belly, and came forward with the other girls.
"Master, how is the situation?"
"You bastards Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao really don't take me seriously!"
Yang Ling went straight back to his room with an angry look on his face.
"General Zhou, what exactly is going on?"
Cao Qing could only look towards Zhou Cang.
"Reporting to you ladies, this is what happened..."
Zhou Cang told the truth about what happened in front of the Zhen Mansion.
After hearing this, all the girls were surprised.
No one expected that Yang Ling would get into trouble with the Zhen family to such an extent that even Cao Pi would be alarmed!
"People from the Zhen family are too ignorant."
Cao Qing snorted coldly.
Yang Ling and Cao Pi had a long-standing feud, which was well known to everyone in the court.
Zhen Yao, on the other hand, not only defected to Cao Pi, but also used Cao Pi's power to fight against Yang Ling!
If she hadn't been pregnant, Cao Qing would have wanted to go directly to Cao Cao to complain!
"Sister Qing..."
Mi Zhen on the side quickly grabbed Cao Qing and winked at her.
Cao Qing was stunned for a moment and then realized that Zhen Mi was still standing aside.
"Sister Mi, that's not what I meant..."
"It doesn't matter."
Zhen Mi forced a smile, stood up and left.
Only people were left looking at each other.
Yang Ling seemed to be angry at the Zhen family's behavior, and didn't come out of the room until dinner time.
After he sat down, he looked around at the women at the table and frowned.
"Why don't you see Mrs. Zhen?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Guo Zhao said cautiously,
"Sister Mi feels sorry for what happened today. She is reflecting in her room and is moving to a side hospital."
Yang Ling snorted coldly,
"She is still sensible! In this case, let her move to the side courtyard. In addition, from now on, her food and clothing expenses will be in accordance with the standards of a maid!"
"Husband!"
Cao Qing on the side couldn't stand it any longer, and quickly interceded for Zhen Mi, saying,
"In the final analysis, this matter is the fault of the Zhen family brothers and has nothing to do with sister Mi. There is no need to punish her like this."
"I have made up my mind on this matter. You don't need to persuade me anymore. Let's eat!"
Yang Ling said in a deep voice.
This was the first time the girls saw him so angry, and they didn't dare to say anything.
A servant outside the door took all this into consideration.
He quietly got up and left, came to the courtyard wall, and jumped over when no one was prepared.
By this time night had fallen.
The figure of this servant was rushing through the streets of Xudu.
Not long after, he arrived at Cao Pi's mansion.
"I've met the crown prince!"
The servant bowed respectfully to Cao Pi.
It turned out that this person was the spy placed by Cao Pi in Yang Ling's house.
"How is it? What's going on at Yang Ling's house?"
Cao Pi asked.
"Reporting to the prince, Yang Ling returned to the house and became furious with Miss Zhen. He drove her to live in a side courtyard and reduced her food and clothing expenses to that of a maid."
The servant told exactly what happened in the hall just now.
After hearing this, Cao Pi couldn't help but smile.
"Zhongda, if you look at it this way, the Zhen family can be used by me!"
"What the prince said is true."
Sima Yi nodded, and the worries about Yang Ling disappeared in his heart.
It seemed that Yang Ling was really upset because of his anger, otherwise Zhen Yan's sister would not have been angered.
"Okay, go back to Yang Ling's house quickly, don't let him find out."
Cao Pi praised the spy a few words and let him go back.
He stood up and took Sima Yi with him to the lobby.
A banquet has been set up in the hall, and brothers Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao are waiting quietly.
Seeing Cao Pi arriving, they quickly got up and
"I've met the crown prince!"
"You're welcome, please take a seat."
After everyone was seated, tonight's banquet officially began.
After a few glasses of wine, Cao Pi put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile,
"I wonder how Mr. Zhen is thinking about this afternoon?"
"Your Majesty, to be honest, although our Zhen family is somewhat unhappy with Yang Ling, after all, my younger sister has already married into his house, so how can we really sever the relationship?"
Zhen Yan smiled bitterly.
