Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1037: Forced to Help
As the first wife who has been with Cao Cao for many years, Mrs. Ding is valued by Cao Cao. She obviously has advantages that other female relatives do not have.

Her brain is very flexible, no less than that of Mrs. Bian, but the difference between her and Mrs. Bian is that Mrs. Bian needs to show her abilities in order to gain a foothold in the house, but Mrs. Ding does not need to. As the head wife, she only needs to do her part. Things just woke up.

Therefore, Mrs. Ding usually kept a low profile, and she had reached a tacit understanding with Mrs. Bian. Even if Mrs. Bian trespassed in the affairs of the back house, Mrs. Ding did not care much. Her generous attitude won Cao Cao's respect.

Mrs. Dante is not invulnerable, she also has her fate.

That is Cao Ang.

Although Cao Ang is not her biological child, she raised her with her own hands. The relationship between the two is like that of a biological mother and son. And as long as Cao Ang is around, Mrs. Ding will have no worries. After all, with Cao Ang's ability and prestige, he is the well-deserved heir to the Cao family. Cao Cao's other The total number of children is half of Cao Ang's.

But all these expectations were completely shattered when Cao Ang died in Wancheng. After hearing the news, Mrs. Ding was on the verge of collapse. Although she survived in the end, she still could not forgive Cao Cao and resolutely reconciled with Cao Cao.

She had so much hatred for Cao Cao, her husband, let alone Yuan Xi, the murderer in front of her who directly killed Cao Ang.

So although Mrs. Ding looked extremely calm on the surface, Yuan Xi understood that if Mrs. Ding had the chance, she would definitely kill him. The reason why she didn't take action now was because she was not sure of success.

But on the other hand, Mrs. Ding was not dazzled by hatred. She understood that Yuan Xishang still treated her politely, and there must be some use value that she didn't know about.

"Concubine and Cao Cao have nothing to do with each other anymore. Does Jun really think that concubine's words can still affect him?"

So now when Yuan Xi mentioned the people who were being held hostage outside the city, Mrs. Ding also hesitated for a moment, and then gritted her teeth and said: "When you talk to me about these things, do you think I can change something?"

"As forwards, even if these common people die, I will not give up defense because of them, so the next release will be very tragic."

Thinking of this, Mrs. Ding regained her composure and said calmly: "What do you want to say?"

Yuan Xi stared at Mrs. Ding until she stopped standing and looked away unconsciously before speaking out: "Cao Cao looted and coerced tens of thousands of people around Shouchun City and prepared to drive them to attack Shouchun."

And in Mrs. Ding's opinion, it is unlikely that Yuan Xi is coveting her body. Otherwise, he could just use force. Why bother talking to her here in vain?

Mrs. Ding had a sarcastic look on her face, "You are so compassionate, but it's a pity that you found the wrong person."

Mrs. Ding saw that although Yuan Xi was besieged by Cao Cao, he did not belittle Cao Cao in his words, but gave him enough respect. This made her even more alert. This showed that the other party felt that he had the bargaining chip he thought he could use. That's why you can have such a condescending attitude!

Yuan Xi sighed: "I hope so."

So when Yuan Xi said these naked words, Mrs. Ding was caught off guard and almost lost her composure. She subconsciously covered her clothes and suppressed her anger and said: "I originally thought that your Majesty was a smart person who knew the benefits, but it turned out that he was just an incompetent and furious person." Just a villain."

Yuan Xi sat cross-legged opposite Mrs. Ding. There was only a spinning wheel between them, but the distance was close enough that Mrs. Ding could feel the other person's breath and subconsciously moved back.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi was not angry, but rather happy, "As expected of Cao Mengde's wife, you are very smart. This will save me a lot of words and a lot of things in the future."

Mrs. Ding knew very well that the stable life of her female relatives depended on Cao Cao's victories. If Cao Cao failed, she and others would also become the spoils of the victor.

She sneered in her heart. What the other party was thinking was that he wanted to use humiliation as a threat to make Cao Cao submit, right?
Could Cao Cao be this kind of person?

Mrs. Ding finally couldn't help but break her guard. She spit at Yuan Xi, "You are my enemy who I want to kill quickly, but you tease me again and again. Do you think I won't die in front of you?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Since it doesn't matter, is it okay for my wife to remarry me?"

Madam Ding hesitated, she naturally knew what Cao Cao did when he attacked the city. Although she didn't agree with it, she also knew that these things were not something that women could get involved in. After all, they would do anything to fight for the world. If a woman has a little kindness, It will be the end of death.

But the conscience in her heart also told her that this approach was definitely wrong, which put her in conflict all the time. Therefore, she also maintained some sympathy and sympathy for the women who were once other people's wives and concubines who were brought into the inner house by Cao Cao. Feeling guilty, knowing that I am not innocent.

If he really views Cao Cao like this, he will definitely suffer a big loss in the next battle!

"If I have no choice, I can only order the soldiers to kill all the people attacking the city, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I still want to try my best."

"Because I can't find any other better way."

