[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

There was deathly silence in the hall.

It was rare for Guo Jia to salute properly, but after waiting for a long time, the emperor did not say no, so he couldn't help but raise his head first, only to meet the astonishment on Liu Xie's face.A trace of sincere puzzlement flashed in his eyes, and hesitantly asked:

"Why does Your Majesty look at Jia like this?"

Cao Cao also showed doubts on his face, but he still stepped forward to help Guo Jia up first, and Guo Jia, the descendant, accused Liu Xie:

"Your Majesty, Feng Xiaofang came to Xudu from Yecheng day and night with his ministers. He is weak and cannot stand kneeling for a long time. I asked him to stand up without authorization. Please forgive me."

"What did you say?!" Liu Xie finally came to his senses, "Guo Jia was still in Xudu five days ago, how could he come from Yecheng with you?!"

Liu Xie's reaction was expected by Guo Jia: "Your Majesty, this is what Jia wants to report to you." He sighed softly, "Half a year ago, Kong Gui from Xiliang came to Xudu with Zhong Yao. The envoy of Yang Qiu, the prime minister treated him very politely and wanted to keep him to live in Yecheng. But Kong Gui said that since he was an audience to the emperor for General Yang, he wanted to live at the feet of the emperor, so the prime minister did not force him to stay, and promised him to return to Xu All.

But with the wiseness and martial arts of the prime minister, he naturally noticed that this matter was quite strange.Your Majesty should have seen Kong Gui, his appearance is very similar to Jia.The appearance is still a coincidence, but if the behavior, speech and voice are not intentional, it is impossible for them to be almost the same.However, Yang Qiu, relying on his location in a border area, and being on good terms with Ma Teng and Han Sui, has always been aloof from the imperial court, so his sudden surrender this time cannot but make people suspicious.Therefore, the prime minister ordered Jia to investigate secretly, and it turned out that Kong Gui had been exchanging secret letters, but the evidence was insufficient, and Jia did not dare to act rashly.But he never thought that Kong Gui would commit such a treasonous thing without noticing for a while. "

"Nonsense!" Liu Xie said angrily, "The person who has been in Xudu for the past six months is clearly you! You are also the one who murdered the queen! How dare you use Kong Gui to make up for the crime! Why does Kong Gui have any reason to murder the queen and the queen?" My heir?!"

"Because he wanted His Majesty to be like this, thinking that Jia killed the queen, or more specifically, the prime minister ordered Jia to kill the queen." Guo Jia said, "Actually, before the prime minister led his army back to the court, His Majesty was assassinated in the palace. It was Kong Gui who pretended to be a minister and ordered the octopus to do it. After that, he hid in Xudu for half a year, looking for an opportunity to enter the palace and murder the queen. If it was not for the blessing of fate, if His Majesty failed to capture Kong Gui on the spot, everyone else would probably think that It was Jia who murdered the Empress. But Jia is only a foreign minister, how could he be enmity with the Empress, and the Prime Minister would be implicated. At that time, Jia's wrongdoing will be small. If His Majesty and the Prime Minister are divorced, Xiliang people can take advantage of it , there is no guarantee that Dong Zhuo's misfortune of the past will not happen again."

Cao Cao also said at the right time: "Your Majesty, just one day after I left Yecheng, I received a report from Yecheng Express. Ma Teng and his son Ma Chao led 1 people to station [-] miles outside Yecheng. It has been clearly revealed. But please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have ordered Cao Hong to supervise the military in Yecheng, if the Ma family dares to invade, I will let him come and go."

"Actually, Kong Gui is not very smart, although he is very deliberate." Guo Jia added, "Not to mention that although Jia has been busy with this matter for the past six months and rarely leaves the mansion, the attire of the green shirt and folding fan is not difficult to recognize. There are many people in the city who can testify that Jia has never set foot in Xudu. However, if His Majesty hadn't caught Kong Gui on the spot, Jia would have to make some excuses. This gap of hesitation might give Xiliang a chance to take advantage of it. This opportunity." He paused and bowed deeply to Liu Xie, "Speaking of which, it is Your Majesty's great blessings that saved all these troubles."

