magic high school

They don't need to throw the entire Luoyang into chaos; they only need to throw the Sima family into chaos. Right now, the main force of the Sima family is in the Hanzhong area, which is actually the weakest time for the Sima clan.

Li Ge could even change his name to "Sima You" and have a Red Moon Night event.

This was the best news Li Ge had heard since arriving in Luoyang.

"Xiao Ye, let's stick to the previous plan. We'll be very busy tonight. You should try to rescue Liu Chan in the first half of the night and meet him at Beiman Mountain. I'll find an opportunity to cause a ruckus in the palace to draw all the firepower, and then we'll figure out a way to kill the Sima family together!" Li Ge came up with this idea.

The two hit it off immediately and finalized this plan, which at first glance seemed unreliable and even a spur-of-the-moment idea.

This is actually quite normal. Most schemes in history are impromptu, and the fewer steps the better. Li Ge's plan was even considered complicated, and it was actually a last-ditch effort when there was no other way.

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Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

Li Ge quietly sneaked into the palace, bypassing the heavy guards of the Sima family, and successfully infiltrated.

Thanks to the academy's escape training, which included techniques such as stealth, hiding, and infiltration, Li Ge also explored it on his own and found that the Cao Wei imperial palace was even more lax than the outposts in Assassin's Creed.

Some were dozing off, some were slacking off, and some were even gathering to drink...

Is this the level of security at the Cao Wei imperial palace...?

Thus, Li Ge easily infiltrated the area, and even killed everyone he saw without using the ultimate technique of infiltration.

And so, he found Cao Huan's bedroom, the Taiji Hall, with almost no pressure.

This is Cao Huan's residence. Although it is magnificent, it will belong to Sima Yan next year. The surveillance here is much tighter than outside, with several teams of guards taking turns patrolling.

Even the palace maids, eunuchs, and everyone else here belong to the Sima family.

The main reason is that a few years ago, the Sima family gave Cao Mao a little bit of power, allowing him to choose his own palace maids, eunuchs, and guards. Cao Mao then used this power to cause the Luoyang Incident, which left Cao Huan with no one of his own around him.

Despite this, Cao Huan was still the nominal emperor, and his influence was still enormous. To put it bluntly, hanging Cao Huan's corpse at the Sima family's door would have an effect that could cause an earthquake in Luoyang.

So Li Ge managed to sneak into the palace during the guards' rotation. This time it took much longer than before. The guards in the Taiji Hall were considered elite in this feudal era.

Cao Huan was also awake at this time, with a lamp lit, seemingly reviewing memorials.

Upon closer inspection, however, it was all nonsense, such as which family had stolen a wife, or which prince had composed a poem, etc. There were no real national affairs, or even something as trivial as the conquest of Shu.

"Who!" Cao Huan suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Because Li Ge didn't pretend at this moment and revealed his figure, Cao Huan, the former Prince of Chenliu and the current Emperor of Cao Wei, was so frightened that he seemed to suspect that Li Ge was someone from the Sima family who came to kill him.

Just as he was about to shout, Li Ge covered his mouth and nose, which made Cao Huan make an even more terrified sound.

"Don't make a sound. If you dare to make any more noise, I'll kill you!" Li Ge threatened directly.

Cao Huan nodded vigorously, and after Li Ge relaxed his grip slightly, he immediately begged for mercy: "I have absolutely no disloyalty to the Sima family, why are you still trying to harm me today? Was Sima Gong's (Sima Zhao's) promise just a joke?"

Li Ge: "..."

Dude, you're the emperor! How can you, as the emperor, be loyal to the Sima family?

Why is Your Majesty rebelling?

Li Ge was speechless. He didn't even refer to himself as "I" anymore, otherwise Li Ge would have liked to punch the emperor three times.

Li Ge could only sigh, then composed himself and said, "Your Majesty, my name is Cao Ge, courtesy name Ziyin..."

Cao Huan was stunned the moment Li Ge introduced herself.

Just as he was beginning to have doubts, Li Ge immediately began to recount her fabricated background and her relationship with Liu Xie and Cao Jie. Cao Huan then believed her, because he also knew that his aunt Cao Jie was one of the few people who helped some impoverished relatives when she was alive.

Then Cao Huan couldn't help but tremble. He never expected that at this time, there would still be a member of the Cao Wei imperial family who could bypass the Sima family's influence and come to him.

Didn't he want to become the real emperor and destroy the Sima family?

He longed for it, he dreamed about it, but he couldn't do it; he was too weak and powerless.

He was so weak that he was like a sycophant to the Sima family, content to play along with their act and show. Sima Zhao promised him a life and status similar to Liu Xie, and he would eventually abdicate in favor of the Sima family and become a minor king of a duchy, living a good life.

However, even though he had already become the emperor and had touched the Imperial Seal of the State more than once, who wouldn't want to truly solidify his position as emperor?

But he was afraid! Cao Mao's death was imminent, and he was afraid of dying. Although he knew he was disgracing the entire Cao family, essentially handing over the Cao Wei dynasty to the Sima family, all he wanted was to live...

He would be liberated on the day he abdicated.

However, at this moment, the arrival of the Cao clan in the dead of night instantly tore away his fig leaf, exposing him completely to the sunlight.

This allowed the last shred of courage and shame of Cao Cao's grandson to erupt completely.

"Brother, do you intend to relinquish the ancestral legacy entirely, just like that Bronze Sparrow Terrace?" Li Ge asked Cao Huan directly.

The two spoke very softly, and Li Ge had also checked that the palace maids and eunuchs were not around, and the Sima family's guards were also some distance away. Under these circumstances, they could still communicate in whispers.

"We, the Cao family, have been fighting against Dong Zhuo for seventy-five years. Cao Cao wielded his whip with great vigor and decisiveness, destroying Yuan Shao, pacifying Yuan Shu, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou is now nothing but a skeleton in a tomb. It is only a pity that we were defeated at the Battle of Red Cliffs, which gave Shu Han and Eastern Wu a chance to breathe. But why has our Cao family's glory and foundation fallen to this state?" Li Ge said with heartfelt sorrow.

Cao Huan's face flushed red. Did he not want to? Did he not want to reclaim his ancestors' legacy? It was because he was too weak. He didn't even have a single capable person. How could he possibly avoid destroying his ancestors' legacy?

He opened his mouth, as if he had a lot to say, but in the end, it could only turn into a long sigh.

"I...sigh..."

Cao Huan didn't even doubt Li Ge's identity, because he felt he had nothing left to use. The fact that a member of the Cao clan had to rely on Liu Xie, the former Duke of Shanyang, was a great irony.

"But brother, we now have our greatest reliance, our last strength. Today, we can even storm into the Sima family in one fell swoop! Brother, would you rather become a sinner of the Cao family, or a hero like Wei Wu?" Li Ge said at the end, this was his true plan.

The night of the Sima family's massacre naturally required a scapegoat, a "Uchiha Itachi".

Well, it's best for Cao Huan to be the scapegoat.

Cao Huan panicked for a moment. He was about to retort, but after being scolded by Li Ge, his anger had not subsided. However, fear surged into his heart. In this dilemma, he suddenly shouted from outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, a guest has arrived at the Duke of Jin's residence!"

In an instant, Cao Huan was shocked.