Three Kingdoms: I am not Cao Rui

Pei Qian never made mistakes in his work, and he really caught up with Concubine Mao's carriage and welcomed her to the gate of the Privy Council.

The emperor did not like extravagance, and the ministers would not go against his wishes, so they continued to wait with the six people from before.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Concubine Mao got off the carriage, still holding Prince Ye Cao Qi's hand in her left hand.

Concubine Mao bowed towards Cao Rui.

After not seeing each other for a year, Cao Rui could see the implicit and passionate affection in the look in Maopin's eyes. Of course, this was only from Cao Rui's perspective. The ministers were required to bow their heads and not look directly at her out of etiquette.

"Greetings to the noble concubine, greetings to the King of Ye." Under the guidance of Dong Zhao, the six ministers all saluted to the concubine Mao and the King of Ye. Seeing Cao Rui waved his hand, they also stood up.

Even though they were two meters away, the seven-year-old Cao Qi actually let go of his mother's hand and walked towards Cao Rui, greeting him in a very formal and well-behaved manner. He didn't look like a seven-year-old child at all, but more like a big child.

Cao Rui bent down and picked up Cao Qi, then walked to Concubine Mao and stroked her cheek: "Yan'er, wait for me in the carriage."

"Okay, I'll wait for my husband." Concubine Mao said in a low voice that only the two of them could hear. From a closer look, her face was actually starting to turn red.

Of course, Cao Qi could hear it too.

Seeing that Concubine Mao had returned to the carriage, Cao Rui nodded to Jiang Wei who was bowing beside him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Bo Yue."

"It's my job, so it's not hard." Jiang Wei replied with a bow.

After that, Cao Rui held Cao Qi in his arms and walked towards the six ministers, asking as he walked:

"I wrote to you before and told you that I found a royal tutor for you. Do you remember?"

Maybe it was because they hadn't seen each other for a year, Cao Rui seemed to feel that Cao Qi was a little tense, so he put him down and just held his little hand.

"I remember that my father told me in his letter that he had hired a better master than Master Wei, called Master Dong."

"Cao Qi greets Master Dong." After saying that, Cao Qi actually took the initiative to bow to Dong Zhao. Meeting the king's tutor for the first time, Cao Qi, a seven-year-old boy, did not show any fear in front of the ministers.

Dong Zhao became curious and half-knelt to help Cao Qi up: "How did Your Highness recognize me?"

Cao Qi said: "I heard that General Dong is nearly 80 years old. I see that you are the oldest here, so I know that you are Master Dong."

"Hahahaha." Dong Zhao laughed a few times, squatted down, held Cao Qi's hand and said, "It is my honor to meet Your Highness for the first time today. Today, I and my colleagues are here to accompany Your Majesty to discuss matters."

"What do you want to discuss?" Cao Qi looked at Dong Zhao, then pulled his left hand out of Dong Zhao's hand, turned to look at Cao Rui, and stretched out his hand to signal Cao Rui to come and pull.

Cao Rui smiled and nodded, then stepped forward and grabbed Cao Qi's little hand.

This simple action can explain a lot of things. At least the emperor is close enough to the prince of Ye in the harem, close enough to the level of ordinary people, and there is no sense of strangeness in the communication between father and son.

Objectively speaking, Cao Qi's performance just now could not be described as clever, it could only be described as smart and graceful.

Dong Zhao wanted to test him, so he took advantage of Cao Qi's words and asked quietly: "Your Highness, I and the other ministers are discussing military affairs here. Now the imperial army is in Shouchun, and the Shu Kingdom is attacking in the west. It is too late to send troops to rescue. What should we do?"

"Is Master Dong asking me?" Cao Qi pointed at himself and responded.

Dong Zhao, who was squatting in front of Cao Qi, was still holding Cao Qi's right hand and said with a smile: "Yes, I am asking Your Highness."

Cao Qi looked back at Cao Rui again, and after getting his father's nod of permission, he replied to Dong Zhao: "Master Dong, Master Wei told me before that every state has a governor, every county has a prefect, and there are generals leading troops on the border. Even if Shu comes to attack us, I don't think we should worry." "Oh? What does your highness mean?" Dong Zhao was slightly surprised. Cao Zhen, Liu Ye, Lu Xun, Xu Shu, Zhou Tai and others also looked at Dong Zhao and Ye Wang Cao Qi at the same time.

Cao Rui was also happy to see this happen, and he just silently stroked his eldest son's hand to comfort and encourage him.

Cao Qi replied in a childish voice: "Since there is a general there, he should be able to stop the enemy, otherwise he would not be a general there and should be removed by the emperor."