Liu Xie watched Guo Jia and Cao Cao sincerely sing together, in a trance for a while, subconsciously took a few steps back and fell to sit on the throne.The resemblance between Kong Gui and Guo Jia, the previous assassination of the octopus, the murdered queen, Ma Teng and Ma Chao who invaded Yecheng... These were the bargaining chips Fushou left him to persecute Cao Cao. , became an excuse for Cao Cao and Guo Jia to get off the crime.

how could this be?

How can this be so? !

Liu Xie took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.No, it's not right at all!No matter how seamless the rhetoric of Cao Cao and Guo Jia is, since it is a lie, there must be something difficult to take into account.People in Yecheng who are all Cao Cao will naturally speak for Cao Cao, but Xudu is not the case.Guo Jia has been in Xudu for nearly half a year, and someone must have seen him and talked to him, so he can be sure that it was Guo Jia and not Kong Gui who was in Xudu at that time...

"Cao Festival! Xuan Cao Festival!" Liu Xie shouted.

Cao Cao's expression changed slightly, and he glanced at Guo Jia, who lightly shook his head, signaling that there was no need to stop him.

After a while, Cao Jie followed the servants to the main hall.Compared with Shu Wanming when she ran to the street with Liu Xie a few days ago, her complexion is pale now, with deep dark eyes under her eyes, and she can tell that she hasn't slept peacefully for several days.But she still cheered up, bowed to Liu Xie, and then turned around to bow to Cao Cao:

"I've met my father, Mr. Xun Ling..." When she found that Guo Jia was also in the hall and was unharmed, she froze for a moment, looked at Cao Cao, then turned to look at Liu Xie, and suddenly understood something in her heart.

"I've met Mr. Guo." Finally, she saluted respectfully.

"Speaking of which, I haven't talked to you properly as a father for several years." Cao Cao cared like every loving father, "You have lived in the palace for the past six months, everything can..."

"Prime Minister Cao," Liu Xie interrupted Cao Cao's words sharply, "state affairs are the most important thing, and you can talk about your father-daughter relationship later."

"Ah Jie," his voice is so soft, yet so urgent, like a drowning person facing the last floating board beside him, desperately wanting to grab it, but afraid of pushing it farther with too much strength "Tell me, who did you meet when you left the palace with me ten days ago?"

Liu Xie's eyes were burning, while Cao Cao frowned slightly.But Cao Jie neither responded to the expectation in Liu Xie's eyes, nor looked at her father:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Majesty and his courtiers went out of the palace that day and met Mr. Xun Ling and Mr. Guo in the market."

"Okay!" Liu Xie stood up suddenly in joy, "Prime Minister Cao, Cao Jie is your biological daughter, her words must not be false!"

Cao Cao's expression didn't change, and he didn't answer. He just took a deep look at his slim daughter, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.Cao Jie's face turned paler, but he mustered up his courage and looked back at Cao Cao calmly and firmly.

"Your Majesty," Guo Jia's voice was still slow, as if he didn't know what kind of situation Cao Jie's words would put him in, "Jia has a few words to ask Miss Cao, is it okay?"

"Sir, please tell me." Cao Jie responded first on Liu Xie's behalf.Under Liu Xie's suspicious gaze, she said again, "But Jie will only tell the truth, I'm afraid it will disappoint Mr.

"You said you met Jia on the street ten years ago, but do you still remember what Jia was dressed at that time?"

"Sir, he wears a red robe and wears a silver crown to tie his hair."

"But everyone knows that Jia neither likes to wear red robes nor yellow and white things." Guo Jia said, "Kong Gui is exactly like the person Miss mentioned. Thinking about it, Miss admitted a mistake."

