A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

Is the time almost here?

Sima Yi secretly wondered what kind of opportunity Cao Pi was referring to.

On the surface, he pretended to be indifferent, not only in front of Cao Cao but also in front of Cao Pi.

Neither of them are easy to deal with. Sima Yi has always walked on thin ice. Will he be able to successfully reach the other side?

Unable to directly confront Cao Chong's policies, the major clans opted for a policy of passive resistance.

To prevent Cao Chong from directly attacking them again and further damaging their already weakened state, they chose another approach: they created a large number of government affairs for Cao Chong to handle. Every day, Cao Chong would wake up to countless government affairs that needed his approval.

Moreover, given the methods of aristocratic families, it is necessary for him to review these government affairs.

Having assisted the emperor in governing the country for hundreds of years, they were all too familiar with such underhanded tactics.

That night, Cao Chong worked on government affairs until midnight. After finally finishing reviewing the documents, Cao Chong stood up and suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground.

"His Majesty!"

The eunuch attending him heard the commotion and rushed in, only to find Cao Chong unconscious on the ground.

"His Majesty summons the Prime Minister to the palace!"

The young eunuch had been by Cao Chong's side for a long time and had been influenced by what he saw and heard. Although Cao Chong did not allow him to attend to him when he was reviewing memorials, the Cao family was relatively friendly to eunuchs, and the young eunuch was quite capable.

The young eunuch knew that the news of the emperor's unexplained fainting must never be allowed to spread. If it did, it would surely cause chaos throughout the land.

It should be noted that the emperor's current offspring is only three years old. If anything were to happen to Cao Chong, the empire would be unable to support itself.

Therefore, if he directly summoned the prime minister to the palace under the guise of Cao Chong, the court officials would suspect that an emergency had occurred, rather than suspecting that the emperor had a health problem.

Moreover, the Prime Minister's medical skills are far superior to those of the imperial physicians.

Upon receiving the message from the palace, Wei Xue hurriedly entered the palace.

When he saw Cao Chong faint, his expression changed instantly. He placed his hand on Cao Chong's pulse, and his face grew even more grim.

"Issue my order: have Xu Chu seal off the palace, and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

As soon as Wei Xue gave the order, the emergency measures for the entire palace were immediately activated. Xu Chu personally led his men to guard the outside, and the Imperial Guards defended the entire palace, blocking all the passages.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong with His Majesty?"

After arranging the palace's defenses, Xu Chu entered and asked Wei Xue.

"His Majesty has been poisoned!"

Wei Xue used silver needles to force out the toxins from Cao Chong's body. Black blood gathered into drops on the silver needles, which were also corroded and turned black.

"What?!"

"Who dares to be so bold! I'm going to chop off their head!"

Xu Chu was horrified. Cao Cao had entrusted the emperor to him before his death, and now he had been poisoned right under his nose. How could he possibly face Cao Cao now?!

"Arrange for someone to invite Cheng Yu to the palace, saying that there is an urgent war report from abroad and that we need to discuss it with him."

Since Cao Chong ascended the throne, Cheng Yu's status has risen accordingly. He also secretly controls the intelligence agency of the Great Wei. When it comes to investigating who poisoned the emperor, Cheng Yu is needed to take action.

When Cheng Yu entered the palace, Wei Xue had already forced out all the toxins he could and placed Cao Chong in a bathtub full of hot water.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong with His Majesty?"

Upon seeing the black blood and the unconscious Cao Chong beside him, Cheng Yu immediately realized that the so-called battle report was just a ruse.

"Zhongde, you've arrived. I'll wake His Majesty first, and then explain to him and you together."

For the sake of learning, he fed Cao Chong a strong dose of medicine and then inserted forty-nine silver needles into his head. Under the combined effect of these two methods, Cao Chong slowly woke up.

"Prime Minister, Master, Uncle Zhongkang, what's wrong with me?"

Cao Chong felt completely weak and powerless, and the room was filled with a foul, fishy smell. His head was also covered with silver needles.

"Your Majesty, according to my diagnosis, you have been poisoned for five years. This poison is colorless and odorless, and does not cause much damage to the body, so no one has noticed it."

"However, this poison was administered for five consecutive years, which caused the toxins in your body to completely destroy your health. In addition, Your Majesty has been overworked recently, and the hidden dangers in your body suddenly erupted, which is why Your Majesty fainted."

"Your Majesty, please carefully recall the events of the past five years and have Zhongde lead the investigation to find out exactly who did it!"

After hearing Wei Xue's words, both Cao Chong and Cheng Yu looked extremely pale, especially Cao Chong, whose face was already bluish-black from the poisoning.

He began to recall carefully, constantly scouring his memories.

However, nothing particularly special seemed to have happened five years ago. He had already become the crown prince and spent his days learning how to handle government affairs from Cao Cao. It seems that he officially began to act as the acting head of the court five years ago.

At that time, it seems that several powerful families had committed crimes. In order to show Cao Cao his determination to oppose these powerful families and his idea of ​​inheriting Cao Cao's legacy, he dealt with these families severely.

Apart from that, nothing particularly noteworthy happened that year.

"If I remember correctly, it should be the Wei family of the North and the Jin family of Liaodong."

Cheng Yu thought for a moment and quickly recalled the events of that year.

Wei Xue's eyebrows twitched. Weren't the Wei family of the North descendants of Wei Zhongxian, the Southern Xiongnu?

After suffering a severe blow that year, it took 400 years to recover its strength, only to be weakened again by Cao Chong, causing it to revert to its previous state.

Cao Chong and Cheng Yu also thought of this. The master and apprentice exchanged a glance and saw the sharpness in each other's eyes.

The blame for poisoning the emperor was firmly placed on the Wei family in the north and the Jin family in Liaodong.

"Prime Minister, from this day forward, your lineage shall continue to follow the practice of the previous dynasty, and shall enter the palace for medical treatment once a year."

Cao Chong gave a bitter laugh. It wasn't until the incident happened to him that he realized how wise the Han Dynasty's move was.

If he had followed the example of the Han Dynasty emperors and had Wei Xue examine his pulse every year, he wouldn't have taken so many years to discover that he had been poisoned.

"As you command."

Wei Xue abandoned medicine for politics for so many years, unlike his father who devoted his life to medicine. In addition, Daqian was a new dynasty, and many things were not passed down.

It is not too late.

Isn't it too late?

It was too late; even an emperor couldn't save him.

At the cost of an emperor, who knows how many more upheavals will occur in the future.

"Master, I'm leaving this investigation to you!"

Cao Chong pointed to the sword hanging beside him, "This is the Heaven-Reliant Sword left by my father. Master, you take it. Anyone who obstructs the investigation will be killed without mercy!"

Cao Pi, who was also outside the city, was overjoyed. He was sitting at home when joy came from heaven.

Someone inexplicably takes the blame, even if they think they did it perfectly. Isn't it better for someone else to take the fall?