Dong Zhao took a deep breath. Although Cao Qi's words were naive and simple, the truth in them was extremely correct:
This is what is meant by "trust your people when you employ them". The court used Wei Zhen as the General of Chariots and Cavalry there, so it should have made an overall assessment of Wei Zhen's ability and the military affairs of Guanxi, and believed that Wei Zhen could handle everything in Guanxi under extreme circumstances. If Wei Zhen could not be stopped, then it would be the court's mistake in employing people!
Dong Zhao suppressed his shock and asked Cao Qi, "How did you come up with that?"

Cao Qi looked back again, and Cao Rui put his arm around Cao Qi's shoulders and said softly, "Answer whatever Master Dong asks you. Don't be afraid, your father is here."

Cao Qi was not intimidated at all. He turned and looked at Dong Zhao: "Master Wei told me that everyone has his own profession. Father is the emperor and he has to govern the world, while generals have to lead troops to fight. Master Wei also said that he couldn't be my teacher because he was not virtuous enough, so he was removed by father. Master Dong is better, so father asked Master Dong to teach me. Generals must be able to fight, this is also what Master Wei said."

“Your Highness is really, really… really impressive.” Dong Zhao raised his head and looked at Cao Rui: “Your Majesty and I have all misunderstood Wei Dan. There was nothing wrong with his previous report to the Secretariat. The Prince of Ye is as talented as Your Majesty!”

"Hahahaha." Cao Rui didn't say much to Dong Zhao. He held Cao Qi in his arms and stood up. He turned to look at Liu Ye and others and said, "You guys discuss some details. If there are no mistakes, draft the order like this. The Privy Council will draft it and ask Liu Zhongshu to issue it."

"Then Your Majesty..." Liu Ye hesitated to speak.

Cao Rui smiled and said, "I have said everything that needs to be said. I will not stay here with you any longer. I have to go back to the palace to accompany my son."

After saying that, Cao Rui turned around and left without looking back. He didn't ride a horse either. He carried Cao Qi into Mao Pin's carriage, and then the carriage slowly left.

Cao Zhen sighed, "It's really fast. Lord Dong, Zi Yang, Boyan, you may not know that when I first met the late emperor, he was the same age as the King of Ye today, also seven years old. Now more than forty years have passed, it's really fast."

Dong Zhao put his hands behind his back, obviously in a very good mood, and asked with a smile: "Zidan, was the late emperor also so smart when he was young?"

"That's not the case." Cao Zhen smiled. This was the first time he talked about this topic with others. In today's scene, it didn't seem abrupt.

"The late emperor learned swordplay at the age of five, archery and horse riding at the age of six, and could ride and shoot at the age of eight. If you ask me, the late emperor was more interested in military affairs when he was young. But the late emperor really developed both civil and military talents and ambitions after the death of King Fengdao when he was ten years old and the incident with Zhang Xiu in Wancheng."

Dong Zhao nodded: "The Cao family is so talented! Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen were like this, and your majesty is even wiser. Now the Prince of Ye is also a descendant of the same lineage. This is truly a blessing for the Great Wei."

Cao Zhen curled his lips and said, "Mr. Dong is a lucky man. He sold his reputation in the palace and got the position of tutor to Prince Ye."

"Hahahaha." Dong Zhao didn't say much. He just walked back to the Privy Council with his hands behind his back, and several people behind him followed him.

……

On the same day, it was still afternoon.

Five knights came from the south with a carriage, left Ruxuwu of Wu State, and walked to the outside of the city of Jingnan Dongwu. They claimed to be the envoy of Wu State and the attendant Xu Xiang, and said they wanted to see the garrison commander of Wei State.

Zhang Hu, the general who was in charge of guarding this place, asked and saw that there were indeed only five people outside. He ordered the gate to be opened and let them in. He walked to the left side of the city gate, surrounded by his personal guards, raised his head and asked:
"Who are you? What do you want to tell me?"

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Zhang Hu was not afraid of being suspected of talking to the enemy. Now that the army was well connected, there was no need to worry about such meaningless matters.

Xu Xiang bowed and said, "Greetings, General. I am the envoy of the Emperor of Wu, the Minister of the Court and the Commander of the Left Army and the Right Law Enforcement Officer Xu Xiang. Today, I am here on the order of the Emperor of Wu to deliver a letter to the State of Wei and pay New Year's greetings to the Emperor of Wei."

"Ouch?" Zhang Hu looked at Xu Xiang and said jokingly, "The sun is setting in the west. Is Sun Quan sending gifts to His Majesty? Let me tell you, Sun Quan is a fake emperor. There is only one emperor in the world, and that is the emperor of Wei. The rest are all fake emperors!" (End of this chapter)