"On that day, Mr. and Jie went to sit in a small shop on the street. Mr. gave Jie a jade hairpin and said that if Jie had something to do, he could return the entrusted matter to Mr. Jie along with the jade hairpin."

"Miss, do you still have that jade hairpin?"

"Jie has always kept it in the small box next to the bed. But five days ago, in the early morning of the day Her Royal Highness was killed, Jie found that it was missing."

Hearing this, Guo Jia raised the corners of his lips slightly: "That is, empty words have no basis?"

"Of course it's possible for one person to lie, but I said just now that I met not only Mr. Guo, but also Mr. Ling on the street." As he spoke, Cao Jie looked at Xun Yu who had been silent all this time, and said earnestly, "Xun Yu Uncle, you taught me from a young age that in life, you don’t seek success and fame, but you must have a clear conscience. I want to ask you, did Mr. Guo really not come to Xudu in the past six months before today?” Before Xun Yu could answer, she asked again He said to Liu Xie: "But apart from testifying for Mr. Guo's visit to Xudu, the minister also has to tell His Majesty what is wrong. The jade hairpin was kept carefully by the minister, but it happened to be lost on that day, and it was the night before. , The queen once came to see her courtiers, and had a lot of conversations with Jie, as if... as if she was asking for an explanation. That court lady is also my personal maid, and Jie knows her well, she will never hang herself, and even more You won't do such a rebellious thing. Besides, if Mr. Guo and his father really wanted to murder the queen, they wouldn't have used such clumsy means."

Regardless of the different gazes of others, she bent her knees and knelt on the ground: "A courtier can't lie, but Jie can't help but admit that something is wrong, let alone believe that father and Mr. Guo have the intention of murdering the queen." She bowed deeply to Liu Xie , "Your Majesty, please send someone to thoroughly investigate the matter before convicting him, and deal with it when the truth comes to light."

Liu Xie secretly regretted it.When Cao Jie said that she had seen Guo Jia and Xun Yu on the street, he shouldn't have allowed Guo Jia to refute, let alone let Cao Jie continue talking.The strange things that Cao Jie pointed out are the weakest links in Fushou's overall plan.Originally, the murder of the queen was captured on the spot, and the evidence was conclusive. No one would deliberate on these strange things.But now Cao Jie said that he would investigate thoroughly...how could he conduct a thorough investigation?

But at this time Liu Xie has calmed down a lot.What Cao Jie said later is also correct, that is, even if Cao Jie can lie alone, Xun Yu will never lie. As long as Xun Yu admits that Guo Jia has stayed in Xudu for the past six months, it will be the most powerful. The most irrefutable testimony.

He looked at Xun Yu with a complicated expression.Just now, his first reaction to think of Cao Jie instead of Xun Yu was because of Xun Yu's betrayal of Dong Cheng.But these years, only Xun Yu has truly respected and loved him as an emperor and as a junior.Although he resented Xun Yu, he knew that only Xun Yu was the real loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

"Lingjun, let me ask you, has Guo Jia stayed at Shangshutai for the past six months?"

"..."

"Lingjun, I ask you, who is the person who has been in Xudu for the past six months?"

But this time, the loyal minister of the Han Dynasty avoided Liu Xie's eyes anxiously.

"minister……"

"Your Majesty, even if there is no evidence for what Lingjun said, isn't it still empty talk?"

Guo Jia interjected.

Liu Xie sneered: "Do you think that with Ling Jun's character, you can still lie?"

Guo Jia smiled: "Jia just said that the evidence of the crime is convincing, words alone will not convince the public."

Liu Xie choked.Indeed, strictly following the Han law, words alone are not enough to condemn a sin to death.

But Xun Yu's expression became increasingly ugly.Among the people present, only he knew that the so-called evidence actually existed.

That was the memorial that Cao Cao sent to Xudu half a year ago and was detained by him at the Shangshutai.