Yuan Xi turned sideways to avoid spitting. Listening to Madam Ding's seemingly fierce words, he still said slowly: "Madam, how much do you think the lives of 100,000 people outside the city are worth?"

Mrs. Ding was startled. She did not understand what Yuan Xi meant, and subconsciously said: "You are compassionate, but I am just a woman. Even if I understand these things, I can't do anything about it."

"What's more, the commander has been fighting all over the world for many years. I'm afraid he may have lost hundreds of thousands of lives under his command. From my point of view, their lives are no different from those of the people outside."

Yuan Xi praised: "Madam is very insightful. If I didn't want to be a fellow-minded person with Cao Mengde, I wouldn't have had an in-depth exchange with Madam."

Although Mrs. Ding did not understand, she also knew that it was not a good thing. Her eyebrows were raised and she was about to get angry when she heard Yuan Xi say: "I heard that Meng Degong has been in poor health these years, right?"

Before Mrs. Ding left Xudu, Cao Cao was already in poor health, but naturally she would not tell Yuan Xi this. She just snorted coldly and heard Yuan Xi say: "If Cao Mengde dies one day, he will inherit the family business. Either Cao Pi or Cao Zhi."

"The two of them are still young, so I'm afraid they won't be able to support the Cao family." "If I get the chance, I will definitely try my best to defeat the Cao family while they have no one in charge."

"It's hard to say what will happen to the Cao family when the time comes. Aren't you worried, madam?"

Mrs. Ding sneered and said: "What do I have to worry about? I am no longer a member of the Cao family. What does all this have to do with me?"

Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows, "Even if the Cao family is destroyed?"

Mrs. Ding hesitated for a moment, then turned her head and snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, please think about the current predicament. Under his offensive, you have to kill your own people with your own hands. You must feel very powerless, right?"

"This is also retribution for you. Now that I see your appearance, I feel very happy."

In response to Madam Ding's provocation, Yuan Xi was not angry at all, but laughed, "My madam and I have talked so much and finally decided on one thing."

"Madam is actually a very selfish person."

Mrs. Ding turned her head and stared at Yuan Xi coldly, "So what?"

Yuan Xi said leisurely: "To say that Madam is selfish is a bit one-sided. It's not that Madam doesn't care about people, but the person who cares is no longer there."

Mrs. Ding finally broke her guard. She lifted the spinning wheel with both hands and was about to push it over Yuan Xi. Upon seeing this, Yuan Xi stretched out a hand and held the spinning wheel firmly.

He looked at Mrs. Ding's fire-breathing eyes and said slowly: "One hundred thousand lives would be exchanged for one person. Madam, would you exchange it for me?"

Mrs. Ding did not react at this moment. After these words echoed in her heart several times, her body began to slowly tremble.

She obviously understood what Yuan Xi meant, but she couldn't believe it, because her heart had already died in the past two years. She had hoped that Cao Ang's death was false news countless times, but reality mercilessly stabbed her in the face again and again. In her heart.

Even at this moment, she couldn't believe that what she heard was true. Mrs. Ding felt that this must be a dream, and she was just too obsessed that she was hearing hallucinations.

Her lips trembled and she said in a trembling voice: "What did you say?"

Yuan Xi repeated his words again and said: "I know it is difficult to convince Cao Cao alone, but for the sake of the names of those hundred thousand people, I have to try every method."

"If I keep him, he is naturally a rare commodity. If I want to get the maximum benefit in the future, throwing him out at this time will naturally not meet my expectations."

"So you can choose to believe it or not, but don't regret it afterwards."

"You should understand that as long as I am alive, you can live a good life if you care about that person. If I die, I don't know what I will do before I die."

"I'll give you one day to think about it."

He wanted to stand up, but his sleeves tightened. Mrs. Ding tightly grasped Yuan Xi's sleeves and said tremblingly: "Is everything you said true?"

Yuan Xi said calmly: "You can choose not to believe it."

Mrs. Ding bit her lip hard, "How do I know you're not lying to me?"

Yuan Xi talked about several marks on the hidden parts of Cao Ang's body reported by doctors when Cao Ang was being treated, and finally said: "Actually, these don't mean anything. They can also be found on the corpse."

"The only thing you can hope for is that I didn't lie, so you need to take a gamble."

"But based on your intelligence, you should be able to tell that there is no need for me to lie to you."

"If Cao Cao really wants to fight, I'm not afraid of him. If it weren't for those people, I wouldn't expose my trump card at this time."

"The exchange I hope for is that you try your best to convince Cao Cao not to sacrifice these lives."

"Of course, if you try to tell Cao Cao the inside story, or leak this matter to a third person, I don't mind sending him on his way early."

Mrs. Ding said harshly: "Can you swear an oath?"

Yuan Xi thought for a moment and said, "I swear on a personal basis that Cao Ang is still alive."

"If you make false claims, I will be struck by thunder and die."

Mrs. Ding's body trembled, tears kept pouring from her eyes, and finally she couldn't help but lay on the spinning wheel and cried bitterly.

(End of this chapter)