Can I get to the other side?

After a complicated psychological struggle, Sima Yi forced himself to calm down, and then said to the butler in a calm tone as much as possible: "I understand, I'll go there right away."

The butler bowed and then stepped down.

Sima Yi came to the front of the bronze mirror and began to tidy up his clothes. Looking at his slightly pale face in the bronze mirror, he reached out and rubbed it hard, and then he returned to a little bloody color.

"Let's relax. Your Majesty summoned me to discuss things, and it may not be that my canvassing votes were exposed..."

Sima Yi comforted himself.

In this way, with a nervous heart in his arms, he walked out of the study and went to the palace with the eunuchs summoned from the palace.

Along the way, various possible scenes kept popping up in his mind, and the anxiety in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Soon he arrived outside the greenhouse.

The eunuch stopped and stood with his head down.

Sima Yi looked at the pearl curtain in front of him and the vague figure behind the pearl curtain. He took a deep breath, calmed down, and then respectfully bowed: "Sima Yi, pay homage to Your Majesty."

"Come in."

A plain sound came from behind the bead curtain.

Sima Yi lowered his head and walked in.

Liu Xie sat on the dragon throne reading a book. He only raised his head after hearing the sound of footsteps, looking directly at Sima Yi, but did not speak.

This silence made Sima Yi feel more and more frightened, as if the air around him had frozen, and cold sweat on his forehead kept rolling down.

Seeing this, Liu Xie smiled slightly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why did Zhongda sweat so much? Is it because my greenhouse ground dragon burning too much?"

Sima Yi raised his hand to wipe his sweat and said dryly, "I have always been afraid of heat and I am rude in front of His Holiness."

"I see."

Liu Xie put down the book in his hand and then said, "Don't stand, sit down. This is not the first time I have seen me. Why are you doing so restrained?"

Sima Yi bowed and said, "Thank you Your Majesty."

After Sima Yi sat down, Liu Xie continued, "Zhongda, do you know why I summoned you into the palace? ”

Sima Yi was relaxed a little, but after hearing this, he felt nervous again, but he could only grit his teeth and replied: "I don't know, I hope Your Majesty will make it clear."

Liu Xie smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, it's related to the recent selection of vice presidents of the Royal College of the Han Dynasty."

"I have looked at the vote count. Zhongda, your vote count is high, and even Fengxian and Wenyuan are under you."

"It seems that you are the position of vice president this time."

When Sima Yi heard that it was related to voting, he felt stiff all over, and his brain began to think quickly.

What does the emperor mean?

Did the emperor know that he canvasses his votes?

Or simply encourage him?

No, how could he summon him alone if he wanted to encourage him?

Or is it that the emperor doubts that his votes are too high?

Sima Yi started a brainstorming, and countless speculations and possibilities flashed through his mind, and at the same time he thought about how to answer the most perfectly.

Sima Yi kept his expression unchanged and said respectfully: "Your Majesty has praised you. It is just the soldiers in the army who are loving you. I am very frightened."

"Is this really the case?"

Liu Xie's smile gradually calmed down, and his eyes looked at Sima Yi with a deep look, "Zhongda, I always think you are a smart person."

"It is important to know that it is easy to deceive others, but it is difficult to deceive heaven."

Liu Xie's tone was not heavy, but it fell into Sima Yi's heart, like a heavy hammer, which made him dizzy and dark.

Without any hesitation, Sima Yi knelt down with a pounce, and his back was wet with cold sweat: "Your Majesty, forgive me! I was confused for a moment and just did such a confused thing. Your Majesty, forgive me!"

He understood that the emperor knew everything he had done.

If you keep talking hard now, you will have a dead end!

At this moment, Sima Yi's heart was filled with unparalleled despair. Everything he had worked hard to manage since he entered the officialdom and his original bright future have ended here.

And everything is because of his thoughts!

Thinking of this, Sima Yi could no longer help but feel sad in his heart. Tears couldn't help but burst out from his eyes and sobbed in a low voice.

He was still young after all, and he could not bear such a big blow for the moment.

Liu Xie looked at Sima Yi kneeling on the ground sob, his expression calmed down a little, and said, "Zhongda, I value your talent, and I also see your diligence."

"Just shortly before you entered the palace, the evidence of your cheating canvassing votes has been submitted. I am now suppressing it and not sending it to the cabinet."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Liu Xie threw away several confessions on the table.