He propped up his body with trembling hands, met Cao Cao's complicated and worried eyes, Guo Jia's indifferent smile, and the longing in Liu Xie's eyes, walked to the center of the hall, knelt down on the ground, and bent his spine deeply :

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in the past six months... I have never seen Guo Jia."

? !

Liu Xie and Cao Jie suddenly showed unbelievable expressions on their faces, even Cao Cao couldn't help but move slightly.Only Guo Jia still looked at Xun Yu with a smile, as if he had predicted the outcome from the beginning.

"Uncle Xun, what are you talking about?!" Cao Jie said in surprise, "Even if everyone in the world is like this, how could you..."

Xun Yu straightened up, no struggle was visible on his face.His voice is so calm:

"For Yu Yu, there are more important things in the world than the truth."

"But it's still possible to investigate, but I don't believe it... Your Majesty!"

Following Cao Jie's exclamation, everyone in the hall suddenly discovered that Liu Xie had fainted on the throne.The maid in the palace carried Liu Xie to the side hall in a panic. Cao Jie hesitated again and again, but hurriedly saluted Cao Cao, and ran to the side hall together.The originally tense situation suddenly collapsed.In the hall with only three people left, only irony and absurdity spread silently.

Guo Jia stepped forward to help Xun Yu, but Xun Yu stood up first.His outstretched hand froze slightly, and then slowly lowered it.

"It's a good game to point a deer into a horse."

"Brother Gu will help you all."

"Although you didn't go yourself, every step you take is inducing the queen to frame you. The reason why you hide it from Yu is because you are afraid that Yu will know everything and will stop the queen."

"can not you do it?"

"I can."

Guo Jia chuckled.Xun Lingjun is frank and upright, as expected.

"Is there anything else you want to explain?"

"You want to save the queen, and Jia wants to kill the queen. There is a clear distinction between you and me. What is Jia explaining to you?"

"You don't have to worry, Yu is going to meet His Majesty now, and tell Your Majesty who has been in Xudu for the past six months?"

"Do you know?"

This time, Xun Yu was silent.He knows, he won't.

Guo Jia's smile deepened.Xun Wenruo's decision to kill was also expected.

"Guo Fengxiao, this is the last time Yu regards you as a friend. From then on, I cherish myself."

Guo Jia nodded slightly, watching Xun Yu resolutely turn and leave as usual, his figure completely disappeared outside the hall.He was always smiling, calm and gentle, as if he knew nothing and didn't deserve his attention.Until his body warmed up, Cao Cao hugged his already cold body from behind.

"Why bother?" Cao Cao sighed softly on his neck.

"Wen Ruo, it's too easy to soften your heart. Jia can't leave any room."

He fell in love with this warm embrace, turned around and pressed his forehead against Cao Cao's, and slowly closed his eyes.Cao Cao didn't say anything more, he just wrapped his arms around his waist more and more tightly, letting the indescribable emotions spread and then fade away.After a long time, it seemed like a moment later, when Guo Jia opened his eyes again, they were as clear and bright as ever.

"Ming Gong, go after Wen Ruo, there may be too many things. It doesn't matter how Jia and Wen Ruo are, but at least for now, Ming Gong still needs him." Guo Jia slowly withdrew from Cao Cao's embrace, "As for Your Majesty , leave it to Jia."

Cao Cao nodded in agreement, without saying any comforting words, he just took off the cloak on his body and wrapped it around Guo Jia's body with ease.Afterwards, one of them went out of the hall, the other went into the hall, and turned away from each other.Although there was no entrustment between them, just like the fact that they have been in the two places in the past six months, in order not to reveal any clues, they have never written a letter to each other to discuss the next step, but the two of them are still so relieved to hand over their backs. They never doubted each other that the other party would take a wrong step that they didn't expect.

Cao Cao has never been a suspicious person.

