Chapter 56 Second, behind the scenes

One month later, Emperor Xian issued an imperial decree, publicly declaring Prime Minister Cao to be the Duke of Wei, ranking above all the kings of the Han Dynasty, and Yang Xuan, Zuo Zhonglang, granted him three pieces of gold seal, red sash belt, and far-reaching crown. Only the prince of the clan A thing of reverence that can only be enjoyed. As soon as this imperial decree was issued, there was an uproar between the government and the public, but it was only an "uproar", and it soon calmed down. However, what shocked everyone the most were two other things.Xun You, the Marquis of Lingshuting and the right army commander of the prime minister's mansion, died suddenly the day after the edict was announced. There is a saying that he failed because he tried his best to prevent Prime Minister Cao from expanding his power, and he committed suicide by taking poison in despair; two It was Taiwei Yang Biao, who had always been highly respected and dedicated to the country, was suddenly dismissed from all positions by an imperial decree from Xiandi, abdicated on the spot and returned to his hometown.When Yang Biao bid farewell to Xiandi, he couldn't help his grief and burst into tears. He could only kowtow and drip blood, and remained silent.And Emperor Xian could only weep facing him, having nothing to say.Everyone knew who it was that actually expelled Yang Biao.However, everyone kept silent about it.

At the same time as these two edicts were issued, Prime Minister Cao personally drafted and issued three warrants, all of which were meaningful. The first order is that it is strictly forbidden for the ministers in the court to make friends with the princes of the Cao family in private.Any violators will be punished immediately upon verification. The second warrant was to suddenly promote the prime minister's servant, Chen Qun, to the position of deputy director of the prime minister's office, in charge of drafting official documents, handling seals, counselors, military appointments, and personnel appointments and dismissals.

The third warrant is to bypass Marquis Pingyuan and directly appoint Xing Yu, who insists that he will be the heir of the five senses, as the housekeeper of Marquis Pingyuan, who is responsible for supervising Marquis Pingyuan's social activities on weekdays. When Ding Yi saw these three warrants, she couldn't help being surprised.Obviously, these three warrants were almost entirely for the purpose of containing Ping Yuanhou's power.The first warrant was clearly a warning against Yang Xiu and himself; the second warrant was also because the prime minister began to use Chen Qun, who was closely related to the five-featured general, to restrain Yang Xiu and divide his powers out of distrust of Yang Xiu. To dismantle his momentum; the third warrant was clearly sent by Prime Minister Cao to send Xing Yu to monitor Pingyuanhou.Following these three warrants, the ministers who had expressed their support for Marquis Pingyuan suddenly became silent one by one—the situation took a turn for the worse overnight.

Ding Yi felt that such a dramatic change came too strangely.At the same time, this also confirmed the speculation that had always existed in his heart but never uttered.That is, in this matter of the Wei Palace heir's establishment of an heir, there has been an invisible "black hand" secretly manipulating all this and suppressing Ping Yuanhou.What's more, the power of this secret activity is very secretive and terrifying, and it always crushes all the achievements that he and Yang Xiu have made for Pingyuan Hou at the most critical moment.Therefore, Ding Yi believed that there must be a mysterious "behind-the-scenes expert" behind Cao Pi who is a man of five senses, and that this "behind-the-scenes expert" has extremely far-reaching strategies and extremely insidious methods. The most formidable opponent of all political enemies.You think, he has set up all kinds of resistance and obstacles for Pingyuan Hou's future invisibly and silently, but he and Yang Xiu can't see the clues, isn't it incredible?

So, who is this terrible "master behind the scenes"?Ding Yi thought hard, and took out all the suspicious characters in his mind to investigate one by one. Chen Qun, Huan Jie, Wu Zhi, Zhu Shuo, etc., it seemed that everyone could be the "master behind the scenes" , and it seems that it is impossible for everyone to be this "master behind the scenes".For several days, he has been thinking about this question all the time, but he has been unable to figure it out. Today, Ding Yi was working in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Ding Ming, the general of his mansion, came to him suddenly and found him directly. He lowered his hand and reported: "Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master has something important to discuss with you at the mansion."

Seeing Ding Ming coming to report, Ding Yi didn't ask any more questions, just said lightly: "Understood." Then she stood up and handed over the official duties at hand with other colleagues, and left the Prime Minister's Mansion in a hurry with Ding Ming.When she arrived at the gate of Dexiang Mansion, Ding Yi walked in a hurry and bumped into a person who was walking in.The man staggered from being hit by him, and cried out "Ouch". Ding Yi looked up and saw that it was Sima Yi, the military Sima whom he hadn't seen for a long time while following Prime Minister Cao's westward expedition to Liu Bei.Sima Yi had already stabilized his body, and said in surprise, "What's the hurry, Mr. Ding? You left in such a hurry?"

"Oh... I have urgent business to go back in the mansion, so I accidentally bumped into Brother Sima," Ding Yi apologized repeatedly, and ran straight out without stopping for a moment, "I'm sorry, Brother Sima, please help me." Forgive me, I will set up a banquet in the future to apologize for Brother Sima's surprise..." While Sima Yi replied "No need", Ding Ming followed Ding Yi with his eyes and glanced all over his body like lightning.At a glance, Sima Yi's heart skipped a beat.This man has a hulking back and a stern face, with a somewhat reckless and heroic air.Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to his mind.This person is dressed as a servant, but with such appearance, he must be a dead man raised by Ding Yi's mansion.Then, he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to call Ding Yi away urgently, there must be something very urgent, and this matter must be no small matter, could it be related to the current son's establishment of an heir?Only such a major event will make Ding Yi, who has always claimed to be "public and forgetting private", rush back to the prime minister's office during office hours.Moreover, Ding Yi seemed to have a hint of uncontrollable joy in his eyebrows... Could it be that they noticed something... Sima Yi stood there seemingly as if nothing had happened, while arranging the clothes that were wrinkled by Ding Yi's head , while thinking extremely nervously and quickly.

"Master, master..." Sima Yin's tone of voice distorted due to nervousness and anxiety brought him back to reality from his contemplation, "What's wrong with you?" Sima Yi regained his composure, seeing that it was Sima Yin, his expression changed: "What are you doing here?" "The little one has something important to report." Sima Yin said eagerly, and at the same time attached himself to him, and whispered a few words into Sima Yi's ear in a very low voice. "What?" As if a thunderbolt hit him from the clear sky, Sima Yi, who had always been deep and steady, couldn't help shaking his whole body, and his complexion changed drastically.He finally understood why Ding Yi rushed back home in such a hurry.

But just at this moment, he immediately settled down, regained his usual composure, and said to Sima Yin: "Quickly go to the third master and go back to the mansion, just tell me that I have an emergency."