It just fell in front of Sima Yi.

This was just sent by Chen Gong. He had already found out the tricks about the vote count and arrested the officials responsible for counting the vote count.

Those people directly provided Sima Yi with him.

Sima Yi was slightly stunned. After reacting, he felt extremely moved. He touched the ground with his forehead and said in tears: "Your Majesty is so kind that I will never forget you!"

The emperor said this, obviously protecting him.

If you don’t enter the cabinet, you won’t get it on the table.

Some things may be as light as a feather if you don’t weigh them; once you weigh them, you can’t beat them even if you have a thousand pounds, and you will bleed.

He canvassed for the vice president of the Royal Academy of the Han Dynasty by cheating. Once this matter is revealed, his reputation and future will be destroyed.

Will be removed from the cabinet!

But if Zi helped him suppress this matter today, it would be like saving his life. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was recreating his grace!

"Get up."

Liu Xie walked out from behind the Long case, reached out to help Sima Yi up from the ground, and handed him a handkerchief, "As a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, how can he be crying?"

"I know you want to beat Kong Ming and are eager to prove yourself, but you can't do anything."

"Your talent is not inferior to Kong Ming. This time I will treat it as a lesson. If you commit it again in the future, I will never forgive you."

Sima Yi wiped his tears, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. He saluted Liu Xie deeply and said, "What Your Majesty taught me is that I must remember it in my heart!"

Liu Xie patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, you go back and reflect on it."

Sima Yi was granted a general amnesty and bowed to leave the greenhouse.

It was not until he walked out of the palace gate that he was blown by the cold wind outside that he slowly came to his senses, and a sense of gratitude for the rest of the disaster arose.

"Don't be so stupid again in the future."

Sima Yi secretly reminded himself in his heart that he had really walked in front of the gate of hell this time. If the emperor had not been magnanimous, he would have been doomed.

Looking back now, cheating and canvassing is extremely stupid. He was so confused by the desire to win or lose that he would embark on this path.

If Zhuge Liang knew that he had done such a thing.

Then he really can't raise his head in the future.

Just as Sima Yi was thinking this way, a slightly puzzled voice came from behind him: "Brother Zhongda? Why are you standing here and not going in?"

The speaker was Zhuge Liang. He had just gotten off the carriage and seemed to be about to enter the palace.

Hearing this familiar voice, Sima Yi froze all over, then pretended not to hear it, and left quickly with his head down.

Who knew that Zhuge Liang stepped forward and pressed his shoulder, and said helplessly: "I said Brother Zhongda, why should I turn a blind eye to me?"

"Oh, it's Kong Ming."

Sima Yi looked like he had just discovered Zhuge Liang and said apologetically: "I was thinking about things just now and didn't see you. I'm sorry."

Although Zhuge Liang knew that this was Sima Yi's excuse, he did not expose it. Instead, he smiled and said, "I haven't seen Brother Zhongda for many days. I heard that Brother Zhongda is in a state of illness. Has he been cured now?"

Although Sima Yi did not want to communicate with Zhuge Liang more, the other party was concerned about him and he didn't want to answer, so he could only say perfunctorily: "I have recovered and I can continue to go to the palace to handle government affairs tomorrow."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "That's good. Without Brother Zhongda in the cabinet, I always feel that something is missing."

"After that, recently, Brother Zhongda's votes are ranked first in the list, and I also voted for you."

"I hope Brother Zhongda can take the lead."

Zhuge Liang's expression was open and his tone was even more sincere. It was obvious that he sincerely wished Sima Yi.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Sima Yi was silent after hearing this.

After a while, he asked, "You just hope that I will become the vice president of the Royal College of the Han Dynasty?"

"Why don't you?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and asked back, "Brother Zhongda is extremely talented. If he can become the vice president, it will be a good thing for Dahan."

"And Brother Zhongda was able to get so many soldiers to vote, which shows that the soldiers all recognized Brother Zhongda's talent."

Facing Zhuge Liang's answer, Sima Yi didn't know what to say for a moment.

The mood is extremely complicated.

"So...is this the gap between me and Zhuge Liang?"

"I lost before."