It's just that there are only a handful of people who can afford his trust.

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When Guo Jia came to the side hall with hot porridge, Liu Xie had already woken up.Cao Jie sat beside his couch, whispering all kinds of comforting words, but Liu Xie turned a deaf ear to them, and just stared blankly at the faint candlelight with a terrifying expression like a ghost.It wasn't until Guo Jia walked up to him that he woke up suddenly and slammed the bowl on Guo Jia viciously.Cao Jie hurriedly got up and wanted to go to Bu to help Guo Jia wipe it, but Guo Jia shook his head and stopped him.

He had expected Liu Xie's move, but he didn't hide, nor did he want to hide, he just took care to stand in a suitable position, so that the porridge only stained his robe, not the cloak.

"If this can make His Majesty calm down, it will be worth it." Guo Jia said, "But Your Majesty knows that this will not change anything, not even a little bit of anger." He waved his hand, and the maid timidly brought another bowl He personally handed over the hot porridge to Liu Xie, "So, Your Majesty should use some."

Liu Xie took the bowl in a daze.He couldn't figure out why Guo Jia still came to see him after things got to this point.Is it to show off that the murderer of Fushou is right in front of him, but he, the emperor who is known as the supreme emperor in the world, is helpless; or is it to mock them for trying their best, but they are only in a cocoon?But no matter what kind of emotion, he couldn't see it from Guo Jia's eyes.Guo Jia just looked at him calmly and even kindly, like looking at an ignorant child.This made Liu Xie startled, dazed, doubtful and even angry.

The faint candlelight in his eyes finally turned into anger.With a flash of silver light, Liu Xie had an extra dagger in his hand, but it pointed at his throat, "Guo Jia, even if I die, I won't let Cao Cao do what I want! As long as I commit suicide here today, Cao Cao will definitely die!" Infamy through the ages!"

"His Majesty!"

Cao Jieben was just silently listening to the conversation between Guo Jia and Liu Xie. When he saw Liu Xie suddenly raised his dagger, he stood up suddenly in shock and held the dagger with his hand to stop Liu Xie.

The dagger blade was already sharp, and Cao Jie's hand was as slender and soft as an ordinary wealthy woman's, and it was instantly cut and dripping with blood.But she still refused to let go, as if she didn't know the pain.

"What are you doing?!" Liu Xie was shocked and angry, but he didn't realize that most of his anger was not because Cao Jie blocked him, but because of a faint heartache, "Are you even going to oppose me for your father?! "

Cao Jie didn't answer either, but just tightened his grip.

"Guo Jia!" Seeing that Cao Jie was determined not to listen, Liu Xie turned and shouted to Guo Jia, "She is Cao Cao's daughter, and you can't explain to Cao Cao that she was injured! Let her go! "

But Guo Jia didn't seem to want to stop Cao Jie at all.He watched thoughtfully as the blood dripped onto Liu Xie's robe, staining a larger and larger blood stain.After a long time, he slowly opened his mouth:

"Your Majesty, you can see that Jia admires Fu Shou very much.

For so many years, there is always no shortage of people who revive the Han Dynasty.But they were not like Dong Cheng, who used this as an excuse to benefit themselves, or they were those old officials who His Majesty knew well, thinking that as long as Cao Cao was removed, the Han Dynasty would naturally be revived.

But Fushou is different.She could see clearly that His Majesty's predicament was not only because of Cao Cao, but also because there was no one available in the imperial court, because the world was stable but still waiting to be rebuilt, and because the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the hearts of the people in the world had long been negligible.Therefore, although she wants to get rid of the prime minister for your majesty, she is still trying to leave for your majesty a Cao family that must rely on the imperial power, a court with talented people, a world that is stalemate but peaceful, and a family that belongs to the Han Dynasty. fate.

And in order to achieve these, what she has paid for His Majesty is far more than what she told you and what you think. Thinking of Fu Hou's desperate decision that day, Guo Jia's eyes dimmed, "But now, His Majesty wants to repay her sacrifice by committing suicide... Liu Xie, are you worthy of her?" "

"Why do I want Ah Shou's hard work to go to waste! But, but..." Liu Xie was so excited that he even forgot what he called himself.

"But you are afraid. You are afraid to admit that Fu Shou's effort to pay for his life will be so easily solved, and you are afraid that you will face the collapsed Han Dynasty alone in the long night. That's why you want to die. You prepare this The dagger was not intended to make Cao Cao condemned by thousands of people, but just to find an excuse for his escape.

Liu Xie, compared to Fu Shou, you are really cowardly. "

"..." Liu Xie's expression was already ferocious when he heard Guo Jia's previous words, but when Guo Jia mentioned "compared with Fushou", he suddenly became quiet.

Guo Jia was right. Compared with Fu Shou, he, the emperor who could do nothing but escape, was cowardly.

"Have you ever thought about what will happen after you die? Will Cao Cao be blamed by thousands of people for this? Maybe, but in the face of absolute power, what is a little discussion? In the end, the only thing you can hurt is you I am Fu Shou.

Jia once said that there are hidden secret letters between Kong Gui and other people, and some of them are related to Fushou.The Empress of the Central Palace actually had a secret correspondence with a man from the outer dynasty. Do you know how many stories can be written in it?It could be that the Fu family colluded with Xiliang thieves to murder His Majesty, and the interests of the two parties were not balanced, resulting in Fu Shou being killed, and the Fu family should also suffer from the disaster of extermination; husband……"

"You dare!"

"If Your Majesty commits suicide here today, and the emperor is dead, why would we dare?" Guo Jia said, "Only when His Majesty is alive, will we have any scruples, will not regard the Fu family as an accomplice, and will give Fu Shou Leave a good name after death.

If so, His Majesty still wants to commit suicide.Miss," he looked at Cao Jie, "let go.A coward, if you don't let him flee to death, he will only suffer more. "

While Cao Jie was still hesitating, Liu Xie let go of his hand in a daze.It wasn't until the dagger fell to the ground that Liu Xie came back to his senses.He stared blankly at the mess in the room, and suddenly burst out laughing, laughing so much that the maids and eunuchs in the room were horrified, he shrank back and quietly retreated to the wall, like avoiding a madman.

Only Guo Jia and Cao Jie were still there.Guo Jia's gaze was as calm as ever, while Cao Jie,

He didn't care about the blood on his hands, but because of Liu Xie's madness at this time, his eyes were full of pain.

After a long time, Liu Xie gradually calmed down:

"You're right. I...can't let her down again."

Gradually, all the expressions of pain and anger on his face faded away, leaving only a self-deceiving calm.After a long time, he sighed:

"I...understand. You step back."

"Sir, obey the order."

"One day, the Cao family will be like the Han Dynasty. The treasures will be lost, the buildings will collapse, the royal family will be slaughtered, the nobles will steal their lives, and there will be no loyal ministers in the court. One day... one day..."

At this time, Guo Jia was about to walk out of the palace, and Liu Xie's voice was like a whisper. Although the maids and servants around him turned pale with fright, they were glad that Guo Jia didn't hear this sentence, otherwise I still don't know what catastrophe it will cause.Only Cao Jie, who followed Guo Jia out of the hall, noticed that Guo Jia's footsteps paused slightly, sighing like:

"Yeah, one day..."

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Cao Jie went to bandage the wound, and at the same time asked the eunuch to take Guo Jia to change into clean clothes. When Guo Jia changed, Cao Jie had just finished bandaging, and they walked towards the palace gate together.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Cao Jie thought he was covering up his thoughts well, but he couldn't escape Guo Jia's eyes, "Aren't you very brave in the hall just now?"