Sima Yi sighed slightly. He valued victory and defeat too much and was too scheming, but instead fell into a bad position.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang, and said calmly: "I cheated. Those votes are all obtained from my cheating, not the real votes."

Zhuge Liang was a little unresponsive for a moment and said in a daze: "What?"

Sima Yi continued, "Your Majesty has discovered that I am cheating, but Your Majesty is magnanimous and suppresses this matter for me, and has not promoted it to the public."

"I cheated to beat you and suppress you. I always wanted to beat you, but I just couldn't do it."

"But now I understand, I don't have to beat you, I just need to be myself, that's enough."

Sima Yi said all this frankly, and then quietly waited for Zhuge Liang to mock him or contempt him, or leave with his sleeves.

If you do something wrong, you have to bear it.

However, after looking at him for a long time, Zhuge Liang chuckled and said, "Brother Zhongda...it really makes me look at him with admiration."

Sima Yi frowned, feeling a little confused about what the words meant.

Is this ridiculing him for being in a different way?

Before he could ask questions, Zhuge Liang said, "A gentleman's fault is like the sun and the moon eclipses, and everyone sees it; even more, everyone admires it."

Zhuge Liang looked at Sima Yi with gentle eyes and continued, "Brother Zhongda has the courage to face his mistakes and tell him frankly. Such a responsibility is beyond ordinary people's reach. Who can do without mistakes without a sage? What is important is You can correct mistakes.”

Sima Yi felt warm in his heart. The humiliation and despise he thought he would come did not appear. Instead, he was like this and his words of understanding and tolerance, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart for a while.

He took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and said, "Kong Ming, thank you for your words. In the past, I was too narrow-minded and just wanted to compete with you, but forgot to improve myself was the right way."

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and smiled and said, "No need to mention the past. You and I will be ministers in the court. We should work together in the future."

Sima Yi nodded heavily, then his fighting spirit was rekindled in his eyes and said, "I will still not give up competing with you."

"It's just next time, I won't use such despicable means again, but I will beat you upright!"

Zhuge Liang smiled heartily and said, "I can't ask for it!"

At this moment, another eunuch came in the palace.

Seeing Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, he saluted first, and then said to Zhuge Liang, "Zhongge Zhongcheng, Your Majesty summons you to enter the palace immediately."

Zhuge Liang responded and looked at Sima Yi: "Brother Zhongda, I'll go in first. I'll come to my house as a guest if I have time another day."

After saying that, he followed the eunuch into the palace.

Sima Yi watched Zhuge Liang leave and stood there for a long time, feeling relaxed all over his body.

He looked up at the sky and laughed unconsciously.

Kong Ming, it is a blessing to be an opponent of you in this life.

...

Ten days passed quickly, and the selection of vice presidents finally came out.

The number one vote was Zhang Liao, with a total of 6,127 votes.

The second-largest vote was Lu Bu, with a total of 5,780 votes.

The third person to win the vote was Sima Yi, with a total of 4,890 votes.

The fourth-ranked vote was Zhao Yun, with a total of 4,500 votes.

Then there are Yuan Xi, Huang Zhong, Zhuge Liang... and so on. Yes, Yuan Xi also has many people voted.

After all, he was the most loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and a model of destroying relatives for justice, and there were many supporters.

But many people were surprised by the result of this vote.

Because Sima Yi had been at the top of the list for several consecutive days and was in a very strong momentum, everyone thought he would definitely win, but they didn't expect that he would get so few votes in the next few days.

Only Chen Gong, Liu Xie and Zhuge Liang knew the reason.

Without modifying the number of votes, Sima Yi can only get more than 2,000 votes at most, which is his true votes.

The rest of the votes were obtained through cheating.

Once you stop cheating, reveal the prototype immediately.

Of course, apart from this, no one was surprised that Zhang Liao was able to take the lead.

After all, Zhang Liao is the most capable of commanding among all the generals, with sufficient military merits and qualifications. He has a high prestige in the army. Being the vice president of the Royal Academy of the Han Dynasty is a popular destination.

Even Lu Bu had no objection to this.

He didn't accept Zhang Liao just because he was unwilling to lose. Now that the facts are right in front of him, he naturally has nothing to say.

He is not the kind of person who can't afford to lose.

However, after the final result came out, he immediately chose to go home and thank the guests in a closed door, which made Zhang Liao, who was about to show off, feel disappointed.