Cao Jie's face paled slightly.She knew earlier that it was either Guo Jia or her father, and she would definitely ask the teacher for the crime.No matter what the reason was, what she said in the hall just now almost put Guo Jia and his father in danger.Can--

"I know that my husband blames me. But I don't want to harm my husband, it's just..."

"It's just that you can't tell a lie, and you must find out the truth?"

Cao Jie paused, nodded heavily, and looked at Guo Jia with a little uneasiness and confusion:

"Sir, I did something wrong, didn't I?"

"Jiaben thought that if you dared to say those words in the hall, you were ready to bear all the consequences. Why do you feel that you did something wrong now?"

"Because..." Thinking of what Xun Yu said in the palace, she lowered her eyes in desolation, "Ling Jun does not agree."

Gentle and elegant, modest in dealing with others, moderate in advance and retreat, high in character... all beautiful words can not be overstated to describe Xun Yu in Cao Jie's heart.It can be said that apart from Cao Cao, Xun Yu was the person she admired the most since she was a child, and she even hoped to follow Xun Yu's actions in every word and deed.But today, she saw and heard with her own eyes that her most respected Ling Jun lied.She didn't dare to question Xun Yu even more unwillingly, but she couldn't figure out why.After hesitating for a long time, he could only decide that he had done something wrong.

But is she really wrong?

"Wen Ruo said that because he sees things better than you." Guo Jia explained to her in a warm voice, "There were only two possibilities in the situation at that time. One is to push everything to Kong Gui and Xiliang as it is now, The second is to designate Jia as the murderer as His Majesty wished, and then implicate your father. At that time, it is either a desperate move, or a pleading guilty to protect the overall situation, but no matter what the situation is, the chessboard that is finally settled will be If it is disrupted, it is destined to be another bloody struggle for power."

"But obviously it's okay, go find out the truth!"

"Who cares about the truth?" Guo Jia asked back, "Your father needs Kong Gui to atone for his crimes, so as to put pressure on Xiliang. And your Majesty, he doesn't want the world to know that the queen colluded with Kong Gui to frame the minister... You see, like this What's the use of the truth that only hurts everyone?"

Cao Jie's head drooped even deeper.Indeed, at that time in the palace, after she said those words, His Majesty had no intention of continuing the investigation at all, but directly convicted Guo Jia and her father.A useless thing like the truth was just her wishful thinking from beginning to end.She almost killed everyone because of her wishful thinking.

"So, I was really wrong..."

"You're right." Guo Jia's words made Cao Jie raise his head abruptly, and met a pair of gentle eyes that shimmered, "It's only natural to pursue the truth, how can there be mistakes?

It's just that you have to remember that even if it is a matter of course, there is a price to pay. "

Cao Jie was stunned.Since she was very young, she was used to her father's colleagues and ministers coming and going in and out of Cao's mansion. There was a gentleman like Xun Yu who was as gentle as jade, and she admired him. You gentlemen who are well-educated and refined always treat them respectfully and politely, and have a certain amount of advance and retreat; there are also many sycophants who try their best to curry favor with them, ladies and gentlemen, in order to please their father.Although she is not very old, but because of her special status, she has read a lot and seen a lot.

But Guo Jia was an exception.He came to Cao's mansion and stayed in the mansion twice out of the three times. When he saw them, young ladies and gentlemen, he didn't look like an elder at all. He even encouraged the fourth brother to steal wine with him.After being discovered by his father, he decisively betrayed the fourth brother, causing the fourth brother to be severely reprimanded by his father.He pursed his lips and sniggered beside him, never thinking that his father would find out his joy and sorrow, and they would pull him over together for training.After the training, he went to tug on his father's sleeve, saying that if there were no wine collectors in the world, there would be no wine thieves.Now that the training is over, it's time to give him two altars.His righteous appearance made his father unable to laugh or get angry, and finally let him carry away several jars of wine as he wished.As a result, when he walked out of the mansion, he heard that there was a servant's son in the mansion having a wedding, so he generously gave all the wine to the servant, not caring how hard-won the wine was

There are often interesting stories about Guo Jia in the mansion, so Cao Jie has always believed that Guo Jia is a good-tempered person. Although he is not big or small and not dignified, and his father has repeatedly made trouble with him, he is a gentle and open person.Although she also heard some rumors outside the mansion later, she realized that maybe Guo Jia was not as simple and straightforward as she had seen, but she did not completely shake the impression she had when she was a child.

It wasn't until today that she saw directly for the first time what kind of person Guo Jia was in politics.Insidious and treacherous, with a glib tongue, he calmly got out of the predicament with a few words, and his demeanor of ridiculing the ninth-five-year-old was even the same as that day when he gave wine to the servants.At that moment, she suddenly understood why it was rumored that Guo Jia was violent, cold-blooded and cruel, a despicable villain who would do anything to achieve his goals.

But now, she couldn't be sure.

"If I hadn't lost that jade hairpin, everything wouldn't have developed to this point..." Even if she had figured it out now, if Guo Jia suddenly gave her that jade hairpin, she would still blame herself "But now, Mister is still comforting me. Just now, he patiently tried to persuade His Majesty not to commit suicide... Mister is still as gentle as I was when I was a child."

A trace of inexplicable flashed in Guo Jia's eyes.He really didn't expect that Cao Jie would say these words: "Do you think Jia just went to persuade His Majesty not to commit suicide because of sympathy?"

"Isn't it? Originally, Mister didn't need to come to see His Majesty again, but Mister still..."

"Pfft." Guo Jia finally couldn't help laughing out loud, "Listen, Jia went to see Liu Xie just because it would be really troublesome if he just died like this."

Cao Jie was stunned: "But as the master and His Majesty said, even if Your Majesty commits suicide, nothing will be changed."

"But even a little gossip should not appear." Guo Jia said, "Cao Mengde deserves the best."

Cao Jie was stunned again.She thought that whether Guo Jia was a gentle and easy-going person or a cruel and cold-blooded person, she was no stranger to Guo Jia, but now, the sun shines on Guo Jia, casting a long shadow, Guo Jia is like Standing on some kind of clear and fuzzy boundary.But she suddenly felt that she had never known Guo Jia before.

Or, many people in this world have never known Guo Jia.

Except her father.

"A few more steps will lead you to the palace gate, and I will send you here, sir."

"You still want to stay in the palace?" Guo Jia was a little surprised.It has reached this point, Cao Cao and Liu Xie only have the last layer of window paper left that has not been pierced.And Cao Jie is Cao Cao's daughter anyway, Liu Xie can't help Cao Cao, but it's hard to guarantee that he won't take out his anger on Cao Jie.

"I decided a long time ago that even if everyone leaves, I will not leave him." The wind gently blew her hair down, her face was so soft under the warm sunlight, but the gleam in her eyes was extraordinarily firm: "It's also thanks to Mr. that I have fully thought through the price involved." She smiled, "But, as expected, no matter what the price is, I am willing to stay."

"...That's good."

Seeing clearly all the ups and downs in the road ahead, I still continue to stick to the beliefs I insisted on before, do what I want to do, and become who I want to be.No matter how much you pay, even if no one in the world understands you, you must go your own way with a pure heart, and you will die without regrets.

Looking at the girl's exceptionally gentle back in the sunlight, Guo Jia couldn't help but bend the corners of her lips.

The members of the Cao family really look the same when they are stupid.

But it is this kind of person who can make him dream the most, lose his mind, get caught up in his flamboyant and passionate temper, and be praised for being resourceful and eloquent in the world. Go up, and insist on turning the thorny road of no return into a broad road.

He turned his head and looked outside the palace gate. The man standing in the setting sun and reaching out to him unconsciously quickened his pace.Before the ink-like night swallowed up here, I held those warm hands.